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Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Prospect the right people: 80% of your prospecting time should be spent contacting folks ABOVE the power line. Set agendas like a human being: In the first 4 minutes of any meeting, address the time, the meeting content, & the potential next steps. Understand the intent behind your prospect's questions: If you get asked a broad question from a prospect, ask a question about their question to determine what information they are actually seeking. Keep Power in the loop: Share regular (succinct) status updates with the executive sponsor of your deal. It's your job to keep reiterating WHY their organization is looking to buy your thing. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

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Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS 3 ways to know you have a champion (influence & authority): always willing to hop on a call, willing to bring in their boss, and able to set meetings with cross-functional teams. In a team demo, use Slack/text for live internal communication and strategy. Ideally, establish your executive calls 1:1. You’ll avoid deal fatigue and better understand their true priorities. Use PoCs to create urgency. Start them on a trial but ask for a legitimate commitment if they want to extend their usage. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Director, Enterprise Sales @ Figma Direct, Enterprise Sales @ Scoop Technologies, Inc Global Accounts & Partnerships @ Dropbox Account Executive @ BrightEdge RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS 3-step process every time you book a meeting: Show gratitude, send an invite with your company name first, and connect with them on LinkedIn. Use a pre-call checklist for discovery. Research everything you can about your buyer and show them you know them in the first 5 minutes of the call. Use “typically” language when prospects are hesitant to open up. By sharing common situations, it allows them to nail down their specific problem(s). Once you get to a problem, tell a story: “You make me think of a customer where XYZ was the problem, ABC is what we did, which led to 123 results”. This helps build trust and gets them to open up further. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Founder @ #samsales Consulting Head of Sales, Enterprise, NYC @ LinkedIn VP, Sales, Enterprise @ ON24 Regional Sales Director, Enterprise @ Vcall RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Check your profile views and ask your prospects “did I do something wrong?” The PLA Phone Opener: Pleasant, laugh, and arms-up. 5/20/5 Disco: Build rapport and set the agenda, body of the disco, then next steps. 10/30/10 LI Video: Grab their attention, tell them the reason for the video, ask. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use the line “in order to be conscious of your time…” to lead into your post-opener statement. Jump into your research and follow up with a light question to earn another one. Use “client voice” to describe common challenges from your customers. Leverage those stories into open-ended questions to gauge fit. Demonstrate your understanding of their problem and use it to present a tailored pitch of your solution (we were made to solve this exact problem). PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Account Executive I @ ZoomInfo Sales Development Representative @ SalesIntel.io Business Development Executive @ Alliance Execut RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Ask your inbound leads what prompted them to take the call. Start your calls with outbound leads by calling out that they might not know what you do and explaining the problems you solve. Then make the transition into discovery. Categorize buyers’ answers into problem language or solutions language. Buyers often answer “problem” questions with solutions, so ensure you get the problem language. Avoid discovery fatigue with a mix of emotionally intelligent techniques. (Examples: quick customer stories, summarizing, questions) PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Co-Founder & CEO @ Stealth Startup Director of Sales & Go-To-Market @ Gong Co-Founder & CEO @ Conversature Regional Sales Manager - New Business @ InsideSales.com RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Don’t block yourself by prospecting and meeting with non-champions / non-economic buyers / below-the-line prospects. Use your champion to pre-brief your economic buyer before you present to them so that you don’t have to spend time demoing. Identify the right champion by seeing who takes the next steps, who gets listened to when they speak, and gauging the rigor of their questions. Play the negotiation table with ALL of your asks. If you get an ask on pricing, decline it, but in return give a non-monetary ask. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Regional Director Majors-West & Central @ ThoughtSpot Regional Sales Manager @ Expanse Inc. Enterprise Account Executive @ AppDynamics Sr. Enterprise Account Executive @ ClearSlide RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

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Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Part 1: The Playbook Revisited Use a permission-based or ‘heard the name tossed around’ opener Describe an excruciatingly painful problem prop Suggest times or send a placeholder invite Part 2: The Next Chapters Handle objections with the Mr. Miyagi framework Leverage 1-2 punch voicemails leading with context and redirecting to email Treat your call blocks like a workout and get dialing! RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Section I: Preventing yourself from getting ghosted Pre-Meeting Confirm the calendar invite Set the placeholder Create a pre-meeting agenda Never leave a cancellation without a meeting, always punt the invite In the discovery call Upfront contract Labeling questions “sounds like” Question behind the question At the end of a discovery call: 5-minute drill Use a JEP / align on next next steps Benign note Section II: So you got ghosted, what do you do? Channels Communications: Call, LinkedIn, send something Targets: Call other prospects in the deal. Call the front line Change the voice: Use an exec-to-exec touch Messaging - Key is pitch-light / pushing away Did I mess something up? Did I lose you? If going above their head When to give it up? No bilateral communication within 30 days — it’s done From there… Charly’s value add / warming drip 1x / month Go prospect other people. X Company didn’t reject you, just that one person did Keep reminders on for new hires/events at the company Danger zone tactics Cold invite Going over their head Door knocking Weekly donut RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Call your below-the-line org. contacts to gather intel that you can bring up when having above-the-line conversations. Try to get a direct referral to your target persona, next best would be “permission to mention X’s name”, next best would be using the information from X’s conversation when contacting the target. Use “[X] said we should speak” as a simple, attention-grabbing subject line for the target persona. Document all your conversations in your CRM notes at the prospect AND account level for easy recall in future outreach. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB VP of Sales @ Orum Account Executive @ Teamable Software Head of Sales @ Neptune.io Manager, Sales Development and Operations @ CloudVelox [Acquired by VMware] RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use the 80/20 principle - if someone hasn’t picked up within 5 calls, start expanding your efforts in the other channels. Prioritize direct dials & operations (their job is to transfer you). Avoid gatekeepers when possible. Document your channel validation. For phones: direct vs operator, validated vs not validated, etc. Focus on the tone/pace of your opener vs the words themselves. Then preface with the intent of your call to lower their guard. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Student of Sales, Principal @ Reisert Consulting Director, Paid Media + Audience @ Sprinklr VP Sales @ Booshaka, Inc. (Acquired by Sprinklr) RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Include a short, one-page memo in your calendar invite so they can digest what you want to communicate. Then start your meeting 5 minutes later and dig right in. Create your business case in Mad Lib Style. Start with a framework and fill in the gaps as you go through the call, helping to build out the storyline. Use language in your business case that's internal to the buying team, weaving trigger words or trigger phrases that are going to signal to an executive that you're aligned with a priority they care about. When meeting with ‘below the line' buyers, find 1-2 workflows they spend 80% of their week in. Ask them to demo how that works today. After they share their screen, share yours, give them screen control, and guide them through that task in your product. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Founder @ Fluint Chief Growth Officer @ GAN Managing Director, Enterprise Division @ Network for Good Director, Business Development @ Tiesta Tea Company RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Identify your champion and the problem you’ll be trying to solve, THEN share the MAP with them. Map out the key milestones in the deal and customize them for the people who need to be involved. Don’t show every step in the MAP right away. Have the big stages listed, then deep dive into the current stage. Anchor the MAP to their go-live date so they know you’ll be coming to those steps at a later date and they won’t feel overwhelmed early on. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB CEO @ Accord Global Platforms, Partnerships Lead @ Stripe Marketing @ Columbia Records RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

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Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Quantify the number of qualification questions you are going to ask to avoid discovery fatigue. Don’t claim to be the best at everything. Sell the 20% of A - what is most important and B - what you’re best at. Once you’ve heard their priorities, add to them so you can establish credibility as an advisor. Summarize key points from the meeting (priorities, impact, and timeline) and ask for confirmation of email receipt. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Founder @ Sell Better by JB Sales Host of Make it Happen Mondays RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Build a top 25 accounts list that meet your criteria on space, prestige, size, etc. Have a non-hideous resume with short, punchy sentences and specific numbers. Prep for your interview by developing a point of view from the company’s perspective. Don't be afraid to negotiate the terms of your deal. If you don’t ask, you’ll never get. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start your email with research personalization to stand out in the inbox (vs generic greeting). Quote the prospect/company directly by researching where the company is investing its money (e.g. in job postings, funding announcements). Use a more humanized approach when prospecting. Sharing something you both have in common in the P.S. is a great place to add a human touch. Reach out to your prospect immediately after they engage with your content - no need to wait for the next sequence step. 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

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Have a prep call with your champion before the demo. Identify who is in the room, what they want to get out of the call, and how past demos have gone. Connect what you’re selling to something that hits the P&L. Get one deep business impact, and tell one story that shows people that you can solve their problem. Get your prospect to tell you a story by using “typically” language to help prompt them with ideas that typically come up. Ensure the problem you are solving is not an isolated incident. Ask: Is this happening frequently, or just a one-off? PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Founder & Host @ 30 Minutes to President’s Club VP of Sales @ Pave Director, Sales @ Carta Sr Associate, Corporate Strategy & Venture Investments @ Flex RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Rank your buyer’s priorities in the first meeting so you know what to spend the majority of time on in the future. Give pricing early and pivot based on reactions. If you end up giving concessions, always add an expiration date. Stay engaged while your SE is demoing. It’s on you to keep the call on track. Use the Zoom gallery view to identify unengaged participants - ask them easy questions to keep them interested. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Principal Account Executive @ Dialpad Account Executive @ Invoca SDR @ Velocify (acquired by Ellie Mae) RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use a customer-facing close plan to map out the key steps (power, security, legal) in your sales cycle. Review the key steps of your plan live in EVERY call rather than just sending it once through email. Make a coach / champion determination by asking about past purchasing experience. Send the blank connect request on LinkedIn when mass prospecting - skip the “fake” tailoring. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB EVP, Sales & Customer Success @ Insight Partners SVP, Revenue Strategy @ Salesloft Head of Sales Strategy & Enablement @ CB Insights SVP & Head of Sales Strategy @ GLG RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Create an event-specific sequence for expos/tradeshows w/ the CTA being “open to stopping by the booth?”. Use highly tailored gifting for your top-tier accounts instead of just sending out dozens of Starbucks gift cards. Seek out referrals by finding tangential partners to trade leads with. Don't treat LinkedIn like email: use connects, content engagement, and DM's strategically. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Don’t just set an agenda. Use PPO (purpose, plan, outcome) to set clear expectations for you and your prospect. Avoid deep-diving into features until you've established “why change?” and “why now?”. Show up to your discovery with a theory about their pains and your solutions. Don’t just start peppering questions. Soften the CTA with “would you be open to” instead of heavier asks before the customer is ready to dive deep. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Stay top of mind with your closed/lost opps with introductions, referrals, and nuggets (don't be another email marketer). Re-engage former customers at new companies by proposing how your product fits them in their new role/company. Leverage team selling to stay multithreaded in an account instead of restarting a sales cycle when you lose a champion. Get a new champion by finding the next biggest fan and ramping them with condensed steps that you've already taken in the deal. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Co-founder & CEO @ Champify VP, Sales @ Heap Account Executive @ Square Sales Engineer @ SAP RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Get ahead of every executive conversation by first prepping with a champion pre-call. Use Slack channels for champion collaboration and driving deals to close. Before going into an executive demo, make sure the priorities you collected from discovery are aligned with the executive's. Always create a work-back plan linked to date-of-value so deals don't stall when entering legal, security, etc. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Sr. Director, Mid-Market & Growth Expansion Sales @ Drift Manager, Sales Development @ Dropbox Account Executive @ Yelp RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS When you’re asking questions don’t just ask the question. Say, “the reason I’m asking is because (insert problem). Go into a discovery call with a hypothesis of the problem you can solve. As you prove it out, give little proof points (case studies, stories) so it’s not an interrogation. When demoing, demo 80/20. 20% of what matters most spend 80% on that. Bonus: stack your demo with what makes your product different as opposed to what everyone has. Before giving concessions or discounts, narrow the scope (number of seats, commercial terms, service term, number of years in the deal) and get everything on the table before you start giving any sort of concessions. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB VP of Sales @ Qualtrics Regional VP of Sales @ Qualtrics Director, Corporate Sales @ Qualtrics Sr. Manager, Corporate Sales @ Qualtrics RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Go back to “home plate” and re-anchor to top priorities when dealing with demo “nitpicks”. Use “To what extent” to turn any close-ended question into an open-ended question. Turn your demo into more discovery with (a) HOW does this compare? (b) WHERE does this fit in your workflow? (c) WHO would use this? Seek out hesitation. “Based on what you’ve seen today, what would prevent us from moving forward?” PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Lead Enablement Manager @ CB Insights Enterprise Account Executive @ Sentieo Sr. Account Executive & Team Lead @ Axial Sr. Associate @ Deloitte RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

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Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Write down what you want to get out of the call and two ways you can get it. Use one team to prove your business case, then build it out for the others. Don't enter a PoC unless you have security, legal, etc. wrapped or in progress already. Don’t fixate on just a person’s title. Someone with tenure may have as much or more political capital than those with a newer, higher title. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Sr. Commercial Account Executive @ Gong Account Specialist, SMB @ Salesforce Product Marketing Manager @ ProMathletics Account Manager @ The Food Mint RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 We're running it back! Here's one of our all-time favorite episodes on 30MPC. FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Write like a human - especially in your Linkedin DMs. No over-formal language. Leverage up by reaching out to ICs, then getting referrals to the VPs. Tell them it’s a cold call, then ask permission to sell before ya start selling. Use permission-based selling in your upfront contract. Get the buy-in on the agenda. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Define success criteria before going into a pilot so you don’t waste your time. Run two products during the POC so your buyers choose between your options vs the competition. Establish a buying window by highlighting a compelling event OR the cost of inaction. Prioritize your pipeline as finish line deals > pilots > open deals > warm follow-ups. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Director of Sales @ Orum Former Account Executive @ Namely Former Brand Ambassador @ Uber RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

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Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Incept interest early by citing articles, years at role, X times they’ve had role, etc. Find and rank top triggers, then use the first one you find when doing outreach. Establish trust by pointing out challenges or differences with typical customer profiles. Find design partners by being honest upfront with where your vision / product gaps are. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Operating Partner @ Glasswing Ventures Former Co-Founder @ Reprise Former VP Sales @ Chorus Former VP Sales @ InsightSquared RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

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Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Whiteboard out the vision state once you’ve identified the pain. Link their current state with how far off they are from their vision state. Bring new members back up to speed before jumping right into the demo. Use self deprecation on your cold calls - put it on yourself to lower the guard. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Senior Manager of Business Development @ Reprise Founding Account Executive @ Amplemarket Former Account Executive @ Mixmax RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Avoid using first names or commands in your subject lines. Use unsure tones (e.g. typically, usually) instead of informative tones in your emails. Never ask more than one question in an email. Sending 50 word emails yields better results than 125 word emails. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Co-Founder & COO @ Lavender RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Prep your champion when re-engaging an opportunity so they aren’t blindsided. Keep your emails light. Fewer links, attachments, etc. tend to work better. Stop overcomplicating your CTAs with word games or aggressive asks. Try to unpack all the possible underlying causes in a vague objection. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Growth Account Executive @ Gong RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Send three touches on your first outreach - personalized email, call, LinkedIn connect. Keep your subject lines at 1-3 words with a clear value prop segue in the body. Avoid process related problems when prospecting above the line. Re-visit your research before refreshing your outreach on a cold account. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Commercial AE @ Outreach Former Mid-Mkt Growth Account Director @ Demandbase RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

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Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Always provide context before asking for access to power. Start your JEP with critical events and work backwards from there. Mitigate risk by establishing and aligning on the next three steps of the buying cycle. Request specific names to key stakeholders early in the process to make the ask easier. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Enterprise Account Manager @ TripActions RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

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