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"you subconsciously believe that people will flock to your door if you build the perfect mousetrap." Why be so harsh with him? A lot of sales people are utter
by martinced 14y ago
"you subconsciously believe that people will flock to your door if you build the perfect mousetrap."
Why be so harsh with him?
A lot of sales people are utter jerks praying on stupid person: my mom is getting old and a bit losing it and recently she bought some totally unnecessary and shitty tool after seeing an "infomercial" on TV.
Do I need to love these sales people in that infomercial?
Certainly not. There are great products out there aimed at smart people which you can sale too by taking care of them and their needs and without trying to mindtrick them.
For example JetBrains managed to sell me a license of IntelliJ 12 at 75% off on Doomsday back in december.
Did they need to have a cold skin after many people insulted them for shoddy sale practices? Did they need to spam my email?
I don't think so. So your overgeneralization as if there was one type of sales person is wrong.
There's not just one way of selling things and salesperson are certainly not part of every succesful online business. There are many microISVs who have a perfectly nicely running business who don't have the singlest skill needed to be an used car salesman...