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Cothrock

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Corporate/Sales Jargon you hate

I'll start. I'm certain we'll get some good ones:


"Ping me"- Why can't I just call/email/slack you? What the hell is a ping?


"Share/Deliver/Give Value" The most over-used and useless phrase in sales. It means nothing and makes me hurt inside


"Seamless/cutting edge/Innovative/Disruptive"- please God, take me now.


Any reference of "We are the UBER of x"- if you have to tell someone you're the uber of X, are you really?


Please pile on. I'm in the mood to complain today and this gives me a lever.

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WR Officer
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Job ads or Linked In profiles that describe people as wizards/magicians/superheroes

I was prospecting recently and came across a company that had job titles on their website like:

Chief Nerd (CTO)
People Hero (HR Head)
Programming Wizardย 

And so on. It made me want to punch whoever thought that was a good idea right in the face.ย 
Accidental_Sales_Guy
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Account Executive
"We're building the plane in the air"

I get that we're figuring it out as we go, but a half-built plane is going down, not up.
thiccwoofer
Old School Bravo
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Mid Market Account Executive
This is definitely not how planes work.
jwils
Politicker
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Sales Manager
"Control the controllables," cop out management response.ย 
Cothrock
Catalyst
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Account Executive
Equally shitty "It is what it is"ย 
Salespreuner
Big Shot
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Regional Sales Director
LinkedIn headline : Jack of all trades /contents / bla bla๐Ÿ™
1nbatopshotfan
Politicker
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Sales
O this is a good one. Infuriating.ย 
Salespreuner
Big Shot
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Regional Sales Director
Oh yeah
Chep
WR Officer
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Bitcoin Adoption Specialist
"High level conversations"

Rallier
Politicker
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SDR Manager and Consultant
Anything to do with "scalability". People just throw it around wherever now
CaneWolf
Politicker
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Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
"Sell through it." Fuck you, fix the problem.
Blackwargreymon
Politicker
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MDR
"Control the controllables," cop out management response.ย 
ChunkyButters
Tycoon
0
AE
"We have open APIs"
1nbatopshotfan
Politicker
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Sales
โ€œDouble click thatโ€ย 
no, letโ€™s discuss it more. No one has a mouse. We arent double clicking. This one drives me up a wall.ย 
MR.StretchISR
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ISR
Hit the batting cages. Sales is about repetition. Keep swinging and eventually something will connect. Don't worry about your boss. If he/she is breathing down your neck and not offering support, then he/she's an asshole hole.
Cyberjarre
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BDR
Hit the batting cages. Sales is about repetition. Keep swinging and eventually something will connect. Don't worry about your boss. If he/she is breathing down your neck and not offering support, then he/she's an asshole hole.
Clashingsoulsspell
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ISR
The best advice I can give is to buckle in and focus on pipeline growth and just keep doing what you need to with any deals you're working.

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