30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales

How to Help Your Team Find & Leverage Warm Referrals | Kelvin Sims | Ep. 296 (Lead)

Mar 20, 2025

Kelvin Sims, Senior Sales Manager at Vitally.io, shares his expertise in leveraging warm referrals to supercharge sales. He emphasizes creating a clear reference policy to streamline reference calls, which often spiral into chaos. Kelvin discusses optimizing the time between meetings with actionable steps to maintain sales momentum. He highlights using LinkedIn Sales Navigator to identify and facilitate connections, enhancing rapport with prospects. The conversation also touches on strategic introductions and maintaining strong relationships to generate valuable referrals.

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Kelvin Sims

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Quick takeaways

Establishing a clear reference policy enables sales teams to secure warm introductions, facilitating smoother conversations and enhancing deal momentum.

Leveraging personal and professional networks effectively allows sales reps to identify and engage crucial stakeholders, improving rapport and sales outcomes.

Deep dives

Leveraging Deal Bright Spots

Sales managers should help their representatives identify early stage deal opportunities by exporting new discovery calls from their CRM to LinkedIn. This process allows managers to assess personal connections, connections of leadership teams, investors, and former customers at those accounts. By mapping these connections, reps can effectively build rapport or identify key stakeholders for evaluation discussions. This preparation enhances the sales call experience and can give teams a competitive edge.

Intro

3min

Strategies for Accelerating Sales and Managing Opportunities

2min

Mastering Warm Introductions with LinkedIn Sales Navigator

20min

Optimizing Investor Introductions and Sales Strategy

6min

Enhancing Sales Processes for Effective Deals

3min

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FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS

Establish a Clear Reference Policy: Without a structured reference policy, reference calls become chaotic, frustrating customers and reps alike. Set clear guidelines to manage them effectively.
Optimize the Time Between Meetings: Sales doesn’t just happen in meetings. Define clear steps for reps to take between meetings to maintain momentum and advance deals.
Leverage Your Network for Referrals: Take a list of active discovery calls, cross-reference with Sales Navigator, and identify referral opportunities from leadership, investors, and past customers.
Strategically Introduce Connections: If a referral is strong, facilitate an immediate intro. If weaker, have the AE use it as a warm door opener to build rapport before making the ask.

KELVIN'S PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB

Sr Sales Manager @ Vitally.io
Sales Manager @ Vitally.io
Sales Manager @ Drift
Manager, Renewals & Account Management @ Drift

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