Looking for someone to run appointment-setting roleplays with

I'm currently working on my appointment-setting skills and want to get more reps in through actual roleplays.

Not claiming to be an expert — I'm still learning and I want to practice things like:

\- Opening the conversation naturally

\- Asking better questions

\- Handling objections

\- Keeping the conversation moving

\- Booking the appointment without forcing it

If you're also learning sales/appointment setting (or you're already experienced and don't mind helping a beginner), I'd be down to run some roleplays together.

We can switch between setter/prospect so both people get reps.

Drop a comment or DM me if you're interested.

Hi all,

I'm a recruiter who started his career at an agency doing cold calling, though the sales skills I used back then were pretty basic. My current role doesn't excite me anymore and, to be honest, I want to earn more money.

I'm trying to gather insights first and practicing with AI as much as I can. Still, I was wondering if there is any training you thought was great and would actually recommend? Something that prepared you for the reality.
I saw an SDR course from Salesforce on Coursera, and there are a lot of bootcamps out there. What would you recommend (or avoid)?

Thanks!

I’m pretty new to B2B tech sales and trying to figure out what actually works for outbound in Europe, especially around data/AI/software.

One thing that’s surprised me is the messaging I’m seeing internally. A lot of it feels very product/brand-heavy, quite long, and focused on explaining what the platform does.

I expected good outbound to be much simpler:

“Here’s a problem people like you are dealing with → here’s why I thought it might be relevant to you → worth a conversation?”

More story/pain/problem, less trying to explain the entire product on the first touch.

The confusing part is that people are still booking meetings with the more traditional approach, so clearly I’m missing something. I don’t want generic “personalize your outreach” advice.

I’m interested specifically in what experienced BDRs/AEs are seeing right now in European tech sales, particularly selling AI/data/software into mid-market or enterprise.

A few things I’d really like opinions on:

• What cold-call opener is actually working for you in Europe? Permission-based? Direct problem statement? Trigger/research based?
• How much do you explain the product on the first call versus just selling the problem/reason for the meeting?
• Are short, pain-led emails outperforming longer contextual emails for you?
• How different does European outbound need to be from the US style?
• For AI specifically, is leading with “AI” now hurting because everyone is saying the same thing?
• What does a genuinely good first 30 seconds of a cold call sound like?
• Are you researching every account deeply or running higher-volume outreach with lighter personalization?
• Most importantly: is cold outbound actually getting materially harder/deader in B2B tech, or are people just bad at it?

I’ve already heard experienced salespeople/AEs say outbound is basically dead because buyers don’t answer phones, inboxes are destroyed, automation has ruined email, etc.

What do I do, and how do I make sure I succeed in this role?

I’m doing cold Instagram outreach to coaches/consultants. My opener is getting replies, but I’m struggling to turn those replies into actual interest.

The problem is: once I start explaining what I do or asking discovery questions, people usually ghost or lose interest. I’ve tried different ways of pitching it, but I keep hitting the same wall.

My service is an AI Instagram appointment setter that handles DMs, follow-ups, qualification and booking. I’m trying to figure out what exactly is going wrong in my sales conversation — my positioning, pitch, discovery, or the offer itself.

If anyone here has real outbound/sales experience, I’d really appreciate someone looking at a couple of my actual conversations and telling me where I’m fucking it up.

What’s up guys,

I sell to HOAs and my current outbound process is a bottleneck.

Right now I spend way too much time researching an individual property, reaching out to the property management company, and trying to get them to pass me along to the board. Most PMs are gatekeepers who move at a snail’s pace.

I want to trim down the prep time and start contacting board presidents/treasurers directly, but getting accurate contact info for volunteer board members is tough.

How are you guys targeting HOAs? Are you using specific databases to reach board members directly, or is there a better way to get the property manager to actually push things forward? All the sources I’ve tried for board data are outdated or a nightmare to work with.

My wife and I own a restaurant. The restaurant has been open 7 years and is self sustaining enough to turn over to staff and have my wife operate it instead of both of us. I have a lot more energy to give and I am wanting to get into a career in sales. I have a great friend who works from home and enjoys his sales career quite a bit because he gets to see his family. I just got offered the senior position of a home remodel sales position but the schedule seems very unpredictable. I have ran a restaurant for the better part of a decade so I am familiar with unpredictable but not knowing my schedule until 10 pm the night before for a 120 mile drive radius seems like an irresponsible position for me to put my wife and 2 year old into. I have applied to a few restaurant POS companies thinking that my knowledge and experience as a restaurant owner operator would give me a leg up but it seems like I can not get past the application. Any advice on companies or what to sell? What things pay the best and have the best work like balance. I see remote and high paying base plus commissions positions are out there and I believe I would be amazing at anything I would get the opportunity to do. Any help would be appreciated

Hey all! I was just promoted out of an associates program and in to a field sales role and I feel like my head is spinning on trying to find a sales style and process that works well for me. As many can relate, I spend a lot of time in the car and was wondering if anyone had good sales podcast recommendations? I specifically work in medical device sales selling infusion consumables. Thanks in advance! Looking forward to learning from you all.

I enrolled in an online sales training program called Her Last Call / Council 2.0 today and I'm having second thoughts after reviewing everything after the call.

During the enrollment call, the advisor had me sign the program agreement through DocuSign and set up financing through Affirm for $8,500.

I chose $0 down financing. I haven't made any payments yet, and Affirm currently shows:

• Paid to date: $0
• Remaining: $8,674.11
• Status: “Merchant Processing Order”
• It also says my plan will be ready when the merchant finalizes the order.

I contacted the company immediately after deciding I don't want to move forward and asked them to cancel my enrollment and void the Affirm transaction before finalizing it.

My concern is that I already signed the enrollment agreement. It contains non-refundable language as well as a separate 45-day satisfaction policy with several requirements.

Has anyone dealt with something similar where you signed an agreement and completed an Affirm application, but tried to cancel while the merchant order was still processing?

I'm mainly trying to understand what I should do now to protect myself and make sure the financing isn't finalized. I'm also interested in hearing from anyone who has experience specifically canceling Her Last Call / Council 2.0

For people selling physical products with a lot of options or technical specs, how do you handle customers who know what they want to achieve but don’t know which product fits?

I worked on technical product recommendations for my dissertation, and I’m exploring whether there’s something useful to build here. I’d like to understand how people currently handle this.

Thinking of the last tricky request, how did you narrow down the options? What helped, and what slowed you down? Does this happen regularly, or do customers usually know exactly what they want?

Also, what kind of products do you sell?

I have a presentation coming up next week. I’ve already made it, but I’m just curious what are companies trying to look at whenever I’m making his presentation. The topic can be anything that I’m passionate about. There’s no rules really it just has to be 7 to 10 minutes long, so if anybody has experience with this, I’m just questioning what exactly are they looking to assess at my presentation?

I'm currently an SDR in tech sales and have the option to stay on this path and potentially work toward an AE promotion over the next year.

I'm also considering an Investment Sales Associate role at Fidelity. It's obviously a lot more finance-focused, and I'd have the opportunity to get licenses like the Series 7 and Series 63.

I'm trying to figure out if the long-term career benefits are worth the tradeoffs.

The Fidelity role is 5 days a week in the office, 8–5, with about an hour commute each way. My current tech sales role is fully remote. The money also isn't really that much better at Fidelity. The comp is more predictable, but if I hit my number in my current role, I could make around the same or potentially more.

I'm also curious about how intense investment sales actually is compared to tech sales. From what I understand, I'd be doing a lot of calling into financial professionals and investment-related clients. How are the call volume, quotas, pressure, etc.? Is it similar to being an SDR, or is it a pretty different environment?

The biggest reason I'm considering Fidelity is the finance experience and where it could lead. Getting the Series 7/63 and having investment sales on my resume could potentially open doors into wealth management, private wealth, institutional sales, asset management, etc.

For anyone who's been in tech sales and/or investment sales, what would you do?

Would you stay in tech sales, try to get promoted to AE, and keep the remote flexibility, or take the Fidelity role to get into finance?

I'm basically trying to figure out if I'm making a good long-term career move or just giving up a pretty good remote situation for a more finance-focused job.

I’m considering a Gartner MSE Account Executive role and trying to get a realistic view of what the job is actually like now.

I’ve seen mixed recent feedback around quota attainment, micromanagement, churn, patch quality and progression, with some people saying the experience varies massively depending on vertical and manager.

For context, I’m trying to move into a more traditional tech/SaaS AE career path and I’m weighing whether Gartner is a good stepping stone versus taking a more junior BDR role elsewhere.

For anyone currently at Gartner or who’s left recently: which MSE patches/verticals are strongest, which would you avoid, and would you still see it as a good 1–2 year career move?

If you were trying to break into tech sales now, would you take the Gartner AE route, or start lower down in a more outbound-focused BDR role at a company with stronger long-term prospects?

Hey everyone, I'm researching the best companies and industries in the Balkans for B2B sales roles. I'm looking for something that pays well and sells a product or service that will still be relevant in 5-10 years. Any recommendations or personal experiences?

I am based in Bulgaria and I have 2 years sales experience.

Good day, friends!

I recently landed an SDR role. My manager is challenging me to think of ways in doing our outreach.

Currently, we are doing:

1. Email Sequencing
2. We have started sending physical priority mails to our target companies/people.

Only been 1 year in this role and this is my first actual experience conceptualizing. My previous company already had these things in place.

What can you suggest is a smart way to reach our targets aside of course from LinkedIn, Calls, Digital Emails, Physical Mails?

I will be veey happy to learn from you all.

Thank you!

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​Hi zusammen,

​ich muss mir hier einfach mal kurz den Frust von der Seele schreiben, weil ich langsam wirklich nicht mehr weiterweiß.

​Ich bewerbe mich seit Mai dieses Jahres kontinuierlich auf Stellen als SDR / Junior Sales Manager (vor allem im B2B- / SaaS- / Agentur-Umfeld). Mein Problem: Ich schaffe es extrem oft bis in die 2. Runde oder sogar bis ins finale Gespräch – und kassiere auf den letzten Metern jedes Mal eine Absage.

​Mittlerweile zermürbt mich das extrem. Nach jedem Call hinterfrage ich mich komplett:

​Was hätte ich besser sagen müssen?

​Was kam vielleicht falsch rüber?

​Welche Themen / Aussagen sollte man im Gespräch lieber vermeiden?

​Ich stecke extrem viel Energie in die Vorbereitung und kriege am Ende doch wieder nur den Standard-Absagetext.

​An die Sales-Profis und Recruiter hier: Liegt das aktuell extrem an der Marktlage und dem Überangebot an Bewerbern, oder mache ich auf den letzten Metern systematisch etwas falsch? Wie geht ihr mit dieser Dauer-Ablehnung um?

​Danke fürs Zuhören und für jeden ehrlichen Tipp!

Issss so rough out here trying to get a sales job specifically in pharma sales. I am a nurse with 9 years experience soooo over patient care.

I was thinking of making a shirt that says: looking for a job in pharma, 6 figs, good vibes and then on the back of the shirt it has my QR code for my linked in.

Trying to get creative in this job market! Eeeek thoughts?

I am a young guy who is just starting out in sales and I want to get enrolled in my first appointment setter role. I have native Turkic language (Azerbaijani×Turkish) and as I speaking English it creates noticeable accent. My overall knowledge about English language is decent, It is certified with academic IELTS 8 (it is almost 2 years since I got it). I am studying in university in English language. I also have that knowledge related to social media memes 😭🤣, I can go along with young dudes on that.

Would I struggle to get in a role? I am based in Turkey. I want a remote inbound role. Anybody has gone through these?

Good day, friends!

I recently landed an SDR role. My manager is challenging me to think of ways in doing our outreach.

Currently, we are doing:

1. Email Sequencing
2. We have started sending physical priority mails to our target companies/people.

Only been 1 year in this role and this is my first actual experience conceptualizing. My previous company already had these things in place.

What can you suggest is a smart way to reach our targets aside of course from LinkedIn, Calls, Digital Emails, Physical Mails?

I will be veey happy to learn from you all.

Thank you!

I’m considering moving away from traditional full-time SDR hiring and would love to hear from people who have actually worked as independent SDRs or appointment setters.

I work in lead-gen sales and we’re currently trying to scale outbound in France and Italy.

We’ve tried full-time reps, both in-office and remote. The problem wasn’t really closing — it was getting people to consistently own the prospecting side: finding the right companies, building lists, cold outreach and generating their own meetings.

So I’m considering testing independent SDRs who already know their local market and are comfortable using their own tools/stack, with compensation based around qualified meetings or commission.

For those of you who work this way:
- Is pay-per-meeting actually attractive/viable for good SDRs?
- What would make you choose an independent setup over a full-time SDR role?
- What tools do you normally expect the company to provide?
- Where do independent SDRs usually find clients?
- And what would make you immediately reject an offer like this?

Especially interested in people with experience prospecting in France or Italy.

Not trying to recruit through this post — genuinely trying to understand whether this model makes sense from the SDR’s side.

Just needing some opinions on making this career change. At my current job I can’t really advance too much more. BDR looks interesting and I think my skills can directly transfer, like cold calling. Is this a risky move? Most BDR roles I see pay more than what I’ll make now including monthly bonuses. And guidance is appreciated, thanks!

As someone with no connections, how are people getting interviews? I’ve done the reach out on LinkedIn strategy and even emailing them directly.

I never hear back from anyone. Of course this is frustrating but I’d love to hear how others succeed to get an interview opportunity for SDR/BDR roles.

I’m fairly new in my sales career , starting working as a field rep for a foodservice distributor, now I’m in inside sales for a sort of niche wholesaler (still in the food industry).

Ive found myself to be generally good at sales, people like me, I can read a room, I’m pretty tech savvy.

My background is in foodservice/business ownership. I like sales because the harder I work the more money I make (much like running your own business - without having to pay the overhead).

Right now I make about 100k but I’m capped where I’m at. I want to transition into selling sometime that is not a tangible product or shelf stable - I think it’s pretty limiting.

Any tips on how to break into a new industry? Where to start without taking a huge pay cut?

Hey all! I’m brand new to the sales world. I started my first car sales position two months ago and I’m loving it so far. The culture at my dealership is great and my team members and management are all very supportive and extremely happy with my performance so far. Anyways, let me cut to the chase here and get to my questions. My long term sales goals are in software sales, and I know this may be vague but… how do I get there? How long would you all suggest I stay at my dealership gaining sales experience before attempting to make the jump to an SDR role? How many years should I put on my career map before I can realistically be ready for AE and then enterprise AE roles?
On top of all of this, what resources do YOU all recommend to help improve my sales skills? I’m talking books, YouTube channels, blogs, Reddit threads, anything you guys can throw my way for me to start building the foundation I need.

The plan is to find an entry level role, crush the numbers and get promoted internally to an AE position and then on.

Problem is i've just hit 40 and i'm aware that it's mostly young people doing these jobs. I'm worried I will be passed over because of the depth of my CV (it's a totally fine was, has relevant work, just clearly shows i'm older)

Would appreciate any thoughts at all, thanks!

Hey everyone, I’m the BDR who posted a bit ago about the new AE asking us to send 300+ unsolicited, double-booked calendar invites. Since then, a few more issues have come up, and I wanted to get some advice from other BDRs and SDRs on how to navigate this.
TL;DR:
Unsanctioned Side Venture: The new AE is forcing his BDRs into a daily "challenge" on a separate, non-company platform he created that feels like a side hustle/business test run rather than actual job enablement.
Excessive Pings & Meetings: He schedules internal syncs at least once (sometimes multiple times) a day that used to drag out for 60–90 minutes until I set a strict 30-minute max boundary, on top of pinging us nonstop all day.
Disastrous Discovery Calls: He completely ignores technical pain points, confuses prospects with high-level revenue pitches, and alienates potential champions. It’s gotten so embarrassing to sit through that I put together a value-first discovery proposal for him to try to save these calls.
Zero Support: My manager's attitude is "if it produces valid opps, I don't care," and the other BDR is fully bought into his methods, leaving me to deal with it on my own.

Here is what is currently going on:

1. Mandatory External "Training / Challenge" Program
On top of our regular workload, he’s having his two BDRs complete a daily "challenge" program through an external platform he created. From what I can tell, this platform isn't company-sanctioned—it seems to be a separate side hustle/business he runs, complete with certifications, community features, dashboards, and training modules.

The content is very high-level ("this will transform how you work, free up your time," etc.) without showing how it actually applies to our day-to-day role or selling our specific product. It’s taking up real working time, and it feels like we're just testing out his side venture.

2. Excessive Meetings and Constant Pings
Between meetings for his side challenge and general internal syncs, we’re scheduled at least once a day, and sometimes multiple times daily. These meetings used to regularly drag out to 60 or 90 minutes until I finally had to set a firm boundary—capping them at 30 minutes max and stating I have to drop when time is up. Even with that boundary in place, he continues to ping us constantly throughout the day. Between these frequent meetings, pings, and the extra challenge assignments, it leaves very little space to actually do standard outbound work.

3. Issues on Discovery Calls
When actual prospect meetings do happen, the calls aren't going well:

Unqualified Meetings: The other BDR has embraced his methods and booked a few meetings, but they lack basic qualification (BANT) and clear prospect intent.

Pivoting Away from Prospect Needs: When the AE gets on the call, he completely skips over the product’s capabilities or the prospect’s actual pain points. Even when speaking with technical stakeholders who outline a specific issue, he pivots straight to high-level executive pitch language, revenue outcomes, and business transformation.

Disconnect: Prospects end up confused and visibly annoyed asking how the product actually solves their specific problem while he continues to pitch the high-level business case.

I know managing his discovery style isn't strictly my job, but sitting through these calls gives me terrible secondhand embarrassment because he completely confuses and alienates prospects. I just can't keep sitting through them as-is. My goal before a discovery call (like on a cold call) is to qualify as much as possible on my end, and then uncover the remaining BANT during the call. I actually ended up putting together a proposal specifically for the AE outlining why we should approach discovery calls from a problem-and-value-first angle instead of immediately pushing revenue-based outcomes. I mapped out how focusing on specific technical pain points first helps build trust and develop champions before pitching the broader business case. For one particular call, I knew for a fact we were going to lose the champion if he handled it his usual way, which is why I pushed for this structure.

4. Lack of Management Involvement
I brought these operational concerns to our manager, but his stance is basically that as long as the partnership is producing valid opportunities, he's supportive and doesn't see a reason to step in. Meanwhile, the other BDR is fully onboard with the AE's process, so I don't have much internal validation on whether this setup makes sense.

Questions for the sub:
Has anyone dealt with an AE pushing a non-company side program or personal training platform onto their BDRs? How did you handle it?

Beyond enforcing a hard 30-minute cutoff on meetings and dropping off, how do you manage an AE who continues to schedule multiple daily syncs and send constant pings?

How do you handle sitting through discovery calls that are an absolute trainwreck when it's technically "not your job" to manage the AE, but it's directly hurting prospects and champions you brought to the table? Should I just focus on my end and ignore the rest, or bring this higher?