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What is getting you more meetings/sales this year? Cold calls or emails? Calls are converting better for us this year so far.

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New boss for contract role said I was doing great last week. This week has been kinda slow and I haven’t had as much success. Now he’s on my ass about process. Today I get a call from recruiter says “… more

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Hi everyone,

I am in a bit of a dilemma, I applied for a CSM role to a new company establishing market base in the USA.

The recruiter liked my Resume and asked for my desired pay range. I asked for the budgeted pay for the role with… more

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Any tips on how to make money on social media? Being a content creator or something like that.

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When it comes to training does your company use old training plans they buy or do any of them do competitor analyses kind of training. We don’t do nearly enough competition training. It’s all about Sa… more

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What does retirement look like for you?

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Best commission structure you've worked with? 👀

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What are your daily rituals that you do that you think make you do better in sales day?

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What do you say to folks when they ask what you do? I'm not talking about clients, but rather friends and acquaintances. Do you tell them you're a salesperson, that you work in X industry, or … more

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What are the worst sales jobs you can take?

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Have you fired a client who billed a lot but was still not worth it and why?

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What's the biggest training class of new sales reps you have ever trained? The most I have ever been tasked with was 30 and it was a part of my annual development plan for promotion so it was nerv… more

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What's the best site to find legit sales jobs? Indeed, Zip Recruiter, LinkedIn, Monster…or any other one not Listed?

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Do you use what you sell?

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What has been the most unexpected benefit or skill gain from your career in sales?

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What is most important to you when deciding to make a purchase?

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All for 16.55 a month. I hate how workplace want to take advantage of you with such shit pay and expect you to give 100% and know 200%. Oh and all for just 10 hours a week. Especially when your rent is like 1800-2000+ I cannot believe that someone who enjoys being alone WILL NOT BE ABLE to afford their own personal space without having a Roomate or living with their parents.

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Throughout my experience, my colleagues and manager were the best, we work as a team and everyone is really down to earth.

The problem was head office. I would not recommend this company at all, if you expect to … more

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What is your realistic ideal home office setup for productivity and comfort?

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Any remote side gigs you guys do outside of sales on your free time? Don't be shy share!

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The burn out is real. I requested PTO and its getting denied i can tell by the way my manager keeps bringing it up and mentioning little remarks about it. Bringing up the fact that we are considered short staff n… more

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How do you guys ace sales presentations/mock role plays that are part of interview processes?

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Remember: If you think that you and your coworkers are underpaid and want a raise, never ask alone. Make sure you get at least one other employee to go to the meeting(request it via emailand list all … more

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Hi All,
Did this ever happen to you? After 3 interviews with a company, the HR manager contacts you to provide the references for background check and then just ghosts you for more than a month? What s… more

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Looking to leave corporate america and work car sales lol. I hear all these bad things but how bad is it really? Got an interview at mercedes of fletcher jones in chicago. If anyone has worked there, … more

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I started a new role in Nov, there are 2 metrics to earn monthly bonus revenue/units if you don't hit 70% in both you get no bonus. The goal started small then ramped up every month which is fine,… more

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How long does it take you to know you are a good salesperson? Does it take awards and president's club or does it only have to reflect in your paycheck?

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I was hired as an inbound SDR at $140k capped salary with only 2-3% commission on closed deals.

Most deals are minimum $60-80k with a good few being well over $200k

I previously worked as an AE and hav… more

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What industries seem to be worth getting into if you’re starting fresh? I see people mentioning solar, anything else?

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What’s your sales cycle like?

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How do you stay healthy any best practice ?

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Looking for a co-founder for a small startup focused on AI-based moderation of comments on forums. I have a technical co-founder, and building this product is very straightforward (just using Google A… more

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Does your buyer change frequently, and does that create disruption in your sales cycles?

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Does anybody have any incentives running you're going to hit that are fun? I don't have any but won a Sonos speaker once lol

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After working with a larger company, I am now working for a smaller company. There are some perks but they added new reps to get more business but they are limiting us on helping to promote the very … more

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US Navy Veteran looking for a career in sales in the Orangeburg, Columbia SC area. I have over 15 years in customer service and sales experience. Last job was 3 years as a route Sales representatives … more

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Notice periods - how long is the notice period in your contract? Mine is a standard 2 weeks but I’ve seen some people say 3 months!

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What kind of things do you just have to have on your desk or in your office that helps you make it through the day/week/month/year? I have my little funny calendar, a small cactus and a picture of my … more

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What’s your favorite credit card for business use? Sysco gives management their own expense cards like my last company gave us all but they don’t give to SCs. We have to do expense reports and be reim… more

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