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newsalesguy14

Account Executive

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Someone help me keep my sanity from this stuck deal

How do you keep yourself from losing it in a rage against your prospects who won't sign the damn contract?


I've been negotiating this deal over email for the last TWO WEEKS because they won't get on the phone and they are so slow at getting back. To make matters worse, it's via third party - they're taking forever to hear back from the client and deliver the feedback to me. We've been going back and forth over terms, and I was supposed to hear back today but haven't heard anything.


They've already say that want to move forward, it's just taking SO LONG to hatch it out.


They also aren't adhering to any deadlines because "they need to hear back from the client."


Help. How to not lose it?

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hh456
Celebrated Contributor
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sales
say nothing and drink to forget
goose
Politicker
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Sales Executive
Is this supposed to be a joke?
hh456
Celebrated Contributor
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sales
If you want it to be. It’s also from Wecome to Nightvale.
goose
Politicker
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Sales Executive
ah... an inside joke.  haven't listened.
hh456
Celebrated Contributor
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sales
It’s a serious reply too.
goose
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Sales Executive
oh... i thought this was a serious post looking for constructive ideas.  just noticed the "sales humor" tag.  fun.
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
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Walk away, take a deep breath, and then spear your computer.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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Do you have to go through the third party? Can you contact the prospect directly?
newsalesguy14
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Good question - I don't have any relations with them, and I don't feel that it will go well with the agency. Basically - the agency will still be our point of contact as they do these services for their client manually, but now they'll be using our tool to streamline it and just having the client pay for it.
InQ5WeTrust
Arsonist
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No marketing, mayo isn't an MQL
You ever gone dynamite fishing? Maybe now is the time to start. 
mitts2
Politicker
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Account Executive
Fuck agencies. They are so fucking pointless. They are supposed to make things easier / faster and never once has an agency done either of those things. 

Why would you pay a firm hundreds of thousands of dollars to do barely any work? Work that a 23yr old meathead could accomplish on a 60k salary. Ridiculous. (I realize there are holes in this argument, IDGAF, let me have this rant)

Go have a beer or something. Fuck.
newsalesguy14
Politicker
1
Account Executive
I couldn't agree more. Fuck agencies
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
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SaaS Eater
Take a lap my friend
IYNFYL
Politicker
1
Enterprise SaaS AE
If you have implementation services involved play the we need to schedule this out to prevent delays on getting started route.
goose
Politicker
0
Sales Executive
Reverse timeline.  Find the date that impacts them the greatest and work yourself backward.  That's the closing date.

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