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[Poll] - Would you be disappointed if the War Room went away?

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How would you feel if the War Room went away?

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CoorsKing
WR Officer
21
Retired King of the Coors Knights
Would be very disappointed if it goes away. In terms of overall collaboration, I think this platform has no equal. There have been some great threads on prospecting, interview tips, sales cycle advice, and others that would be difficult to find elsewhere. 

Plus - would be much harder to rally a response against the LI posts berating other savages. 
funcoupons
WR Officer
6
👑
Agreed with all of this. This is the only "social media" platform I use. 

I look foward to watching this community grow, and seeing what else we can do with it. I would love to see private messages to make connections with other users, and a job posting/referral component so we can help each other succeed. 
Seth_Davis
Big Shot
0
Regional Sales Manager
Love the handle.... wolf of wall street is the GOAT
marebears007
Valued Contributor
0
Sr. Account Executive
Curious, how long have you been in the war room? I recently joined and super excited to dive into more sales-related topics!
CuriousFox
WR Officer
5
🦊
+25 

I'm currently on a regional Teams meeting and had to respond immediately. 

There is no other forum like this. I've picked up strategic tactics that I haven't thought of in the 17 years I've been in sales. The advice, guidance, support, and laughs - where am I supposed to get that greatness? LinkedIn? Boy please 😏
sahil
Notable Contributor
2
Deepak Chopra of Sales
<3 thanks 
Salespreuner
Big Shot
0
Regional Sales Director
Agree with this completely!
GeneralCorp
Notable Contributor
14
General of The War Room
If there is anything the poll DOES confirm... its that salespeople STILL cant read. 
SADNES5
Politicker
2
down voters are marketing spies
call me that again! catalogues WILL make a comeback.
GeneralCorp
Notable Contributor
1
General of The War Room
Smh...
deviantzen
WR Lieutenant
1
Consultant
I feel attacked 
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
8
Account Executive
Just curious what prompted this post @sahil 

Is the War Room not landing the way you hoped / expected?

Is the possibility of pulling it a real consideration?
sahil
Notable Contributor
8
Deepak Chopra of Sales
Nope. It's called the Sean Ellis Test. It's a way to measure product love.

https://www.pisano.com/blog/sean-ellis-test-figure-out-product-market-fit
sahil
Notable Contributor
3
Deepak Chopra of Sales
We love you too much for that :)
funcoupons
WR Officer
0
👑
Appreciate the insight! 
CoorsKing
WR Officer
1
Retired King of the Coors Knights
Well you are currently well over the 40% mark so... so far so good. As suspected lol.
CadenceCombat
Tycoon
2
Account Executive
Lol good. You scared me.

My only escape from covid right now is this, formula 1 and biking. 

The trifecta falls apart without the War Room.
sahil
Notable Contributor
1
Deepak Chopra of Sales
💋 
CuriousFox
WR Officer
3
🦊
Had me scared too Cadence!!! 🤯

I've actually gained confidence to where I made my first sales meme on LinkedIn. Which I never do because of the prospects that I'm connected with. But you know what? I'm human! I should be 100% me regardless of the damn platform. Fuck what other people think.
funcoupons
WR Officer
6
👑
Asking the tough question most readers are wondering about, you're a true sales vet. 
CaneWolf
Politicker
0
Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
Sahil clearly felt we needed a bit of fear to shock the senses.
StringerBell
Politicker
6
Account Executive
Only been here a few days and I really like it. I was in Corp Bro’s slack channel and the slack medium isn’t ideal for these types of conversations. Forum based communities work better in my opinion. I think we’ll need to increase some of the resource sharing and stuff like that to really make it scale and last but it’s nice to be able to call things as they really are and not have it follow you back to your personal life. 
MMMGood
Celebrated Contributor
5
Senior Account Executive
I would be disappointed. 

The War Room is a place where Sales Professional can unite as a community that is otherwise stigmatized. For me, it's been a place of great introspection and a resource of information and best practices that I hope to utilize in my own career. 

It's also been a welcomed distraction to the daily grind. 

Thanks @sahil and @GeneralCorp 
softwarebro
Politicker
5
Sales Director
@sahil  I voted wrong and can't change my vote - I read the question quickly as "How do you feel about the War Room?" and answered, "not disappointed". At any rate, I think this platform has a wealth of knowledge. I wish there was a way to view other member's past comments. As an example, (apologies if this is a weird call out) I feel like @LordBusiness, @CadenceCombat and a few others comments usually resonate with my selling style and I think it would be interesting to see how they comment on different topics. Hate to miss out on valuable insight!
sahil
Notable Contributor
2
Deepak Chopra of Sales
You can click on their profile names to see previous comments. 

and no worries!
BigCheese
Notorious Answer
0
Agency Recruiter
@sahil I'm only able to see peoples' posts in their profiles, not comments. Am I missing something?
DonDraper
Politicker
3
National Sales Manager
I am loving the engagement and the different sales language that is used. I have worked in the US (Chicago) and I must say the use of the word Quota is bringing back a lot of good memories. 
sahil
Notable Contributor
0
Deepak Chopra of Sales
Thanks friend :)
mcsalesperson1
Politicker
2
Account Executive
I love reading other people’s questions and comments. I enjoy learning from my peers in an anonymous way. No competition. Pure curiosity and helping other sales people. Nothing better. 
Incognito
WR Officer
1
Master of Disaster
This is the best sales resource out there IMO. Lots of great discussions that are real without an agenda. 
AlexTrca
Executive
1
Sr. BDR at Arena, PTC
Love this!! Thanks for taking charge Corp!
Coffeesforclosers
Notable Contributor
1
Director Sales and Market Development
Great platform. Anonymity is awesome. Some solid players and elimination of riff Raf. Great engagement from ELT (you and corp). Fantastic! 
SiliconBBQ
Politicker
1
The Metal Rooster
voting way to late at night and read that wrong...would be very disappointed

rekled
Opinionated
0
Strategic Account Executive
OMG... me too! I would be very disappointed. Goodness. Been looking at screens too much today. <sigh> 
goose
Politicker
1
Sales Executive
It's a good release at times.  Curious to see where it goes.
BorntoSell
Contributor
1
Global Business Development Manager
So Far So Good :)
Coachlasso
Catalyst
1
VP - Revenue/Growth
I like it and agree with @BigMeech that I would be disappointed if it goes away.

I think knowing how to search and find information makes it more or less valulable, but there has been some really great threads on topics.

I think it's key that the platform really isn't about contributors promoting one "brand."  A refreshing change.
NoSuperhero
Politicker
1
BDR LEAD
I accidently voted on not disappointed... damn it.
southernfriedsales
Opinionated
1
Senior AE & Business Owner
How long has War Room been open exactly? I just started this week. The only thing I feel is a lack of people involved so far. 
Jbeans
Opinionated
1
Director of Sales
I just joined but it’s so nice to have a place to ask questions/ learn from other sales people. My coworker sent me Corp bro Q4 video a last year and I’ve never felt so understood. Sales is a freaking ridiculous career - like we all must be nuts. Lol. Would be great to add live stream messaging (ie ask expert have a sales methodology leader for example -Sandler ie) or video content here and be able to message users. 
RedLightning
Politicker
1
Mid-Market AE
@sahil It's got a ways to go and I can tell how much work you and the team are putting into it with the constant new features. I've learned a lot from passively browsing LI, but this can be on another level with the Anonymity because purely useful advice will make it to the top. The "Hot" tab will help me find that stuff more often. 

I'd like to see some more industry specific polls, topics, and tips. Some of it can be buried, but if you threw your weight behind it or made it "official" it could get a ton of traction and help. Maybe weekly "people who sell into X, what would you tell a savage new to the field" type posts.
mrworldwide
Good Citizen
0
AE
I like it, but it's very early stage and I keep seeing the same names on posts. WE NEED MORE USERS EXPOSED TO THIS GREAT PLATFORM!!!!
ARRisLife
Politicker
0
Account Executive
This place is awesome. Love reading everyone's thoughts and perspectives.  Great to validate all the struggles that I go through aren't mine alone haha.

One comment, and mind you I don't have a solution for but still calling it out; Sometimes it feels like there are just too many posts and some really good ones get drowned out by volume so there isn't a large response to ones I am particularly interested in.  That's probably always going to be a challenge with a community this large.

Couldn't imagine what I'd fill the gaps in my day with if this went away!
Telehealth_2the_Moon
Notable Contributor
0
Director of Business Development
Crap, I didn't read the question fully, I answered it like @sahil wrote the most self-depreciating poll. You can minus 1 from Not Disappointed and add it to Very Disappointed.
1nbatopshotfan
Politicker
0
Sales
In about the first week here I had a difficult situation at work, posted the scenario and got tons of helpful positive feedback. This is a really good place for collaboration and information sharing. If it were shut down it would be frustrating as well as a missed opportunity. 
Chep
WR Officer
0
Bitcoin Adoption Specialist
I do like the war room and have found it to be funny and helpful but what pulls me in and keeps me scrolling is that "sweet sweet commish"
beermoney
Politicker
0
Business Development
I love being able to chat with and solicit advice from sales professionals
a) anonymously 
b) at different companies, in different industries/verticals, with different experience levels 
c) without an agenda 
SalesPharaoh
Big Shot
0
Senior Account Executive
Very disappointed and I second what @BigMeech is saying all the way
BigWave
Fire Starter
0
Head of Sales
I would like to see this become a priceless resource for the industry. I hope that you all have big things planned!
Seth_Davis
Big Shot
0
Regional Sales Manager
If you don’t like it then you’re obviously lying about being in sales and we need to send these marketing people to GITMO
Notmyname
Contributor
0
Account Executive
I really love this platform and I wholeheartedly agree with what everyone has said so far. One thing that has made me not engage as much as I’d want however, is that you can see the ”post history” on the profile pages. Paranoid as I am, it would be fairly easy for my sales colleagues and managers to connect the dots in stories/questions I might share and thus know who I am and track what I’m writing. Again, completely paranoid I know, but does that make sense? 

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