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Goshen07

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How to break into the B2B corporate sales environment?

I am a current vehicle sales consultant looking to break into the more corporate sales environment. I have no idea where to start as there are so many facets in the industry. I'm aware vehicle sales is bottom of the totem pole, but you have to start somewhere, right?


What are your suggestions? What jobs should I be looking for? I currently average 100k a year and have 4 years of sales experience.

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Kosta_Konfucius
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Talk about the amount of revenue sold, % hit quota, rank within team. I would assume it would be easiest to start in SMB B2B since they have the shortest sales cycles.
CuriousFox
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Damn K you on it today ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Kosta_Konfucius
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SoccerandSales
Big Shot
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KK is a killer, everything they said is perfectly in line with any advice that I would come up with on my own
Sunbunny31
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Short, sweet, and accurate.
ThatNewAE
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Account Executive - Mid enterprise
You covered almost everything up ! :)
jefe
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Everything @Kosta_Konfuciussaid.

Good luck!
antiASKHOLE
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you've got this down to a science. Keep it on copy paste.
Gasty
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@Kosta_Konfucius's advice is brilliant! The only thing I'd add is to get familiar with the terminology and nuances of B2B.

Like you'll hear a lot of ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ/ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด/ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ/ ๐˜Ž๐˜›๐˜” / ๐˜”๐˜™๐˜™ in a B2B SaaS sales role.Might be a bit different for something like B2B retail.

Nonetheless, thought it could be a good mid-point, if not a starting point.

Also, welcome to the War Room! @Goshen07
Sunbunny31
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Excellent points regarding the terminology.

That might be a good pinned post - B2B terminology guide.
Pachacuti
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Soft skills.
mwilly
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Enterprise Account Executive
Really know how to describe your personal sales process.
Goshen07
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Thank you all for the advice! I will definitely utilize it!

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