๐Ÿ˜ก Why do we as sales people.... ๐Ÿค”

Why do we as salespeople seem to gather sayings over the years of our careers? I have heard some annoying sayings that almost seem normal because we hear them so often being around other sales folks.


But to the outside world, we sound like we are speaking another language! ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚


This one pissed me off today "We are riding the horse we have in the barn" ๐Ÿ™„ I can't with these.


What are the sales saying you use too often or hate that other people use?

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JustGonnaSendIt
Politicker
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Burn Towns, Get Money
"Living the Dream"

To non-sales people who aren't in the know, this means that you're printing money like the Fed and living large.

To Sales people, you know this means they're dead inside but have to keep kidding themselves that the stress, anxiety, and over-caffeinated panic dumps will be worth it as soon as the next big commission check comes
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
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Account Executive
๐Ÿฅฒ LIVING THE DREAM ๐Ÿคก
GDO
Politicker
1
BDM
Haha this one keeps coming back everywhere I go ๐Ÿ˜…
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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๐ŸฆŠ
Hearing "well ma'am that dog won't hunt" when I give them pricing I refuse to change.
CaneWolf
Politicker
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Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
I'm from the south and hoooooooolllllyyyy shit is this a deep cut expression. I've heard this maybe 3-4 times in my life.
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
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Account Executive
๐Ÿ˜‚... is your patch the south?ย 
CuriousFox
WR Officer
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๐ŸฆŠ
Deeeeeeeeeep dirty south ๐Ÿ˜
paddy
WR Officer
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Director of Business Development
"Time to suck today's dick!" I overuse this one. I'll admit it's a bit clichรฉ but it's certainly helpful!
Kirby
Politicker
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Sales Representative
I'm really proud to say I have no idea what anyone here is saying
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
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Account Executive
should you be tho? lol if you ain't heard any sales sayings then are you really in sales?ย 
Kirby
Politicker
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Sales Representative
All my managers have been pretty young. And I've been in sales for less than a year. I'm basically a virgin still.
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
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Account Executive
๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ’
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
"This opportunity has hair all over it".ย  ย I mean, very colorful but ewwww.ย  Obviously more for internal use.
Incognito
WR Officer
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Master of Disaster
I hear this all the time and its so gross
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
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Account Executive
๐Ÿ˜‚ I have not heard this oneย 
CaneWolf
Politicker
1
Call me what you want, just sign the damn contract
What?
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
Usage:ย  deal that has all kinds of issues and isn't straightforward.

Used:ย  by several sales managers at my previous employer.ย  ย The fact that itย  apparently hasn't escaped outside that company leads me to believe it originated with one of those AVPs and was somewhat contagious within the company.
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
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Account Executive
Ahhhh okay. That makes sense. My boss currently uses " this deal seems a little squishy" lolย 
Sunbunny31
Politicker
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Sr Sales Executive ๐Ÿฐ
I've heard that one too.ย  ย It doesn't conjure up the same icky visual, which is an improvement IMO.
JECU
Opinionated
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Account Manager / Co-Founder
Iโ€™ve heard this but outside of sales back when I was playing high school sports lol
Executioner
Politicker
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Business Dev.
ahaha both hear and use it all the time.
Diablo
Politicker
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Sr. AE
Thats like a golden horse egg - about pricing ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
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Account Executive
๐Ÿด๐Ÿฅš
JECU
Opinionated
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Account Manager / Co-Founder
Havenโ€™t heard too many on sales side. In ops itโ€™s endless. A few of my least favorites are โ€œ circle backโ€ โ€œ they have bandwidth โ€œ or โ€œ boiling the oceanโ€.
Upper_Class_SaaS
Politicker
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Account Executive
not boiling the ocean... has to be one of the most over used tech sayings out thereย 
Executioner
Politicker
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Business Dev.
Heard another today i forgot - internal use only... the "all over it like..." variations, used at handover points between SDR and AE, AE and ops, etc.
All over it like a rash
All over it like a fat kid on cake
etc.
cw95
Politicker
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Sales Development Lead
'Out of curiosity'. My mates always know I'm snooping when I say that.ย 
notdavemoss
Valued Contributor
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CCBW
Sounds like instead of working hard, you're hardly working. ;)
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