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Salesandcoffeedude

Business Development Representative

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Which product is an essential?

which product is a must have?


Trying to set myself up for success by choosing a new company with a product that is going to be a necessity and not just a nice to have:


My options:


Salesforce

Splunk

Competitive intelligence

Rfp response software

No code website designer

Advertising DSP

Sales intelligence


What are your opinions?


Advertising, salesforce and splunk seem like the best options because people will need it no matter what happens in the world. Right?

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jefe
Arsonist
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Are you going for larger companies? Many great org's don't use SFDC as it's overkill for a lot of smaller to medium businesses. Not every company gets a lot of RFPs.

Don't be those people on house hunting shows that need everything so find nothing..

Also never heard of splunk. I'm not sure if that's best or worst name for a company/piece of software...
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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LOVE the middle sentence!
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Love that phrase! Also love “don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good”.
Killebrew
Valued Contributor
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VP
I met a rep from a company called Plootus at a conference. So.
jefe
Arsonist
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Plootus?!? My God
Salesandcoffeedude
Valued Contributor
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Business Development Representative
Fair, good advice. I'm in the final stages with most of these companies so I'll see where I get offers from and then get more picky.
SADNESSLieutenant
Politicker
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Officer of ♥️
Cybersecurity
SaaSsy
Politicker
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AE
Ditto this. Splunk seemed great after I heard about them from a friend that interviewed.
Salesandcoffeedude
Valued Contributor
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Business Development Representative
That's why I'm thinking about Splunk.
braintank
Politicker
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Enterprise Account Executive
But splunk isn't the only SIEM
Salesandcoffeedude
Valued Contributor
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Business Development Representative
It's the only one with an office in my location 👀 I really want to work in person. I hate remote working.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
What’s your situation? Just getting started, or looking to jump from a different company?
Salesandcoffeedude
Valued Contributor
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Business Development Representative
Jumping from a different company. It's a start up and I think it's going under, there has been no sales leadership for about 2 months now.
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive 🐰
Thanks, that makes sense. You’re not just starting out and aiming high - you’re mitigating risk in your next job and looking for highly rated stable employers.
Pachacuti
Politicker
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They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy
Selling services around SF isn't a bad gig, if you can get it. Most companies which buy SF usually are jumping in WAY over their heads.
Security will ALWAYS be needed. Whether its Splunk (awful name) or some other company, is up to you. They come and go.
Low code/no code is a niche, and maybe a fad?
Advertising is cut throat, but companies need to do it.
ThatNewAE
Big Shot
3
Account Executive - Mid enterprise
Sales intelligence these days.
Salesforce, of course.
Splunk.
Diablo
Politicker
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Sr. AE
Tools depend upon the company and it goals as you don’t want to stack something that you will never use.
BourbonKing
Valued Contributor
1
VP of Sales
Anything that helps companies mitigate risk. Companies seem more willing to spend money on something that protects them from something bad happening (compliance risk, lawsuit, external threat) than they are willing to spend money on something that offers the promise of something good (increasing productivity, improving efficiency, boosting morale, etc.).
KPIMaster
Politicker
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Enterprise Account Executive
ERP
ER0173
Opinionated
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Sr. Business Development Manager
SFDC for CRM if the database is robust enough.
bandabanda
Tycoon
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Senior AE Mid Market
Cybersecurity and CRM is a safe bet.
BlackTiger
Big Shot
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Badass Hunter
CyberSecurity and Big Data reps get paid the most. "Must Have". CEOs get fired if miss on those 2 decisions so they have huge budgets.
BlueJays2591
Politicker
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Federal Business Dev Director
SF and splunk are great companies. Seems like you are going for stability for what is most likely going to happen in the near future.
activity
Politicker
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VP, Business Development
No code website designer seems to be hot right now. Not sure what your long term goals are though.

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