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Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds (www.infoworld.com)

submitted 8 hours ago by melfie@lemy.lol to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Good insights, and not just software developers, really. We don’t like ads, sensationalism, or anything reeking of bullshit. If we have to talk to someone to find out the price, the product may as well not exist.

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[–] Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Yeah pretty much, i mean you cant just assume because someone is a developer that they have a brain but this sums up my relationship with all the sales people ive met in my career

Me: Hey i need information about your product

Sales: Hey id love to swing by and show you our product line. How many can we put you foen for? Can we schedule a call?

Me: finds a different vendor

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

I was always on the front lines of dealing with software vendors and I was just fine setting up a call. Now if the website wouldn't give me so much as basic info and pricing, denied.

Related, one night I spend an hour researching bulk sandbag prices. Found ONE site that displayed my cost, no "call for pricing".

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Yeah I think sales people are so trained into being sales people that they dont actually know how to talk like a human being anymore.

Seriously, there is something about those guys. They just cant talk normally. Not everyone. I have met some of them that just talk normally. and are aware of their products pros and cons in relation to what you need. Those are useful.

On the other hands, nerds can have their own little annoying habits too. Sometimes they have no social skills at all and act like machines.

[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

*down

[–] cheloxin@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

Nah. Foen is salesspeak.