Sales Onboarding Strategy That Cut Time To First Sale by 49% | Bite-sized Tactics

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: Community Leader of #Death2Fluff 7x Startup Seller and Sales Advisor RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

5 Feb 202423min

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 thing you are training for. Training is one of the top things that young reps require, want, and desire. If you don’t have continuing training and coaching, you are not delivering for your talent. A great training program not only allows you to be effective in increasing your team’s results but also increases your value as a leader. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

1 Feb 202432min

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.” Use Taylor's Purpose-Plan-Payoff opener to ensure a strong start to your first call with the buyer. Purpose is “why are we here?” Plan is “how are we going to achieve it?” Payoff is “what's in it for the buyer at the end of the meeting?” Separate interest from need by quantifying the problem. Questions like “is there a specific business objective this maps back to?” or “How have you currently tried to fix this?” will give you a better idea of interest vs. true need. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Inside Sales Account Executive @ Zapier Account Executive Commercial New Business @ Airtable Business Development Representative @ Airtable Sales Development Representative @ Airtable RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

30 Jan 202433min

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 Founder @ DiscoveryCoach.io Lead Revenue Enablement Manager @ CB Insights RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

29 Jan 202425min

FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Spend 30 minutes BEFORE your 1:1's figuring out what you want to coach on Start with the metrics, then use the metrics to figure out what parts of the call you should listen to. Only listen to the parts of a call recording that matter. You can rip through 10 calls if you’re only reviewing the next steps in the last 5 minutes. Double back on the mock discovery. Your most coachable reps will nail the 2nd try in the interview. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Sr. Manager, Corporate Sales @ Webflow Course Instructor & Founding Member @ pclub.io Customer-Led Growth Advisor @ Catalyst Software Dir. of Sales @ Outreach RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

25 Jan 202432min

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS - How can I prevent myself from getting flagged as spam? Avoid as many links as possible in that first email. Stick to just a website link in your signature. Batch your email drafts but cascade your delivery. Time them anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour apart if you’re sending multiple emails to one company. Give your prospect a way to opt-out that does not use the word “unsubscribe”. Use something like “Don’t want to receive these emails anymore?” Warm up your inbox to build your email reputation in the early stages. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Founder and CEO @ Outbound Squad Owner @ Jason Bay Consulting Director of Marketing @ Chamber DS, inc Marketing Director & Corporate Sales Trainer @ National Services Group, Inc. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

23 Jan 202432min

FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Attach specific questions and MEDDPICC fields to each stage so all managers can catch the same exact deal blindspots Get product involved in your big deals. Put together win strategy docs for key deals and tag them in the risks where you need their help. When you’re teaching discovery, the beginners can start close-ended, but the veteran ENT reps need to be able to win open-ended. If you go upmarket, the entire company needs to go upmarket with you PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB CRO @ User Interviews CRO @ BrightHire VP of Strategic Sakes @ 6sense SVP Sales Verticals, Financial Services & Co-Chair of the Women’s Integrated Network @ SalesLoft RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

18 Jan 202432min

Steal Luke’s Territory Planning Spreadsheet FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS When prospecting, start to look for lookalike accounts. For example, if you’re having success with intellectual property law firms, go after more accounts like that. Use the prospecting channel that has the highest likelihood of getting you a meeting and a response. There are three ways that Luke would split up an account with his SDRs: For his AAA-tier accounts, he would personally reach out to all of them. For B-tiers, he splits them up above and below the line with his SDRs. For C-tiers, he lets his SDRs prospect those solo. Don’t show them the whole meal all at once. Win the first feature first before showing them one more thing. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Strategic Account Executive @ Deel Senior Account Executive @ Deel Account Executive @ Deel Digital Business Manager @ Granular RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

16 Jan 202432min