Wild Thought: I love Gong

Now hear me out, I just moved to a new company in a new industry. I need to get up to speed on how to sell to an unfamiliar vertical quickly so I can grow this team.


Ive never used Gong before and I fucking love it. No way I would be able to get on enough calls to get up to speed without it. They suck on LinkedIn and are nauseating but its hard to argue with how effective the platform is.


Im sure you're all going to tell me to fuck off but Im willing to die on this hill.


***Quick edit. I DO NOT work for Gong, never will and I detest the company but its the platform we use at my new company.


๐Ÿ‘‘ Sales Strategy
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poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
15
โ˜•๏ธ
We just want to talk...
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
6
SaaS Eater
Im ready for this battle. Its probably the honeymoon phase but this is making my life so much easier.ย 
poweredbycaffeine
WR Lieutenant
6
โ˜•๏ธ
I like the technology category, it's one of my favorite enablement categories in general (we use AVOMA). I hate Gong as a platform and a company...which will never change.
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
4
SaaS Eater
Fair. This is the first one I have used in this category so I might not know what I dont know. I dont like the company either but this shit is nice right now.ย 
justatopproducer
Politicker
2
VP OF SALES -US
Hahahahaha
CuriousFox
WR Officer
11
๐ŸฆŠ
Nooooooooooooooo
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
4
SaaS Eater
Im sorry Fox!ย 
BmajoR
Arsonist
7
Account Executive
Another one bites the dust...
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
5
SaaS Eater
Im here for a good time not a long time
homeschooled
Opinionated
1
Executive Client Partner
What if Gong pays every employee at least $70k? That would give them something else to talk aboutโ€ฆ
FamilyTruckster
Politicker
6
Exec Director, Major Accounts
They got to you. How much did they pay you? 1000likes from the gong team on LI?ย 
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
4
SaaS Eater
I dont use LinkedIn much so that would fall on deaf ears
CoorsKing
WR Officer
5
Retired King of the Coors Knights
I had such high hopes for you
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
3
SaaS Eater
Ive broken a lot of friendships here and I accept that.ย 
Beans
Big Shot
3
Enterprise Account Executive
It is a great tool, no lie.

The culture around their own team and whatnot though, cancer.ย 
ShelleyLevene
Good Citizen
3
Sales Rep
Oh Iโ€™m 100% on board with Gong for the exact reasons you stated. Just started a new job, new industry, new personas to sell to, everything new. While I would love to just have 10 discovery calls a day and 5 demos a day to fail fast on and learn the hard way the reality is there arenโ€™t enough people lined up for me to do that nor do I want to go scorched earth to get there. Additionally being 100% remote means I miss out on the organic conversations around the water cooler and the lunches and happy hours that I would have used to absorb sales strategy through osmosis from other reps. Gong has been a saving grace to just sit back and watch the best in my company masterfully dance like the god damn Russian ballet. For the onboarding alone itโ€™s worth having but add in they send you a transcript with action items so I donโ€™t have to worry about what I promised Iโ€™d send over and itโ€™s a must have in my book. Hate all you want, Iโ€™m getting better with gong and Iโ€™m not sorry about it.
IYNFYL
Politicker
3
Enterprise SaaS AE
Iโ€™m on the fence. I see the value some but they do a shitty job deploying is successfully in most companies. Itโ€™s pretty much hereโ€™s the product go have fun and leave us alone
paddy
WR Officer
3
Director of Business Development
"Your product is only as good as the people who promote it on LinkedIn." -Socrates
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
1
SaaS Eater
Such a profound proverb that Socrates
WomenWantMeFishFearMe
Politicker
2
AM
How well can Gong attract women or make fish cower? If it can improve my grind, I'm willing to listen.
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
4
SaaS Eater
Gong doesnt hold a candle to a Caddis Fly for either of those situations
WomenWantMeFishFearMe
Politicker
1
AM
They're shit smacking wooly buggers on the east coast here at the moment
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
3
SaaS Eater
Love to hear it
Diablo
Politicker
1
Sr. AE
Never used Gong but great to hear that you're loving it. I still get mad about millions of dose they put on LI everyday ๐Ÿ˜œ
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
3
SaaS Eater
Yup I still hate that shit as much as the next person.ย 
Flippinghubs
Opinionated
1
Account Executive
I kinda f with it also. Their software is pretty awesome however I find their reps to be insuferableย 
Jewcan_Sam81
Politicker
1
Account Executive
One of my buddies just got a dev role there, Iโ€™m waiting for the call of his untimely demise
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
1
SaaS Eater
I feel for him, thats worse than what I posted
mitts2
Politicker
0
Account Executive
Gong? Never heard of it. Can you tell me a bit more about its capabilities? I hear they are great.Maybe set me up with one of their reps? I checked the search bar and didn't come up with anything. Appreciate your help fellow War Roomie!ย 
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
4
SaaS Eater
Brotha now youre barking up the wrong tree. Who do you think I am? lol
HeStoleMyTwix
Valued Contributor
0
AE
I mean it's fine. It basically helps index sales calls for easy access, which is what it's useful for.ย 

Where it gets tiresome is the BS around being a revenue acceleration platform, pretending their ai analysis isn't junk etc.ย 

It's zoom recording on steroids, and I'm fine with that
SaaSniper
Tycoon
0
Enterprise Account Executive
Bong*
In all seriousness, itโ€™s a great tool for ramping up, checking certain metrics, etc. I just never appreciated the note taker/recording on my zoom calls.
Relationships get you to the true pains of a company, and most professionals watch what they say when they see a meeting being recorded. I want to know the juicy deets someone says behind closed doors.
SalesBaddie
Good Citizen
0
Sales Development Representative
This is unrelated to anything you have posted but idk where else to comment: I laughed at your username & tagline for like 8 minutes straight. My head hurts. Tysm, lol!
Justatitle
Big Shot
-1
Account Executive
For this gong is great, when managers start to use it to micromanage you will start to hate it. And then click their LinkedIn and youโ€™ll hate it more.ย 
UrAssIsSaaS
Arsonist
2
SaaS Eater
Im in a director role now so no desire/need to micromanage but its been really helpful showing me where the gaps are in our sales process.ย 
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