The B2B Revenue Executive Experience

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More than half of us use Facebook or Instagram every single day. This means you can use social media to reach half of your market every single day.   Sounds like a no-brainer, right? No one ever says they couldn’t use more leads.    But before you dive into generating leads on social media, there are a few things you need to know.   That’s why I invited Kevin Barry, co-founder of Right Percent onto today’s show.    He shared some valuable lessons he’s learned through his experience with social media lead generation, including:   - Why social media lead generation works best when targeting large markets   - Why leads from social have less intent than organic leads   - Why social should have its own dedicated sales team (who respond quickly)   - Why your sales team needs to know the ads   For the entire interview, you can listen to The B2B Revenue Executive Experience.   If you don’t use Apple Podcasts, we suggest this link.Subscribe to the podcast or write a review YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastStitcherTuneInPrevious guests include: Eric Shaver, Managing Partner at Kensei Partners, Harry Spaight, Founder of the Selling with Dignity, Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder at SalesfareCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Episode 189: 5 Things CRM Software Should Help You Do w/ Jeroen CorthoutEpisode 299: How to Break the Used Car Salesperson Stereotype with Harry SpaightEpisode 301: From Tech Sales to Business Conversation with Eric ShaverReady to Join the Conversation? Click fame.so/vsa-guest to apply. Tell us about your expertise, experience, and why you’d make an exceptional guest on the B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast. We can’t wait to explore the insights and strategies that make you a leader in the revenue space.The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

You know when you’re trying to be a good role model to a kid in your life?   Every time they’re around, you’re hyper-conscious about doing good. But we all slip up once in a while.   Being a leader of an organization isn’t unlike being a good role model for a kid. Just replace the kid with a group of capable adults.   In this episode of the B2B Revenue Executive Experience, I speak to Ohad Hecht, CEO of Emarsys, about how leadership affects company culture.   Plus, we talk about:   - The current landscape of enterprise software and its future   - Driving functionality in technology   - How leaders can positively affect company culture    This interview features Ohad Hecht, CEO of Emarsys.   To hear this episode and more like it, subscribe to The B2B Revenue Executive Experience on Apple Podcasts or tune in here. Subscribe to the podcast or write a review YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastStitcherTuneInPrevious guests include: Eric Shaver, Managing Partner at Kensei Partners, Harry Spaight, Founder of the Selling with Dignity, Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder at SalesfareCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Episode 189: 5 Things CRM Software Should Help You Do w/ Jeroen CorthoutEpisode 299: How to Break the Used Car Salesperson Stereotype with Harry SpaightEpisode 301: From Tech Sales to Business Conversation with Eric ShaverReady to Join the Conversation? Click fame.so/vsa-guest to apply. Tell us about your expertise, experience, and why you’d make an exceptional guest on the B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast. We can’t wait to explore the insights and strategies that make you a leader in the revenue space.The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Your customer is a kid at the top of a snowy hill, ready to take the plunge on her sled.    It would be too bad if there were bumps along the way, keeping her from sledding smoothly (and quickly) to the bottom, right?   That’s when third-party data comes in to smooth the bumps.   In this episode of the B2B Revenue Executive Experience, I speak with Aimee Irwin, VP of Strategy for Targeting at Experian. Experian provides businesses with essential data and analytics to meet the consumer’s demands for an all-encompassing experience.   Today, we’re exploring:   - The value third-party data offers the customer experience   - 3 tips for finding success by combining first and third-party data   - How interacting with your own messaging can help you enhance the CX   Email Aimee at audiences@experian.com   For the entire interview, you can listen to The B2B Revenue Executive Experience.   If you don’t use Apple Podcasts, we suggest this link.Subscribe to the podcast or write a review YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastStitcherTuneInPrevious guests include: Eric Shaver, Managing Partner at Kensei Partners, Harry Spaight, Founder of the Selling with Dignity, Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder at SalesfareCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Episode 189: 5 Things CRM Software Should Help You Do w/ Jeroen CorthoutEpisode 299: How to Break the Used Car Salesperson Stereotype with Harry SpaightEpisode 301: From Tech Sales to Business Conversation with Eric ShaverReady to Join the Conversation? Click fame.so/vsa-guest to apply. Tell us about your expertise, experience, and why you’d make an exceptional guest on the B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast. We can’t wait to explore the insights and strategies that make you a leader in the revenue space.The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

The biggest challenge in any B2B company today? Getting organized. It seems as if nailing down solutions and documenting those processes remains out of reach for many organizations. Fortunately, that’s exactly what Resa Gooding — my latest guest on The B2B Revenue Executive Experience — helps businesses achieve. As a HubSpot trainer and digital sales strategist at Cacao Media, Resa has built up a plethora of experience and knowledge in the digital sales and marketing space. Today, we’re going to be discussing: 3 sales-related challenges all B2B companies face. Making sense of the over 7,000 sales automation tools available today. 2 components salespeople need to focus on. Subscribe to the podcast or write a review YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastStitcherTuneInPrevious guests include: Eric Shaver, Managing Partner at Kensei Partners, Harry Spaight, Founder of the Selling with Dignity, Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder at SalesfareCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Episode 189: 5 Things CRM Software Should Help You Do w/ Jeroen CorthoutEpisode 299: How to Break the Used Car Salesperson Stereotype with Harry SpaightEpisode 301: From Tech Sales to Business Conversation with Eric ShaverReady to Join the Conversation? Click fame.so/vsa-guest to apply. Tell us about your expertise, experience, and why you’d make an exceptional guest on the B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast. We can’t wait to explore the insights and strategies that make you a leader in the revenue space.The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Imagine you’re preparing for a meeting with a new prospect. What steps are you taking beforehand? You’re probably doing some research on their organization and their particular position. Maybe you uncover a few recent milestones the business has reached or you find that the prospect recently received a promotion.  All of this information will obviously be helpful in moving your professional relationship forward. Why do we often fail to conduct this research before reaching out via email? In this episode of the B2B Revenue Executive Experience, I check in with OnCourse’s CRO, Gessie Schechinger.  We discuss: How to avoid becoming another automation junkie Understanding the best email sequence timing The biggest keys to effective email outreach Subscribe to the podcast or write a review YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastStitcherTuneInPrevious guests include: Eric Shaver, Managing Partner at Kensei Partners, Harry Spaight, Founder of the Selling with Dignity, Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder at SalesfareCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Episode 189: 5 Things CRM Software Should Help You Do w/ Jeroen CorthoutEpisode 299: How to Break the Used Car Salesperson Stereotype with Harry SpaightEpisode 301: From Tech Sales to Business Conversation with Eric ShaverReady to Join the Conversation? Click fame.so/vsa-guest to apply. Tell us about your expertise, experience, and why you’d make an exceptional guest on the B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast. We can’t wait to explore the insights and strategies that make you a leader in the revenue space.The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Owning a service based business is hard.  Because not only are you expected to be a master of your product, you’ve also got to be a professional at marketing and getting your service out there in front of people.  And if you’re not careful, you can take the habits that you’ve had to establish in your beginning years as a scrappy start up and never grow past them.  Always and forever stuck in survival mode. Killing yourself to make it work when what you really need is some good quality help to allow you to free yourself to do what you do best.  Run the business.  On this episode of The B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast, we sat down with Steve Gordon, Founder of The Unstoppable CEO, for a discussion about: His recent love of philosophy.  The biggest challenges companies face when trying to attract new clients.  The 4 levers that have to be engaged if you want to systematize business development.   Subscribe to the podcast or write a review YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastStitcherTuneInPrevious guests include: Eric Shaver, Managing Partner at Kensei Partners, Harry Spaight, Founder of the Selling with Dignity, Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder at SalesfareCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Episode 189: 5 Things CRM Software Should Help You Do w/ Jeroen CorthoutEpisode 299: How to Break the Used Car Salesperson Stereotype with Harry SpaightEpisode 301: From Tech Sales to Business Conversation with Eric ShaverReady to Join the Conversation? Click fame.so/vsa-guest to apply. Tell us about your expertise, experience, and why you’d make an exceptional guest on the B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast. We can’t wait to explore the insights and strategies that make you a leader in the revenue space.The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Oftentimes, we forget that for the sales enablement function to really work, there has to be a little give and take. Of course, sales enablement’s purpose is to, well, enable sales. However, sales reps need to know that they can go to sales enablement for valuable insights and clarification. In this episode of the B2B Revenue Executive Experience, I talk with Stephen Brown, Director of Product Marketing at Highspot, a sales enablement solution provider.  Stephen shares his knowledge in marketing the platform and how his team leverages its sales enablement function. Plus, we talk about:   The current issues of most sales enablement functions Notable sales enablement imperatives The benefits of being dedicated to a new tool or process that aligns your team This blog post includes highlights of our podcast interview with Stephen Brown, Director of Product Marketing Highspot.   For the entire interview, you can listen to The B2B Revenue Executive Experience. If you don’t use Apple Podcasts, we suggest this link.Subscribe to the podcast or write a review YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastStitcherTuneInPrevious guests include: Eric Shaver, Managing Partner at Kensei Partners, Harry Spaight, Founder of the Selling with Dignity, Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder at SalesfareCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Episode 189: 5 Things CRM Software Should Help You Do w/ Jeroen CorthoutEpisode 299: How to Break the Used Car Salesperson Stereotype with Harry SpaightEpisode 301: From Tech Sales to Business Conversation with Eric ShaverReady to Join the Conversation? Click fame.so/vsa-guest to apply. Tell us about your expertise, experience, and why you’d make an exceptional guest on the B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast. We can’t wait to explore the insights and strategies that make you a leader in the revenue space.The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Get your 500 keyword rankings for only $500! Here! We’ve all probably seen something like this at one point or another in our careers. And if you didn’t smell the B.S. from a mile away, you may have even fallen for it. If there weren’t good people being tricked into scams like that, those fraudsters wouldn’t have jobs. In this episode of the B2B Revenue Executive Experience, President and CEO of Directive, Garrett Mehrguth, shines truth on scammy SEO swindlers. Plus, he shares:   What brand discoverability means and why it matters How he achieved 15 million impressions for $1,000 Why generalist agencies will eventually fade out This blogpost includes highlights of our podcast interview with Garrett Mehrguth, President and CEO at Directive. For the entire interview, you can listen to The B2B Revenue Executive Experience.If you don’t use Apple Podcasts, we suggest this link.Subscribe to the podcast or write a review YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastStitcherTuneInPrevious guests include: Eric Shaver, Managing Partner at Kensei Partners, Harry Spaight, Founder of the Selling with Dignity, Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder at SalesfareCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Episode 189: 5 Things CRM Software Should Help You Do w/ Jeroen CorthoutEpisode 299: How to Break the Used Car Salesperson Stereotype with Harry SpaightEpisode 301: From Tech Sales to Business Conversation with Eric ShaverReady to Join the Conversation? Click fame.so/vsa-guest to apply. Tell us about your expertise, experience, and why you’d make an exceptional guest on the B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast. We can’t wait to explore the insights and strategies that make you a leader in the revenue space.The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so

Hiring for SDRs that hold out for the long haul can be a daunting task. Maybe you’ve had bad luck in the past or have seen colleagues struggle to fill SDR roles. Even so, try not to feel discouraged if hiring SDRs is your responsibility. Successfully hiring motivated and dedicated SDRs can be done! In this episode of the B2B Revenue Executive Experience, I catch up with Influitive’s Director of Sales Development and head of Halifax HQ (and former SDR), Lisa Schnare. We discuss: Overcoming the misconceptions around the SDR role How to properly onboard and train SDRs Qualities to look for in SDR candidates Resources mentioned in this episode:   Blinkist Salesforce LinkedIn Sales Navigator Outreach LeadIQ Gong   This blog post includes highlights of our podcast interview with Lisa Schnare, Director of Sales Development at Influitive.   For the entire interview, you can listen to The B2B Revenue Executive Experience. If you don’t use Apple Podcasts, we suggest this link.Subscribe to the podcast or write a review YouTubeSpotifyApple PodcastStitcherTuneInPrevious guests include: Eric Shaver, Managing Partner at Kensei Partners, Harry Spaight, Founder of the Selling with Dignity, Jeroen Corthout, Co-Founder at SalesfareCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:Episode 189: 5 Things CRM Software Should Help You Do w/ Jeroen CorthoutEpisode 299: How to Break the Used Car Salesperson Stereotype with Harry SpaightEpisode 301: From Tech Sales to Business Conversation with Eric ShaverReady to Join the Conversation? Click fame.so/vsa-guest to apply. Tell us about your expertise, experience, and why you’d make an exceptional guest on the B2B Revenue Executive Experience podcast. We can’t wait to explore the insights and strategies that make you a leader in the revenue space.The B2B Revenue Executive Experience is handcrafted by our friends over at: fame.so