https://bulrushlabs.com/articles/tag/sales/Recent content in Sales on Bulrush Labs — Richard TibbettsHugoen-usMon, 06 Apr 2015 10:55:00 +0000https://bulrushlabs.com/articles/2015/04/06/tips-for-not-giving-a-sales-pitch-at-a-meetup/Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:55:00 +0000https://bulrushlabs.com/articles/2015/04/06/tips-for-not-giving-a-sales-pitch-at-a-meetup/<p>How do you give a sales pitch at a developer meetup? Don’t.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4PE2hSqVnk"><img src="https://bulrushlabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Glengarry_Glen_Ross-300x169.jpg" alt="Glengarry Glen Ross - Always Be Closing" title="Glengarry Glen Ross - Always Be Closing"></a>Developer meetups are technical, so it can’t seem like a sales pitch. Even if you paid for the pizza and beer and everyone knows you are there to pitch them on something with commercial upside for you, they want to feel like it is a technical community event where valuable information is being shared. This is the epitome of <a href="http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/10/12/startup-sales-why-hiring-seasoned-reps-may-not-work/">the evangelical or educational sale.</a></p>