A client of mine needs a CRM system to manage her business - so I was checking out some software for her.
The software is very good and does exactly what she needs.
Anyway, some guy from the software called me up yesterday asking how it was. I didn't like that they called me up like that - an email would have been nicer. But I guess it makes less money.
10 minutes later he said he's going to forward me to a sales rep. I thought he was the sales rep. That whole interaction felt like a waste of time.
Sales rep blabbered on a bit. He wanted to tell me about all the features they had and get me on a demo. The problem is I didn't care about any of that.
I said, "look, I just want X, Y and Z. We have 10 staff. How much is it for what we need?"
Surprisingly, getting a simple answer was pretty difficult. He started telling me about their different plans, discounts, etc. Eventually I got a number.
I also told him that I was scared of vendor lock-in. He said he didn't know what vendor lock in was. Lol.
If you wanna sell stuff and help people, maybe do the opposite of these guys.
The software is very good and does exactly what she needs.
Anyway, some guy from the software called me up yesterday asking how it was. I didn't like that they called me up like that - an email would have been nicer. But I guess it makes less money.
10 minutes later he said he's going to forward me to a sales rep. I thought he was the sales rep. That whole interaction felt like a waste of time.
Sales rep blabbered on a bit. He wanted to tell me about all the features they had and get me on a demo. The problem is I didn't care about any of that.
I said, "look, I just want X, Y and Z. We have 10 staff. How much is it for what we need?"
Surprisingly, getting a simple answer was pretty difficult. He started telling me about their different plans, discounts, etc. Eventually I got a number.
I also told him that I was scared of vendor lock-in. He said he didn't know what vendor lock in was. Lol.
If you wanna sell stuff and help people, maybe do the opposite of these guys.
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