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What's worse than a Linkedin Influencer?
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Sales managers who have never made cold calls
Oh yea! Remember a sales manager of mine, 5 years ago who was a “big shot” and told us all how we could increase and crush our numbers. A colleague of mine told him to pick up the phone and show us. Never he did, and left the company 2 month later.
What a brick.
What a brick.
This is the worst. My manager was given 5 big accounts when she came on and I've never seen her make an outbound cold call. I cringe when she tries to coach me up on how to prospect.
Had a director once that was all about analyzing all the KPIs to an extreme level. He’d never sold anything, refused to even dip his toes in the water, and always surprised when statistics didn’t add up.
You can say that again
Yes yes yes yes
Facts
Big fax
@Chep Or lie about their experience and earnings.
usually the same person.
usually the same person.
Shitposts and commish farming. 💩
Haha, thank god the downvote button is back.
emails from non-sales departments that end with "happy selling!"
Our CRO says this. Boils my blood.
100%
I just laughed like a child at this one. Well played.
Hahaha
This screams sales enablement - “I failed at selling so have fun with this ppt I made that won’t help you sell shit!”
Sales trainers who have never held a sales role
100%. If you've been there and done that. Only then have you earned the right to train others. I dont know how some people get away with this or why companies hire such sales trainers in the first place
Amen!
100%
A prospect who posts about being a thought leader on LinkedIn, but won't take your calls
Been there
Procurement
Lol why?
they're your friend or they're your foe in sales, and where deals go to die
Makes sense
Being an ADR at a failing startup
Dan Price
Dude.
an instagram model
😂. Or onlyfans model
don't hate on peeps hustling!
+ tiktok influencers
Donald Trump, or just politicians in general.
100%
lol
VP of Sales that hasn't made a sale since it was recorded on paper.
This. This needs to be told more. I have seen too many of these people
A LinkedIn influencer giving people shit for not quitting their jobs to be a full-time "creator". Some people just don't have the experience yet so shitting on them for still working for someone else is pretty awful.
That's very specific. You know of someone who did that?
Completely hypothetical haha
Hahah
People on this site who reply to your reply thanking you for the reply to their question without upvoting your reply
Not going to lie, I've been on the both side of that hah
People who say a content creator isn't valid if they are currently employed.
Like wtf - I basically have a company that has validated my shit is stinky and got me on an annual retainer with benefits.
Having a full-time job should be the biggest validator of my quality.
Like wtf - I basically have a company that has validated my shit is stinky and got me on an annual retainer with benefits.
Having a full-time job should be the biggest validator of my quality.
I totally agree with this. Had no idea that people don't consider employed creators as invalid
It's incredibly common. When I've helped SD teams in the past with "consulting" which is a loose term, the biggest objection is well if you're so good at it why do you work for someone.
Some people don't desire to take the risks of running their own company.
Some people are really freaking good at what they do and have a really good setup with a W-2 employer and benefits that also allows them to spread their wings and fly on the side.
Some people don't desire to take the risks of running their own company.
Some people are really freaking good at what they do and have a really good setup with a W-2 employer and benefits that also allows them to spread their wings and fly on the side.
recruiters
Why tough? They are doing their job? Also they could bring you great opportunities.
Fledgling LinkedIn influencer
Sole source contracts masquerading as public tenders.
Marketing thinking they're doing the hard job
The legal department
I just hooked my first cryptobro on LinkedIn last night at about 4am. I was up writing a speech and buddy shows up looking like the love child of Jordan Belfort and Brock Turner. He started asking me about crypto which I hate talking about on the internet. Then I tried to shut that down. "I dont like talking about that and I only have hardware wallets."
Well, one mans junk is another douchebags opportunity to try again. So he starts paddling at me in his douchecanoe again. 'I hold this and that coin' (mostly good ones but some like XRP that tell me this guy isn't a real player.) So I ask him what his thoughts on ripple are. Tells me its a great investment hes been holding forever. Then asks when I bought my crypto. So he really likes personal questions. Keep in mind, I at no point asked him for financial advice that would warrant these kinds of questions. He did pretty well on his marriage though. So i asked what his wife was like in bed. Now all of a sudden he is fabulously offended by personal questions.
But he doesn't let that deter his love for money. So as a last ditch effort he grabs another white claw and this becomes a doublefisted tale of douchebaggery. "I'm only asking because I want to make sure youre holding a profitable asset." I told him that we should probably talk about something other than crypto. He freaks out and says "thanks for wasting my time asshole".
Anyway, I think I may have passed level 1 on LinkedIn.
Well, one mans junk is another douchebags opportunity to try again. So he starts paddling at me in his douchecanoe again. 'I hold this and that coin' (mostly good ones but some like XRP that tell me this guy isn't a real player.) So I ask him what his thoughts on ripple are. Tells me its a great investment hes been holding forever. Then asks when I bought my crypto. So he really likes personal questions. Keep in mind, I at no point asked him for financial advice that would warrant these kinds of questions. He did pretty well on his marriage though. So i asked what his wife was like in bed. Now all of a sudden he is fabulously offended by personal questions.
But he doesn't let that deter his love for money. So as a last ditch effort he grabs another white claw and this becomes a doublefisted tale of douchebaggery. "I'm only asking because I want to make sure youre holding a profitable asset." I told him that we should probably talk about something other than crypto. He freaks out and says "thanks for wasting my time asshole".
Anyway, I think I may have passed level 1 on LinkedIn.
This was something. I bet he won't bother you again. You only did a good thing by wasting his time because he didn't draw a line when he should've.
The sad part is, I was willing to give the lad a chance, despite his cringey posts. He coulda taken my first sentence and read it, and stayed away from crypto. I would have talked with him, maybe even gave him some good crypto advice one day, since I regularly talk with whales. But instead he just kept pushing. He doesn't know how much crypto I have, I don't know what his wife is like in bed. He disappointed both of us.
Yeah I feel that. The last sentence is funny lol
I want to downvote this... But I can't, because it's clearly labeled. Low effort. 🥲
Accidentally watched a Facebook video the other day, and that got close to Collin Cadmus-level annoying. But not quite.
Haha. He has taken a vow to reply to all cold emails and provide feedback. I dont know how much that has worked
HR
Lol. That maybe true to some extent depending on the size of the company?
Linkedinners who shame sales guys who are just hustling and then try defend themselves when they are slammed by 99.9% of LI community
A similar incident happened recently and Sahil called them out on LI
An MLM seller
You can say that again
Haha, it’s awful! Nothing worse than a bunch of girls spamming every social media platform while all saying the same thing in different ways.
Sometimes the same thing in same ways lol
In-house influencers
The big guy in the gym, trying to sell you Amway
Lol, happens more often than not
Lol You must be around the same age I am, as the youngster will not understand....hey we may have potential side husle on oir hands...Selling Amway to warroom youngsters.
People on LI outing some sales person for doing their job. Some of these sales people and companies deserve some ridicule but that individual contributor doesn’t deserve to be outed publicly.
Agree to this 100%. No generalization please
Prospects who ghost you
Preach. It's the worst
I prefere a no compared to being ghosted!
Nothing
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