

Surf and Sales
Richard Harris
Everyone is looking for help in sales, yet so few are willing to give it unselfishly.
Richard Harris and Scott Leese have teamed up to bring their best advice from their own life experiences, real-world job experiences, and what they see sales reps and leaders do right and, equally, do wrong so you can be the best at your craft as well.
And yeah, there will be the occasional surf story.
Richard Harris and Scott Leese have teamed up to bring their best advice from their own life experiences, real-world job experiences, and what they see sales reps and leaders do right and, equally, do wrong so you can be the best at your craft as well.
And yeah, there will be the occasional surf story.
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Sep 28, 2020 • 38min
S1E152 - The SDR role is not transactional with Evan Carlton Director of Development and Founder The Sales Development Coach
Evan is a Sales Development savant. His experience and expertise on leveraging the sales development community is second to none. Join us as we discuss: Leveraging Sales Development from an expansion effort How AEs can leverage SDR for Airsupport on long sales cycles The lack of alignment between SDR and Senior Management The proper data to use in comp plans for SDR The glass ceiling of SDR leadership

Sep 21, 2020 • 42min
S1E151 - The Extraordinary Sales Habits with Andrew Sykes
Do you have habits or do your habits have you? Andrew Sykes has built an entire business around this and has an amazing perspective on how this affects everyone, including sales people. In this episode we discuss: How habits effect your sales cycle The mindset for self-care. Habits are compound interest on your growth, understanding the miracle process Stop focusing on the outcomes we want, as opposed to the inputs The better you get, the more you need to practice. And more!

Sep 21, 2020 • 54min
S1E150 - Best "Everything" Advice with Ralph Barsi
A deep and personal conversation with Ralph Barsi that goes way beyond metrics and KPIs. We focused on his passion for drumming, first demand gen job, and first real sales job at UPS and... Ensuring alignment across departments with sales Navigating the 2020 challenges as it relates to sales performance conversations How will you handle the struggle and how do you see yourself on the other side. How Accounts Receivable for delivering newspapers The difference between being on a team and being a part of the team

Sep 21, 2020 • 43min
S1E149 - How to identify your own value during your job search with Darien Pascuzzi
Do you know your super power? Darien knows hers and she teaches you how to find yours. Digging your way out of burnout The single biggest mistake you are making on LinkedIn recommendations How to prepare for your interview Owning your confidence in your interview process What does a good hiring process really look like ATS is largely broken in the recruiting industry Is your ATS really your CRM in recruiting? How to save the sale with your customers How an HR person uses LinkedIn from a sales perspective

Sep 21, 2020 • 44min
S1E148 - Sales is a Thinking Process with Mike Simmons
Mike is a highly sought after sales leader. He brings amazing perspective and energy to the process. Join us as we discuss: Finding the catalyst of your sales deals The Free Me, the Inexpensive Me, and the Expensive Me

Sep 21, 2020 • 34min
S1E147 - Compensation mistakes around the land and expand model with Megan Bowen, Chief Customer Officer at Refine Labs
Megan is fiercely competitive. Self-described as bad winner and a sore looser. But over time she's learned to harness this energy to continually grow and build tremendous revenue teams. What it means to have high emotional intelligence that are better than closing skills Creating the cross-functional collaboration of revenue and marketing teams How do you set expansion quotas appropriately Why variable compensation for Account Managers and Customer Success is the wrong idea. How to personalize and contextualize Build the round about, not an intersection How and why to get sales to be involved in the first 30 days.

Sep 14, 2020 • 50min
S1E146 - 2020: the year of doing all the things I don't want to do with Ashleigh Early
Why a debate and drama background to make Learning to read the judge in your sales meetings Moving from Silicon Valley to the Research Triangle It's always about going back to the basics Work friends can be real friends Best advice to women in sales

Sep 14, 2020 • 47min
S1E145 - The underbelly of being a VC with Michael Brown
The painful parts of being a VC What is the right pattern recognition VCs keep How the board / CEO dynamic that affects Understanding the present market vs future vision Is there a desire of vertical-specific type of investments The affects of COVID19 on the VC world What it means to be an entrepreneur when you pitch to the VC

Sep 14, 2020 • 47min
S1E144 - Why you should solicit failure in sales with Gina Trimarco Chief Results Officer at Pivot10Results
Focusing on results People want results more than anything The value of how improv is a natural part of sales Being a good listener, good observer, tap into your emotional intelligence is the same in improv and sale Using improv to build culture and leadership How to manage the uninvited flirting for women

Sep 14, 2020 • 42min
S1E143 - Should you outsource your SDR team with Nimit Bhatt of Memory Blue
The one tool you must have in your tech stack The SDR is the hardest role How to not get bored talking about the same product and service Managing SDRs coming right out of college Why SDRs are being more humble in the interview process The creative strategies are breaking through the noise in prospecting.