[himlion]

I wonder if that kind of marketing is actually quite successful. You'd think they wouldn't risk their reputation otherwise right?

[MikeDelta]

Could be salespeople that are paid by contracts closed, with zero regards for the consequences to the company's reputation.

[DANmode]

How can you secure an opportunistic and resourceful sales team that's encouraged by commission, but not corrupted by it?

What are some of the best ways to ensure the folks developing business leads don't sell out your future for their present?

What are the best incentive structues you can provide so they don't want or need to?

[samspenc]

Google and Facebook ads support folks do the same thing, I'm guessing they have some incentive and some metrics to hit, such as number of people who they actually talk to etc.

[jbverschoor]

With bills that large and when they’re on commission, it’s very logical

[Ekaros]

You can probably pervert those metrics to something that looks good in some slide decks. While actually destroying the image with most potential customers.

[DANmode]

> I wonder if that kind of marketing is actually quite successful.

I think their revenue says it is, unfortunately.

[epgui]

It is, believe it or not. Hard no for me though.