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BamPeesly

Sales Director

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I'm on that wildly low part of the mental rollercoaster in sales, where a few prospects just put me through a 6 mo. + ringer for a "not right now" decision with zero supporting detail. The lack of respect after how much time/mileage/$$ I put into these is driving me loco. 8 years of successful B2B sales, now under 1 yr in the FinTech SaaS world & never seen this type of rejection. Is FinTech in the Midwest just too new of a concept or am I just coincidentally meeting with multiple shitty CFO's simultaneously? 
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TennisandSales
Politicker
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Head Of Sales
I do not think its just Fin tech in Midwest. 

thats sales. sometimes good things pile ontop of each other.....sometimes shit piles ontop of each other....like this. 

Hopefully you have a solid stress reliever that you can lean on, clear your head, and get back to it! 
BamPeesly
Good Citizen
0
Sales Director
🙏🏽 gracias!!
braintank
Politicker
4
Enterprise Account Executive
Midwest is slow. And banks are slow. So fintech in Midwest is very slow. But like @TennisandSales said, c'est sales!
1nbatopshotfan
Politicker
3
Sales
Depends on what your angle is. We are dealing with inflation, rising commodity prices, supply chain issues, a fucking war in Ukraine that can’t be priced into a lot of businesses. I think a lot of decisions and buying is taking a back seat. Budgets are tightening up. Keep your head up! 
BamPeesly
Good Citizen
0
Sales Director
Thank you ☺️!
Sunbunny31
Politicker
2
Sr Sales Executive 🐰
No idea if this is specific to your region or vertical, but it sounds like you got a lot all at once, which happens.  I can offer sympathy and a solid wish that it all turns around soon.
CuriousFox
WR Officer
0
🦊
Thoughts and prayers 🦡
SirCloseAlot23
Politicker
1
Business Development
agreed, midwest people like to take their damn time to decide if/what they want to do.

DungeonsNDemos
Big Shot
0
Rolling 20's all day
Shit happens. Sorry to hear. 
How does your team qualify business cases for your product? Are there any levers you can pull (upcoming initiative dates or upcoming pressure for your champions?)
Kosta_Konfucius
Politicker
0
Sales Rep
Apart of the life, got to try out ways to get them to disqualify themselves
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