Posts Tagged ‘Sales bloopers’

Sales bloopers : No 3

Monday, September 7th, 2009

As mentioned in my last sales blooper post, I started my sales career in, effectively, telesales. As that company is long-gone I feel I can now share with you some of the funny/cringe-worthy moments of that first job…. this and the following stories are all 100% true, though names and details have been changed to protect the innocent.

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Sales bloopers : No 2

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

As mentioned in my last sales blooper post, I started my sales career in, effectively, telesales. As that company is long-gone I feel I can now share with you some of the funny/cringe-worthy moments of that first job…. this and the following stories are all 100% true, though names and details have been changed to protect the innocent.
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Sales bloopers : No 2

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Me : “Good morning, may I speak to Mike Wright please?”
Gatekeeper : “No, I am sorry, Mike doesn’t take calls”
Me : “OK, no problem. Perhaps you can help, I saw that Mike recently made an announcement about the Hertford project. I have been working on a similar project and wanted to make contact. Is Mike in the office at the moment?