TOM GUILDFORD

Managing Director at WP Trading Ltd.

What If... What if you started your sales journey on day 1

🚀 What If... You Started Your Sales Journey on Day 1? 🚀

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hit the reset button and embark on your sales journey from scratch? What if you could begin your sales career on day one?

While we can't rewrite history, we can make the most of the present. What lessons and insights can we take from this hypothetical scenario to enrich our sales journey today? 🌟💼🚀 #SalesJourney #NewBeginnings

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oldcloser

Arsonist

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Day 1? Lots of things I'd tell myself to get myself to calm down:

Being away from the phone? A thing called voicemail is coming. Swear! People will be able to record messages for you. You can listen to them when you get back! Better yet, you'll be able to leave them for prospects too. Every single lead will willingly hear your pitch!

Missing calls while in the field? Get this... a thing called a pager is gonna happen. It'll beep. You pull over and return the call. You'll only need dimes for the pay phone!

Actually traveling to your appointments? Nope, you won't need to do that either. You'll just talk to them through a screen on your desk. No more hotels. No more traffic tickets in oddball cities! I know... wild, huh.

But here's the wildest shit. People will start dodging your cold phone calls. Yeah, really! So, then, there will be this thing where you can write them a message and send it directly to them. It'll show up right on a screen in front of their face. Cool, right? Once again, another way to get every prospect to hear your pitch! But then, it gets weirder. There will be so many people sending those messages, that prospects will start to ignore them. So... get this... the answer to this problem is: machines that send more of them! But the best part? You can write the messages ahead of time and send them to 1000s of prospects. Then, guess what? You got it, there will be all kinds of machines that block or label those messages so the prospect doesn't actually see them. So...

Yeah, you're back to traveling and missing inbound calls again. You should have been an anesthesiologist, asshole.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

LOL. That's full circle sales right there.

Retired Sales Professional

AMEN!!!!!!!

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

You need an emoji OC

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Just ain’t one that fits 🤷🏻‍♂️

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

* don't say it...don't say it... *

That's what she said ☠

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Aigh’t I’m in.

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

War Room after dark. Shady AF up in this piece. I love it.

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Just had a title change. Let’s tho with this

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Creepin hour

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

🔥

GDO

Politicker

BDM

Full circle. Also a bit sad tbh

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

Find a mentor and learn the pains your product solves not the features

Managing Director

Kosta - you seem to know your way around Bravado - this is Day #2 for me. What tips/tricks would you advise for using Bravado to find opportunities?Thank you

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

You are too kind, but there are a bunch of savages here that truly make this place special

To find opportunities, there is a direct approach via Bravado Jobs. Update your profile, put "Actively Looking" and post your wins, and wait for a match. Most will be for Flex, partime 1099, but there are some FTE roles

Indirect way, utilize this space for feedback on your search and interview process. Utiliza the academy and SalesGPT, if you don't see what you are looking for post your question WITH CONTEXT

And the badasses here will help

Retired Sales Professional

AMEN!!!!!

pirate

Big Shot

🦜☠️ Account Executive

What did we do to deserve you. Your answers rockk

jefe

Arsonist

🍁

Simple but oh so true.
I'd add realize that you don't know shit, QUICK.
And then learn said shit.

FinanceEngineer

Politicker

Sr Director, sales and partnerships

I would have not accepted the fintech job and went to manage the fund. It would have made me more money in the end.

palmtrees

Valued Contributor

Account Executive

Day 1? This will be the most interesting day of your life.

AnchorPoint

Politicker

Business Coach

Plan your work and work your plan.

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