Outbound Squad

Adam Beaton is a Sales Development Rep at LeadIQ. He's in his first few months at the role and has no previous sales experience. In this episode, we talk about how to nail your first 90 days on the job as a new rep. We dig into how to learn about the industries and people you prospect to, coaching yourself, and cold call openers. Connect with Adam on LinkedIn and check out LeadIQ here. Resources m...

We're moving to once per week episodes starting next week. Plus, I share four tips on how you can be more creative with your prospecting. Resources mentioned in the episode: Think Outside the Script Summer Virtual Tour Show Notes Page Reply Method Guide Become a Think Outside the Script Member

Suraj Sampath is an SMB Account Manager at DocuSign. In this episode, we talk about what it's like prospecting at a scrappy startup. At the time of our interview, Suraj hadn't accepted his new job at DocuSign. His previous two jobs were at scrappy startups competing against companies like Salesforce and SAP. We talked about rejection, cold calls, and how to make a name for yourself at your company...

Sam Crew is a Regional Sales Manager at ExtraHop. In this episode, we dig through his outbound process for achieving 25-35% response rates. He breaks down his outbound approach into three buckets: low-hanging fruit, bread & butter, and air coverage campaigns. Connect with Sam on LinkedIn here and check out ExtraHop here. Resources mentioned in the episode: Think Outside the Script Summer Virtual T...

Kayla Cytron-Thaler is in Enterprise Business Development at Domino Data Lab. In this episode, we talk about how to stand out above the noise when you're prospecting. She's sent 250 personalized videos in the last few months and shares her process for using LinkedIn videos to generate 35%+ response rates and tons of meetings. Connect with Kayla on LinkedIn here and check out Domino Data Lab. Resou...

Lewis Chawko is a Sales Development Rep at Tessian. In this episode, we talk about how he prospects into security, compliance, and IT professionals. He shares his process for learning about your prospect's day-to-day, sequencing strategies, and using LinkedIn videos to land meetings Connect with Lewis on LinkedIn here and check out Tessian here. Resources mentioned in the episode: Think Outside th...

Chris von Huene is an Account Executive at Xerox. In this episode, we talk about how he approaches prospecting. He's a super knowledgeable dude and shares how he uses storytelling, illuminating questions, and content libraries to land meetings with his ideal prospects. Connect with Chris on LinkedIn here. Resources mentioned in the episode: Think Outside the Script Summer Virtual Tour Show Notes P...

Scott Sambucci is a Sales Coach for B2B tech startups, author, and speaker at SalesQualia. He's also become a good friend over the last year. In this episode, we talk about how an endurance mindset can help us become more successful in sales. We dig into how Scott got into running ultra-marathons, where discipline comes from, and what he sees startup founders and salespeople struggle with. Connect...

Evan Carlton was the Sales Enablement Manager at a medium-sized SaaS company before he was laid off due to COVID-19. In this interview, Evan shares his journey navigating the layoff and the process he's using to find new opportunities right now. Connect with Evan on LinkedIn here and check out the LinkedIn post he wrote about being laid off here. Resources mentioned in the episode: Think Outside t...

Amy Quick is currently a business development executive at IntelliMagic and co-founder at 5 on Friday. She crushes on LinkedIn and is a world-class prospector. In this episode, we talk about prospecting to Fortune 100 executives, how to find out if the prospect is a decision-maker, and how to show prospects you're interesting and valuable to talk with. Connect with Amy on LinkedIn here and check o...

Belal Batrawy is Head of Sales for Stratifi and community leader at Death2Fluff, a Bravado community. He has experience being on the founding sales team for seven companies now. In this episode, he shares his tricks of the trade when it comes to prospecting and messaging.  Connect with Belal on LinkedIn here, join his Death2Fluff Bravado community here. Resources mentioned in the episode: Show Not...

Nimit Bhatt is Managing Director of Business Development & Partnerships at memoryBlue. What sticks out about him is that he's spent his entire career working his way up the ladder at memoryBlue. In this episode, we talk about the patterns of successful SDRs based on his 8 years of experience in the industry and personally managing 300+ SDRs. Connect with Nimit on LinkedIn here, check out his podca...

Jessica Magoch is the founder at JPM Sales Partners, where she's sharing what she learned recruiting, training and leading a commission-only B2B Startup Sales Team from $0-$100M. In this interview, we talk about emotional intelligence in sales.  Connect with Jessica on LinkedIn here and check out JPM Sales Partners here. Resources mentioned in the episode: Show Notes Page Reply Method Guide Join O...

Jay Baer is a 7th-generation entrepreneur, author of 6 best-selling business books, and founder of 5 multi-million dollar companies. In this episode, we talk about how to stand out as a sales professional, Talk Triggers, and how to move beyond solutions selling. Connect with Jay on LinkedIn here, check out Talk Triggers here and check out Convince & Convert here. Resources mentioned in the episode...

Todd Caponi is the author of the best-selling book, The Transparency Sale. At his company, Sales Melon, he trains and speaks to some of the top companies around the world about how to use science and psychology to increase their sales. He's also a 7x sales executive and brings in a ton of great experience from his past roles. In this episode, we talk about empathy, how people are wired to resist b...

Larry Levine is the author of Selling From the Heart and co-founder at Social Sales Academy. In this episode, we talk about how to humanize sales, adding a heart-set to your sales arsenal, and how to ask for feedback from your customers. Connect with Larry here on LinkedIn and check out Selling From the Heart here. Resources mentioned in the episode: Show Notes Page Reply Method Guide Join Our Com...

Scott Ingram is Account Director at Relationship One and founder at Sales Success Media where he hosts two podcasts and runs the Sales Success Summit. We talked about Scott's journey, why he's chosen to stay an individual contributor, and the importance of building your personal brand. Connect with Scott Ingram on LinkedIn and check out his podcast, new book, and summit here. Resources mentioned i...

Tom Short is Chief Growth Officer at Lappin180, a sales training firm that helps bring balance and trust back into the seller-buyer conversation and relationship. We talked about his time refereeing Kobe Bryant, what an elite mindset looks like, and a routine you can use to get in the zone every morning. Connect with Tom and LinkedIn and check out Lappin180 here. Resources mentioned in the episode...

Darryl Praill is CMO at VanillaSoft, a sales engagement platform that gives sales teams the tools they need to engage, qualify, and close sales. We talked about selling against your competition, how to advise your customers around COVID-19, and real vs. fake empathy. Connect with Darryl on LinkedIn and check out the VanillaSoft here. Resources mentioned in the episode: Show Notes Page Reply Method...

Sarah Brazier is an SDR at Gong.io. In this episode, she gives us a masterclass on empathy. We also talk about her approach (it's freakin' awesome) to cold calling and objection handling. Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn here and check out the Gong.io blog here. Resources mentioned in the episode: Show Notes Page Reply Method Guide  Join Our Community

Alexine Mudawar is an Account Executive LogicGate. In this episode, we talk about her triple threat prospecting approach, how to multi-thread your approach early on in the sales process, and messaging best practices. Connect with Alexine here on LinkedIn. Resources mentioned in the episode: Show Notes Page Reply Method Guide  Join Our Community

Rajiv Nathan is a good friend and founder of Startup Hypeman. He helps startups with their sales and marketing presentation development, demo call reviews, creative outbound techniques, and category creation & leadership. Connect with Rajiv Nathan on LinkedIn, listen to Startup Hypeman, check out Rajiv's website here, and listen to Raj's Fresh Prince rap here Head to the show notes page for more r...

Scott Leese is a 6x VP of Sales and now consults and helps companies focused on scaling from $0 - $25m Annual Recurring Revenue. We talked about what it means to be a great leader right now and how to adjust your sales messaging. Connect with Scott here on LinkedIn, listen to the Surf & Sales Podcast, check out the Surf & Sales Conference, and check out Scott's website here. Head to the show notes...

Jeff is a good friend and I'm super stoked we got to jam on the current state of sales, why "being positive" is bad advice, and how to rethink the way you sell. Connect with Jeff on LinkedIn here, check out his podcast, and check out his website here. Head to the show notes page for more resources and tools to help you send better cold outreach to your prospects, feel more confident in your cold c...

Mark is one of my favorite authorities on sales. He works with the most successful companies out there and in this episode he shares his best tips for building your sales swagger.  Connect with Mark on LinkedIn here and check out his new book A Mind for Sales here. Head to the show notes page for more resources and tools to help you send better cold outreach to your prospects, feel more confident...