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#193 - How To Prep For Your Next Sales Call
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#192 - Conquering the chaos at the end of your deals (Todd Caponi, Founder, Speaker, & Workshop Leader @ Sales Melon)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS There are four levers in a negotiation: Volume, timing of cash, length of commitment, and timing of the deal. When describing the levers, explain upfront: There’s tremendous value in us being able to predict and we’re willing to pay for that in the form of a discount. Hold firm by telling everyone in the world what the 4 levers are EARLY in your sales cycle. When power comes in for a final pound of flesh, paint the trade-offs and lean on the fact that you’ve shared this early so that your champion can evangelize it. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Founder, Speaker, & Workshop Leader @ Sales Melon Author (The Transparency Sale & The Transparent Sales Leader) Managing Director @ VentureScale Chief Revenue Officer @ PowerReviews RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#191 - Triple Your Email Replies With The 3x3 Cold Email
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#190 - Riding rising stars on the way to enterprise deals (Chris Surdi, Strategic Account Manager @ Ascend)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Figure out your champion’s motives. This might look like supporting their business motives / aligning with their bonus/financial motives / or making them feel like they’re going to ink their next promotion. The Sandwich Sale: Combine the groundswell at the bottom of the organization with executive momentum at the top to squeeze the middle managers into action. Ask the executive: “Who’s your rising star?” They will often be the ones to drive your deal with the most velocity. Land a single deal for $50-100k, then build an internal business case to expand on the account. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Strategic Account Manager @ Ascend Strategic Accounts @ Sourcegraph Head of Enterprise Sales @ Segment Enterprise Sales Executive @ Braintree (a PayPal company) RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#189 - I Book 1 In 3 Cold Calls with This Opener
The Heard The Name Tossed Around Opener - The first ever viral sales tactic I released is the opener that helped me book 1 in 3 cold calls. It's yours to steal now. THE LATEST FROM 30MPC Tactic Teardown Toolkits & Templates THINGS YOU CAN STEAL Prospecting Lavender: Sales Email Frameworks ZoomInfo: 5 Plays, 30MPC Style Woodpecker: Nick’s Sales Cadence Orum: 5 Cold Call Objection Talk Tracks Owler: 4 Multi-Channel Prospecting Touchpoints (Try Owler Max) Boomerang: Tactics for Peak Productivity RocketReach: 8 ways to triple your phone connects and email opens Influ2: 9 Ways to Humanize Your Outreach Discovery & Demo Otter.ai: The Ultimate Discovery Checklist Calendly: Speed up your sales cycle & increase revenue Klue: Dismantling Competitors Clari: How to Sell to the CFO Sales Process Pipedrive: 5 deal cheat codes to cut your sales cycle in half Demandbase: 6 Templates to Accelerate Deals Superhuman: 6 Ways To Be An Inbox Superhuman Gong: Master Class Qwilr: Sales Proposal Upgrade Outreach: 1 Sequence to Create and 5 Templates to Close Salesloft: Selling to Power ONE ASK You know we feel a bit awkward asking, but if you made it this far, it would mean the world if you joined our newsletter. It will increase your chances of making President’s Club by 227%. Okay maybe not, but we’d still really love you for it :) TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Intro (01:34) Traditional Openers (02:21) Intro Heard The Name Tossed Around Opener (02:38) Lead With Common Thread (03:05) Introduce Yourself (03:18) Have You Heard Our Name Tossed Around? (03:20) Talk Track (03:38) Breakdown (08:20) Recap

#188 - Got Hung Up On? Use This Cold Call Script (Youtube Opening Week)
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#187 - 7 Ways To Get Your Prospects Talking (Youtube Opening Week)
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#186 - Amplifying authenticity to soft close across the sales cycle (JC Pollard, Mid-Market Account Executive @ Gong)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 But wait, there's even more Gong x 30MPC at our Master Class Series :) FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use the 3x3 after your opener: “I noticed this, this, and this about you…how familiar are you with what we do?” Be outrageously authentic. Example: “I would’ve been fired if I only closed deals with allocated budget.” Set the expectation for three call outcomes upfront. At the end, tell them you think we’re at a 1 (which means buying this now), and ask them to validate that. Use a soft close to skip a pilot. You’re either ready to move now, which gives us commercial flexibility, or need us to invest more time and resources to prove the use case. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Mid-Market Account Executive @ Gong Enterprise Business Development Representative @ TigerConnect Head of Personal Training @ University of Oregon RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#185 - The Permission-Based Cold Call Opener, With A Twist (Youtube Opening Week)
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#184 - I Handle EVERY Cold Call Objection like Mr Miyagi (Youtube Opening Week)
Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/44KFn02 30MPC YouTube is here. It’s like Hollywood, except the hosts are even better looking than Brad Pitt.... 5 minutes, one tactic per video, with schweet visuals (real emails, roleplays) to make it even more actionable than the podcast.

#183 - Leveraging enterprise executives to expand your deals (Brandon Wagoner, Founding Team-GTM Lead @ Superblocks)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start your executive meetings with the top 2-3 priorities, then be quiet and let them explain why they took your call. At the end of the executive meeting, ask them to sponsor you and make intros to each department lead. Test pricing throughout the sales cycle with each department lead so that when the big proposal lands, it can be justified. Not sure if the deal is a waste of time? Ask: is this above or below the line if your budget gets cut? PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Founding Team-GTM Lead @ Superblocks Enterprise Sales Director @ Snowflake Strategic Account Executive @ Pure Storage District Sales Manager @ Dell EMC RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#182 - Hall of Fame: Kevin “KD” Dorsey
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use problem ?’s ending in “so that _____ doesn’t happen.” Then give multiple choice. Use a slight downtone when hearing the response to get prospects to lean in Use bucket questions to get your prospect to agree to 1 of 2 problems they’re having Use “I think this might make sense” before coming in hot with your value prop PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB SVP of Sales and Partnerships at Bench Accounting RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#181 - Pushing pipeline by selling value deposits, not features (Kyle Norton, SVP Sales & Partnerships @ Owner)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Offer them value instead of meetings. Frame your asks in terms of what they will get out of the meeting. If someone is on a competitor, offer insights on where that competitor may fall short. Politely illuminate things that might be a bit “off” in their business. Provide an off-ramp for the prospect by making them explain why they are willing to invest in the next step. “Where does this rank in your priorities? You have to do X, you have to do Y.” PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB SVP Sales & Partnerships @ Owner Director of Revenue and Merchant Success @ Shopfiy VP Sales @ League Inc. Director, Inside Sales @ Vision Critical RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#180 - Driving deals with show & tell through heaven & hell (Alex Kremer, Director of Sales @ Catalyst Software)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start with the lay of the land questions > heaven and hell questions > typically questions. If they don’t know the metric they’re trying to improve, it’s your job to educate THEM on the metric you can solve for. Tell. Show. Tell. Tell them what you’re going to show them > show it to them > then tell them what you just showed them and how it relates to what you learned about them in discovery. How to talk about implementation as a sales rep: Talk at the level of [1] the people involved [2] the stages of implementation [3] the timing of implementation. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Director of Sales @ Catalyst Software Director of Sales, Commercial @ Outreach Territory Account Executive @ Microsoft Sales Representative @ DocuSign RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#179 - Mastering momentum and winning 1:1's as an SDR (Zach Landres-Schnur, Head of Sales Development @ LiveRamp)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS When prioritizing accounts, try to find the low-hanging internal research (CL Opps, Past Conversations), then move to external research (10-K, New Contact) In weekly 1:1s, do a look back on the past accounts you worked, and a look forward on the new ones. Have specific columns for the SDRs to fill in findings from their outreach. Look for triggers when you’re refreshing an account to change up messaging (New Person, Customer Move, 10-K, New Messaging) Work in 2-hour blocks (2hrs Nike, 2hrs for Adidas). Then use 1:1s to break up the day and refuel. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Head of Sales Development @ LiveRamp Director @ Camp Kee Tov Editor @ The Big Picture Sports Blog Program Coordinator @ Playworks RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#178 - Club Playbook: Get to power every time (ft. Jason Bay)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Jason Bay's Multithreading Masterclass Register for the July Tactic TV episode, What Should You Have Said Instead? (Multithreading Edition) ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Create a hypothesis of the key stakeholders involved in the buying process and suggest their involvement by name during the initial call. Focus on selling the desired outcome rather than solely focusing on closing the deal. Involve influential decision-makers early in the sales process and maintain their engagement throughout. PATH TO PRESIDENT'S CLUB Founder & CEO @ Outbound Squad Owner @ Jason Bay Consulting Director of Marketing @ Vault Studio (formerly known as Chamber DS) Marketing Director & Corporate Sales Trainer @ College Works Painting RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#177 - Mastering every moment at your next conference (+ never lose at musical chairs) (Christine Nolan, Global VP of Sales @ Starburst)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Don’t drink and eat yourself to death at a conference. Keep your eye on the ball - meeting prospects. When you pre-set meetings before the conference, talk to the prospect’s team in advance. Focus the conversation on what you learned + what they’re hoping to get out of this. Add pictures of the people you want to meet in a Google doc. At the conference, create organic moments where you find those people. Play musical chairs at the conference - If one happy hour, session, or conversation isn’t a good use of your time, LEAVE. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Global VP of Sales @ Starburst Director of Sales @ HackerOne Senior Account Executive @ Lyft Account Executive @ Checkmate.io RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Product Roadmap: Q3 2023
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Welcome to the biggest content launch quarter in 30MPC history: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/q3-30mpc-roadmap-30-minutes-to-president-s-club RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#176 - Playbook: Top 10 moments that change the way we sell
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Every 10th episode, we tear down one topic. This time, we’re hitting them all. The top 10 episodes and takeaways (so far) that change the way Nick and Armand sell. Prospecting Episode 118 Ryan Reisert: Use the right prospecting channel for the job. If they don’t open emails, stop emailing! Episode 114 Charly Johnson: Don’t be afraid of “out of cadence” effort Discovery Episode 110 Doug Landis: PPO Episode 137 Krysten Conner: The Menu of Pain Episode 123 Chris Orlob: When someone talks about initiative/change in state, ask what is driving it. Episode 113 Armand Farrokh: The 5-minute drill + big demo deck Process Episode 130 Morgan Melo: How are you gonna justify this internally? Episode 150 Adam Wainwright: Yes momentum. Agree on a problem. Tie solution to value. SE momentum. Episode 103 Miles Kane: What are you willing to offer in return? Episode 146 Henry Schuck: Don’t let the need for rapport block your advancement of the sale. The NUMBER ONE TACTIC! Episodes 134 & 135 Kevin “KD” Dorsey: Turn a “want” into a problem. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#175 - Navigating the nuances of a hero's journey (Adam Wainwright, Sr. Director of Sales @ Clari )
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS At the end of a discovery call, lay out a play-by-play recap and look for the nod. The 5-chapter Recap Email: [1] What we learned, [2] How we can help (the 1-2 things they loved the most) [3] Suggest times [4] Gather inputs that can build a business case [5] lay out the sequence of events. The Technical Validation Call: Explain the 4 things we need upfront. SE sends a technical follow-up with the green light (low level of effort to deploy). The Hero’s Journey: The biggest problems, the ROI narrative, the number, and finally trade levers. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Sr. Director of Sales @ Clari Sr. Enterprise Account Executive @ SetSail GM General Business @ SAP Litmos Enterprise Business Development @ Determine RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#174 - Selling with ChatGPT (Sonny Round, Director of Global Sales Development @ Panopto)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Sonny's ChatGPT Cheat Sheet FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Three common ChatGPT use cases: pull out insights, write emails based on that research, handle objections when they come in. Feed ChatGPT with relevant data like a 10-K to write a great tailored email for you. From there, you can plug your website or writing rules to craft an email for you. Don’t like that email? Ask for a revision or have it use Hemingway to rewrite this email at a 5th grade level. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Director of Global Sales Development @ Panopto Sr. Manager, Global Sales Development @ Sift Manager, Account Development Team @ Mesosphere Sales Development Representative @ Mode RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#173 - Club Playbook: How to cold call (ft. Morgan J Ingram)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Morgan's Cold Call Script ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Overview - Fisherman’s Framework: Break your cold call into Waiting (Openers), Bite (Value Props), Fight (Objections) Section 1 - Openers (Waiting): Use one of two cold call openers — the PLA (pleasant, laugh, arms-up) or the confident pause Section 2 - Value Props (Bite): Reverse engineer soundbites from your customers and have 2-3 foundational pillars of problems you solve to build your talk track. Section 3 - Objections (Fight): Handle any objection by pausing, acknowledging, questioning → pulling → driving the next step PATH TO PRESIDENT'S CLUB Founder and CEO @ Ascension Media Productions VP, GTM Talent and Development @ Sales Impact Academy Director of Sales Execution and Evolution @ Sell Better by JB Sales RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#172 - Sealing the deal with executives (Lynn Powers, Enterprise Sales Director,@ Clari)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Preschedule the final executive meeting upfront if you get access to the executive buyer at the beginning of the sales cycle. Map out the 10 things you’ll need to do now, to prepare for the big executive meeting. Send 1:1 messages to each department lead before the call to find out what is important to them. Have your economic buyer pre-sell each executive before going into the big team meeting so that you can position it as the introduction to the implementation phase. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Enterprise Sales Director @ Clari Commercial Account Representative @ Xactly Corp Commercial Account Representative @ MapR Technologies Technology Account Representative @ Oracle RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#171 - Negotiate like a pro during a savings showdown (Hunter Swanson, Enterprise Regional VP @ DocuSign)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS When you are asked for a discount ask in return, “Why a discount at all” and then create a cost to each item they’re asking for. When asking for contract turnaround time, don’t just stop at legal approval. Break it down from prioritization to stakeholders. Take the time to get approval. Don’t make it seem like it’s too easy. When returning a proposal, walk through the additional savings being approved, and have the “Valid by” date in bold red. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Enterprise Regional VP @ DocuSign Team Lead @ Strideline Marketing Representative @ Russell Investments RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#170 - Winning over the CEO by turning their team into champions (Henry Schuck, CEO & Founder @ ZoomInfo)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 ZoomInfo: 5 Plays, 30MPC Style FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Don’t let the fear of breaking rapport prevent you from asking for the next step. Answer the yes-or-no questions and SHUT UP! Figure out their vision through discovery, then tell the story of their business in terms of how other world class teams use you to achieve it. Turn the CEO's team into your champions to get the inside scoop on everything about them beforehand. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB CEO & Founder @ ZoomInfo CEO & Co-founder @ DiscoverOrg Adjunct Professor @ Washington State University RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#169 - Getting to power for executive level discovery (Kyle Asay, Regional VP @ MongoDB)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Kyle's Executive Multithreading & Agenda Email Templates FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Prepare targeted questions during pre-call prep to validate your research Repackage information in exec summaries by highlighting solutions and needed resources (don't just regurgitate the champion-level business case) When an exec is impatient, share your POV and ask for their input When asking for power, show how their involvement will benefit the project PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Regional VP @ MongoDB Regional VP of Sales @ Qualtrics RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#168 - Hall of Fame: Keenan
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Align on the problem and impact first, then start brainstorming root causes and solutions Build a problem identification chart with the problems, impacts, root causes of your ICP Talk to customers, become an expert. Why did they buy? What problems did you have? You need customers to agree to the problem they have and be willing to solve it with you. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Author of Gap Selling CEO @ Noted Analytics RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#167 - Progress your sales with healthy customer tension (Jen Allen-Knuth, Community Growth @ Lavender)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start by aligning on the problem in the big team meeting and sell your champion on why it’s important. At the beginning of the big team meeting present in this order, the problem > the cost of inaction > alternatives which include you. In the big team meeting, call out those people who are not voicing their perspectives and create a safe space to air out problems. Even if there is consensus, push for one more person to get involved in the deal cycle before making a solution recommendation. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Community Growth @ Lavender Chief Evangelist @ Challenger Player/Coach-Large Enterprise Sales @ CEB, now Gartner RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#166 - Club Playbook: Run discovery with a point-of-view (ft. Sarah Brazier)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Section 1 - Agenda: Have a plan & share it. Call out surprises before they, ya know, surprise you. Section 2 - Set the Table: Teach your customer something they don’t know, and you’ll gain credibility in their eyes. Section 3 - Dig In: Don’t just ask qualification questions. Understand their challenges today and the impact those are having on their business. Ask questions about areas the prospect might not have considered, but you know you can add extra value too. Section 4 - Dessert: Tell them what’s good and recommend they give it a try: i.e. tell them what the next step is and secure it at the end of the call. PATH TO PRESIDENT'S CLUB Account Executive @ Gong Advisor @ Aligned, Chili Piper, and Ramped Instructor @ Sales Impact Academy RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#165 - Part 2: Weaving showmanship into your sales process (Vin Matano, Sr. Account Executive IC-5 @ Demandbase)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Vin's 5 Emails from Prospecting to Close FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Keep your multithreading separate to first establish direct lines of communication, and then weave them together later. Once you have the group threaded together, separate out the master recap email from individual recap emails. Put on a show! Vin used the number 282 to start a presentation, which was the number of LMS providers on G2 crowd, and the person who guessed the number correctly received a bottle of wine. Attach discount percentages to levers so prospects have control over how they can buy themselves a discount. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Sr. Account Executive IC-5 @ Demandbase Strategic Advisor @ Aligned Strategic Partner @ Outplay RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#164 - Part 1: Energize your prospecting with multi-channel mastery (Vin Matano, Sr. Account Executive IC-5 @ Demandbase)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Vin's 5 Emails from Prospecting to Close FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Pick 5-10 accounts per week and focus all of your energy on them. That might look like sending emails Monday and Wednesday, then going multichannel on Friday. Use email as your hub and other channels as your spokes with your CTA on the other channels pointing back to your email. The email channel can get flooded; get creative with other channels like Twitter. Vin was able to book a meeting off of a backward jump shot. Use email to keep threading throughout your sales cycle. One way to do this is through direct mail. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Sr. Account Executive IC-5 @ Demandbase Strategic Advisor @ Aligned Strategic Partner @ Outplay RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#163 - Mapping the path to close and navigating to your destination (Justin Solis, Enterprise Account Executive @ Pave)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start your demos by setting the scene. Orient your buyer as to who they are in the demo and what they are doing in their day. If you get a mild “yes” at the end of the demo (e.g. “it could be interesting, I want to debrief internally”), use timeline and sales process steps to see if they’re willing to work to take a step forward. When asking for power, make it us vs. them. Align the timeline to close with their best interest in mind, not yours (e.g. Get them excited about more time to implement means a much better customer experience for them). PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Enterprise Account Executive @ Pave Sales Trainer @ Flockjay Head of Revenue @ Whistle Enterprise Account Executive @ Chili Piper RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#162 - Playbook: The Multithreading Playbook
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 WHAT YOU'LL HEAR The Golden Path Top Down Selling Bottom-Up Selling RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#161 - Club Playbook: Scaling email personalization (Charly Johnson)
Download Charly Johnson’s Cold Email Drip Templates ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Section 1 - Research: Have the top 5 things you look for ready to go and jot down the templates you’ll use for each. Section 2 - Trigger Templates: Create scalable templates for each trigger - do it with your team to create a pool of common templates you can pop in. Section 3 - Deposits: Apply the same concepts above to create ‘deposit’ templates that don’t always take value, they give it back. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Account Executive @ Salesloft Team Lead, Sales Development @ Integrate SDR @ Akkroo, an Integrate company Enterprise SDR @ PatSnap RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Product Roadmap: Q2 2023
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#160 - Optimizing your time-consuming sequences (Sam Nelson, Founder @ SDRLeader.com)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Sam's Agoge Sequence FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Analyze a low performer's time allocation to identify areas for improvement. Filter time-consuming sequences in your SEP and review the people included. Categorize your sequences to prioritize opportunities effectively. Segment people into immediate opportunities, helpful but not immediate, and irrelevant. Standardize your value proposition based on persona to streamline your process. Use templates and snippets for personalization triggers while keeping the core sequence consistent. Keeping a healthy population of overdue tasks is good for prospecting momentum. Avoid letting tasks get more than 2-3 days overdue, but embrace the benefits of always having something to do. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Founder @ Agoge Founder @ SDRLeader.com SDR Leader @ Outreach Co-founder @ Emberall RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#159 - Building trust when selling at early-stage companies (Miles Kane, VP, Sales @ Tenderly)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Grow your existing pipeline 50% by asking for referrals. Use these 3 common PLG (product-led growth) triggers to engage freemium users: sign-ups, increased usages, and multiple users on one account. Don’t immediately sell your roadmap. Instead, find customers who are 80% aligned with the vision and use the roadmap to bridge the 20%. If you’re selling early-stage, focus on the early adopters / innovative buyers. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB VP, Sales @ Tenderly Director, Enterprise Sales @ Drift VP, Sales @ Altocloud | Acquired by Genesys Director, Sales @ SmartBear RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#158 - Building your sales process step by step (Luke Floyd, Sr. Account Executive @ Deel)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Luke's Recap Email Templates FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Build your sales process out step by step. This will fuel how you ask for next actions. Build templates for every part of your sales process. Ex: discovery recap email, group demo recap email, lost deal email. Once you finish your first discovery call, continue to recap the top 3 priorities in terms of the business problem. Include a context guide with your MSA to speed up legal and help them understand terms that are unique to your business. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#157 - Structuring the steps of your discovery call (Krysten Conner, Enterprise Account Executive @ UserGems)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 UserGems’ Job Change Sequence FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start with a menu of pain: the 3 biggest problems that any given persona can face. Once you align on the problem, ask, “What’s prompting that need?”. You can start talking about solutions once you have an executive-level problem (e.g. down round, churn problem). Use individual contributors, like AEs, for inside intel on the organization. Then use their quotes on 1-2 slides when meeting with VP or CXO. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Enterprise Account Executive @ UserGems Enterprise+ Account Executive @ Outreach Enterprise Accounts, Financial Services @ Tableau Software Strategic Accounts @ PowerSchool RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#156 - Adding discipline into your sales process (Anthony Natoli, Enterprise Account Executive @ Lattice)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Anthony's 3-Step Email Framework FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS On a cold call: Get permission, lead with a problem statement and its negative consequences, then ask how they’re addressing it today. Once you have validation, book the meeting. On a normal discovery call: Ask why they took the call, why change at all, and lastly why change now. On a competitive discovery call: Start with why they bought their original solution and move to how their experience / goals have changed since then. Figure out where you stack on their priority list by asking: “When you’re on an all-hands, is this something people are talking about?”. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Enterprise Account Executive @ Lattice Commercial Account Executive @ Outreach Growth Account Direct, Mid-Market @ Demandbase Sr. Account Executive @ Ethos Lending LLC RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#155 - Part 2: Pacing your conversation with a champion vs. executive (Kevin “KD” Dorsey, Sales Leadership Coach)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download KD's "Did I" Checklist Manifesto FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS After the demo, get a sense of what they liked and use it to justify your ask to power. Avoid getting stuck below the line with “yes-and” - loop in the suggestion but also confirm the email you want instead of asking for permission. When you get to power, recap the key problems you found first, then open it up and ask what’s important to them. Start with the worst-case scenario of the results you can drive and get agreement on that being a good outcome first, then over-deliver. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Practice Lead, Revenue Leadership @ Winning by Design VP of Inside Sales @ PatientPop Inc. Head of Sales Enablement & Development @ ServiceTitan VP of Sales @ SnackNation RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#154 - Hall of Fame: Joe Caprio
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Stop withholding the demo from your prospects, ask how they want to run it. 5 min harbor demo in the call #1, 30 minute deep-dive in #2, multi-thread, repeat. Don’t force yourself to power. Enable your champion to have the conversations. If you need power, ask your champion questions they need power to answer. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#153 - Part 1: Connecting the dots in your discovery call (Kevin “KD” Dorsey, Sales Leadership Coach)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download KD's "Did I" Checklist Manifesto FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS PPI (Problem, Pain, Impact): Get agreement on a problem, understand the pain the problem causes, and identify what that means for the buyer and the business. Use bucket questions to get problem agreement. Weave the top 3 problems into your opening questions. When someone tells you what they want, restate it as a pain point. Turn solutions into problems. The transition between discovery and demo is the perfect time for “might make sense”. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Practice Lead, Revenue Leadership @ Winning by Design VP of Inside Sales @ PatientPop Inc. Head of Sales Enablement & Development @ ServiceTitan VP of Sales @ SnackNation RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#152 - Identifying the difference between pain and problem (Becc Holland, Founder & CEO @ Flip the Script)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS If you don’t dig into their self-diagnosis, you lose credibility. When you hear their diagnosis, ask why they came to that conclusion and then begin to unpack it. Unpack the diagnosis by starting with the questions that will most likely get you to the answer quickly. Once you know the key metrics that drive their business (e.g., open rates, reply rates), you can deposit and add value by sharing industry benchmarks of what those could be. Prospect by identifying the top 2-3 problems that most people don’t know that they have, then try to find out where the prospect realistically lands currently. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Founder & CEO @ Flip the Script Head of Sales Development @ Chorus.ai Regional VP of Business Development @ G2 Sr. Manager, Inside Sales @ Gong.io RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#151 - Controlling the sales process in the buyer’s best interest (Devin Reed, Director, Content & Thought Leadership @ Clari)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Wingman’s In-App Objection Handling Battlecards FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use typically language to help guide your buyer into the next steps. When the buyer wants to multithread to someone you’re not familiar with, ask how that person has contributed to purchases in the past. When your champion is proposing to finance, offer to be a “fly on the wall” to help support them. If you aren’t on the call, ask questions about what the call will look like and what issues could come up in it. Keep your buyer’s best interest in mind when driving the timeline. Don’t drive it using your quota or discount. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Director, Content & Thought Leadership @ Clari Head of Content Strategy @ Gong Account Executive - Large Accounts @ Eventbrite Sr. Account Executive @ OneMob RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#150 - Plan your attack, then attack your plan (Liam Mulcahy, Go-to-Market @ Kleiner Perkins)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Liam’s Account Planning Sheet FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start discovery by asking why they were hired in the first place. It’ll help build rapport and understand the organizational vision. If you suspect someone is going to be a blocker in the deal, bring it up with your champion before it even happens. Don’t stay single-threaded in accounts. Just because you booked a meeting doesn't mean you shouldn’t keep prospecting. If you’re introduced to power: share your hypothesis, then introduce a few things only they can answer to further expand on your discovery. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Go-to-Market @ Kleiner Perkins Director, GTM @ Unusual Ventures Regional Director, East @ MongoDB Director, Sales & Product GTM @ New Directions Behavioral Health RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#149 - Playbook: The Negotiation Playbook
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS When giving price: explain how it works first, then give price and stop talking. When the customer asks for a discount, act surprised and push away to encourage them to come back to the table. Lock in access to power before negotiating. Confirm the person you’re speaking to can get the deal done on time and approved. Don’t make unilateral concessions. Try to leverage options or create a cost to negotiation with “give for get”. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#148 - Asking questions that get your buyer talking about impact vs features (Morgan Melo, Enterprise Account Executive @ Pave)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use typically language and stories to gain credibility with your prospect, leading to deeper discovery. Ask your champion how they plan on justifying a purchase to the larger org. This aligns you to business level problems and also serves as champion validation. Mirror multithreading in the sales cycle. Bring a VP for a CXO. Bring an SE for a technical buyer. Bring in product for someone cross-functional. Leverage your own senior leaders to story-tell and pull in the people at power during the demo. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Enterprise Account Executive @ Pave Healthcare & Life Science Account Executive @ Carta Client Strategist @ PwC RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#147 - Using pushes to handle objections (Will Padilla, Sr. Account Executive @ GRIN)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS When asked for pricing early, give a range but hold the other key pricing details until you get feedback. If you’re getting ongoing buying objections, suggest that it may be too early to be talking. Get to the true objection when someone asks to be sent more information. Before giving any discounts, get clear commitment on timing. And make it clear that if there’s a slip, it starts back at standard pricing. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Sr. Account Executive @ GRIN Business Development Representative @ Connect Search, LLC Business Development Representative @ Arrive Logistics RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

#146 - Booking more outbound meetings with slapping (Florin Tatulea, Director of Sales @ Barley)
Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Segment your sequences between above and below-the-line decision-makers. Permission Slap: Ask for permission to give valuable information. e.g. Can I send you a 90-second video so I can show how you might get a sense of what win rates look like in RFPs? Look for keywords in the investor day transcript or in the 10-K, then attach those to the messaging you use above the line. Prospect in bursts. Voicemails and social touches power email replies even if you don’t get a reply on that channel. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Director of Sales @ Barley Director, Sales Development @ Plato Sr. Manager, Sales Development @ Loopio Business Development Manager @ PenPal Technologies RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal