spreadsheettryhard

Sales Development Consultant

sales coaches

how do we feel about "sales coaches"

it seems 90%+ are grifters who got burnt out at their actual sales job, and chose to use their marketing skills to market themselves

a lot of the content on LinkedIn seems to be detached from reality, and is from people who aren't actually selling a product, they are selling themselves.

maybe i'm a grumpy dumb sales dude but a lot of folks are trying to reinvent the wheel, when sales is quite simple, it just takes hard work, grit, and some social / emotional intelligence.

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1nbatopshotfan

Politicker

Sales

They suck. They take popular methods and add their twist to it, which generally isn’t that helpful.

They are good at taking money from small and mid sized orgs and their CROs tho.

spreadsheettryhard

Fire Starter

Sales Development Consultant

yep. agreed. they think the coach will come in and change the culture when really they need to improve their hiring practices

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Or, their fucking product now and then?

spreadsheettryhard

Fire Starter

Sales Development Consultant

oh, yes. or their product just sucks

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Barely even a twist. Sales 101 with the slightest repackaging.

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

ERP Sales

100%

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

You’re correct. Most are crooks.

Depending on what you sell and to who, there is strategy and some technique, but in the end it does boil down to hard work and being smart about things.

DollHairs

Opinionated

Owner

whats the best way to spot a crook?

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

1 way: They call themselves a sales guru on LI with 2 years of experience.

FoodForSales

Politicker

anyone who's an Expert but still an SDR

spreadsheettryhard

Fire Starter

Sales Development Consultant

99% are crooks
you should speak to real sales people who are top performers at their orgs.
or learn the hard way, through trial and error.

Sunbunny31

Arsonist

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Well, that’s me. And I talk to myself quite a bit.

poweredbycaffeine

WR Lieutenant

☕️

You’re better off hiring a sports psychologist or performance coach. They will change your mentality, which is required to remain pliable and adaptable. Thats how you push through plateaus and ignore culture wormholes.

Justatitle

Tycoon

Account Executive

Most are garbage or get really lucky at one company, ie.)Salesforce in the early days, AWS... Here is the thing, these reps may have successful strategies for closing deals and all but they usually had gigantic brand recognition behind their name, I wanna learn from the guy that didn't have brand recognition and still did really well

LegacySales

Politicker

Account Executive

Second this:

I wanna learn from the guy that worked at a startup I've never heard of and had it later get acquired by a larger org. That guy grinded it out one deal at a time and did pretty well for himself.

Mobi85

Politicker

Regional Sales Manager

Those that can’t do, coach.

QWhiz

Tycoon

Founding AE / ex-SDR

hack: the ones who use emojis in their posts are idiots

spreadsheettryhard

Fire Starter

Sales Development Consultant

lol!