# Techniques to Sell Bugs

**URL:** <https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/techniques-to-sell-bugs/25716>\
**Category:** Archive\
**Tags:** learning\
**Created:** [19 May 2019 00:25 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/techniques-to-sell-bugs/25716 "2019-05-19T00:25:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![alanmbarr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/alanmbarr/32/12821_2.png) [@alanmbarr](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/alanmbarr)\
**Post date:** [19 May 2019 00:25 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/techniques-to-sell-bugs/25716/1 "2019-05-19T00:25:55Z")

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Is anyone interested in learning how to influence software developers, managers, or executives in fixing critical software bugs? I have a course I am working on that explains influencing techniques to persuade different stakeholders. Let me know if there is any interest in this topic.

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**Author:** ![froberts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/froberts/32/5208_2.png) [@froberts](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/froberts)\
**Post date:** [19 May 2019 10:10 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/techniques-to-sell-bugs/25716/2 "2019-05-19T10:10:56Z")

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I’d be interested 🙂

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**Author:** ![genemattos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@genemattos](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/genemattos)\
**Post date:** [22 May 2019 17:21 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/techniques-to-sell-bugs/25716/3 "2019-05-22T17:21:29Z")

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I would also be interested.

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**Author:** ![simon.deacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@simon.deacon](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon.deacon)\
**Post date:** [24 May 2019 11:03 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/techniques-to-sell-bugs/25716/4 "2019-05-24T11:03:55Z")

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Always interested to learn new things - bring it on. It can be a challenge to get somebody to accept bugs sometimes. I like to try and find a link to a bug in something they use (their dev tools or a website they love). If I can show them something similar which annoys them it can encourage them to fix a bug so our users aren’t annoyed in the same way. Good luck with the course creating.

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**Author:** ![alanmbarr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/alanmbarr/32/12821_2.png) [@alanmbarr](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/alanmbarr)\
**Post date:** [29 May 2019 21:30 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/techniques-to-sell-bugs/25716/5 "2019-05-29T21:30:41Z")

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Thank you all for the replies and interest. I will be posting some snippets of the content on my [blog](https://www.alanmbarr.com/blog/) over the next few weeks.

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**Author:** ![ladytester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e495f1/32.png) [@ladytester](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/ladytester)\
**Post date:** [4 June 2019 10:44 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/techniques-to-sell-bugs/25716/6 "2019-06-04T10:44:06Z")

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I think a large part of QA involves ‘selling’. People want to know why they should do something and ‘What’s in it for them’.  
I’d certainly be interested in this please!

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**Author:** ![alanmbarr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/alanmbarr/32/12821_2.png) [@alanmbarr](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/alanmbarr)\
**Post date:** [27 June 2019 18:01 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/techniques-to-sell-bugs/25716/7 "2019-06-27T18:01:16Z")

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I have placed the course on [Udemy](https://www.udemy.com/persuasive-software-testing/) its still a work in progress but I’m hoping to improve it over time.