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

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

Most orgs spend weeks training reps on the product… but months later, you’re still stuck with an empty pipeline. What if the key to ramping AEs faster was skipping product training (at first)? Kyle Asay (VP Global Growth Sales @ LaunchDarkly) shares how his team cut time to first deal by 49% by rethinking onboarding. Instead of starting with feature dumps, they focused on: ✅ Account prioritization ✅ Customer problems & personas ✅ Story-based selling If you lead a team or are ramping yourself, don’t miss this one. RESOURCES DISCUSSED: ⁠⁠Join our weekly newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Things you can steal⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Save $50 on any 30MPC course⁠⁠ with code “PODCAST” ⁠⁠Free Sales Templates, Scripts and Guides

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31 (Sell): Hooking relevance with personalization in competitive prospecting (Becc Holland, CEO & Founder @ Flip the Script)

31 (Sell): Hooking relevance with personalization in competitive prospecting (Becc Holland, CEO & Founder @ Flip the Script)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Four Actionable Takeaways: Your first email should have 4 lines: Premise, Hook, CTA, Push/Pull - that's it 16 multi-channel touches over 30 days for a successful sequence Keep your second email simple with: "Any thoughts?" + a little personalization Ask why they chose the competitor and how they have helped to achieve business goals Becc’s Path to President’s Club: CEO & Founder @ Flip the Script Former sales leader at Chorus AND Gong RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

16 Des 202024min

Playbook: Mastering negotiation

Playbook: Mastering negotiation

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Every 10th episode, we tear down one topic. This is how to master negotiation. FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Set expectations with the Upfront Contract - pricing should be determined after your discovery, not before Price is based on internal (timeline, pain points) and external factors (competitve landscape) Explain how price is structured BEFORE you give it, then shut up Seek first to understand - get them to sell themselves first. Discounts need to have a give for get. RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

9 Des 202031min

30 (Sell): Demo deep dives and using your whole team to take down rooms of 6+ prospects (Amyra Rand, VP Sales at Criteria Corp)

30 (Sell): Demo deep dives and using your whole team to take down rooms of 6+ prospects (Amyra Rand, VP Sales at Criteria Corp)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Four Actionable Takeaways: A room with 6 prospects needs at least 2 sales people. Never lose alone. Brief your team on personas, context, and outcomes before jumping onto the live call. Ask everyone what they want to get out of the call. Throw it into the Zoom chat. Customize your demo environments with their logos, role names, and problems. Amyra Rand’s Path to President’s Club VP Sales & Strategic Partnerships, Criteria Corp Chapter VP, AA-ISP VP Sales, Kareo RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

2 Des 202023min

29 (Sell): Calling out your profile lurkers, sending blank connections in a Linkedin and sales tool clinic (Morgan Ingram, JBarrows Consulting)

29 (Sell): Calling out your profile lurkers, sending blank connections in a Linkedin and sales tool clinic (Morgan Ingram, JBarrows Consulting)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Four Actionable Takeaways: Time block when you’re asking for referrals from everyone you’ve ever sold or met with Send a connection with a blank note. You can always delete it, then resend it in LI. Throw the lurking GIF in a Linkedin DM when someone looks at your profile. Have a snippet for every buyer trigger and every objection you get Morgan Ingram’s Path to President’s Club Director of Sales Execution and Evolution, JB Sales Training Host, The SDR Chronicles RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

25 Nov 202028min

28 (Sell): Getting above the power line and using executives at every part of the sale (Amit Bendov, CEO of Gong)

28 (Sell): Getting above the power line and using executives at every part of the sale (Amit Bendov, CEO of Gong)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Four Actionable Takeaways: Get to power by asking someone to sign an NDA - requires a certain rank in the org Find the lowest ranking person in the company who can still buy something Raise prices to get to power - $10k purchases won’t get you to execs Bring in your executives for referrals, for early sponsorship, or for closing it all up Amit Bendov’s Path to President’s Club CEO, Gong.io CEO, SiSense CMO, Panaya RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

18 Nov 202023min

27 (Sell): Playing guitar poorly (in the episode) and using GIFs in hyper-personalization (Jeremy Leveille, Top AE at LeadIQ)

27 (Sell): Playing guitar poorly (in the episode) and using GIFs in hyper-personalization (Jeremy Leveille, Top AE at LeadIQ)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Four Actionable Takeaways: Build a shared G Drive of screenshots and GIFs for every competitor and situation Skip the pleasantries in your emails. I know you’re on this competitor, here’s a GIF. Know what to look for before you look for it. Stack rank your triggers, then research. “Hey it’s Jeremy from LeadIQ, is it cool if I explain the reason for my call in RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

11 Nov 202025min

26 (Sell): Stop the connect and pitch, get your customers talking (James “Saywhatsales” Buckley, JBarrows Consulting)

26 (Sell): Stop the connect and pitch, get your customers talking (James “Saywhatsales” Buckley, JBarrows Consulting)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Four Actionable Takeaways: Start all of your LinkedIn interactions with info about them and a tailored video Mix up your account based tailoring and person level tailoring Start every disco with “what do you wanna get out of this call?” Open with “thanks for taking my call, do you have a moment before your next meeting?” James Buckley’s Path to President’s Club Director of Sales Evolution and Execution at JBarrows Consulting Board Of Directors & Host of The UNCrushed Podcast RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

4 Nov 202025min

25 (Sell): Using the humbling disclaimer to ask your hardest discovery questions (Charles Muhlbauer, Training @ CB Insights)

25 (Sell): Using the humbling disclaimer to ask your hardest discovery questions (Charles Muhlbauer, Training @ CB Insights)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 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 Charles Muhlbauer’s Path to President’s Club: Sr Biz Dev Training Manager at CB Insights Founder at SalesShare RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

28 Okt 202025min

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