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Will Allred is the Co-founder and COO at Lavender, the company that helps sellers write better sales emails faster. On today's episode we explore the problems in the market that prompted Will and his co-founder to start Lavender. We also dive into the most common mistakes salespeople make with email. And how sellers can increase response rates. Plus, we get into the most common use cases and the most surprising use case for Lavender.More on Andy: Connect on LinkedInGet Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on AmazonLearn more at AndyPaul.comSponsored by:Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.ioExplore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement PodcastRevOps PodcastSelling with Purpose Podcast

Over time, the outcomes of forecasted deals have dropped significantly. In part two of our conversation with Barry Trailer from the Sales Mastery Institute, we get underneath the oxymoron of sales forecasting. We dive deep into how time-to-value impacts forecasting, the importance of understanding the buyer journey and the need to support buyers in the process. We also discuss how to accurately forecast sales, the quality of CRM data and how to avoid margin compression.Follow the Hosts on LinkedIn:Alastair Woolcock (CRO, Revenue.io)Howard Brown (CEO, Revenue.io)And our Special Guest:Barry Trailer (Partner, Sales Mastery, LLC)Sponsored by:Revenue.io | Powering high-performing revenue teams with real-time guidanceExplore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement PodcastSelling with Purpose PodcastRevOps Podcast*If you'd like to ask the guys a question that could get answered on the show, call our new message line at (323) 540-4777. Just leave your name, where you're from, and your question and we'll do our best to answer it on an upcoming episode.

Jennifer Allen is formerly Chief Evangelist of Challenger and now Head of Community Growth at Lavender. She's joining me today, along with my occasional co-host, Howard Brown, founder and CEO of Revenue.io. Jennifer discusses the psychology of no-decision and why buyers who choose the status quo are actually making a decision, just not the one you want. She also gives an introduction to the Challenger Sale and the 5 sales mindsets they discovered, as well as gives tips on what sellers can do to ensure a buyer actually makes a buying decision. Jennifer also talks about The Challenger Loop to get quick feedback from the customer about what went right and wrong in the deal.HIGHLIGHT QUOTESA better product does NOT convince a buyer to make a decision- Jennifer: "[Better] is my least favorite word in sales now because I think it's the number one word that led to a lot of my status quo, no decision deals because what I failed to realize is people don't always want better. Like, good, in most cases, especially in markets like this, is damn good enough."Show the buyer the cost of action - Jennifer: "One of the most eye-opening experiences is my job as a seller is not to show why it's better. My job is to show the cost of an action. What is the cost of the status quo before I ever start going off about what I have to offer and what that looks like."ROI is not compelling enough to move away from the status quo - Jennifer: "I would talk about here's the ROI of changing; it's 15 times ROI. Guess who else is saying that? Every other vendor competing for that dollar. It means almost nothing.And I'm not saying there's not a time and place for ROI, but compelling a business to exit the status quo is incredibly difficult. And just like the doctor's example, they need to feel that the risk of staying the same is actually far greater than the risk of change."Find out more about Jennifer in the link(s) below:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferallen1121/ More on Andy:Connect on LinkedInGet Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on AmazonLearn more at AndyPaul.comSponsored by:Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.ioScratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.comBlueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.comExplore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement PodcastSelling with Purpose PodcastRevOps Podcast

The highest performers in sales right now are those who strictly adhere to a formal sales process and coaching (with an improved win rate of 13%). This week, Alastair is joined by Barry Trailer from Sales Mastery to discuss his 2023 Coaching Impact Report. They also cover the importance of the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) and relentless qualification throughout the sales funnel as well as the significance of expanding footprints within existing accounts to weather the storm during challenging times.Follow the Hosts on LinkedIn:Alastair Woolcock (CRO, Revenue.io)Howard Brown (CEO, Revenue.io)And our Special Guest:Barry Trailer (Partner, Sales Mastery, LLC)Sponsored by:Revenue.io | Powering high-performing revenue teams with real-time guidanceExplore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement PodcastSelling with Purpose PodcastRevOps Podcast*If you'd like to ask the guys a question that could get answered on the show, call our new message line at (323) 540-4777. Just leave your name, where you're from, and your question and we'll do our best to answer it on an upcoming episode.

Ralph Barsi (VP of Global Inside Sales at Tray.io) is one of my favorite people in the sales business. Today we discuss how Sales Development Reps (SDRs) and Account Executives (AEs) should be working together. We dig into Ralph's Rules for Successful SDR/AE Relationships. And why when SDRs effectively support AEs they build fatter pipelines. Plus, we explore why the best SDR/AE teams hold multiple one-on-ones each week.Follow Andy: LinkedIn | https://bit.ly/Andy-LinkedInSponsored by:ringDNA | Transform your sales team into a high-performing revenue engine | www.ringDNA.com/andyBlueboard | A rewarding alternative to President's Club | https://podcast.blueboard.comExplore the ringDNA Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement Podcast | https://bit.ly/SEP-LPSelling with Purpose Podcast | https://bit.ly/SWP-LPRevOps Podcast | https://bit.ly/RP-LP

How can organizations use AI today to improve their business processes and drive more revenue? On this episode of the RevOps Podcast, our hosts Howard Brown and Alastair Woolcock delve into the world of Artificial Intelligence. They discuss how businesses need to start thinking differently about AI, its role in augmenting human intelligence and how it can be used to empower sales and marketing teams. They also explore how AI can be used to generate content and provide real-time support to sales reps.Follow the Hosts on LinkedIn:Alastair Woolcock (CRO, Revenue.io)Howard Brown (CEO, Revenue.io)Sponsored by:Revenue.io | Powering high-performing revenue teams with real-time guidanceExplore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement PodcastSelling with Purpose PodcastRevOps Podcast*If you'd like to ask the guys a question that could get answered on the show, call our new message line at (323) 540-4777. Just leave your name, where you're from, and your question and we'll do our best to answer it on an upcoming episode.

Stu Heinecke is an editorial cartoonist for the Wall Street Journal and author of How to Get a Meeting with Anyone and the newly-published How to Grow Your Business Like a Weed: A Complete Strategy for Unstoppable Growth. Stu makes an analogy between sales and weeds (the dandelion, in particular), and shares his insights on how weeds use unfair advantages to grow and their innate aggressiveness to survive. He discusses several strategies like the Seed Strategy which explores every bit of opportunity to grow and the Vine Strategy which leverages a multi-channel approach to growth.  HIGHLIGHTS● Grow like a dandelion in the middle of a cement divider● The Vine Strategy and the Weed Mindset● Cultivate unfair advantages for your business QUOTESStu: "What do vines do but climb up on the things that are nearby and, by doing that, they end up reaching and really occupying the crown of the tree that they've climbed or maybe they're up on top of a building or fence or something, but they're always borrowing the infrastructure of others to gain dominant access to rain and sunshine, and the rain and sunshine here is sales and growth."Stu: "When you watch what weeds do, they are aggressive and urgent and they're persistent and they're resilient and adaptive, and I would say even optimistic. So actually, those are the 6 characteristics that I listed in the book."Stu: "The Weeds Model actually takes us through this process of 8 levels of examining what it is we can do to create new unfair advantages for our business." Find out more about Stu and get his books in the links below:● LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuheinecke/● Website: https://stuheinecke.com/ More on Andy:Connect on LinkedInGet Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on AmazonLearn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by:Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.ioScratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement PodcastRevOps PodcastSelling with Purpose Podcast

How can you create an effective ABM motion that aligns different teams across the org? Alastair welcomes back Kamil Rextin (Founder & General Manager at 42 Agency) to discuss how to use intent data, attribution data, and ABM technologies throughout the lifecycle. They caution against relying too heavily on third-party intent data and recommend prioritizing first-party intent data whenever possible. They also discuss how to align various teams around ABM motions using low-tech approaches and other methods to personalize the customer experience.Follow the Hosts on LinkedIn:Alastair Woolcock (CRO, Revenue.io)Howard Brown (CEO, Revenue.io)And our Special Guest:Kamil Rextin (Founder & General Manager, 42 Agency)Sponsored by:Revenue.io | Powering high-performing revenue teams with real-time guidanceExplore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement PodcastSelling with Purpose PodcastRevOps Podcast*If you'd like to ask the guys a question that could get answered on the show, call our new message line at (323) 540-4777. Just leave your name, where you're from, and your question and we'll do our best to answer it on an upcoming episode.

Stephen MR Covey is the New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of The Speed Of Trust, a favorite book of mine. Today we're talking about his most recent book, Trust and Inspire: How Truly Great Leaders Unleash Greatness in Others. We get into the changes that have taken place, and that are taking place, that require us to rethink the very nature of leadership, and how it is exercised today. We then dive into the five emerging forces that are pushing this change forward. Finally, we explore the two most common management paradigms: the familiar Command and Control, favored by many sales leaders, and the Trust & Inspire paradigm.More on Andy: Connect on LinkedInGet Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on AmazonLearn more at AndyPaul.comSponsored by:Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.ioScratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.comExplore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement PodcastRevOps PodcastSelling with Purpose Podcast

Sales reps are more overwhelmed and overtooled than ever. Kamil Rextin (Founder & General Manager at 42 Agency) joins Alastair this week to share his insights on the current trend of platform consolidation and explains how to identify the right problems to solve in order to personalize your outreach. Tune in to also get Kamil's tips on how to avoid technical debt, segment your audience, and use the right tools for the job.Follow the Hosts on LinkedIn:Alastair Woolcock (CRO, Revenue.io)Howard Brown (CEO, Revenue.io)And our Special Guest:Kamil Rextin (Founder & General Manager, 42 Agency)Sponsored by:Revenue.io | Powering high-performing revenue teams with real-time guidanceExplore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe:Sales Enablement PodcastSelling with Purpose PodcastRevOps Podcast*If you'd like to ask the guys a question that could get answered on the show, call our new message line at (323) 540-4777. Just leave your name, where you're from, and your question and we'll do our best to answer it on an upcoming episode.