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salespeople need help
I get that I have an advantage having grown up in a cult/commune, having had a father who was a used car salesman and later a self-employed flooring installer, and a mother who taught me from a very young age how to really think about and use words carefully.
But damn the quality of sales pitches in the last few years is SO BAD.
Like are you even trying?!
Or has the general public changed so much in the last 2 years that these pitches work? Y’all falling for this? Am I out of touch?
I’m the type of person who will be so impressed by a really good sales pitch that I might consider switching to you just because you’re such a good rep that you make the company look good, especially if the service/product is good.
But if you suck at sales pitches or you pull a stupid sad puppy routine or you’re so badly prepared that you’re more interested in playing with your phone? I’m not even going to consider the company you rep because they hire people like you so they must suck.
This last guy messaged me on my website, sent a paragraph about who he reps and that he’d like me to use his company’s service.
I said thank you but no.
He replied with, “But I didn’t even get to explain?”
So I texted back, “You’re with ____.com, you’d like me to become a customer, but I’ve looked into it before, and I’m not interested, but thank you.”
He replied, “But I can get you 66% off? I can’t sell to you over chat. I need to email. Give me your email address. I guess you don’t want to save money but ok :(”
66% off isn’t even the going rate for the company he reps. And I get 72%-86% off for the same service because I’ve signed up directly with a provider instead of a middleman.
Maybe it’s because companies are hiring over the phone because of Co/vid and taking anybody who will work cheap? Not bothering to train?
But damn the quality of sales pitches in the last few years is SO BAD.
Like are you even trying?!
Or has the general public changed so much in the last 2 years that these pitches work? Y’all falling for this? Am I out of touch?
I’m the type of person who will be so impressed by a really good sales pitch that I might consider switching to you just because you’re such a good rep that you make the company look good, especially if the service/product is good.
But if you suck at sales pitches or you pull a stupid sad puppy routine or you’re so badly prepared that you’re more interested in playing with your phone? I’m not even going to consider the company you rep because they hire people like you so they must suck.
This last guy messaged me on my website, sent a paragraph about who he reps and that he’d like me to use his company’s service.
I said thank you but no.
He replied with, “But I didn’t even get to explain?”
So I texted back, “You’re with ____.com, you’d like me to become a customer, but I’ve looked into it before, and I’m not interested, but thank you.”
He replied, “But I can get you 66% off? I can’t sell to you over chat. I need to email. Give me your email address. I guess you don’t want to save money but ok :(”
66% off isn’t even the going rate for the company he reps. And I get 72%-86% off for the same service because I’ve signed up directly with a provider instead of a middleman.
Maybe it’s because companies are hiring over the phone because of Co/vid and taking anybody who will work cheap? Not bothering to train?