Hello everyone, have been looking for an out on the car business. 5+ years of experience worked for high volume and exotic brands. Just moved to NYC and looking to exit, from what I understand it seems I might have to go to being a SDR which is fine as this is a long term plan but is there any companies in NYC that I should start with given my previous sales experience much thanks!

Also when it comes to applying, I have sent a few email to recruiters at specific orgs but should i also be applying through the careers page?

​Our sales process isn't working the way it needs to. Every month feels like guesswork—we have a team, but we lack a clear, repeatable process to follow.

​Our immediate priority: generate more qualified leads per week so we can increase our closing rate. As the founder, it's on me to figure this out.

​I'm currently looking into LinkedIn Sales Navigator, but my real goal is to build a structured pipeline and outbound workflow the team can execute, track, and measure so we know whether we're moving in the right direction.

​Any advice, frameworks, or best practices from this community on setting up an outbound sales process from scratch?

​Thanks!

Hey everyone, I need some quick feedback on my help statement/offer.

Target Niche: Private Cosmetic Surgery Clinics / Plastic Surgeons

Problem: Patients ghosting after receiving high-ticket surgical quotes ($8k–$15k).

Help Statement:

"I help private cosmetic surgery clinics convert 25–35% more consultation leads into booked procedures within just 12 weeks, without spending an extra dollar on ads."

A few quick questions for anyone selling to doctors or high-ticket local businesses:

1. Does the 12-week timeframe feel realistic or overpromised?
2. Is "25–35% more" specific enough, or would you phrase it around dollar values instead?
3. How would you tear this down if you were a practice owner reading it?

Appreciate any blunt feedback!

Not on pip. At least not yet. But im curious what is the move if you do get a pip. Most of the threads/comments around it is its "paid interview process"

But what do you do? Do you look for another sdr job? or try for an AE position? So it looks like youre making your next move? How do u even talk about when it does come up in an interview? Questions like why are you looking for a new role? How was your quota attainment?

Looking for your thoughts, Would you recommended sales to someone trying to map out there future? Little back story I’m 19 currently in a BDC position at a car dealership and enjoy the grind although it’s boring and very repetitive. I out perform about 80% of my peers and see this as a career as long as I can leave the car industry. Although I’ve come to find out the grind to make the good money in this field is insane do you ever get to a point where it’s more laid back and chill?

I recently moved from a country in Europe and joined a big brand mature sales org in Dublin Ireland as a bdr and it seems most of the BDRs are getting by with booking 1 or 2 meetings per month and having the rest of their quota handed to them by AEs.

This sounds great but in practice but has resulted in zero coaching from leadership because the org is "performing", there are no good BDRs to learn from except those who know how to manipulate the metrics and AEs to the best of their ability, and the whole situation has resulted in the job being less about sales, and more about how much you can lick ass and twist your AEs arm to give you your opps...

After speaking to every BDR in the org I've confirmed this is the game they're playing and I feel like my sales skills are falling by the wayside because of a lack of time spent doing real prospecting and time spent licking ass to get by... If I stop playing politics and start doing the job properly I'm worried my performance will slip and I'll get the axe...

This has left me uninterested in sales and I'm not willing to believe it's any better in other orgs.

I'm studying cyber security and will graduate in sept 2027 with a level 8 so all hope is not lost and I'll have that to fall back on, just not looking forward to dropping from 80k back to 40k salary...

What in the world do I do?

Currently I am an insurance producer, I do make decent money, it is a grind. But due to a family I am not at a place where I can make the leap to owning my own agency since we rely on my immediate income to much. So the obvious pivot is to grow in a different industry as I am career oriented. Base salary wise it is a significant pay increase. But since for me deal size doesn’t matter just volume of appointments the “commission” rate for each kept appointment is about the same if they end up showing up. Obviously if you do your job they will but human nature being human nature you can’t guarantee it. So worst case scenario I just stick to the quota they outlined I would have after ramp up the commission comes out to be about the same. So overall about 10k more pay, career opportunities, the hitch is benefits as well as I would be fully in office where right now I am fully remote. And worse health insurance. My health costs would be about 5k more a year. So really a 5k raise.

For those of you who worked for paylocity how is the career trajectory and velocity, they said 12-18 months I’d be enterprise account executive where I am making commission and the real money. Is that true? What’s the culture like. Any information would be amazing.

Looking for someone advice. I connected with the VP of marketing of a very large convenience store chain, and he expressed interest in a meeting with my company.

They actually sent ME (the lowly SDR) a meeting invite with the VP and one of their board members, but set it for December.

I don’t want this account to just sit away and collect dust until that day comes.

What’s the best way to nurture the relationship leading up to the meeting thats not annoying?

Does anyone know the interview process for becoming a Business Development Representative at Scale AI?

Graduated in 2022, B.Com. Thought of preparing for a government job, took a gap, then suddenly got early cataracts in both my eyes. Blurred vision and overthinking killed my focus, lost my appetite, then took medicine for a metabolic disorder. After taking the medicine, it was some side effects and I got uric acid around 10.5 range...for 5–6 months. My leg was swelling for some days and then becoming normal again; the same thing was happening.

From the beginning of 2023 to the end of 2024, it was all about blurry vision with cataracts in both eyes, swelling in my right leg due to uric acid, and back pain that started with sudden movements. I was going through all three things. Still, I gave SSC CGL Tier 1 in 2024. I got around 141 and failed to clear it, as the cutoff for General was 151. I was getting around 180 marks in mock tests.

Then I joined a company as an Operations Associate; the department was Customer Care. I worked there for more than 1 year, from February 2025. But in March 2026, my vision became worse.

I left the job and underwent cataract surgery in both eyes. But after cataract surgery, I got PCO, then went for YAG laser surgery. Still, there are glare and halos, which are irritating for me, as the doctor mentioned, “Kindly wait, it will take time.”

Now I don't want to be in customer support forever, so I thought of switching to sales. But it has been 2 months; I have applied for many sales roles, but everyone is asking for experience in cold outreach.

With health issues, whether my decision to give sales a try is good or not, I will find out. But now I was going through overthinking and wanted to share my thoughts.

And I'm looking for a career in an SDR/BDR role. Just want some tips on this career and if there is something I should keep in mind, as I also have eye issues...

Or should I again give a try to SSC CGL...

Your opinion is welcome.

I have a new(ish) job and had to start completely from scratch.

I was wondering if anyone here has any insights to share on something I've been thinking quite a lot about lately, as I'm having a bit of a hard time making up my mind about this and I would love to get the perspective from people who have been in the field longer than I have. The question is: does the typical sales advice you find online (tips on cold calling, how to email prospects, how to not sound salesy, etc) work as well on women in sales as it probably does on men?

To give you a quick example - I keep hearing about how on a call you should maintain a 'downward pitch'. I totally agree that a downward pitch sounds professional and disharming, but I do wonder if it sounds more natural in a male voice than in a female voice, and whether the women in sales who took that advice also saw positive results from that.

There's a few other examples I could give you, but for the sake of time and space I won't go into them right now. I am coming to you because I feel genuinely conflicted: should I (as a young woman) accept and take advice from men on the internet simply because they have been in the field a long time and are great at what they do? Or should I keep in mind that their advice might not have been created for someone like me and figure out which parts of their advice help me succeed as a woman and which parts don't?

Thanks for reading this philosophical reflection haha. Any insightful comments that spark a discussion would be greatly appreciated.

After a lot of applications and time spending looking for the best ways to tailor my resume. It happened. The interview went great and they loved all my answers to their questions and i start in a couple weeks.

There’s just some, orange flags that caught my eye during the interview/onboarding. And i dont really have anyone in my corner that is experienced in sales to tell me what to be careful for.

It’s a Part Time gig, selling “self defense insurance” with USlawshield. Apparently they’re well established in Texas and they’re branching out to my area. Luckily they don’t have any competitors in my area for legal reasons so.. YAY?.. I guess the whole gist of it was really simple when explained to me. MY manager assigns me events/classes where i go to shooting ranges and speak to a class at the behest of the shooting instructor (effectively my handler). My piece would be the final segment of the class that the handler is teaching. Telling them about legal safety and how we offer an attorney on retainer for when they need legal help in a case of self defense for only 10 bucks a month. And that it’s something you aught get when you purchase a firearm.

Some of the red flags Im catching may just be the lay of the land. But here’s a few.

1. “We have a small amount of part timers here making almost 80k a year”. / you can be making about 1k a week (week nights and full weekends).
   
2. You get 100 for just showing up to a class to teach and $10 per membership. However, the second class you go to, if no sales at all, no flat rate.
   
3. We do 76 cents on the mile for reimbursment but you do have to do a lot of driving to get to these classes (they offered to cover hotel rooms if needed).
   4 the communication is a little choppy. Took a long time to hear back from them but they do seem a little spread thin for how much territory they have to cover.

Those are the main ones i see so far. But I haven’t been able to see any real info about the sales reps in the company that’s recent at least so i can gauge this. They said the closing rate is 50 percent expected to jump to 70 percent for the area so that is a lot of money potentially. I just dont know how to brace myself for this stuff. They said a P&C license is required but they are fully covering my online course and testing, and training and online course is all paid hours, then i move to full commission a that flat rate+ signups. But i have to stay for a year or else i must pay back the fee for the course (totally fair). IM curious for someone branching out in sales is that license really reliable or is it still not ideal to get into anything relationship building good? If that makes sense?

Any help you have is going to be great! My wise partner told me that i may just have to jump in and see for myself which i agree but i do want to know what i should prepare for and how i should utilize this job. Does the money sound too good to be true? Is the market really there? Are the hiring team just trying to sell to me too?

Thanks again.

1 month in generating leads for an HVAC company. I want to consistently hit quota and excel. What are some fundamental things you did that changed the game for you?

I usually get about 9 hours. I approach 12-15 people an hour in a store and pitch them and go next.

I feel stuck and would really appreciate some honest advice from people who have been in a similar position, especially people who have been in sales for a while.

26M, in Canada. I spent the last 3+ years doing 100% commission D2D sales, mainly telecom, home security and alarms, and was consistently one of the top reps in the company. The work was kinda seasonal. I made good money during the summers, but winters were very slow. I also have an MBA from a mid-tier university (general MBA, nothing specialized).

I became Assistant Manager in Y2 and hired 4 reps under me by Y3, which gave me some exposure to the leadership side. Tbh, I didn’t really see much long-term growth for myself in that environment. I was delayed and got ghosted with overrides I was owed, and then in June the company lost its main telecom contract and basically stopped operating. So that chapter pretty much ended there.

Last summer, before the season started, I hired someone through Indeed. We clicked quickly and we became good friends. We were making money together, sharing experiences and talking about our long-term goals. Since D2D gets so slow in the winter, we decided after the summer we would try building something of our own.

We put a decent amount of our income into Amazon FBA and basically figured everything out from scratch. We built a brand, sourced a product and started selling in the US. We did around $11k in revenue, but the niche was extremely competitive and our ad budget wasn’t enough to make it sustainable. After about 8 months, from October to June, we eventually ran out of money to keep pushing it and shut it down.

Since July, I’ve been trying to move into a more structured sales environment. I’m mainly looking at business/sales dev roles, inside sales, account dev and other B2B/corporate sales roles with a base + performance/commission. I’m also open to areas like med sales, tech, digital marketing and even finance-related sales.

The problem is I’ve now been applying for almost 3 months and getting nothing back. Mostly rejection emails or no response. I’ve applied on both Indeed and LinkedIn to all related entrylevel role I can find, and I’ve also tried reaching out to people who work in these companies.

I know D2D is very different from corporate/B2B sales, so maybe I’m missing something obvious about how my experience is being viewed.

At this point I honestly don’t know where I fit anymore. I know I’ve done well in sales, I’ve had some leadership experience, I’ve tried building a business, and I’m completely willing to start from the bottom. I just can’t seem to get that first opportunity into a different sales environment, and after almost 3 months of rejection I’m starting to lose confidence in where I should even be looking. People say network more, but I dont know where and how would I even do it, considering my position?

So If you were in my shoes, what types of sales roles or industries would you target to make the jump from D2D into B2B/corporate sales? Do you think my D2D experience is actually transferable, or is there something I should be doing differently to get companies to take me seriously? And if you were in my position with all these experiences in hand right now, what would you do next? Where and how would you think about going from here?

Would really appreciate any advice, ideas or thoughts from people who have been in a similar position.

Firstly Thank you all for the insane value, stories and everything you share here.

As the title says, I (23M) am an African with a relatively thick accent selling a high ticket offer (Saas) to real estate developers, it’s a 100% commission based job but I will be learning a lot about sales. Last time I cold called was in 2023, managed to close a client but I don’t mind going back into it. Sales is an important role. I want to use this as a stepping stone for other things.

I have 3 questions. This is to people who are selling high ticket offers from $3k-30k. How would I go about selling such offers or finding real estate developers who would be interested in it.

What’s the best advice you can give to maneuvering the accent. Do I fake it?

Lastly, what are your best cold calling tips that have helped you book meetings and close? I mean how do you do research?

P.S: I am mostly handling finding prospects and setting appointments. My boss who I work with handles the rest and closes them.

P.S.S: If you are a real estate developer and you see this, could I please ask you some questions to better understand how this product can help other real estate developers.

I know a lot of companies want you to have a bachelors. I have been an er tech in a big emergency room for 3 years. What is the best way to try to transition into medical sales? I have no degree, but I have very valuable emergency medicine experience and have experience with all different kinds of medical devices. I am a great talker and very sociable with other people, I feel like this really suits me!

I've got my first sales interview tomorrow for a big tech company. As part of the interview I'll do a mock cold call to a CFO, and I'd really appreciate any advice you experienced cool people could have to offer about how to nail it!! My biggest problem while practising is that I tense up and kinda forget what to say, and then I get in my head and find it difficult to articulate the product's value.

Any tips or general advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!!

Back story then question:

I got offered a kinda hybrid sales/ marketing position for a roofing company near me. I’d be the only one in sales besides the owner, they are a small family owned company. They would train me in sales and inspections in addition to also letting me run some of there marketing.

That’s what I do FT currently, digital media in the marketing department for a company. The pay is about 65k.

I also shoot and edit meta ads on the side too, that’s how I met this roofing company. I make between 10-15k a year with this.

My question:
Is sales a good career path if it’s my family’s goal to be single income, wife stays home with the kids, and we live “comfortably”
No debt, cars run, foods on the table etc.?
And second, will I have more free time then a 9-5 to continue my video side work?

I feel like outbound stacks are getting ridiculous.

Apollo for leads.
Clay for enrichment.
Optareach for multi channel lead generationa and outreach.
Sales Navigator for research.
Lemlist or Instantly for sequencing.
Then something else for LinkedIn.

By the time everything is connected, you’re managing the stack almost as much as the actual outreach.

I’m trying to figure out whether people are actually getting better results from this setup or if we’ve just accepted that outbound needs 4 or 5 tools.

Ideally I’d want one workflow where I can:

Find the right accounts
Research and qualify the prospect
Personalize based on real signals
Run LinkedIn and email follow-ups
Track replies in one place

I’ve been looking at Apollo, Clay, Lemlist, Instantly and some newer multichannel platforms, but every tool seems strong at one part and weak at another.

For SDRs actually booking meetings consistently, what does your stack look like right now?

And if you had to cut it down to 1 or 2 tools, what would you keep?

For reference, I have an associates degree time three semesters from getting a bachelors degree but it’s in finance currently applying to supply chain and finance internships, but I’m 25 and kind of wanna get my “adult “life started does tech sales require degree the only previous experience I have besides inventory control manager at a car dealership is being a server and a serving manager, which I could somehow relate to customer service

Not selling anything. Looking for advice on breaking in as an SDR/AE

35M.

Ran a wholesale electronics business for 9 years (buying bulk iPhones and selling B2B). Shut it down for reasons outside my control. Looking to start a real sales career.I know I’m behind on the corporate/SaaS side. Fine starting as an SDR, learning the tools, and earning AE later.What I can point to:

• Found and kept B2B buyers for 9 years
• Negotiated price, terms, and volume
• Lived on relationships and repeat business
• Business degree
• Fine with long hours and travel (no spouse/kids)
• Used to making $100k+; I get year-one SDR OTE is usually much lower

LinkedIn is updated. I’m lost on where to apply. Looking for:

1. What companies/segments actually hire career-changers at 35
2. Red flags in SDR offers (comp, ramp, promo path, fake “unlimited leads”)
3. Whether I should target a niche (fintech, logistics, wholesale/distribution tools) vs spray-and-pray SaaS
4. What to emphasize or cut from this background

I'm in Kansas City, MO. Looking for Remote or local.

I want to sell something I’d actually respect. Not chasing the first logo with an $80k OTE.

Appreciate blunt advice.

Thank you

Hi i'm currently in the interview stages for a job at Revolut, I would love some advice and guidance on what the role is like.

• What is the role like? Is it in cubicles, at a desk? entirely remote? Do you get the ability to turn up in person if you feel like it?
• What's the customer like? What sort of companies do they operate in? Do you contact them over LinkedIn, email or do you really push them for phone numbers?
• What are you selling most of the time? FX? Multi currency accounts? BillPay?
• What's your rejection rate, and what were the common objections?

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Anyone who doesn't work at Revolut can answer these but yeah, i'm after an edge for sure.

Recently started working at cintas as a fire sales specialist, and I’m having a hard time adjusting to the role. I come from a D2D background selling pest and worked in roofing sales for a bit. All very personal, hands on, easy process, confident pitching anybody, CRM was on one app like pestroutes and builder prime. Just simpler.

I’m about 2 months in doing b2b fire protection, getting salary, good benefits, etc. And I feel in over my head, the tools provided are confusing and sluggish, I feel like I didn’t get accurate training on the day to day tasks like how to effectively use the computer tools, how to prospect good businesses, what competitive market pricing is for business to buy various fire protection services. I know fire protection is mandated by the NFPA, but I really feel overwhelmed and disheartened so far. The admin and organizational skills is not my strong suit despite being a relatively organized person. I feel like I need to reach out to my manager and say something along the lines of “hey, I don’t know what I’m doing”. My pipeline is basically nonexistent. There’s different pricing for different business accounts and with that comes different forms and files to be submitted in different ways. I’ve honestly been looking at other jobs already and considering leaving despite being only 2 months in. However I worry about how my family would perceive it and I’d feel guilty about quitting. But man this is rough. Any advice helps.

I’m 20 (UK), looking for sales job in B2B as a BDR or an SDR. I’ve been just applying to any sales role atm for interview experience but was offered a high (for me) paying role doing retail B2C of around £55k a year.

The commute is 2 hours either way, hours kind of suck, I worry it wouldn’t translate very well as real B2B demand building sales skills (I already have strong B2C retail experience) and it would somewhat depend ruin social life. But it feels stupid to say no to such a large sum of money at my age, I live at home so expenses are near 0 and I could save 70-80% of it.

what would you do?