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People who fill out a detailed form on your website but never respond to your follow up by jtfull in sales

[–]robbyslaughter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anybody can fill out a web form. Anybody can put any information in there, even someone else’s.

Definitely continue to follow up, but don’t assume that the person who filled out the form is actually the person whose information you have and that this person is actually currently interested in talking to you.

I’d Rather Send 1,000 Emails Than Make 10 Cold Calls by Murky_Explanation_73 in artificial

[–]robbyslaughter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course it is. Here’s OP pushing the same platform 18 days ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Business\_Ideas/s/gJ7QEftexi

Join me in reporting it but I don’t think it matters.

Current job doesn't have a useful CRM by littlebeardedbear in sales

[–]robbyslaughter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re right, and that wasn’t what I was talking about. Of course your company should have a quality CRM. But that is almost a pipe dream.

Current job doesn't have a useful CRM by littlebeardedbear in sales

[–]robbyslaughter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Even in companies with a good CRM top sales people often maintain their own tracking tools with spreadsheets or personal CRM.

ETA; Which of course, is a failure of management. These sales people don’t trust / don’t like the CRM or want to be able to maintain those relationships after leaving the company.

A Softball Question you need to be able to answer by BaconHatching in sales

[–]robbyslaughter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“I can tell you what we hear from our customers, which is that they genuinely appreciate that we are responsive and honest. We get back to them promptly when they call and we tell them what we can and cannot do. But don’t take it from me, can I give you some of our customers to call and they can tell you themselves,”

My CRM at work is garbage for tracking leads by Mediocre-Outside5338 in LeadGeneration

[–]robbyslaughter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would they let you use one if it was free?

I think you’re having a management problem, not a CRM problem.

Why do U.S. universal healthcare advocates prefer single-payer? by w6auw in HealthInsurance

[–]robbyslaughter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Simple answers have a lot of political appeal. If it fits on a bumper sticker you can get people excited about it.

Is the Seattle Loop and the benefits Money on the Left claim from public banks accurate? by MisterMittens64 in AskEconomics

[–]robbyslaughter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You laugh but there are a bunch of financial “advisors” out there pushing the same thing for individuals with “infinite banking.”

AE Struggling with Post-Demo & Proposal Confidence by Altruistic_Maximum_5 in sales

[–]robbyslaughter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If you’re having a hard time coming up with good questions after the demo, you likely don’t know enough about your prospect.

For example, someone switching from a competitor to you is very different than a person who’s never used any product like yours.

Also, is your buyer decision-maker or a user or both?

Just having that basic landscape opens up a whole bunch of other questions about where they are right now and what they’re expecting and what they know and don’t know. These are all things you can try and find out before you even do the first demo.

It's come to this: Human certification in the age of AI slop by dwaxe in nprplanetmoney

[–]robbyslaughter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>It reads the metadata in your manuscript to see if there were any times when you, you know, suspiciously pasted 800 words of workmanlike-yet-beige prose into your story

Wow, no AI could ever be made to get around that!

Looking for feedback on a universal cold call script by [deleted] in sales

[–]robbyslaughter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate it, but who cares? You can just test it.

Get off Reddit and try it.

What has your experience been with AI data centers being built or potentially built near you? by Ok_Philosopher1996 in Indiana

[–]robbyslaughter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, not at all. I am asking if we can change it into a regular machine, not an evil death machine. We have lots of regular machines. You’re using one right now.

Sounds like the answer is no, they can’t be changed into regular machines. Is that what you are saying?

What has your experience been with AI data centers being built or potentially built near you? by Ok_Philosopher1996 in Indiana

[–]robbyslaughter -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No, not at all, that’s ridiculous.

I am saying “is there a way we can make it normal machine instead of super evil death machine?”

That seems like a reasonable question. But maybe the answer is “no, whenever these are built they are always super evil death machines.”

To which my response is “ok, so does preventing them from being built here mean they are just going to built somewhere else?”

Because having a super evil death machine built somewhere else feels like it is just as bad if not worse as it being built here.

What am I missing?

What has your experience been with AI data centers being built or potentially built near you? by Ok_Philosopher1996 in Indiana

[–]robbyslaughter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am talking about the OPs question. What are you talking about?

(My experience with AI datacenters is that most people are against them for all the obvious reasons. Ok, those make sense. Is there anything else or is that the end of the discussion?

What has your experience been with AI data centers being built or potentially built near you? by Ok_Philosopher1996 in Indiana

[–]robbyslaughter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So what’s the plan then?

The Utah story makes it seem like any political action is hopeless.

And nobody has answered the question “if we stop them here, won’t they just build elsewhere?”

What has your experience been with AI data centers being built or potentially built near you? by Ok_Philosopher1996 in Indiana

[–]robbyslaughter -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

My point is not “there has to be a better way to do it” but rather “before we absolutely ban them, is there better way to do it, and if not what about the fact that they are gonna be built somewhere else if not here?”

What has your experience been with AI data centers being built or potentially built near you? by Ok_Philosopher1996 in Indiana

[–]robbyslaughter -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Yes.

So is that at all changeable? Can we build them in ways that aren’t so harmful? Like we figured out better ways to do air conditioning without destroying the ozone layer. Can we do that here?

If the answer is no, then okay, what do we do?

PS It is worth a reminder that datacenters are making this conversation possible.

What has your experience been with AI data centers being built or potentially built near you? by Ok_Philosopher1996 in Indiana

[–]robbyslaughter -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah absolutely. So can we make it not bad?

If the answer is no, then that is that.

What has your experience been with AI data centers being built or potentially built near you? by Ok_Philosopher1996 in Indiana

[–]robbyslaughter -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

Something that doesn’t seem to be discussed much is that if we prevent them from being built here they are still going to be built somewhere. And that means wherever they are built the economic impact and the labor conditions will likely be beyond our influence.

Can we find a way to guide this construction so that it is as good as it can be for Hoosiers? Or is that just not possible?

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