30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales

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 heavi...

Chase Macaione's Discovery Call Prep Sheet & Guide FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS How engaged someone is on LinkedIn is a proxy of how good of a champion they'll be for you as a buyer. What you do in a call differs from what you want to get out of a call. The agenda is what you want to do, but make sure to explicitly say what you want to have coming out of the call. Have reps come in with a...

Every 10th episode, we tear down one topic. This time, we’re talking about objections. ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Most objections are actually reactions. So if you know how to handle the reaction, you’ll swat away any objection. The intro to the Mr. Miyagi method - agree with the objection to remove the pressure, incentivize conversation to get them to share more about the objection, and sell the test d...

Four Actionable Takeaways: * Don’t talk about root causes/technicalities until you get to the business impact first. * Condense the problem you solve into a single sentence - stop overcomplicating things. * Lean on their desired future state instead of talking about the past. * Get to the question/reason behind those unexpected/general questions. ====================== Keenan’s Path to President’s...

FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS When you are trying to clone that first rep, make sure that you don’t confuse personality with skill set. Your customers have the answers. Talk to your customers. Do not do the things that you're horrible at. Hire for the things that are not your strengths. Invest your time in enablement. You and your reps should track how you win each deal for ongoing developm...

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS If you say yes to doing something for a prospect and then realize you shouldn’t have offered that, call them to apologize. If you are giving reasons to a prospect for why something they asked for is not the best idea, make those reasons about them and in their best interest. Don't chase tennis balls. Create equal footing by getting something before we just jump to giving....

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Eat the frog by committing to prospecting first thing in the morning. Handle objections differently with a ledge (ledge > disrupt statement > ask). Handle ‘existing solution’ objections by offering value to keep the other guys honest. Get past gatekeepers with respect, giving specific value, and providing social proof. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB CEO @ Sales Gravy Author or...

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. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal 30MPC Training: 30mpc.com/training TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Intro (01:34) Traditional Openers (02:21) Intro Heard The Name Tossed Around Opener (02:38) Lead With Common Th...

FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Have two one-on-ones in a week. One that talks deals and one focused on your rep as a person. Investing in a person always pays off with better deals. Practice breathwork at the beginning of your team meetings. It will help your team feel relaxed and engaged. Have one rep teach one mini skill builder for 5-10 minutes at the end of your team meetings. If one of...

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Do not neglect internal research when you're preparing for a sales call. Find out if your company has spoken to them before and dig internally. Prep for your sales calls by understanding lookalike conversations your team has had in the past. Use the lighthouse email to engage someone at the top, mid-deal cycle. Don’t just pull them into the boat. Let them know that the bo...

Four Actionable Takeaways:  Figure out the cost of inaction when a prospect says “this isn’t a priority right now”. Sell from the buyer’s perspective w/ Poke the Bear to gain interest before you talk about your product. Mirror the “not interested” to figure out the real objection (relevance, comiss. breath, bad time). A/B test cold call opens (Poke the Bear/New Content) to figure out what works be...

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Check out Jake’s new book The Innovative Seller: Keeping Peace in an AI and Consumer-Centric World and order your copy today! FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Allocate your time into now, near future, and far future to identify true priorities. Use two-week blocks to understand where those priorities fall at any given time. When managing promotion expectations of reps, communication and clarit...

Register for the Tactic Teardown on how to beat any objection in a cold call. FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use “That’s exactly why I called.” When your prospect shares a problem or a priority that they have, make that your reason for booking a meeting and go right in for the close on the cold call. Call nine before nine, and five after five. Those early morning and evening dials can be some of the be...

Four Actionable Takeaways:  * Use an UFC at the beginning of your meeting to anchor customers to next steps at the end. * Use an UFC at the end of your meeting to anchor to outcomes of the following meeting. * Demonstrate active listening and credibility by pausing to dig in deeper when uncovering a truth. * When surprised by a hard stop...establish an even shorter stop to figure out if the time i...

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS: Pre-research your subject for a more personalized cold call that makes the interaction intentional and human. It tells them you’ve taken the time to get to know them. Use a permission-based opener to make your prospect feel like they are choosing to speak with you. Deliver your opener with conviction, and bring energy and enthusiasm. Build this as you pre-research becaus...

FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Prep your reps on both what they should get out of the call and how they plan to get it Pay special attention to how your reps nail the first 7 golden minutes, that’s where discovery is made When you’re on that call, listen for anything that you can quantify. Jump in if your reps don’t catch it. Coach to the controllable. Start with the expectations, then hold...

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Don't shy away from including images in your prospecting emails, particularly if you sell a visual solution. Add value with a “thinking of you” email in advance of your sales call that shows some examples of what some of their peers are doing with you or what other similar customers are doing. When you open your email using a trigger-based approach, state your observation...

Four Actionable Takeaways: Mirror the objection, then ask a loaded question for the anaconda squeeze Use slides to give prospects control and choice over what they want to discuss Ask your VP / CRO if they’re the type who wants to go really deep Tell ‘em your biggest concern is getting stuck in the demo. Keep tactical ?’s to a minimum. Adam O’Chart: Path to President’s Club: Top producing AE at Go...

FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Cut books by ICP and ARR opportunity — don’t force GEO territories if your ICP is clustered within a few major regions. Pre-carve books for reps to-be-hired and let your current reps squat in the territories until they’re on board. A nickname for a holdover opportunity is a slipped opportunity. Have a policy limiting the holdovers and allow for exceptions based...

RESOURCES DISCUSSED View the written summary of this episode Get 1 month of Superhuman on us Other things you can steal FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Do not enter a pilot or a POC without setting clear success criteria with your customer. The way that you should present the success criteria is to figure out what matters to your customer. Break your accounts and prospects into high-usage and low-usage...

Four Actionable Takeaways: Decoy Pricing: $6 (undesirable), $7.50 (acceptable), $8 (just what they need) First 15 seconds explain why you called, say it’s a cold call, then ask a peer question In the agenda, tell the customer you’re gonna give price before they get off the call Use what they want as the rows in your pricing instead of what you want (seats) Belal Batrawy’s Path to President’s Club:...

Every 10th episode, we tear down one topic. In this Lead Playbook, we’re talking about team training. FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS It is crucial to focus the initial six weeks of onboarding on heavy immersion and then transition to learning on the job. Use Mark’s Assessment Matrix to understand the cognitive load required for what you want to train and how good you want them to be at that...

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Do not go in blind to an inbound lead meeting. Give your prospect a pre-meeting questionnaire to fill out so you can have a far more productive introductory conversation. Blind calendar invites work for reschedules as long you add context such as “Know we’ve been trying to meet. If this time works for you, great! If not, decline the invite and let me know a better time.”...

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS The humbling disclaimer: “I feel a bit crazy asking this question, but…” Use the scale - “is this a 1 meaning it’s the worst thing you’ve ever seen, or a 10?” Take the headtrash out on your calls and be overly transparent in your discovery Clarify, isolate, address the problems in a negotiation PATH TO PRESIDENT'S CLUB Sales Enablement Manager @ AlphaSense · Full-time Fou...