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People saying 'well it must work, they're still using it'. Really? I am one of those people that as soon as I smell 'sales' talk I shut it down. If it is a phon
by IndySun 2y ago
People saying 'well it must work, they're still using it'. Really? I am one of those people that as soon as I smell 'sales' talk I shut it down. If it is a phone call, just put the phone down. If it's first a handshake, don't reciprocate, and if it's an email... well, you know the rest. It's not rude to ignore a rude person. This attitude came from my dad at a time when door to door salesman traipsed the streets looking for suckers. George Carlin was right, salesmen are second only to clergymen, in the bullshit department.
- elliotec 2y agoI'm 100% the same. I'm an engineering director at a tech company so basically one of my top strengths is ignoring sales attempts. That said, during university I worked for the development center of the school (fundraising) at the Phonathon (alumni cold-call center) and rose the ranks to the top donation earner and then supervisor. I had a memorized script with branching IF statements all the way down and brought in hundreds of thousands to different departments at the university. This type of thing absolutely works. Especially on older generations in departments that made more money. Pity party calls were the easiest. Medical school alumns that were inching toward retirement reaaaally go for the "we don't have enough doctors for our population, help" angle.
- ijnbgggg 2y agoYou seem to have no needs for anything? At my job I get offers all the time and if they are interesting, I hear them out. It's a win-win
- IndySun 2y ago>You seem to have no needs for anything? Needing something and being sold something are not always consecutive.