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But they are also an Internet company where the ad signups are done online, so it's not immediately obvious why they would have all those salespeople. (Not say
by alphakappa 13y ago
But they are also an Internet company where the ad signups are done online, so it's not immediately obvious why they would have all those salespeople. (Not saying that they don't need a large number of salespeople, but that it isn't an immediately obvious need)
- extesy 13y agoThey are not selling accounts. They are selling advertising opportunities to businesses.
- hoka 13y agoYes most signups are done online via a self-serve system; however, there is a lot of money to be made if you can produce custom deals, content, and ad placement with bigger partners.
- Touche 13y agoSales isn't about doing the paperwork of getting you signed up for a service. Sales is about convincing you to buy the service. Twitter doesn't have an automated system to convince companies to spend millions buying ads, they have salespeople, like every other sales company.
- judk 13y agoGuess how many salespeople Google has.
- ggreenbe 13y agoAny chance you know? Would be interested to know their numbers vs twitter.
- dangrossman 13y ago"Several thousand" according to WSJ.