Revenue_Rambo

Bad MFer

Politicker

Big Shot

Valued Contributor

Cringe of the Day

I'm all for trying new things when it comes to sales, but this violates so many things in my mind.

1) Cold prospecting via text makes me 🤮.

2) The psychology behind this really makes no sense.

3) The people in the comments acting like this is such a novel and amazing breakthrough 🤯

📞 Cold Calling

😡 rant

🤢 Sales Stupidity

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oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

This is, in its purest form, coyote vomit.

unclespacejam

Politicker

ur dad’s brother

I don’t even know where to start with this.

What an absolute crock of shit. Also what kind of question is that?

Never in my life would I respond to some shit like this let alone entertain this as a serious opportunity.

unclespacejam

Politicker

ur dad’s brother

“when will u deposit $10k in my bank account”

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

I think they're making a joke about a common spam text

harebrained

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

I can only imagine how badly this would go selling into cyber security.

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

WTF? This is exactly how pig butchering scams start. I got a text just like this, and 100% it was from overseas.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

I don't know the specifics of that particular scam, but yea... This is how all of the bullshit whatsapp/text ones start.

Immediate block and delete, report if possible.

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Oh, I think it was the first one I ever got. And I had no idea there was such a scam, but figured I’d politely let the texter know they had the wrong number. Queue the embarrassed apology, the gratitude for the reply, the unsolicited photo of a lovely young Asian woman, and a request to be friends. 😂

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Quite an adventure! I've always been tempted to mess with them but haven't gone through with it.

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

My only fear there would be getting my number out there on some list where they just blow your phone up. That would suck.

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Bad MFer

Should I tempt fate and see how long until I get invited to the BBQ?

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Oh me too. Hence the trepidation.

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Why is the name anonymized but the message still has a name on the sign off? And phone only?

You'd better jump on that and get in touch with Kitty.

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Bad MFer

braintank

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

I think it's a joke y'all...

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

ERP Sales

It has to be right??

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I sure hope so. Because I have seen that very text, and it’s always the start of the scam.

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

If it isn't, going to question a lot of things in life!

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Absolutely, but it's a terrible one.

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

See that report junk button? Smash it.

Mobi85

Politicker

Regional Sales Manager

Next “prospecting hack” will probably be asking the prospect when they will do the favor they promised by going and purchasing some visa gift cards.

QWhiz

Tycoon

Founding AE / ex-SDR

this explains it

Revenue_Rambo

Politicker

Bad MFer

Aka just a talking head

FoodForSales

Politicker

ouch

RandyLahey

Politicker

Account Executive

Depraved cesspool.

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

I would not come to her BBQ

alwayzbizzie

Executive

Sales Manager

This is garbage. Is she selling extended car warranties?

Gasty

Notable Contributor

War Room Community Manager

I can only think about GDPR with this one.

MRK47

Tycoon

VP of International Sales

Forget the BBQ nonsense...the reference to 'Rockstars' tells me all I need to know.

Justatitle

Tycoon

Account Executive

Uhm, don't mess around with bbq rule #1

DollHairs

Opinionated

Owner

wow

harebrained

Politicker

Enterprise Account Executive

*barbeque not barbecue!? The Q adds flavor

White

Big Shot

Account Executive

This is obviously a joke. Isn't it? 👀

JavierCake

Executive

Founder

But also… is she planning to actually host every prospect that agrees for a bbq?! Does she have budget for that?! LOLWTF

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