Hey Savages,
I had a wild 2023. I was laid off in May, fought boxing professionally, knocked motherfuckers out, learned to run ads and create bots and sold them as a freelancer to survive because boxing pay is shit unless you get to the 0.010% (Not complaining just facts of the industry).
Worked on a complex consulting project (Construction materials distributing company was looking to get into a spanish speaking market for a very specific niche and had no idea the size of the market, or competitive landscape... is it 100 or 1,000,000 people? are there 4 or 100 competitors? etc.)
i got this job as my gf was at a consulting company for a while, ex-boss got a client with a smaller budget and referred him to her. GF invited me to help.
It was an exciting but very challenging process as I had never done this before and it was only the two of us.
Tons of research, going into conferences and acting as buyers, distributors, presenting, etc.
Just mentioning this to give you a good picture of what I did and whther or not I can leverage it for a SAAS sales role? Or marketing?
This was a 3 month project while i was preparing for a pro fight, and celebrated ramadan as well
Also sold advertising services and AI Chatbots, which is what i am currently doing to continue getting some money. Prospected on various channels, ran ads, some profitable some not.
Now, I am looking to get a full time job, I have stopped fighting or at least paused it until I sort the other areas of my life.
I want to fully focus on my job and have a change in my life rytm as this past year was exciting but chaotic.
Now, My previous SaaS experience is as an SDR, however, I have learned a shit ton, I worked like a mad man, have closed SMB deals and learned and used so many skills.
So, I'd like to ideally get into an SMB AE role, however, I am having trouble on figuring out how to paint this picture without sounding like a crazy maniac?
or if I should not even mention all this and be more normal and boring like "Yeah, i did some freelance marketing this past year and now im back"?
And, given that my previous SAAS experience is as an SDR, is it feasible to get an SMB or JR AE Role? Should I change my previous titles to tell a different story without lying?
Thank you so much for reading all this if you did and I'd love your help.
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