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

[Ken Westervelt]

And let's also hope we can find people who don't think "technical
presentations for the masses" is an oxymoron.

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Crawford Rainwater
<crawford.rainwater at linux-etc.com> wrote:
> 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?
>> > >
>
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