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The latest from Aaron Ross & the teamHow to show up confidently anywhere (including sales calls!) with Alex Perry
In sales, and in life, there are few traits more important than genuine confidence – the confidence that people exude when they are simply being themselves. When you can access that state, and harness it for the betterment of yourself and your job, you can move mountains…and close lots of deals, and Alex Perry explains how to do it!
read moreHow to deliver empathy as a prospector and increase sales with Brian Carroll
The challenge in sales is we are trying to get our needs met. That can be motivating – but it can also be a negative. We spend so much time trying to get people to care about what we do, and what we sell, but you have to start with what your customers care about and what they are trying to get done.
read moreDiagnosing bottlenecks and finding hidden revenue in your demand gen pipeline with Johann Nogueira
Johann discusses how he and his companies work to unlock revenue, build brands, and, ultimately, empires for their clients. The foundations and fundamental steps a company should follow to increase revenue; and Johann’s cutting edge marketing process to ensure you meet your goals. And of course, how he puts these processes in practice in his businesses .
read moreHow Predictable Revenue built its innovative Outbound Validation program with CPO Kenny MacKenzie
A few years back,Kenny MacKenzie, Predictable Revenue’s Chief Product Officer had bootstrapped his company, Vandrico, to six figure revenue and a team of 13 people. But they failed on the sales and marketing side – they developed a really cool, cutting edge piece of software that wasn’t aligned with what the market needed. And that’s the story of entrepreneurship… even the best ideas can fail for a host of different reasons. Failure, though, can also inspire learning, passion, and your next idea.
read moreAre you setting your SDRs up for failure?
Starting out in sales as an SDR can be extremely exciting and rewarding, but also soul crushing when things don’t click. After chatting with hundreds of CEOs and sales leaders over the last couple years, I know they too feel the pressure when things aren’t working because, ultimately, the buck stops with them. But unlike those in leadership positions, a junior SDR tends to be pointed in a specific direction by a superior and will, by default, trust they’re being pointed in the right direction.
read moreEffective early career development for recent grads with Salesforce’s Steve Bullington
From interviewing, to presenting, to whiteboarding – if you’re in charge of shepherding new reps and fostering their skills…you won’t want to miss this.
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