[clue-talk] On "sales people" (was Re: Sales presentations at meetings)

[Crawford Rainwater]

Shawn:

In a nut shell "yes".  Some sales people are not "sales engineers" and some are.  When the presentation goes into what I would describe as a "used car sales pitch" scenario vs. a technical presentation, a Chris and I have pointed out, the CLUE attendees often become quite disgruntle.  From what I am understanding on recent low level of attendees to recent CLUE meetings, I would prefer meetings cater towards technical presentations for the masses to encourage return visits.

FWIW.

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----- Shawn Perry <redmop924 at comcast.net> wrote: -----
> 
> That is simply because the sales team did not do the proper research
> so they
> could bring the proper tools or information to the meeting. A common
> problem.
> 
> So the issue isn't with all sales people, but instead with unprepared
> sales
> people?
> 
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 9:47 PM, chris fedde <chris at fedde.us> wrote:
> 
> > Much of the time sales people have a hard time fielding detailed
> > questions about their product. Frequently they need to hand such
> > questions off to a CE or other technical support. Presentations by
> > sales people at a gathering like CLUE sometimes end up as a waste of
> > both parties time.
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 10:42 PM, Shawn Perry
> > <redmop924 at comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> > > What is so bad about sales people anyway?
> > >