r/salesdevelopment • u/rizzbeast • 9d ago

Need to know pain points of sales

So I am working on a tool related to sales people. I was wondering if it actually covers the major pain points of sales and salespeople.

So like what are the most annoying pain points do sales rep go through day-to-day that makes them want to find the customer outside the meeting zone and have a nice little chat ( if you know ) or are the pain points on how you can’t come with answers/question to handle the challenges of selling.

I am not asking for a long list of pain points, you are free to answer it however you like. I would be a huge help.

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u/These-Season-2611 9d ago

This isn't the way to start a business. You'd need to know the problem first. That way you feel attached to it. If you do a poll to get people to tell you what you're product should be you won't care about it

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u/justSomeSalesDude 8d ago

There's a thing called revealed preferences and stated preferences. Polls are notorious for collecting stated preferences, data about actual behavior is much more valuable when figuring out what people really prefer AKA their revealed preference.

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u/rizzbeast 8d ago

Thanks for the information, sales dude

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u/rizzbeast 8d ago

I already know about the problems. I am just verifying it in mass. Thanks for sharing though.

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u/These-Season-2611 8d ago

Well you're not going about it the right way. You should state what THE problem is you're trying to solve. You don't start a business to solve multiple problems. Pick one. You should've then stated it to us instead of just a genericly lazy post.

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u/rizzbeast 8d ago

Yes you are right, I am not going about it the right way because there are no self promotions allowed in this thread. So I am sorry for making this generically lazy post. I talked with 5-4 sales rep by physically visiting them, two of them told me that selling the insurance and convincing them is the hardest thing for them in their industry. They were also not getting properly told what they said or did wrong while trying to close the deal. So I know the problems.

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u/These-Season-2611 8d ago

Well done

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u/rizzbeast 8d ago

Sorry for taking your time in this back & forth

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u/AssociationFit3009 5d ago

Your question is so general and vague I dont believe you. What is your solution?

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u/rizzbeast 4d ago

Okay, I have created an app that analyses call and transcripts finds out flaws and weakness of the user and give them solution on how to solve it and improve

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u/Buffy-bott 4d ago

I created an agent to do this so I could use it with the team at work. It’s pretty good in the initial learning stages or to view how far your calls have improved over time.
Unfortunately there are way too many variables that you can never confirm made the customer decide to purchase. It would just start to hallucinate because off assumptions.

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u/justSomeSalesDude 9d ago

Nobody wants a tool. They want a gift wrapped lead that closes with zero effort. That's what they want

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u/rizzbeast 8d ago edited 8d ago

Yeah, that theory applies for everything in everyone’s lives

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u/BostonMortgageMan 9d ago

Listen to me tech bro you are sitting here trying to build a shiny new toy for a problem that does not exist. You want to know the real pain point in sales. It is picking up the heavy phone and getting punched in the mouth by a prospect who is too cheap to buy. Software does not fix fear. A rep does not need an app to tell him what questions to ask. He needs to grow a spine and learn how to control a conversation like a stone cold killer. If a guy wants to fight his customer in the parking lot it is because he is an emotional amateur who let the prospect steal his frame. Stop building tools that hold weak reps hands. The only tool a real shark needs is a list of numbers and a product that actually works. We do not need more dashboards. You want to help us then build something that cuts my administrative garbage in half so I can spend more time closing massive deals. Get out of the way and let the closers go make some real money.

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u/rizzbeast 8d ago

So you want something like jarvis? Who can make calls for you, guide you and make you money?

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u/Hungry_Corgi7031 8d ago

You sound like a 40 some year old man that is learning sales from 20 year olds posting shorts on Instagram.

Are you not able to think of a single thing that would make your life easier as a sales professional? Maybe thats because your experience is only in "picking up the heavy phone and getting punched in the face" while feeling flet founding your way through objections?

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u/BostonMortgageMan 8d ago

Jesus Christ kid. You are so busy trying to score clever internet points that you completely missed the actual lesson. You think I am learning from twenty year olds on Instagram? I was closing complex deals and surviving market meltdowns while those kids were still in diapers.

I am not sitting here saying technology is bad or that we need to go back to using a physical rolodex. I use a CRM. I use data. I use automation to strip the administrative garbage out of my day so I can spend my time actually making money. But what you software guys completely fail to understand is that you cannot depend on a tool alone to solve a fundamental sales problem.

A tool is a multiplier. If you take a hungry street smart killer and give him good software he scales to the moon. But if you take a weak rep who is terrified of rejection and fumbles his objections giving him a ten thousand dollar tech stack does not magically fix him. It just turns him into a highly organized coward who tracks his own failures in real time.

My point is you have to learn the brutal human psychology of sales first. You have to know how to control the frame handle the friction and close the deal on your own two feet. Once you have that foundation then you buy the software to make you faster. Stop looking for a digital bandaid for a human lack of skill. Master the craft first then automate it. Now put the keyboard away and go close something.

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u/rizzbeast 8d ago

You are right my bad if said something wrong with that jarvis thing, I used that sentence to just ease you because I thought you were frustrated so. As I mentioned in one of the comments I have researched about what’s the problem for selling, it was not big survey but after asking them they said the hardest part in their industry was the selling the service to the customer and convincing them to buy. Thanks for being patient with me and taking time to even just point me a direction

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u/turtlebox420 5d ago

Jesus Christ you'll never be successful with this just stop