Strangest place you've ever met a prospect?

I was at a bar on a Wednesday. I'm in sales, relax. My buddy slides up to the hotties and starts chatting them up, and I notice they're there with a guy twice their age. Turns out to be the owner of the business. Asked what I do, I gave him the pitch, he was super keen. Showed up late and hung over the next day with the business card of the biggest deal that would close that quarter.


I had a colleague who chatted up the woman next to him on the plane (business class, I think) and found out she was a c-level prospect in his territory. Basically ran most of a sales process in 2 hours sitting next to her, landed, sent her the contract, and had a deal signed the next day. That guy was a killer.

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Pachacuti
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On the way to Costa Rica.  Delayed flight.  Chatted up the Dad next to me at the airport. Turned out he was the CISO for a large company.  Sold them some stuff a month later (after the vacay).
TennisandSales
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Head Of Sales
haha this is awesome!
Diablo
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Nice 
Gasty
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In the words of funcoupons, Your mom's house!  
realname
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Grocery Clerk
Dude, in-person conversations are like a red carpet for pitching. The hard part is setting that shit up.

Those are some fucking kickass stories
Sunbunny31
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Nice. Met a prospect poolside in Jamaica while we were both monitoring our kids on the water slides. Exchanged cards later on, and connected once home. Wasn’t my territory, but was able to progress a deal and set up a colleague.
jefe
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Well played
CatMom
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#goals
FinanceEngineer
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Sr Director, sales and partnerships
Yeah, airport bars are a goldmine. I hate being pitched or pitching on the plane (personally), but the bar beforehand can really set up some great convos.
Corpslovechild
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strip club
AnchorPoint
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Closed one of my biggest clients as they were literally moving into a new home - even helped move a table so he could approve!
Kosta_Konfucius
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Nothing crazy, I heard of doing walks while remote working was eveywhere
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Meanest Thing You Have Ever Said To A Rude Prospect?

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I have told prospects off before
43% I could never
57% Yes, they were being extremely rude and unprofessional
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