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IT sales rep

  • 21-12-2014 12:21pm
    #1
    leinsterdude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I am in sales for years, and love IT but have no experience in IT sales, looking to do a course that would give me knowledge to help me gain entry to this market, employers would not consider me right now as me experience does not match, I can use IT, but do not understand behind the scenes, thinking maybe cloud sales, but not sure, all views I would be thankful for.


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  • #2
    leinsterdude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭leinsterdude


    bump


  • #3
    leinsterdude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭leinsterdude


    bump bump


  • #4
    yankinlk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,752 ✭✭✭yankinlk


    Probably better asked in Jobs forum... looking at the threads most are about Cloud storage :/

    I'd be interested in the replies you get - i recon most IT sales people have started from the bottom and worked their way up a long path to solutions selling.
    edit: snip. please dont post images that large. thanks.


  • #5
    leinsterdude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭leinsterdude


    yankinlk wrote: »
    Probably better asked in Jobs forum... looking at the threads most are about Cloud storage :/

    I'd be interested in the replies you get - i recon most IT sales people have started from the bottom and worked their way up a long path to solutions selling.
    Thanks

    edit: removed quoted oversized image.


  • #6
    edanto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,809 ✭✭✭edanto


    How did you get on with this leinsterdude?

    fwiw, you don't need a deep understanding of all technical aspects to be a good IT sales rep. It's not about the technology, it about what the customer needs and how the technology can deliver the solutions for the customers business.

    I think you might be better off trying to help some friends (possibly for free) with their businesses, identify with them some business process that might be solved with better IT, set a budget, and then engage with some IT solutions firms to deliver that project. You'll learn on the way, and it would be a lot more enjoyable/productive than a course.


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