Surf and Sales

Richard and Kevin go head-to-head in an epic battle of sales tactics, AI hype, and generational warfare. Discover the secret to booking meetings on Discord and why email will never die (no matter how hard we try). And how the future of the top of funnel will begin in Reddit more than Google This episode has it all - don't miss out!

In this episode of Surf and Sales, Richard Harris and Scott Leese interview Anis Bennaceur, CEO and co-founder of Attention.com, a platform revolutionizing sales with AI agents that automate sales conversations. Anis shares his journey from hacking web servers as a kid to working at Tinder in its early days, and then founding his own startups. The most fascinating revelation? He joined forces with...

Scott Leese and Richard Harris talk with Mark Ackers, founder of My Sales Coach, about the massive disconnect in sales coaching today. Mark reveals shocking stats from his 1,600-person survey showing 38% of reps rarely or never receive coaching, while 90% of leaders claim they coach monthly. Mark also shares his personal journey from mediocre sales rep to successful founder, including the brutal f...

Are you struggling to close more deals in your transactional sales role? Looking for a scientific approach that actually works in the real world? In this value-packed episode of the Surf and Sales podcast, hosts Scott Leese and Richard Harris welcome AJ Mahar and Butch Hodson, co-authors of "Sales Lab Scripting: The Proven Playbook to Scientifically Crush Your Sales Goals" and sales performance le...

In this episode of the Surf and Sales Podcast, Scott Leese and Richard Harris are joined by John Karsant, Founder and CEO of Level Up Leads, an appointment setting and sales development agency. Key Topics Covered: How Level Up Leads helps companies implement sales campaigns and book more demos Why only 8% of companies report positive experiences with outsourced sales development The importance of...

Senior Sales Manager at Warmly and CEO and Founder of AsyncSalesCo joins us on the podcast today.  Melissa shares her incredible career transformation from elementary school teacher and news reporter to a successful sales professional and entrepreneur. Key Highlights: Navigating career transitions from education to journalism to sales Strategies for identifying and following market opportunities I...

Join Scott Leese and Richard Harris as they dive deep with Thibaut Souyris, founder of Sales Labs, in this exciting episode exploring: The realities of relocating a business to Mexico Authentic content creation strategies in the age of AI LinkedIn growth hacks and newsletter development Staying motivated when sales and content creation feel repetitive Innovative approaches to sales training and pe...

Revenue Reimagined partners Adam and Dale join us to discuss the future of fractional work and how to choose the right one. How and when to take that leap of faith. Understanding people need to execute on the small tactical things while you are also focusing on the overall strategy. What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

Woody from AskElephant.ai shares some of the best and easiest to understand approaches to AI in sales that we've ever heard including:  The future of revenue work. What do the next 12 months vs next 5 years look like in sales? He goes deep on the specifics on the future of prospecting and the jobs that cannot go away in sales. He also provides the best advice for those of us in sales in the next 5...

Mark Fleming a true entreprenurial spirt with a true Fortune exit and shares his experience on turning a non-technical industry into a tech approach with an old school pen and paper company.  And then how to stay motivated post exit.  What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

Partners in Excellence and author of "The Sales Managers Survival Guide", Dave Brock joins the podcast and shares some of the most amazing stories about life, sales, and business growth. And more importantly how they are all intertwined. At the core, it's about finding your purpose and building that into your whole being. You will never full potential otherwise    

Profits are better than wages. If there's a problem to be solved, there's a business to be built. It only takes massive action in 30 days to determine if your business idea is worth your time.  These are the topics our guest, Tobi Oluwole CEO and founder of Magnate shares with us on the latest episode of the Surf and Sales podcast. What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfan...

Joel Graber of Modern Outbound and Modern Inbound joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss why only 8% of outsourced sales team succeed. Understanding the difference between the modern approach to outbound in 2025 vs something old school. For example being driven by people on your team and then build the process before before building the process and then adding the people     What are yo...

Brian Smith joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss truly scaling. He's a visionary that helps organizatons grow by not simply focusing on the bottom line.  He's got an amazing approach to figuring this out and shares it with us in a real world scenario. And he shares why so few founders are able to actually scale a business. Be sure to find him at www.strategyladders.com and check out ...

Jason Moss joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast and go deep on so much including the emotional elements in sales and marketing. The intersection of old and new, what changes and what doesn't, that daily content is not required to gain the traction you really need for your content.  And he shares what's also unique is his focus on Instagram, YouTube, and NOT LinkedIn. What are you waiting for?  T...

Leslie Venetz a Surf and Sales alum joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss all things good and bad about sales, outbound, inbound and life.  Her biggest love for 2025 is around stacked signals to drive sales best practices What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

Kristi Faltorusso Chief Customer Officer from Client Success joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss how she failed herself forward. Her favorite underrated customer success metrics. A good customer success comp plan. Should SDRs be used to do lead gen on the expansion  model motion with current customers. What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

Gabe Lullo of Alleyoop joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss the future of the SDR role by focusing on calls, content, and collaboration. Partnerships and referrals as a channel. What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

Patrick Joyce of Level Up joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss the best practices for hiring an outsource agency for your sales motion.  Leveraging AI in the right way based on where we are in 2024.  Going network first is the most important thing in your career. And what he HATES about LinkedIn.  Reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

If you've ever wanted to know what it's like to be a founder of two different companies at the same time, this is the episode you need to hear.  When a founder turns around the 4 month slump.  When to find a new product market fit. What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

Kathleen Booth SVP of Marketing from Pavillion joins us to share her insights on everything from community versus conference, The best events are not held by vendors, you can't run the industry playbook and expect the same results of others, leveraging pattern interupts, understanding the problem is more important than the solution, and first team thinking.   joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast...

Patrick Monnot of www.workwithpod.com joins us from in a real office! And yes we discuss WFH and ROT, and why he decided to go from WFH to Hybrid. And we definitely get into proper alignment on realistic revenue targets. joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss.  What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

Chris Karger joins us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss. Referrals no longer a nice to have and how to get them.  As well as understanding cultural differences often means communication differences. The differences between scaling in the US than the EU. What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

Luke Wilson us on the Surf and Sales podcast to discuss entrepreneurship and discuss the pivot from sales leader to CEO, the fastest way to solve the problems, what it means to go from sales leader to CEO, and of course why it takes more than just hustle to be successful.  What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com  

Devon Henning of Board Room Confidential joins us to discuss the what, how, and why around compensation from the candidate level. the misalignment of compensation.  Learning how to negotiate salary without fear. Understanding short term thinking vs long term as you.    What are you waiting for?  Time to reserve your spot at www.surfandsales.com