"Closer for Hire"

Question

Context: A friend of mine moved to NYC last year and was trying to get hired in a sales role for the first time. His background is as an engineer/cofounder of a medical device company that sold the device he developed himself. He ended up selling the patent/company, and wanted to make the pivot I mentioned.

The market being what it is, he was having trouble finding a role. Recently, he started up a new "personal brand" Instagram page labeling himself a "Sales Closer." Mind you, the guy has no sales experience outside of his founder role. **EDIT** He's been a Sales Engineer for a little under a year.

His first post was a black and white portrait of him in a nice suit pretending to be on a call. The only likes are pictured:

Seems he's fallen in with a group of these self described "Sales Closers." Checked one of their profiles, and it was all similar pictures to what my friend posted with a bio claiming to be a "High Ticket Closer" with 750k in contracts closed. I'm immediately skeptical, because if you're closing "high ticket" deals in NYC, 750k would be like... One deal.

Has my friend gotten involved with a group of grifters? What are your thoughts on independent "Sales Closers" for hire? Should I express to him my worries?

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This is what we call a "clout chaser" or a "bullshit artist". He fell into a hive, and they are all going to run around in circles liking each other's shit.

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I get the ads for this type of thing on YouTube, semi-regularly. The guy in the ad always references how he works with guys like Tai Lopez and people of that ilk. Doesn't strike me as a legitimate career plan.

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Changing my @ - what a bunch of shit. We all gotta try but it may be time for an intervention. Can we get his family in a room?

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Looks like he's entering "bro culture". Did he make a bunch of money off selling the patent/company? If so, they will get him to spend it all on them and their lifestyle.

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Any sales person worth their weight wouldn’t touch that shit with a 20 ft pole anyways.

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I wonder who these people get all these amazing ideas from....

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Make HTC's great again........ And now we see the joke.

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does Instagram have a h̶e̶a̶r̶t̶ fart emoji?

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He's a sales closer but the only thing he's closed was the product he created? (which tbh is very cool).

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I see alot of these ads as "closers" on Ig. I do some research on these people and they have no metrics other than made-up bs of "Closed5/6 figure deals at Hustlers only university" and graduated from Devry University.

I'm not knocking not going to school, but it's always the people with the most made up shit targeting people on ig as "closers".

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Always confused by what the end goal is for those sorts of accounts. Surely they don't actually expect to get an opportunity from it

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Blind leading the blind if you ask me but what do I know

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Yeah, whenever I see this sort of stuff the only thing I think is either extremely junior, or are just flat out exaggerating / lying.

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What you need to do is simple. Show him this post, let him read the comments from actual sales people with eons of experience.

punishedlad

"Closer for Hire"

Is being an independent "Sales Closer" a viable gig?

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punishedlad

"Closer for Hire"

Is being an independent "Sales Closer" a viable gig?

19 comments

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