Holding "Sales Influencers" and "Sales Voices" accountable.

I know it would take one really brave soul to do it but I am looking at how unregulated the Sales Influencer space is on LinkedIn. In a way, it is becoming a bit dangerous as companies like Salesforce are giving recognition to some of the "sales voices" on LinkedIn as being legitimate. It is one thing when these guys push techniques and rant on LinkedIn but something else entirely when their methods become accepted by sales organizations.

For example, if you sold uniforms and printers for years, you should not be a voice of authority for a major SaaS company that sells a more complicated product.

I wish we had a committee of sorts or a group of people that served the purpose of holding Sales Voices accountable and almost grilling them.

For far too long, a lot of "LinkedIn Influencers" could ramble on, block whoever disagreed with their view, and even run in a group together.

Now, more and more companies are blindly thinking these people are a voice of authority or actually good at selling when all they have are short stints.

This space needs a lot of regulation and accountability. Almost like someone whose role is to call these people out, put them on blast, and have them answer for their BS.

I mean Salesforce is giving credibility to these morons now, this can really get out of hand!