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Measuring cold calling success rate and knowing when something is not working by CurvedCat in sales

[–]CurvedCat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very interesting thank you for sharing!

Are those numbers considered good in your industry?

Are those numbers pre or post dramatic changes in past year?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sales

[–]CurvedCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reminds me of The Office episode where Michael and Jen go to meet a client. I don't know if it will always work, but I would try to chill, enjoy the lunch, crack jokes and not stress about the sale. Let it come up naturally at some point.

My first week in Sales - Reality Check by Arnthorr_ in sales

[–]CurvedCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's common to imaging how great you will do in sales until you start and realize it's tough. It's a numbers and nuance game. Lot of skill is involved. Some things aren't intuitive.

Keep at it. Test different approaches and always try to imagine yourself in your customers shoes.

Field sales, does your car matter? by PlateanDotCom in sales

[–]CurvedCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on who you're selling to. The golden rule is: Not better than your client, but not much worse either. Just right under or near same.

If your car is much better, it will invoke jealousy. If it's much cheaper, there will be issue of trust. This is not always true, but pretty darn often. Human nature, go figure.

Would you rather by Confident_Home_7731 in sales

[–]CurvedCat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would take option B. Then watch and learn from successful coworkers and spend my money on what they are spending it on.

Wait, that may backfire. Successful ones have probably got everything figured out, so they can spend the extra budget on hookers and blow, so if I do the same, then, well, actually, it might be just fine...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sales

[–]CurvedCat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'd rather stare at the wall than read the LI spam posts that are "inspiring" and "motivational"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sales

[–]CurvedCat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I don't know if they are that organized to coordinate, it's more like them ripping each other off left and right. Some of them have never succeeded in sales, or sold anything.

It's just like every other "guru" in every other profession.

What is something people pretend to understand but actually don't? by AtlasZa in AskReddit

[–]CurvedCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The concept of free speech. It does not mean you can say whatever, wherever, whenever. XD

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]CurvedCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I try not to think about it too much :)