What is the craziest, unethical, non-pc tactic you have used to close a deal? Oh, and did it work?
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funcoupons
WR Officer
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Nice try, but no self snitchin' allowed in these parts. 
braintank
Politicker
+8
Enterprise Account Executive
I don't do unethical
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justatopproducer
Politicker
+4
VP OF SALES -US
I once was supposed to take over a family business that owned a large amount of high end hotels. The other person who evenutally beat me out for the job was the owners son, who barely passed 4th grade. We competed in an acedemic decathalon, where the final event and final question was over business ethics which I lost.
Not making that mistake again, all ethics all the time from here on out.
braintank
Politicker
+8
Enterprise Account Executive
LoL. We've all been there... 
1nbatopshotfan
Politicker
+6
Senior Director, Enterprise Technology
I’d watch a documentary on this.
1nbatopshotfan
Politicker
+6
Senior Director, Enterprise Technology
I kidnapped a prospects kid and friend. Unfortunately he had a very specific set of skills. He didn’t sign the DocuSign after murdering all of my colleagues and taking his kid back. It was a tough one to move to closed lost.
bluebirdsonly
Fire Starter
+2
Enterprise Account Executive
Did your manager ask you to leave it in upside - just in case things change? Or was he also killed off…
Sunbunny31
Politicker
+5
Sales Executive
Nope, nothing unethical or shady. Keeps me employed and employable, and no crazy angry phone calls down the road.
Justatitle
Politicker
+11
Mid Market AE
can't really think of one, usually they backfire so I stay away from them.
mami
Tycoon
+8
Account Executive
I ran a high school partnership program where we wanted high schools to promote our program to their teens. (For every teen referred, we donated 25% back to the club)
When I took over, we were contacting individual clubs at schools which a) took fucking forever b) had very limited exposure. I thought it would be a good idea to try and partner with the state's PTA. I called, the president of the state PTA told me to reach out to individual PTAs because the state wouldn't do that type of partnership.
I turned my email subject to "[NAME] @ [state] PTA told me to contact you" - open rates went over 90%, conversions over 25%.
When I took over, we were contacting individual clubs at schools which a) took fucking forever b) had very limited exposure. I thought it would be a good idea to try and partner with the state's PTA. I called, the president of the state PTA told me to reach out to individual PTAs because the state wouldn't do that type of partnership.
I turned my email subject to "[NAME] @ [state] PTA told me to contact you" - open rates went over 90%, conversions over 25%.
funcoupons
WR Officer
+12
👑
That's not unethical, they did tell you to contact them at the individual level... ;)
mami
Tycoon
+8
Account Executive
Walking the line... ;) I had one person lose their shit. "I called Carrie Mays and she did NOT tell you to contact me *incomprehensible whining*"
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Diablo
Politicker
+7
AE
Nothing unethical, but a couple of times I tried scaring the prospects that their trial will be deleted today and if they want to retain it, book a time blah blah. Many a times it worked
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
+9
SaaS Eater
Ive shared this story before so OG savages I apologize but I had someone on my team creating fake businesses in SFDC and then closing them with a promotion we were running, then cancelling the contracts once they were paid out the commission.
It didn't last long but was a hell of a raquet while it lasted.
It didn't last long but was a hell of a raquet while it lasted.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
+13
Senior Account Executive
Damn. The balls of that dude 😆
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
+9
SaaS Eater
Twas a she but the statement stands true lol
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
+8
Account Executive
I burned the cloud down so all our SFDC data was lost and we had to start from scratch again
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