My weekly interaction with marketing...


I swear to god every MQL i've had this week has more chance of buying a ticket on Daddy Bezos' Space Flight than it does buying a data license.


To those of you who say I shouldn't expect anything from marketing... It is their dang job but I also gave up hope a long time ago. Be a salesperson, be jaded.


P.S Squid game is a banger though ain't it?



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FamilyTruckster
Politicker
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Exec Director, Major Accounts
Need a stampโ€ฆ
certified marketing lead.ย 
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
There already is one in the picture.
FamilyTruckster
Politicker
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Exec Director, Major Accounts
Iโ€™ll start attaching it internally.ย 
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
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SaaS Eater
I love marketing leads
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Glad to see you made that decision of your own free will, without anyone influencing your decision.ย ย 
Cristles
Contributor
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AE (Account Executive)
They hold you at gun point writing this didnโ€™t they?
Blink twice for yes.
Kinonez
Celebrated Contributor
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War Room Enthusiast
This sounds like my month of September.ย 
AlphaCharlie
Arsonist
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Account executive
Mine was slow as well... Let's rock October!
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Best of luck to us all.ย 
hh456
Celebrated Contributor
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sales
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
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Wellss
Tycoon
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Channel sales
My favorite is when marketing passes along a list of registrants from a webinar & it's all gmails and basic hq phone numbers. Thanks marketing
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
3
No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
'I see what you're going for here marketing, so uhhh thanks I guess.'
cw95
Politicker
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Sales Development Lead
Hahah yeah a first year student at uni thatโ€™s just researching there assignment classes as an MQL apparently
Mobi85
Politicker
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Regional Sales Manager
Love getting leads from marketing that is asking me to call Amanda Hugnkiss Super solid leads
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
I had I.P. freely the other week.ย 
Mobi85
Politicker
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Regional Sales Manager
Guessing the phone number was 609-420-6969
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Ding ding ding we have a winner.ย 
CaneWolf
Politicker
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Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
Squid Game is sooooo good.
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Very binge worthy.ย 
CaneWolf
Politicker
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Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
I watched the entire thing straight through.
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
May have rewatched the first couple episodes yesterday ๐Ÿ˜‚
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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๐ŸฆŠ
I haven't seen it. I am not sure if I want to. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ
Diablo
Politicker
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Sr. AE
I consider Marketing leads to be mere contacts unless they specify them to be MQLs in a meeting.
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Yep, same here. Joy is that that 'great' ones they're passing over are their mql'sย 
Tatertot
Executive
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Business Development Executive
Marketing loves to bring a bunch of low budget, international garbage our way. Always ends up being more trouble than itโ€™s worth ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Nothing like some PTSD inducing international leads.ย 
blondeenigma
Opinionated
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AE
The other day marketing bought a bunch of โ€œhot leadsโ€ from some random vendor - all generic contacts with HQ numbers and no trigger eventsโ€ฆ..yay gotta love them peepsโ€ฆ. and are now claiming that we canโ€™t do our job and convert themโ€ฆ. meanwhile they take 18 months to make a vertical specific whitepaper and blast it outโ€ฆ.
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
Those leads are so spicy white people everywhere are asking for milk ๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅต
cw95
Politicker
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Sales Development Lead
I feel ya - every morning marketing celebrates how they have brought in X amount of MQLsโ€ฆwhich none are actually relevantโ€ฆthe next day moreโ€ฆor which are ones where is sales lot have worked on and they just opened an email marketing sent. Out of all the shit we give marketing, if all else fails I may just start working in marketing as it seems rather easy
LukeF
Politicker
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Client Executive
100%
DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
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Rolling 20's all day
Yeah but do they still get mad when you don't close their lead???ย 
Whupswhups
Politicker
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Business Development Representative
Bruv they literally sent me an MQL with
Company: Not Applicable
Name: prospect A (works at company C)
Email:ย  prospectB@companyD
website: company E

NANI!!!!!
Whupswhups
Politicker
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Business Development Representative
Bruv they literally sent me an MQL with
Company: Not Applicable
Name: prospect A (works at company C)
Email:ย  prospectB@companyD
website: company E

NANI!!!!!
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Weekly sales meetings and thoughts

Discussion
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4

How do your weekly team and management sales call look and include?

Question
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Including these in weekly calls - which is a must?
69% Pipeline review
3% Demo given
8% Addition to Quarterly pipeline
19% Conversions and movement from demo
36 people voted
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Weekly Sales Meetings

Advice
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Do you enjoy your weekly sales meeting?
35% YES
33% HELL NO
32% It is what it is....
141 people voted