What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
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Re: What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
#2I stuck with it to the end, but man, the lack of proofreading almost had me closing the browser tab. I'm not talking mistakes only a grammar Nazi would care about, but the kind where I read the sentence three times and still ask "what the hell does this mean?" I don't mean to be snarky, but maybe that's why emails to leads wasn't working so well. Bad grammar is my first filter for spam.
Other than that, the article was okay. Good point about getting on the phone. Email is easy, but it also makes easy to say "no", or just delete it and say nothing.
Re: What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
#3I stuck with it to the end, but man, the lack of proofreading almost had me closing the browser tab. I'm not talking mistakes only a grammar Nazi would care about, but the kind where I read the sentence three times and still ask "what the hell does this mean?" I don't mean to be snarky, but maybe that's why emails to leads wasn't working so well. Bad grammar is my first filter for spam. Other than that, the article w…
> He then asked this question “How is a typical call with a prospect looks like?” ...
I still don't understand what the guy asked, my best guess is he messed up the verb and it was supposed to read "how DOES a typical call with a prospect go?", or similar.
It all makes me conclude that someone who is not a native English speaker was paid to write that article and it's bullshit filler flung out on various sites like HN in a cheap attempt to garner attention.
If you're going to pay someone to write an article for you, fucking pay for a native speaker. I mean seriously, that little bit of money saved is not worth the risk.
edit: not to mention, most of the advice is pretty generic, the sorts of things anyone can get by picking up a book on salesmanship.
Re: What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
#4I stuck with it to the end, but man, the lack of proofreading almost had me closing the browser tab. I'm not talking mistakes only a grammar Nazi would care about, but the kind where I read the sentence three times and still ask "what the hell does this mean?" I don't mean to be snarky, but maybe that's why emails to leads wasn't working so well. Bad grammar is my first filter for spam. Other than that, the article w…
> He then asked this question “How is a typical call with a prospect looks like?” ... I still don't understand what the guy asked, my best guess is he messed up the verb and it was supposed to read "how DOES a typical call with a prospect go?", or similar. It all makes me conclude that someone who is not a native English speaker was paid to write that article and it's bullshit filler flung out on various sites like H…
The author is Israeli; my Hebrew is worse than my Arabic is worse than my Farsi, which is pretty bad, but the grammatical mistakes seem pretty typical of the impedance mismatches between Hebrew and English.
Re: What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
#5I stuck with it to the end, but man, the lack of proofreading almost had me closing the browser tab. I'm not talking mistakes only a grammar Nazi would care about, but the kind where I read the sentence three times and still ask "what the hell does this mean?" I don't mean to be snarky, but maybe that's why emails to leads wasn't working so well. Bad grammar is my first filter for spam. Other than that, the article w…
> He then asked this question “How is a typical call with a prospect looks like?” ... I still don't understand what the guy asked, my best guess is he messed up the verb and it was supposed to read "how DOES a typical call with a prospect go?", or similar. It all makes me conclude that someone who is not a native English speaker was paid to write that article and it's bullshit filler flung out on various sites like H…
are you trying to break the record for how many assumptions you can fit into a single post?
Re: What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
#6I stuck with it to the end, but man, the lack of proofreading almost had me closing the browser tab. I'm not talking mistakes only a grammar Nazi would care about, but the kind where I read the sentence three times and still ask "what the hell does this mean?" I don't mean to be snarky, but maybe that's why emails to leads wasn't working so well. Bad grammar is my first filter for spam. Other than that, the article w…
Emails and everything sent to customers were always proofread by a native english speaker. I wrote this on my spare time but lesson learned for next time.
Re: What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
#7I stuck with it to the end, but man, the lack of proofreading almost had me closing the browser tab. I'm not talking mistakes only a grammar Nazi would care about, but the kind where I read the sentence three times and still ask "what the hell does this mean?" I don't mean to be snarky, but maybe that's why emails to leads wasn't working so well. Bad grammar is my first filter for spam. Other than that, the article w…
> He then asked this question “How is a typical call with a prospect looks like?” ... I still don't understand what the guy asked, my best guess is he messed up the verb and it was supposed to read "how DOES a typical call with a prospect go?", or similar. It all makes me conclude that someone who is not a native English speaker was paid to write that article and it's bullshit filler flung out on various sites like H…
I wrote it on my spare time and based on my experience.
Nobody proofread it and it's a takeaway for next time. I posted it on HN since I like HN, that's all.
Re: What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
#8I stuck with it to the end, but man, the lack of proofreading almost had me closing the browser tab. I'm not talking mistakes only a grammar Nazi would care about, but the kind where I read the sentence three times and still ask "what the hell does this mean?" I don't mean to be snarky, but maybe that's why emails to leads wasn't working so well. Bad grammar is my first filter for spam. Other than that, the article w…
Emails and everything sent to customers were always proofread by a native english speaker. I wrote this on my spare time but lesson learned for next time.
I noticed a couple of grammar mistakes but nothing major. Thanks for the article! I appreciated the tips.
Re: What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
#9This sounds like a lot of the great advice in How to Win Friends and Influence People [1]
I read that book yearly, and learn something every time.
Re: What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
#10I stuck with it to the end, but man, the lack of proofreading almost had me closing the browser tab. I'm not talking mistakes only a grammar Nazi would care about, but the kind where I read the sentence three times and still ask "what the hell does this mean?" I don't mean to be snarky, but maybe that's why emails to leads wasn't working so well. Bad grammar is my first filter for spam. Other than that, the article w…
Emails and everything sent to customers were always proofread by a native english speaker. I wrote this on my spare time but lesson learned for next time.
Here's a little bit of constructive advice. There are several places where you've made a "comma splice" error. That is, a comma (,) was used when a period (.) or semicolon (;) should have been used (or alternatively, a conjunction could be used). Example:
> We’ve interviewed a bunch, during one of the interviews after the candidate was done presenting, he looked at me, I looked at him, he did OK …
This should be instead:
> We’ve interviewed a bunch. During one of the interviews after the candidate was done presenting, he looked at me, and I looked at him. He did OK …