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saasbaby

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For all my AEs - How long did it take you to get in your groove when you started out as an SDR?

When I say "groove", I mean when you started to feel like you will hit your quota with no problem, or you know that you can get 20 appts/week - no problem.


This is my second month as an SDR and I'm hitting my quota of dials every day but I'm not getting no where with these DMs. I did great last month and idk what the heck happened.


I'd love to get some insight from you guys. Thanks.

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Gasty
Notable Contributor
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War Room Community Manager
Got lucky in 1st month.
Capitalized on it in 1st Quarter.
Built momentum in next 2 Quarters.
Rest if history.
ThatNewAE
Big Shot
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Account Executive - Mid enterprise
It took me 3 years as an SDR, had to hit my numbers every single quarter. Then got the first AE gig. 
Having said that, I still am an SDR to the core. I still get my own leads. 
glow
Executive
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Senior Account Executive
two months. once I understood the renewal vs new biz game (which counted the same when I was an SDR), I capitalized on renewals and it was over for those hoes. 
CatMom
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Account Executive
20 appts/week?? Homie that seems like a lot. U ok?
Our SDRs have a quota of 12 a month. Seems like it takes them abt 3 months to get ramped up.
saasbaby
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SDR
Lmbo! I might be going too hard on myself haha. I've set a goal for myself every month, and the start of this month is just not it. 

jefe
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SDR's weren't really a thing when I started out. 

Hit my stride as an AE pretty quick though.
noID
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Account Executive
I’d say it took me 4-6 months to really start getting it.

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