When Does it Make Sense to Have Sales Reps? | Ep. #964 - a podcast by Eric Siu & Neil Patel

In episode #964, we discuss when you should hire a sales rep. Tune in to hear if you need a sales rep and when it’s worth it to hire one.

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• [00:27] Today’s Topic: When Does it Make Sense to Have Sales Reps?
• [00:41] You shouldn’t hire a rep without testing out sales yourself.
• [00:55] You need to have an understanding of the objections you will run into.
• [01:11] Try doing it yourself for 30-60 days.
• [01:30] Once you have a process, hire a rep.
• [01:48] Start-ups fail because of premature scaling.
• [02:45] If you hire prematurely, you will only end up having to fire people and losing money.
• [03:01] When you hire people, it may not even work out.
• [03:15] Have the rep do a paid trial to see what their skills are.
• [03:40] The CEO of Saastr, Jason Lemkin, has a blog post that breaks down the steps to hiring a sales rep.
• [04:20] Sales reps don’t solve everything.
• [04:21] That’s it for today!
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