RedLightning

Mid-Market AE

Irony from a prospect

I'm working on a deal that I think just died, but my prospect posted something on Linkedin that was absurdly ironic or may paint this person as a sociopath.

I sent out a very big proposal (I'd hit my q4 target on it) at the end of last week and they said they would discuss internally and give me an answer following a Canadian Thanksgiving.

My email is a week old and unopened. My follow ups haven't been opened or responded to. I'm 99% sure they used us to get a better quote from someone else. But what's really driving me crazy is that the prospect is now posting on Linkedin about how stress in the workplace is a global mental wellness issue.

Maybe I'm being a narcissist, but it feels like he's giving me a big ironic middle finger.

😂 Sales Humor

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funcoupons

WR Officer

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My personal favourite are the prospects who work in orgs that are supposed to be helping and supporting people like charities or with the elderly/kids who are some of the biggest raging bitches and assholes you've ever met in your life.

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

I have a theory that Chic-fil-a workers are all absolute monsters off the clock because they utilize all of their niceness/politeness while at work

ultraman

Tycoon

Shepherd

I wonder if they stop saying “My Pleasure!” as a response when they clock out. Or if when they do say it they are like, “Dammit…I’m off, I don’t have to say that stupid shit!”

sugardaddy

Politicker

🍬

Haha! That’s so trueeee!

CRAG112

Valued Contributor

Account Executive

Nah, not really. They are treated very poorly. Don’t mistake presentation for reality.

mitts2

Politicker

Account Executive

comment on his post with: "Sup?"

funcoupons

WR Officer

👑

BDE, love it.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

🦡🦡🦡

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

"you up?"

FamilyTruckster

Politicker

Exec Director, Major Accounts

Pick up the phone.

FamilyTruckster

Politicker

Exec Director, Major Accounts

Hit reply too fast.

I appreciate the irony. #humble #transparentteammate

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

If I can't find humor in the little things like that, I'd have burnt out long ago

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

I did

FamilyTruckster

Politicker

Exec Director, Major Accounts

Didn’t answer?

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

No. There's a competitor in our industry who has very a aggressive sales approach and they consistently mentioned throughout our process how much that turned them off, so I've been very light on follow ups. The red flag on my end isn't necessarily the response, but they fact that my messages haven't been touched and up until this point they been very responsive with me.

Mobi85

Politicker

Regional Sales Manager

Reply to the post agreeing and talking about the stress and mental wellness issues you face when someone doesn't respond to emails or phone calls #passiveagressive

LocoSales

Politicker

Jr. Sales Manager

I once had a prospect who posted that he always responds to SDRs as he knows the struggle of working in Sales. Ironically, he never responded to my highly personalised mails hahah :D LinkedIn is such a pile of shit, it's so beyond me how people actually enjoy the platform at this point.

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

same here. I had some prospects that were "sales guru's" on LI. There were all into video prospecting and all of my videos went unopened/watched

Cristles

Contributor

AE (Account Executive)

Does your product solve workload/stress in their company ?
If you already lost the deal or they are definitely ghosting you I would react on his post. “If you would react to my emails I could help you increase the mental wellness of your employees”

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

I likely lost it, but am hoping I'm wrong. No my product does not help with that. Them ignoring me is bad for my mental health

Cristles

Contributor

AE (Account Executive)

Haha, in my opinion it is sometimes in your own interest to get them on the phone and get closure. Especially with your own mental head at risk haha. Don’t want to you start breaking your desk over a lost deal haha.

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

I'm trying. I don't want to hound them. They mentioned that they disliked a competitor of ours who's sales processes are known to be very aggressive because of little things like that.

It's little things like that that are making me feel like I'm dealing with a Machiavellian supervillian

Cristles

Contributor

AE (Account Executive)

Are you dealing with a professional buyer?
Because it looks like you lost control, I would probably give him a call on Monday morning and talk over things. Don’t have a follow up at that moment. But let him know that you are wondering if there are unanswered question and schedule a follow up during that call. Don’t rush them. But set an appointment so you will have control again.

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

They're coming off a holiday weekend and into a short week.

The next step was an internal conversation on their end that would have necessitated them opening an email I sent over. It should have happened Wed or Thurs and I said I'd follow up today if I hadn't heard back.

It's not a procurement person, but they clearly weren't green.

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

Are you dealing with only one guy in the org? Did you try to get on a convo with anyone else as well? May be he is stressed out, ready to get out and applying for a job himself 🤣

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

I was working with 2 and both have gone dark. The timing on the post was just too on the nose with how this is playing out that I couldn't help but laugh

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

Understood. Had been in your shoe where I tried all the possible options but in vain and left things as i could not do much. However, experienced one prospect came out of dark the same way they had gone and became a customer. If they truly need it, they would come back.

Don't forget to keep following up and asking if there is something you should know so you don't overwhelm his email etc etc.

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

Yeah, that's the plan next week. Expecting to roll into the weekend hitting my quarterly target and then getting ghosted is the type of stress related mood swing that he mentioned in his linkedin post which is why I thought it was ironic

Flippinghubs

Opinionated

Account Executive

sounds like a classic veggie lasanga

goose

Politicker

Sales Executive

I don't get it.

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

They are posting about how important mental health and stress management are while directy stressing me out and negatively impacting my mental health

goose

Politicker

Sales Executive

You are reading way too much into this. Go prospect some more.

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

I have been. Just thought it was funny.

goose

Politicker

Sales Executive

Not really.

RedLightning

Politicker

Mid-Market AE

got it. didn't realize my sense of humor was wrong

goose

Politicker

Sales Executive

It was highly amusing. I'm just fucking around with you.

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