Happy Friday - what did you learn this week?

So glad its Friday. Big weekend plans of doing as little as possible after a full week of travel and talking to people I'd normally never want to talk to.


So I thought I would throw out there a "what did you learn this week?" discussion.


What did ***I*** learn? I learned the value of getting people to calendar our next meeting while still with them. Its a constant process of learning and driving that point home for me personally.


Case in point - went to a conference a couple weeks back. Met that *1* contact which made the whole show worth attending. We agreed to a next meeting. She was about to say "email me...." and I jumped and said "lets throw something on the calendar now since we both have out phones out. She agreed.

Fast Forward - we met and it was good. Found out though that she'd NOT been in the office the previous 2 weeks and the odds of getting on her calendar post-conference would have been frustrating to say the least.


So what did you learn this week?

๐Ÿ”Ž Prospecting
๐Ÿ˜Ž Sales Skills
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poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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โ˜•๏ธ
This market is so fucking hard. You can be in the first 10 applicants and still get auto-rejectedโ€”even when you are an on-paper perfect fit.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
That sucks. Job searching is the worst.
My advice - always reach out to the DM first and do the "apply now" button later.
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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โ˜•๏ธ
Yup, been doing that as well but most arenโ€™t reaching back out. The tactic is becoming common place.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
it is, but you still gotta do it.
oldcloser
Arsonist
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๐Ÿ’€
It is 100% mandatory along with finding someone to say anything nice internally. I have never seen it this tough.
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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โ˜•๏ธ
Iโ€™m running this shit like a sales cycle and boy oh boy did I have one of the best breakthroughs today via cold outreach to a VP.
oldcloser
Arsonist
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๐Ÿ’€
Nice! ๐Ÿ–•the recruiters. You go!
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Fridays have always been my best day to call on people. Execs are often clock watching so have the time to pick p the phone.
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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My dude was just being a dude and liked my outreach despite already making an offer to another candidate. Put me in touch with his former report who was hiring for a similar role. Theyโ€™ve had 500 applicants in 4 days and Iโ€™m on top of the pile.
oldcloser
Arsonist
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๐Ÿ’€
Even if itโ€™s not a win, itโ€™s a win. Now go forth and parlay that shit. You got this
SDM
Politicker
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Sales development manager
Agree
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Nice! Making magic happen.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
that's how you make the chimichangas!
oldcloser
Arsonist
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Make damn sure, before accepting any role, there is PMF. Verify the word proprietary. Ask to see the patent. Otherwise the job is just a short circular bridge directly back to the hell you think you're jumping out of.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
PMF?
oldcloser
Arsonist
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๐Ÿ’€
Product market fit. There are some really slick ideas that nobody will buy floating around.

More importantly, did you get your Traeger yet?
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
ah yes, definitely. Lots of solutions out there looking for a problem.
oldcloser
Arsonist
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๐Ÿ’€
Edited above as you replied. Need Traeger review if available please.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
still waiting. Was hoping it would arrive in time for Fathers Day grilling
oldcloser
Arsonist
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๐Ÿ’€
ahhhhh, just saw one at costco and got motivated
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Have and love Traeger. Get one.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
I was at Costco today and bugged the Traeger guy there for like 30min.
coletrain
Politicker
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Account Executive
Absolutely, no product market fit/investment in product iteration means they donโ€™t know what theyโ€™re doing and we canโ€™t have that
oldcloser
Arsonist
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๐Ÿ’€
Yes! We cannot!!
HVACexpert
Politicker
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sales engineer
I learned that customers are very dramatic and to keep me in this opportunity I now have to play politics with multiple parties to keep it from falling apart, which is super dumb.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Good lessons.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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๐ŸฆŠ
These are the days of our lives
antiASKHOLE
Tycoon
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Bravado's Resident Asshole
Nice job on getting that locked in. I learned that I can be a dick and a hero at the same time. Just have to learn to be not as big a dick as the villain.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Dick & Hero = definition of a sales person!
AnchorPoint
Politicker
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Business Coach
When you tell someone in the Middle East Region that it is "cool" they take it literally...
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
language issues....I'm fluent in spanish so I juggle that daily
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
I learned that done deals can still take extra time to go through endless approvals and internal signatures and still have some issues with docusign.

Well, I already knew this, but some lessons just get reinforced.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
My lessons learned are often a relearning as well.
FoodForSales
Politicker
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AE
I learned that if you ask nicely good thing happen ;)
Maximas
Tycoon
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Senior Sales Executive
Learned to never close a door on a deal you think it's kinda hard to get, better to more understand the prospects challenges and be creative when explaining the product in a way that it would let it seem as a perfect solution for em!
Fenderbaum
Politicker
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Retired Choirboy๐Ÿช•
I learned that my pest control service needs to be replaced by a competent pest control service.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
What type of pests?
oldcloser
Arsonist
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๐Ÿ’€
Thatโ€™s what Iโ€™m saying!
Fenderbaum
Politicker
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Retired Choirboy๐Ÿช•
Black widow spiders...
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Not my favorite. I live in a house where bugs โ€ฆ happen. I was thinking more destructive, like termites. Absolutely the worst. Was going to recommend Termidor, but that wonโ€™t work against spiders.
Fenderbaum
Politicker
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Retired Choirboy๐Ÿช•
Fortunately, the spiders are all outside.
oldcloser
Arsonist
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๐Ÿ’€
Hey- I was reading a book on negative gravity last night. Couldnโ€™t put it down.

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