Excited to see the Q3 deals trickle in!!

And here we are, crunch week for Q3 2022 (if your company follows the calendar year). Wishing all you savages and savagettes a crush week with fat checks to follow. I'm excited to hear the last minute squeezes in this week.


I'm currently funemployed so I'll share a Q3 story from last year.


I was selling IT security to a large paper manufacturer, and their legal had a number of issues with the SLA. After basically begging our own legal team to bend, we were able to send a revised contract at 4:30 PM. I'm biting my nails now waiting on a text/call back from my champion. Finally at 5:30 he calls from his car, apparently on the way home from a grocery run. He starts with "My CEO is out of town on vacation and wont be back till next week, so he can't sign off".


My heart sinks, and while I feel like closing off the convo (long day, end of Q and all that), I've built good rapport with this guy, so I entertain the rest of the conversation with his kids in the car lol. Right as we're about to hop off he says "oh yeah, so I couldnt get my CEO to sign off but my CFO was around so that contract should be in your inbox. congrats" ---> $300K just like that


What a rollercoaster ๐Ÿ˜… anyway would love to hear any wild stories you have. Good luck all!

๐Ÿฐ War Stories
๐Ÿ“ˆ Closing
๐Ÿ™‚ Rapport
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antiASKHOLE
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Bravado's Resident Asshole
That was a heart attack waiting to happen. Glad you were able to grab that deal and lower your blood pressure.
Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Oh, he totally did that on purpose!
jefe
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๐Ÿ
Heh just commented with basically the same thought before I saw yours
Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Great minds (?)
jefe
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๐Ÿ
Absolutely
Coastal_crusher
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Sales Director
Haha yeah he was definitely screwing with me but I guess thatโ€™s the double edge of a good relationship!
Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Hey, you had the BEST possible ending out of that one.
Coastal_crusher
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Sales Director
100% and was/am thankful for it!
Kosta_Konfucius
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ERP Sales
What a roller coaster of emotions, why wouldnt he lead with CFO is signing off! But hey, if its signed its signed
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
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Rolling 20's all day
Best of luck my friends. I wish I could focus on sales but a hurricane is headed straight for the greater tampa area so I'm busy prepping. Go close a last minute deal for me!
jefe
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๐Ÿ
Stay safe
Sunbunny31
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Yikes! Stay safe!
Coastal_crusher
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Sales Director
Stay safe DD
SoccerandSales
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Account Executive
100% that guy understood the grind of sales, what an awesome story
Diablo
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Sr. AE
Interesting, congrats
jefe
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๐Ÿ
I feel like this guy knew what he was doing...
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