success/failures converting other roles into sales people?

by a professional from Colby College

1 year ago

Has anyone ever had success converting someone who was a buyer for your service/product in their previous role into a sales person? 

Ex. Your company sells SaaS to marketers and you convert someone who previously was a head of marketing into a sales rep to sell to other marketers

I understand this doesn't scale across all industries so looking for wins or horror stories! 

Thanks

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