Ask HN: What is the most annoying part in Sales?

4 pointsaminmemon5y ago6 comments

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A) Finding interested people. Cold sales is soul crushing and in my case I was unable to find enough leads to feed myself that way.

B) Running a marketing campaign with no idea whether it is lost money, or will at least pay for itself, or will find enough leads to feed myself, or will find enough leads to feed the employees too.

aminmemonOP5y ago

What was the process for finding leads for the cold emails? LinkedIn Sales Navigator? The biggest problem for me when cold emailing is not knowing how many cold emails should I send inorder to gauge the results. I mean the number of people should I reach to know if my cold email campaign is not working.

TomMarius5y ago

Yes, Sales Navigator, I haven't found anything else like it.

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TomMarius5y ago

A) Finding interested people. Cold sales is soul crushing and in my case I was unable to find enough leads to feed myself that way.

B) Running a marketing campaign with no idea whether it is lost money, or will at least pay for itself, or will find enough leads to feed myself, or will find enough leads to feed the employees too.

aminmemonOP5y ago

TomMarius5y ago

Yes, Sales Navigator, I haven't found anything else like it.

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