On one of our weekly coaching calls yesterday, a client shared how they were struggling to convert their inbound leads to demos. The inbound leads started by clicking a Facebook Ad (yes, those work in enterprise sales if you do them right) specifically requesting a product demo. These were inbound leads – people that wanted […]
VIEW POSTI remember one particularly cold, gray January day, sitting in a conference room atop a Manhattan high-rise while I was at Blend. A consulting partner arranged a meeting with the CEO of a top-5 mortgage lender. For three hours, we talked problem, market, roadmap and the next five years at his company – how he […]
VIEW POSTMost of the time, I’m all about systems, efficiency and predictability. But sometimes hustle is just something you gotta do. I consider myself an introvert. Even when I’m at a conference meeting with twenty new people a day, I have to get myself “up” to face the crowds. I like working from my office, banging […]
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I did a 50k trail race this weekend. I know… I know… It’s just what I do… My wife tells that these races are my way of expressing myself. Some people choose watercolors. I choose to cover long distances via self-propulsion. Anyway, on to the story and how it relates to startup selling… My gear […]
VIEW POSTIf I was leading sales at an enterprise/B2b startup, there’s one thing I’d be hammering to my team this month –– Q4 starts now. (BTW… I did an entire podcast episode on this topic. You can listen on Spotify, iTunes, or directly from SalesQualia.com.) Sure, you’ve got late-stage deals to convert right now, and you’ve […]
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