Have you ever been called too aggressive mid-eval?

Question

This week, I sent a break up email with a prospect that had pushed off a trial kick-off four times, this most recent time the day before at 9pm pst. Deal is 100 days old, and average deal cycles here are right around 45-100 days to complete procurement and signature (typically trials begin 30 days in)

In my email, I did the standard "when we first met you outlined your timeline was...... blah blah blah...... is this still a priority? Should I close out your case"

He responded "call me" and just got off the phone with him ranting about how that was aggressive. Threw me off, because genuinely, when most people postpone with me multiple times, they do want me to close out their case.

As a lady, I was insulted, but then I remembered that this is part of the standard grind of sales.... right?

Anyone else?

Accepted Answer

Nuh he was just being a little bitch bc he got schooled by a badass chick.

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You were too "aggressive" for asking a question? This dude can get fucked.

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I said no, but there really doesn't seem to be anything wrong with what you did.

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Im thinking he has tiny man syndrome, or you caught him on a bad day, or both. Either way you did nothing wrong

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you should call him a sexist if the deal doesn't close.

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Fuck him. As a fellow Lady-Savage I will never put up with someone telling me I'm aggressive. Am I aggressive or are you "triggered" by assertive language, Chad? Shit or get off the pot. It's called a funnel for a reason, move the fuckers out that don't belong in there and add them back in when there is a chance they make it through the bottom. (Sorry, I'm straight out of patience today...)

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I said no, but it has nothing to do with you needing to be polite and everything to do with my personal experience.

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I mean....he was the one delaying everything. Maybe he lacks agression

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I tend to be polite, but when its a lead I know is going no where and/or an irate lead, I push even harder because I know they will either fold and buy, or hang up. Either way is a win.

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People hate being held to commitments. More often than not when a customer calls you aggressive, you were just trying to hold them to a commitment they made or get them to quit ghosting you.

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Sounds like a loser, flag him as a time waster and forget he exists like the rest of the people in his life.

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Yes and no. Just have to get what you want and there are people skills ways to do it.

slayingsaleslady

Have you ever been called too aggressive mid-eval?

Have you been called "too aggressive" by a prospect in eval?

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slayingsaleslady

Have you ever been called too aggressive mid-eval?

Have you been called "too aggressive" by a prospect in eval?

18 comments

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