punishedlad

Business Development Team Lead

Never Call Me AGAIN!

I'm sure some of you saw this clown on LinkedIn getting pretty much destroyed in the comments, top comment being from our own @GeneralCorp

I'll start by saying that I totally empathize. Getting solicitation calls on your cellphone can be draining. BUT... it's really common, especially post-pandemic, that the phone number us sales folks are getting from ZoomInfo, Apollo, etc. is someone's personal cell. Office lines basically don't exist anymore. Something these people probably don't understand without some context into how sales orgs work.

I know we've all had the classic "How did you get my cell phone number?" responses when cold calling. How do you normally respond when posed with that question/situation? Generally, I'm pretty transparent and try to bring a bit of levity to the situation.

"Didn't realize this was your cell, I'm just calling the numbers on my screen."

"I gotta be honest, I got this number from a database..."

I'll try to work an apology in there as well, but always go for the ask regardless.

Would be interested in hearing your best practices!

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antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

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Bravado's Resident Asshole

"oh btw, I track if you open my emails too."

BTQ

Politicker

3

Account Manager

https://youtu.be/3--LcjIY_bw

One of my favorites

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

2

Bravado's Resident Asshole

"Do you have something to write with...?"

TennisandSales

Politicker

9

Head Of Sales

i love that these ppl always put something super drastic like "ill never do business with you" or "ill tell all my connections to not do business with you"......oh really? you will? well thats just great, ill just go above you and make your boss love our product that she will buy i and youll HAVE to use it!

Suck it Karen...I mean Anna..

Pachacuti

Politicker

8

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

Saw that a few days ago. I commented. Won't tell you any more ;)

She's an idiot.

punishedlad

Tycoon

2

Business Development Team Lead

Thanks for making me realize I face doxxed in the original post, I have edited the picture to black that out lol

Pachacuti

Politicker

6

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

I didn't even notice (wink wink).... happens

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

2

Bravado's Resident Asshole

lmao oops.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

5

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

"without prior arrangement"....

How? Carrier pigeon?

CuriousFox

WR Officer

2

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😏

detectivegibbles

Politicker

4

Sales Director

Happens daily. Be honest. Future correspondence can all be scheduled.

BTQ

Politicker

4

Account Manager

Saw that. This guy that commented was even better hold on lads

BTQ

Politicker

6

Account Manager

He’s the whistle guy from @GeneralCorp’s videos!!

BTQ

Politicker

6

Account Manager

And just an absolute peach! Just look at his bio, would love to generate him as a lead

punishedlad

Tycoon

3

Business Development Team Lead

Holy shit, I didn't even put that together but it has to be the same whistle guy!

BTQ

Politicker

2

Account Manager

Right!
But yeah I say “hey we use a service called Apollo for business contacts looks like I got your personal. Sorry about that seems very inappropriate for me to have called this #”

jefe

Arsonist

2

🍁

What a twat.

Great work @BTQ

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

3

Sales Rep

They know these posts get the most engagement on LinkedIn so it helps them become an "Influencer"

punishedlad

Tycoon

1

Business Development Team Lead

Only thing they're influencing is my urge to cold call them for the hell of it

Nowhere close to my ICP, but it'd be fun

sketchysales

Politicker

1

Sales Manager

do it and report back, it would be so satisfying haha

SaaSsy

Politicker

3

AE

hahaha I try to get a laugh sometimes and say "oh ya know, the good old worldwide web". I'm usually laughing alone but it usually diffuses that and just let's the real convo happen.

HVACexpert

Politicker

2

sales engineer

To be a director of security engineering and purposely block possible vendors that could potentially help your business make more money or be more SECURE is not only stupid it, is borderline negligent.

Does she know we can see what company she works for? Lol

Justatitle

Big Shot

2

Account Executive

Had a guy answer his phone one time, tell me he is on a national do not call list and would report me, then told me how his kid is in sales and then booked a discovery call. was absolutely a wild time

ZVRK

Politicker

1

Enterprise Account Executive

Saw this in the wild on LinkedIn just today, made for a nice share to my sales MS teams chat 😅

BitcoinAddict

Opinionated

1

AE

Playing Devil's Advocate here, I think we should acknowledge that there are a lot of bad sellers in this environment and poorly coached SDRs that truly are a time drain for anyone they call. Maybe we need to coach sales teams on how to actually deliver value rather than spamming prospects.

Maximas

Tycoon

0

Senior Sales Executive

Recommend to tell the truth here also that we got their numbers on a dial list and simply ask if you could move forward with your pitch.
I also keep apology available only as a last resort though, if they start to get pissed off!

SalesMofo

Big Shot

0

Head of Sales

I'm a fan of "Oh, apologies, I didn't realize that. What's a better number to call you on? Anyway, the reason I called is..."

Sometimes awkward beginnings are the meet cute you need to close a monster deal with a jerk who never answers their phone.

...and yeah, some people just suck and will say anything to feel big on the phone with a salesperson.

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