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Cold calling · SDR life · Job hunting
From It's Probably Too Hard to Buy From Your Own Sales Team, Sep 22, 2026

The data provider shall remain nameless.
Cold calling · Objections
From 4 Cheap Things You Can Do For Your Prospect, Aug 6, 2026

They answered the phone to say they were busy.
Cold calling · Objections
From The Salesperson's Guide to Having Better Conversations, Jun 11, 2026

Pure artistry. Please do not tell anyone where you found it.
Cold calling · Prospecting
From How to 10X Your Sales Output Without Working More Hours, Jan 8, 2026

Deep breath. Next dial.
Cold calling · SDR life
From How to Sell When Prospects Aren't Feeling the Pain, Nov 25, 2025

The robot has a point, and we all know it.
Cold calling · AI
From The First Thing You Should Do on Every Sales Call, Nov 4, 2025

Honestly, the most accurate job description out there.
Cold calling · Work life
From Sales Dress Code 101: The Ultimate Guide, Sep 25, 2025

Selling payroll software with main event energy.
Cold calling
From The Behavioral Economics Playbook for B2B Sales, Sep 16, 2025

Quality over quantity, and the calendar proves it.
Cold calling · SDR life
From How To Keep Someone's Attention During a Sales Pitch, Aug 7, 2025

Two dials is a respectable warmup.
Cold calling · Work life
From 5 Words You Should Swap in Your Sales Conversations, Aug 5, 2025

Tomorrow's call list is already loaded.
Cold calling · SDR life
From 3 Outreach Plays That Work, But Don't Scale, Jul 24, 2025

Noted. Calling back at 7:15.
Cold calling · Objections
From How to 10X the Productivity of Your Sales Conversations, Jun 12, 2025

Persistence pays, but it does look a little unhinged on paper.
Cold calling · Prospecting · Ghosting
From The 4 Steps to Making Your Prospect Lean in and Listen, Apr 24, 2025

One dial in and already drafting the resignation letter.
Cold calling · SDR life
From 4 Recession Proof Industries for Salespeople, Apr 8, 2025

It's on your LinkedIn, sir.
Cold calling · Objections · SDR life
From The Deel vs Rippling Drama, Mar 20, 2025

Leadership on the floor, headset on, dialing absolutely nobody.
Cold calling · Leadership
From It's Time to Walk Away From The Deal, Mar 18, 2025

Record-breaking effort, rewarded with half a latte.
Cold calling · Sales managers
From How to Use Mirco Commitments to Sell More, Feb 25, 2025

Deep breath. Next number on the list.
Cold calling · Objections
From Hacks For Building Trust Quickly, Jan 16, 2025

Ten dials in and already calling for the corner man.
Cold calling · Cold email · SDR life
From Using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) in B2B Sales, Dec 10, 2024

Faster than light and somehow still polite about it.
Cold calling · Objections
From How to Change Someone's Mind, Oct 24, 2024

One afternoon on the floor and suddenly it's a whole LinkedIn post.
Cold calling · Leadership
From The Yes Ladder: How to Get Your Prospect to Keep Saying Yes., Oct 22, 2024

The dashboard has entered the chat and it is not on your side.
Cold calling · Sales managers
From 5 Ways to Follow Up Without Saying "I'm Following Up"., Oct 8, 2024

Still checking. Hope is a renewable resource.
Cold calling · SDR life
From Being a Sales "Closer" Isn't Real, Aug 15, 2024

Twenty-nine seconds of silence, one of pure genius.
Cold calling · SDR life
From Ross Perot: The Greatest IBM Salesman Ever?, Jul 11, 2024

They picked up, didn't they? That's consent to thirty seconds.
Cold calling · SDR life
From How to Build a Hyper Growth Sales Team, Apr 2, 2024

Picked up just to say they couldn't pick up.
Cold calling · Objections
From The 2023 Sales Leader Report, Mar 14, 2024

Respectfully, can you transfer me to someone with a budget?
Cold calling · Objections
From Inside Cisco's Sales Team Strategy, Mar 5, 2024

Just a friendly dial, and suddenly you're the villain.
Cold calling · Objections
From Are Salespeople Born or Made?, Feb 22, 2024

Confidence is key when your memory has left the building.
Cold calling · Discovery and demos
From The Newest Google Update on Cold Email, Dec 19, 2023

Two words, and suddenly the whole cold call script is gone.
Cold calling · Objections
From How Jesse Itzler Sold His First Private Jet Card, Nov 9, 2023

The phone is right there. It weighs about six ounces.
Cold calling · Cold email · SDR life
From Selling the Family Dog for a Sales Job, Apr 26, 2023

Outbound builds character, and also bruises.
Prospecting · Cold calling · Marketing
From An Inside Look at the Sales Team Behind a $63M Fraud, Aug 4, 2026

It found them. It just wasn't gentle.
Cold email · Prospecting
From The Guy Who Builds Sales Machines at Rocketships, Jul 23, 2026

Hi {FIRST_NAME}, hope this finds you well.
Cold email · Prospecting
From The CIA Technique That Gets People Talking Without Realizing It, Jun 30, 2026

LinkedIn giveth, LinkedIn taketh away.
LinkedIn · Pipeline · Closing
From How to Find Sales Alpha: Buying Signals Your Competitors Don't Have, Jun 23, 2026

And now they're getting the full sequence.
Prospecting · Objections · Cold email
From How @TechSalesGuy Made a 6-Figure Side Income Without Showing His Face, Apr 23, 2026

Once it leaves the outbox, all you can do is watch.
Cold email · Prospecting
From Is Lying Just a Normal Part of Sales?, Feb 10, 2026

Four defenders and the refs are nowhere to be found.
Prospecting · AI · SDR life
From Why 40% of Your Deals End in 'No Decision' (And How to Fix It), Jan 29, 2026

Hi {first_name}, just circling back on that last one.
Cold email · Prospecting
From Should You Stay in a Bad Job to Avoid Job Hopping?, Jan 15, 2026

Swinging hard at people who already left for break.
Prospecting · End of quarter
From The Exposure Effect that Makes Prospects Like You More., Dec 23, 2025

Doing great, thanks for asking. Truly.
Cold email · Work life
From What the Best Salespeople do Differently in the Last 2 Weeks of December, Dec 16, 2025

All that setup, and the name was the one thing that mattered.
Cold email · Prospecting
From 3 RFP Signals Top Sales Reps Use to Close Real Deals, Dec 9, 2025

Welcome aboard. Here's your dialer.
Prospecting · SDR life · Job hunting
From How Great Salespeople Sell Products They Don't Love, Nov 20, 2025

Better than coffee, honestly.
Cold email · Prospecting
From Why selling with Face Time is better than FaceTime, Nov 11, 2025

Sequence step 14 and still going strong.
Cold email · Ghosting
From How to be the Winner in Take it or Leave it Offers, Jun 17, 2025

Congrats on the round. So, about that budget.
Prospecting
From The SPICED Sales Framework - The Sales Framework that's works in 2025, Jun 5, 2025

Liked three posts today. Still hasn't opened the email.
LinkedIn · Ghosting · Prospecting
From This Can Predict if You're Persuasive or Not, May 29, 2025

Tom Cruise walking out like he regrets nothing.
Prospecting · Cold email
From How to Ethically Steal Accounts That are Loyal to Your Competitors, May 27, 2025

Best reply rate starts with the right name.
Cold email · LinkedIn
From Selling Services vs Saas, May 20, 2025

Leg day can wait. The prospect cannot.
Cold email · Work life
From How to Prescribe Your Product to Buyers, Nov 14, 2024

Perfect form, great copy, straight to spam anyway.
Cold email · Prospecting
From How to Turn Sales Into a Game, Nov 5, 2024

The secret was more dials all along. Devastating.
Prospecting · Cold calling
From 3 Ways to Be More Generous in B2B Sales, Oct 3, 2024

Total addressable market: somewhere out there.
Prospecting
From Behind the scenes of Amazon's Sales Team, Sep 17, 2024

Enlightenment achieved on touch one.
Cold email · Prospecting
From Brex's Legendary Champagne Campaign, Sep 5, 2024

Headshot from 2019, hoodie from yesterday.
LinkedIn · Work life
From The AI SDR Startup Bubble, Aug 29, 2024

Is this a trap? Check the email address twice.
Prospecting · Cold email
From The Gene That Makes You a Better Salesperson, Aug 13, 2024

Sometimes the plain follow-up just wins silver anyway.
Prospecting · Cold email
From How to Dress to Sell More, Aug 6, 2024

Grading their subject line like it's a final exam.
Cold email
From Why We Need More Quiet Salespeople, Jul 16, 2024

Liked three posts and a work anniversary, but sure, swamped.
LinkedIn · Prospecting · Ghosting
From The LinkedIn Sales Hack That No One's Talking About, Apr 25, 2024

Persistence pays. Eventually. Probably.
Cold email · Prospecting · Ghosting
From McKinsey Reveals the Top 3 Ways To Sell More in 2024, Mar 26, 2024

One link click and the whole sequence gets a second wind.
Cold email · Prospecting
From The Tony Robbins Sales Method, Mar 21, 2024

The ellipsis giveth hope, and the ellipsis taketh away.
Cold email
From Why Sales Commission Plans Need to Change, Mar 19, 2024

Hey {first_name}, great to connect. Somehow it worked.
Cold email
From Ron Popeil: The Master of Sales Slogans and As Seen on TV, Mar 12, 2024

Thirty minutes of research and a one line unsubscribe.
Cold email · Prospecting
From The Best Management Styles for Salespeople, Jan 30, 2024

Territory lines are sacred. Especially the ones you drew yourself.
Prospecting · AE life
From 3 Tips to Get Over Your Cold Call Reluctance, Jan 11, 2024

They said circle back in Q1. They meant it literally, right?
Prospecting · Ghosting
From Google is Changing The Ways Salespeople Use Email, Nov 16, 2023

Breakup email incoming. They were already broken up.
Cold email · Objections
From The World’s Greatest Salesperson, Oct 10, 2023

Can't get rejected if you reject them first.
Cold email · Marketing
From Sales Lessons From John Paul DeJoria, Oct 3, 2023

One word. Lowercase. Absolutely life changing.
Cold email · Prospecting
From Sales Lessons From an Infomercial Pitchman, Sep 26, 2023

The simulation nailed the prospect experience a little too well.
Cold email · Objections
From The Correct Answer to "Sell Me This Pen", Sep 19, 2023

Engagement is engagement, right? Right?
Cold email · Prospecting
From The Wells Fargo Sales Scandal, Sep 12, 2023

You said Q4. I wrote it down. In the CRM.
Prospecting · Pipeline · Ghosting
From Alex Hormozi's secret to sales, Sep 5, 2023

Persistence is a strategy. So is taking the hint.
Cold email · Objections
From Are Sales People Actually Using AI?, Aug 1, 2023

Great timing is a skill. So is reading the room.
Prospecting · Cold email
From Top 3 things Salespeople want from their employer, Jul 6, 2023

Personalization field: {first_name}. Close enough.
Cold email · SDR life
From $1,000 Cold Calling Competition, Jun 22, 2023

Technically a reply. Your open rate thanks you.
Cold email · Objections
From 500 sales leaders predict revenue growth, AI, and hiring, Jun 15, 2023

Hi Jennifer, said the email to Brian.
Cold email · Prospecting
From What Does a Chief Revenue Officer do?, May 23, 2023

Thirty minutes of research on their dog's name, gone.
Cold email · Prospecting
From How to write better as a Salesperson, May 4, 2023

Accepted? Declined? Nobody knows. Nobody will ever know.
Prospecting · Ghosting
From Is AI coming for your sales job?, Apr 19, 2023

Happy to follow up, from whatever job I have then.
Quota · Objections · Job hunting
From 5 Easy Ways to Start a Conversation With Anyone, Sep 15, 2026

Out of office until Labor Day, and so is your deal.
Quota · Ghosting · Pipeline
From Palantir Is Growing 93% While Getting Rid of Its Sales Team, Aug 18, 2026

Q1 sounds great, assuming you're still invited.
End of quarter · Closing · Quota
From One Sentence That Makes Your Pitch More Believable, Jul 14, 2026

Funniest person alive, as long as the PO clears.
Quota · Discovery and demos
From How to Sound More Confident Than 99% of Salespeople, Jul 2, 2026

Sleep is a Q1 problem.
End of quarter · Quota
From The Real Path From BDR to AE, and the Mistake That Will Set You Back, May 14, 2026

At some point you just have to laugh.
Quota · End of quarter
From The $50,000 Deal I Almost Threw Away, Mar 26, 2026

Every auto reply is a tiny personal attack.
Quota · End of quarter · Work life
From 4 Sales Trends That Will Define 2026, Jan 1, 2026

Refreshing the dashboard will not change the order.
Quota · AE life
From The Fastes Way to Ruin Your Sales Career in 2025, Dec 4, 2025

From this angle, basically there.
Quota · Sales managers
From How to Persuade Sales Prospects Without Manipulating, Nov 18, 2025

Sometimes honesty is the only play left.
Quota · Sales managers
From Pattern Recognition: The Sales Skill That Boosts Deals Fast, Nov 13, 2025

Ask to see the dashboard before you sign anything.
Quota · Sales managers · Job hunting
From What the TikTok Generation Expects From a Sales Call, Oct 21, 2025

Full extension and still about a mile short.
Quota · End of quarter
From How to Use Intel from Your B2B Competitors For an Edge, Oct 16, 2025

Congrats on the great quarter. Anyway, back to zero.
Quota · End of quarter
From The Top 4 Qualities of The Highest Paid Salespeople, Oct 2, 2025

Any lead is a good lead in week 12.
End of quarter · Quota · Marketing
From 5 Lies You’re Hearing from Your Sales Prospects, Sep 30,

Leg day and pipeline day are the same day now.
End of quarter · Quota · Work life
From Endowment Effect: The Ownership Sales Hack, Jun 26, 2025

Funny, the team Slack channel tells a different story.
Quota · Sales managers · Job hunting
From How to Read Your Prospect Like a Poker Player, Apr 22, 2025

End of quarter makes philosophers of us all.
Quota · Work life
From LinkedIn is Cracking Down on Sales Data Tools, Mar 13, 2025

Every sales floor has a whisper network.
Quota · Marketing
From 3 Ways to Fix Your Self-Centered Cold Emails, Jan 23, 2025

December deals have a mean stiff arm.
Quota · End of quarter · Objections
From 5 Cold Email Crimes You Should Stop Right Now, Dec 3, 2024

One fiscal year, roughly thirty years of aging.
End of quarter · Quota · Work life
From 4 Reasons Why Prospects Are Ignoring Your Cold Emails, Nov 26, 2024

The plan is mostly vibes and one big deal.
Quota · Sales managers
From The Right Way To Make Sales Leaderboards, Sep 19, 2024

No agenda in the invite. Very normal. Totally fine.
Quota · Sales managers
From The Power of Probing Questions in Sales, Jun 11, 2024

The 3am pipeline review nobody scheduled.
Quota · Pipeline · End of quarter
From Should Smart People Do Sales?, May 9, 2024

Company needs usually means a bigger number for you.
Quota · Sales managers
From How Erica Feider Sold $41M Worth of Pianos, Feb 8, 2024

Nothing gets you out of bed like a little honesty.
Quota
From 2023 Best Sales Stories, Breakdowns, and Guides., Dec 28, 2023

Survived another quarter. Framing that number on the wall.
Quota · End of quarter
From Great Salespeople Don’t Need to Be Likable, Nov 30, 2023

Enjoy the selfie. The next frame is going to hurt.
Quota · Closing
From Sales Lessons from David Ogilvy, Oct 31, 2023

Hydration can wait. The number cannot.
End of quarter · Pipeline · Quota
From How to Stop Sales Call No-Shows, Sep 7, 2023

Product market fit is a sales problem now, apparently.
Quota · Sales managers
From Mimicking your Prospects, Aug 31, 2023

Commit in the CRM, best case in my heart.
End of quarter · Sales managers · Pipeline
From Working on the Sales Team at WeWork, Aug 29, 2023

Just trust the spreadsheet.
Commission · Sales managers
From How to Tell a Story That Persuades People and Helps You Sell, Sep 10, 2026

Every rep who has ever read the fine print.
Commission · Sales managers
From Why That Instagram Sales Hack Will Probably Get You Fired, Apr 9, 2026

All-time record, one venti, zero complaints.
Commission · Work life
From The Discovery Call Trick That Therapists Have Used for 40 Years, Mar 19, 2026

Somehow the government always shows up before the rep does.
Commission
From The Sales Role That Didn't Exist 2 Years Ago, Feb 12, 2026

Record broken, thank you so much for this latte.
Commission · Sales managers
From How To Become the Obvious Choice for a Client, Jan 20, 2026

Nobody has ever believed this sentence.
Commission · Leadership
From The Warning Signs Your Sales Job Might Be Holding You Back, Dec 11, 2025

Ten whole dollars. Try to contain yourself.
Commission · Sales managers
From How to Make Prospects Feel The Fear of Regret, Nov 6, 2025

Always ask who has actually hit that OTE.
Commission · Job hunting
From 3 Unconventional Sales Tactics You Need to Try Today, Oct 14, 2025

The offer letter looked so confident.
Commission · Job hunting · Quota
From 4 Acting Techniques That Will Make You a Better Salesperson, Sep 9, 2025

BDRs have been wearing this shirt for years.
Commission · SDR life
From More Sales with Less Salespeople, Jul 22, 2025

Same deal, very different square footage.
Commission · SDR life · AE life
From Alex Hormozi's 3 A's Sales Framework, Jun 3, 2025

The OTE has nothing to do with it. Obviously.
Commission · Work life
From How to Be a More Assertive Salesperson, Feb 18, 2025

Taxes, clawbacks, and a mystery deduction later.
Commission
From How to be More Curious in Sales, Feb 4, 2025

Better for us has never once meant better for us.
Commission · Sales managers · Job hunting
From How to Deliver Bad News in Sales, Jan 14, 2025

Leadership can barely keep a straight face.
Commission · Leadership
From Hail Mary Hacks to Close Last Minute Deals, Dec 17, 2024

By the time it reaches your hands it's mostly glove.
Commission
From 4 Things B2B Sellers Can Steal From B2C, Oct 31, 2024

Two signs, one career. Pretty much the whole deal.
Commission · Work life
From How to Sell Something That No One's Heard of, Oct 1, 2024

Better for everyone usually means somebody's accelerators got cut.
Commission · Sales managers
From The Sales Hack No One Talks About, Jul 25, 2024

Uncle Sam always shows up for the big months.
Commission
From A Sales Rep is Fighting for His $1.1M in Missing Sales Commissions, May 21, 2024

Always lurking right behind the good news.
Commission
From Why People Respond to Emails, Apr 18, 2024

Better for everyone. Especially the spreadsheet that calculates your payout.
Commission · Sales managers
From The Secrets Behind The Consultative Selling Method, Mar 28, 2024

A good quarter shows up in more ways than one.
Commission
From How to Fix Unethical Sales People and Save Your Sales Team, Mar 7, 2024

Everyone includes finance, and finance is thrilled.
Commission · Sales managers
From A Video of a Cloudflare Sales Rep Went Majorly Viral, Jan 18, 2024

The mental math never includes the government's cut.
Commission
From The Power of Status in Sales, Dec 5, 2023

Priorities were set. Rent was not one of them.
Commission · SDR life
From Are Extroverts Good Salespeople, Oct 24, 2023

Accelerators start at 140%. Brace yourselves.
Commission · Quota · Leadership
From How to Build Trust as a Salesperson, Oct 19, 2023

Quiet money wears khakis and never posts about it.
Commission · AE life
From Legend Ventures Sales Scheme, Aug 17, 2023

Funny how the family never splits the commission.
Sales managers · Commission
From The One Page Mutual Action Plan Doc That Closes Deals, Apr 16, 2026

The gentle shoulder hold says everything.
Sales managers · Work life
From The Dream 100 Strategy That Doubled Sales for Charlie Munger, Feb 3, 2026

The selfie guy always gets the credit.
Sales managers · Closing
From The Customer Isn't Always Right, Especially When You're Selling to Them, Jan 27, 2026

Funny, I don't remember seeing you on those calls.
Sales managers · Closing
From 3 Ways to Stand Out from the Average Sales Rep, Jan 22, 2026

After-hours ellipses hit different.
Sales managers · Work life
From The Sales Hack That Ben Franklin Discovered 250 Years Ago, Aug 21, 2025

Wow. Ask open-ended questions. Groundbreaking.
Sales managers
From The Secret to Reviving Dead Deals, Aug 12, 2025

Everyone suddenly very busy with their own call blocks.
Leadership · Cold calling
From How Stripe Sold To Their First Customers, Jul 29, 2025

That energy is not coming from the coffee.
Sales managers · Cold calling
From 1,009 Rejections Before Getting A Yes, Jul 8, 2025

It was in commit. You said it was in commit.
Sales managers · End of quarter · Pipeline
From How to Bring a Brand New Offer to Market, Jul 1, 2025

Great deal review, though.
Sales managers
From Staying in Touch is The Lost Sales Hack, Jun 19, 2025

Every deal in the pipeline is closing next week. Every week.
Sales managers · Pipeline
From The 4 Steps to a Successful Elevator Pitch, Apr 29, 2025

Somehow the software company got hit hardest by the cream cheese supply chain.
Leadership · Work life
From 4 Ways to Pull Yourself Out of a Sales Slump, Apr 10, 2025

Deep analysis underway on why you said "um" at minute 14.
Sales managers · Discovery and demos
From 3 Ways You’re Talking Prospects Out of Buying, Apr 1, 2025

No leads either, presumably.
Sales managers · Job hunting
From How to Sell Like Ralph Lauren, Mar 25, 2025

Pretty sure they're talking about the leaderboard. Pretty sure.
Sales managers · Leadership
From How to Create a Sales Pitch Like Steve Jobs, Dec 19, 2024

The playbook was answering the phone.
Sales managers · Closing
From 4 Cold Call Openers That Crush, Dec 5, 2024

Onboarding was a slide deck and a shadow session. Good luck out there.
Sales managers · SDR life
From 5 tips to Remember Someone's Name, Nov 7, 2024

Five dollars. Almost a whole latte.
Sales managers · SDR life
From What CEOs Want in Their Salespeople, Aug 27, 2024

Very subtle. Nobody noticed the six foot shadow.
Sales managers · Cold calling
From Why You Don’t Need Product Knowledge To Sell, Aug 22, 2024

Coaching at its finest.
Sales managers · Closing
From What Separates Top Sales Reps from The Bad Ones, Jul 30, 2024

Allegedly they carried a bag once. Back in 2014.
Sales managers · Leadership
From How to Tell if a Sales Rep is an A Player, Jul 2, 2024

Unlimited, as long as you never actually use it.
Sales managers · Work life
From What if Sales Reps Didn't Get Commission?, Jun 25, 2024

Clear as the new territory map.
Sales managers · Leadership
From The Godfather of Modern Sales Training - John H. Patterson, May 30, 2024

Worked great in the webinar, though.
Leadership
From How Much Equity Should Sales Reps and Leaders Get?, May 28, 2024

Thirty minutes of not explaining the forecast. Pure bliss.
Sales managers · Work life
From Is Enterprise Sales The Best Sales Job?, May 16, 2024

The activity dashboard has entered the chat.
Sales managers · Work life
From Why Salespeople Avoid Big Deals, Apr 9, 2024

Training is a recruiting perk, apparently. Not a retention one.
Sales managers · Job hunting
From Sales Closing Questions You Should be Using, Feb 20, 2024

Every team has one, and the calendar invite ran long again.
Sales managers · Work life
From How to Avoid Getting Ghosted by Your Prospects, Feb 15, 2024

The dialer is free right now, just saying.
Sales managers · Cold calling
From The IBM Sales Rep That Became Warren Buffets Right Hand Man, Aug 8, 2023

Just checking on a prospect's company page. On Instagram. Obviously.
Sales managers · Work life
From 3 Secrets to Influence, May 30, 2023

Morale is fully restored for roughly one business day.
Sales managers · Quota · Commission
From Software buying trends sales reps should know, May 18, 2023

Time to talk value, and quickly.
Negotiation · Objections
From The Compounding Sales Rep, Sep 3, 2026

Back to square one with a brand new stakeholder.
Closing · Pipeline
From What The Heck is Presidents Club (And Is It Worth It?), Jun 16, 2026

Legal always shows up right at the rim.
Closing · Procurement · Negotiation
From How and When to Ask for the Sale in 2024, Jun 2, 2026

Step one: be lucky. Step two: answer the phone.
Closing · Sales managers · Marketing
From The Ikea Method For B2B Sales, May 7, 2026

The roadmap is long and full of promises.
Closing · Objections
From What Undercover Cops Can Teach You About Building Trust Fast, Feb 19, 2026

Enterprise wish list, starter plan wallet.
Negotiation · Objections
From Sales Lessons From Michael Ovitz, Feb 17, 2026

They loved us. Just not enough to sign.
Closing · Pipeline
From How Do You Sell New Products to Existing Customers?, Feb 5, 2026

Down the road is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
Closing · Pipeline
From How to Use an “Anti-Sell” to Convert More Leads, Oct 28, 2025

Happy for them. Also, please send some of that my way.
Closing · AE life
From The 4 Levers of Sales Negotiation, Oct 23, 2025

Six months of calls, and the prize is a 2027 reminder.
Closing · Pipeline
From Which Sales Personality Wins in 2025: Lone Wolves vs. Collaborators., Oct 9, 2025

Flexibility is a core sales skill in this economy.
Closing
From 5 Price Hacks That Will Make You Sell More, Sep 4, 2025

Did everything right. Still lying on the court.
Closing · Objections
From How To Sell When Your Product is Inferior, Sep 2, 2025

Strategy? I picked up the phone.
Closing · Sales managers
From Hustling Makes You Happy, Before it Makes You Rich, Aug 14, 2025

Redlines incoming from the blind side.
Closing · Procurement
From How to Sell to the Silent Stakeholders, Jul 31, 2025

Stay calm. Say you'll send the paperwork over shortly.
Closing
From What You Sell Matters More Than You Think, Jul 17, 2025

The secret was answering the email.
Closing · Sales managers
From 3 Non-Obvious Places to Prospect, That Aren’t LinkedIn, Jul 15, 2025

Months of patience released in one scream.
Closing
From 4 Tips For Selling B2B in The Summer, Jun 10, 2025

No sound in the world quite like that DocuSign chime.
Closing · AE life
From What Happens When You Take Commission Away from a Sales Team, May 22, 2025

Technically it still closed. Your forecast would like a word.
Closing · End of quarter · Negotiation
From 5 Sales Techniques I Stole From Comedians, Apr 15, 2025

Totally calm. Completely normal. Nothing to see here.
Closing
From How to Remove Filler Words From Your Sales Calls, Feb 20, 2025

Roadmap is just a suggestion when there's a deal on the line.
Closing · AE life
From Why You Should Start Texting Your Prospects, Jan 21, 2025

The contract was already in the redline stage too.
Closing · Objections
From Using Humility to Gain Trust in Sales, Dec 12, 2024

Best alarm clock ever invented.
Closing
From How to Steal Customers From Competitors, Nov 12, 2024

Sweetest four words in B2B: please send the contract.
Closing
From The Power of Luck in Sales, Jul 23, 2024

The forecast call is going to be fun.
Closing · End of quarter · Pipeline
From How to Have Integrity as A Salesperson, Jun 20, 2024

The contract is ready. The signer is on a beach somewhere.
Closing · End of quarter
From How Are Salespeople Actually Using AI?, Dec 21, 2023

End of year was a vibe, apparently. Not a commitment.
Closing · End of quarter · Pipeline
From How to Create Urgency in Sales, Dec 12, 2023

You asked for honesty. You regretted it immediately.
Closing · Objections
From The Best Companies to Sell For, Oct 26, 2023

Ed Truck would like a word about your commission split.
Closing · Sales managers · AE life
From Is it Easier to Sell at Well-Known Companies?, May 16, 2023

Refreshing the inbox won't make it Thursday again.
Ghosting · Closing
From Should I Take A Pay Cut for a New Sales Job?, Jul 21, 2026

Perfect fit on paper. Nobody home in reality.
Ghosting · Marketing
From How to Literally Give Value in Sales Before You Ask For Something, Jun 25, 2026

Could have been a weekend, but sure.
Ghosting · Work life
From How to Explain a Price Increase Without Losing the Deal, May 28, 2026

Someone up there is definitely writing this storyline.
Ghosting · Quota
From How to Train Yourself to Be a More Curious Salesperson, May 21, 2026

A little much? Maybe. The number needs that deal.
Ghosting · Quota
From The 'Helpful' Thing Sales Reps Do That Accidentally Kills Late-Stage Deals, Dec 18, 2025

Five minutes' notice. Very thoughtful.
Ghosting · Discovery and demos
From The Art of Using Neutrality to Build Trust in Sales, Sep 23, 2025

Seventeen days of silence, forgiven in one text.
Ghosting · Prospecting
From 3 Things Salespeople Can Steal from Defense Lawyers, May 1, 2025

Still hanging on. Month seven, highway speeds.
Ghosting · Pipeline
From Sales Tactics to Avoid A Discount, Sep 24, 2024

Giving it five more minutes. Then five more.
Ghosting · Discovery and demos
From 5 Words to Avoid in Your Sales Pitch, Sep 3, 2024

Decorated. Undefeated. Unanswered.
Ghosting · SDR life
From The Top 4 Ways Salespeople Waste Their Time, Aug 8, 2024

Persistence is a virtue. Looping in their boss is a choice.
Ghosting · Cold email
From Bill McDermott: The famous CEO Who Started as a Xerox Sales rep, Jun 18, 2024

They said end of day. They did not say which day.
Ghosting · Cold calling
From Pison Streams Flashy Salesman's $32M Fraud, May 14, 2024

You moved your whole Friday for this. Your whole Friday.
Ghosting · Discovery and demos
From How To Get Your Sales Team Fires Up, Apr 11, 2024

Just a gentle nudge. Every few days. Forever.
Ghosting · Prospecting
From Are Good Salespeople Psychopaths?, Feb 27, 2024

Silent all December. Fresh calendar, fresh reply.
Ghosting · Cold email
From 10+ Open Ended Sales Questions to Ask, Jan 2, 2024

Accepted the invite three times. Showed up zero times.
Ghosting · Discovery and demos
From 4 Sales Secrets from QVC, Dec 26, 2023

The team meeting must be going long. Very long.
Ghosting · Pipeline
From The Do Not Call List: Fact or Fiction, May 25, 2023

Out of office until September. Maybe forever.
Ghosting · Prospecting
From 50% of Companies Suck at Following Up, May 11, 2023

The polite ones always hurt the most.
Objections · Closing
From Stay a Sales Rep or Become a Sales Manager? Here's How to Decide., Aug 20, 2026

Keeping receipts is a sales skill.
Objections · Prospecting
From Use This Small Trick To Make Your Competitors Look Bad, Jul 7, 2026

Just trying to hand out a foul ball, ma'am.
Objections · Prospecting
From Estée Lauder's B2B Sales Lessons You Should Use Today, Sep 18, 2025

Finally, a feature that tells you the truth.
Objections · Ghosting
From 4 Sales Trends You Should Be Taking Advantage of in 2025 (With Examples), Sep 11, 2025

Every unsubscribe builds character.
Objections · Cold email · Prospecting
From The 5 Elements to a Story That Sells, Jun 24, 2025

The nicest possible way to hear no.
Objections · Closing
From Advertising Sales vs SaaS Sales, May 13, 2025

The face of a rep moving a deal to closed lost.
Objections · Pipeline
From 3 Creative Outbound Strategies That Beat Cold Email, Mar 27, 2025

We'll see about that once procurement joins the call.
Objections · Negotiation · Discovery and demos
From How Ogilvy Closed His Dream Clients, Mar 11, 2025

Touch base at the end of the year is the saddest phrase in sales.
Objections · Pipeline · Ghosting
From How Michael Bloomberg Got His First Sale, Feb 11, 2025

They will not, in fact, reach out.
Objections · Ghosting
From The Guy Who Sold $1.8 billion of Insurance, Aug 1, 2024

You filled out the form. You booked the call.
Objections · Marketing
From Starting With The Why in Sales, Jul 9, 2024

Somehow there's always room for the other vendor.
Objections · Negotiation
From Does Intent Data Really Work?, Jun 13, 2024

Translation: please never contact me again.
Objections · Ghosting
From Tell a Story That Makes People Buy, Feb 6, 2024

Happy to educate. Less happy about the free consulting.
Objections · Discovery and demos
From How to Stay Top of Mind with Your Prospects, Jan 16, 2024

Textbook objection handling, straight from the enablement deck.
Objections
From The Miller Heiman Sale Method, Nov 7, 2023

Pricing first, value never. Door's right over there.
Objections · Discovery and demos
From The Story of a CEO turned SDR, Nov 2, 2023

Still putting a task in the CRM for mid-2024.
Objections · Ghosting
From The Best Industry To Start A Sales Career in Today?, Oct 17, 2023

Streaks are overrated anyway.
Objections · Prospecting
From Tips for Finding a Sales Job from Mark Cuban, Jul 20, 2023

The pipeline thoughts always find you at the party.
Pipeline · Quota · Work life
From How to Sell to Someone Who's Already Had a Bad Experience, Jul 9, 2026

Confidence is a forecasting strategy, right?
Pipeline · Sales managers · End of quarter
From Red Flags to Look for Before You Accept a Sales Job, May 19, 2026

Great, now to explain this at forecast call.
Pipeline · End of quarter · Closing
From The Follow Up Trick That Keeps Prospects Thinking About You, May 5, 2026

You said Q2. It is now Q2.
Pipeline · End of quarter · Ghosting
From The 40-70 Rule: Why the Best Reps Act Before They're Ready, Mar 17, 2026

It's 8:02 on a Monday, friend.
CRM · Sales managers
From Too Many Cooks in the Deal: How to Sell to a Buying Committee, Mar 10, 2026

Bold move. Let us know how it goes.
CRM · Pipeline
From How Bill Gates Sold IBM a Product He Didn't Have, May 8, 2025

Laptop closed. Notifications off. Can't catch me.
CRM · Sales managers · Work life
From How to Sell Like a Child, Feb 13, 2025

The market has spoken and the market is not optimistic.
Pipeline · Sales managers · Closing
From The 3 Rules of Asking For a Referral in Sales, Nov 19, 2024

Commit, best case, probably. All the same thing, right?
Pipeline · Sales managers · Closing
From Why Hot Leads Ghost Your Emails, Oct 29, 2024

Six months of discovery calls, now walking out the door with them.
Pipeline · Ghosting
From 3 Pattern Interrupts to Start Using Today, Oct 17, 2024

That thousand-yard stare after someone asks about next steps on every deal.
Pipeline · Sales managers · End of quarter
From How to Make Prospects Sell to Themsleves, Oct 10, 2024

Confidence is a strategy. Just not a great one.
Pipeline · Sales managers · Quota
From The Hammock Effect: Get Prospects to Pay Attention, Sep 12, 2024

It was in commit. Past tense.
Pipeline · End of quarter · Closing
From The Death of Open Rates: Gmail's New Email Tracking Pixel Policy, Sep 10, 2024

Priorities changed. So did your commit number.
Pipeline · End of quarter
From The Sales Team Behind a $300M Ponzi Scheme, Aug 20, 2024

Full body, full pipeline, full denial.
Pipeline · Objections
From The Rise Of Full Stack Sales Reps, Jul 18, 2024

Even the GOAT gets a Monday morning CRM hygiene reminder.
CRM · AE life
From How to Follow Up After a Sales Job Interview, Apr 16, 2024

Commit, best case, or vibes. Pick one.
Pipeline · Sales managers · Closing
From A Look Inside The AWS Sales Team, Apr 4, 2024

Laughing so the forecast call doesn't make me cry.
Pipeline · Quota · End of quarter
From How to Make People Say ‘Yes’ With Persuasion, Jan 23, 2024

Sounds like a great talking point for the next one on one.
Pipeline · Sales managers
From What is the MEDDPICC Sales Method?, Jan 9, 2024

It's looking. That's all I'll commit to.
Pipeline · Sales managers
From A Quick Guide to SNAP Selling, Sep 28, 2023

Pipeline review is going great, thanks for asking.
Pipeline · Sales managers
From 4 Steps to Wining any Negotiation, Sep 21, 2023

The SE has seen this forecast before. Many times.
Pipeline · AE life · Discovery and demos
From The Guy Behind Sales at Salesforce - David Rudnitsky, Jun 30, 2023

We had a whole script for this, remember?
Discovery and demos · Objections
From How to Become An Unreplaceable Sales Rep, Apr 30, 2026

An hour of window shopping, and you brought the snacks.
Discovery and demos · Prospecting
From Why the Best Reps Let Their Manager Be the Bad Guy, Apr 2, 2026

Any interest at all, and we are already there.
Discovery and demos · Prospecting
From Vibe Selling Is Real (And There's Data to Prove It), Mar 12, 2026

Daily. Absolutely daily. Next question.
Discovery and demos · AE life
From What to Do in the 30 Days After You Lose a Deal, Mar 5, 2026

So that's a no on the number, then.
Discovery and demos · Objections
From How to Make December Your Best Sales Month of the Year., Dec 2, 2025

Engineering just found out about their Q3 roadmap.
Discovery and demos · Customer success · AE life
From Selling to Yoda: How to Sell to People Who Know More Than You, May 6, 2025

Word for word, every call, with full conviction.
Discovery and demos
From What your Zoom Background Says About You, Jan 9, 2025

Discovery, but make it improv.
Discovery and demos
From The Best Mistake Salespeople Can Make, Jun 27, 2024

Just enough to get to the demo. The SE handles the rest.
Discovery and demos · AE life
From How to Choose The Right Story to Sell With, May 23, 2024

Rapport building, or a full comedy club performance.
Discovery and demos · Closing
From Getting a Tech Sales Job is Much Harder in 2023, Nov 28, 2023

Rapport building, one fake belly laugh at a time.
Discovery and demos · Quota
From The Sandler Selling System, Sep 14, 2023

Honestly? Funniest thing said on a call all quarter.
Discovery and demos · Closing
From The First Sales Reps at Google, Jul 27, 2023

Pretty sure they're answering Slack about someone else's demo.
Discovery and demos
From Does Being Funny Help You in Sales?, Jul 18, 2023

Pricing is available upon request, and three more calls.
Discovery and demos · Negotiation
From Sales Scandal: American Express Goes Rogue, Jul 11, 2023

The AE's main job here is nodding with conviction.
Discovery and demos · AE life
From Use Influence to Sell More, Jun 1, 2023

Friendly handshake, cutthroat intentions.
AE life · Marketing
From Letting a Buyer Walk Away Will Win You More Business, Sep 17, 2026

So happy for you. Truly. Very happy.
AE life · Closing
From The 7 Ways Great Sales Reps Become Terrible Managers, Aug 25, 2026

A meeting is a meeting, and the SPIFF is the SPIFF.
SDR life · Discovery and demos
From Top Down Vs Bottom Up Selling Motions: Which one is right for you?, Jul 28, 2026

The title was doing a lot of heavy lifting.
SDR life · Cold calling
From Your Best Leads Are People Who Already Said No, Jul 16, 2026

Twelve months of cold calls will do that to a face.
SDR life · Work life
From Why VPs of Sales Don't Last Long, Jun 18, 2026

You taught them everything they know. That was the mistake.
AE life · Quota
From What to Do When Your Champion Leaves During a Deal, Jun 9, 2026

Same job, bigger title, much bigger shoulders.
SDR life · AE life
From Sales Is the Best Training Ground for Future Founders, May 26, 2026

Those are fighting words at the regional level.
AE life · Work life
From Corporate Politics Are Real. Here's How to Play the Game in Sales., May 12, 2026

Please, use the full title.
AE life · Work life
From The Best Sales Manager I Ever Had, Apr 7, 2026

Budget on the first call? That BDR is getting a raise.
SDR life · AE life · Discovery and demos
From The Voice Tricks That Make Prospects Want to Buy from You, Jan 13, 2026

Same job, very different LinkedIn headline.
SDR life · LinkedIn
From How to Set Your 2026 Sales Goals, Dec 30, 2025

Great work booking it, buddy. Maybe just stay on mute this time.
SDR life · Discovery and demos
From B2B Sales is Turning You Neurotic, Sep 26, 2024

Confidence is free. Credibility takes a few more years.
SDR life · Prospecting
From Mark Cuban's Cold Call Script, Jun 4, 2024

They thought the pipeline just showed up on its own.
AE life · Prospecting
From The Sales Questions You Should Be Asking, May 2, 2024

Same job, better chain.
SDR life · LinkedIn
From Why Great Sales Reps Make Bad Managers, Apr 23, 2024

Great work, champ. Totally not bitter about it.
SDR life · Prospecting
From Behind The Scenes of OpenAI’s Sales Team, Feb 29, 2024

Top of the leaderboard is easier with a leaderboard of one.
AE life · Quota
From How to Get in Touch With Senior Leaders in Sales, Dec 7, 2023

Somebody get this rep a cold compress and a PTO day.
SDR life · Prospecting
From Learning vs. Performance Goals in Sales, Nov 14, 2023

The AE lunchroom has never been so ruthless.
AE life · Prospecting
From How IBM's Sales Team Saved the Company from Failure, Oct 5, 2023

They picked up the phone once. That counts.
SDR life · AE life · Pipeline
From The 3 Stakeholders to Watch Out For, Aug 22, 2023

A meeting is a meeting when the dashboard is watching.
SDR life · Discovery and demos
From Leaked Document Shows How Amazon Sales Reps Will Sell Artificial Intel, Jun 20, 2023

Please enjoy this complimentary shoutout in the team Slack.
SDR life · Closing · AE life
From Which CEOs started in sales?, Jun 13, 2023

That's one full sandwich. Maybe a drink too.
SDR life · Cold calling · Commission
From What is a PIP & How to Deal with Them, Jun 6, 2023

Two years in and suddenly you're the tribal knowledge.
AE life · Work life
From Which company has the best Sales team?, May 9, 2023

The most honest five year plan in the building.
Job hunting · Work life
From 7 Warning Signs You Shouldn’t Hire That Sales Rep, Sep 1, 2026

Expense reports are a whole different sport.
Work life · CRM
From Is GTM Just a Fancy Name for Sales?, Aug 27, 2026

If he didn't read it, why should you?
AI · Sales managers
From 5 Sales Basics That Will Make You Better Than 90% of Reps, Aug 13, 2026

Seven bots, zero humans, one very recorded rep.
AI · Discovery and demos
From I just got put on a PIP. What the heck should I do?, Jul 30, 2026

At least she's honest in the interview.
Job hunting · Commission
From The AI Job Apocalypse Is Probably BS. Salespeople are Safe, Jun 4, 2026

Everyone else seems to be having a great quarter.
AI · LinkedIn · Job hunting
From The #1 Rule of Selling to Big Teams: Always Make Your Contact Look Good to Their Boss, Apr 28, 2026

Somebody has to hit send on a Saturday.
Work life · Cold email · Sales managers
From How to Sell the More Expensive Option (When You Know It's the Right One), Apr 21, 2026

Miracles do happen, just not often.
Marketing · Prospecting · Pipeline
From How to Get a Sales Job Without Applying for One, Apr 14, 2026

Great work, champ. Very tough competition this year.
AI · Quota
From Sales Rep Fired Before the Deal Closed: Here's Whats to Know, Mar 31, 2026

Three coffee blocks and one sales call. Balance.
Work life · LinkedIn
From How to Be Helpful Even When You're Not Selling, Mar 24, 2026

And the whole thing got transcribed and summarized.
AI · Discovery and demos
From 3 Voice Tricks That Can Make Up for a Bad Sales Script, Mar 3, 2026

The hat comes off around month four.
Work life · SDR life
From Why the Second-Best Rep on Your Team Is Actually the Most Valuable, Feb 26, 2026

Act like you belong and nobody asks questions.
Job hunting · Closing
From The Weird Economics of Selling Against a Free Competitor, Feb 24, 2026

Maybe keep the camera off for one more day.
Work life · Discovery and demos
From The Secret Third Door to Get Booked Meetings, Jan 6, 2026

Great attendance. Zero humans.
AI · Discovery and demos
From How Vercel Just Replaced its 10 Person Sales Team with AI Agents, Oct 30, 2025

Maybe use the personal laptop for that one.
Job hunting · Work life
From Finding the Right Title in B2B Sales, Oct 7, 2025

Humbling, but we'll still take the commission.
Marketing · Closing
From What Sales Reps Can Learn From Boxing Promoters, Aug 28, 2025

PTO is more of a suggestion anyway.
Work life · Closing
From Why You Should Kill A Deal So You Can Save it, Aug 26, 2025

Sales has entered the chat, and the chat has questions.
Marketing · Pipeline
From Sales Advice from Jeff Bezos, May 15, 2025

Step one: find the little box where you type.
AI · SDR life · AE life
From 4 Mental Models Top Reps Use, But Never Talk About., Apr 17, 2025

Every networking event has this guy.
Work life · Prospecting
From The 3 Pillars of Persuasion: Get Anyone To Say Yes, Apr 3, 2025

Same job, better turtleneck.
Work life · LinkedIn
From Why Too Many Choices Make People Buy Less, Mar 6, 2025

Dressed for the occasion, as always.
Work life · Sales managers
From The Science of Why Prospects Say No to Salespeople, Mar 4, 2025

Pursuit of greatness, and also a very specific OTE number.
Job hunting
From The 4 Second Rule in Sales, Feb 27, 2025

It filled out the form, so technically it's an MQL.
Marketing · Prospecting
From 4 Little Known Ways Sales Reps Ruin Deals, Feb 6, 2025

Honestly the best answer for Thanksgiving dinner.
Work life
From How to Use an Anchor in Your Sales Pitch, Jan 28, 2025

Same guy, a few quarters later.
Work life
From 6 Creative New Year's Follow Up Emails, Jan 7, 2025

Out of office, technically.
Work life
From Creating Urgency in Q4 Deals, Nov 21, 2024

Five business days. Forty years of wear.
Work life
From Mastering the Art of Small Talk for Salespeople, May 7, 2024

The most honest answer in the whole industry.
Work life
From No More Non-Compete's for Sales Reps, Apr 30, 2024

Month twelve is when the LinkedIn profile gets updated.
Work life · Job hunting
From How to Sell New Products With MAYA, Feb 13, 2024

High energy, allegedly. The cubicles didn't get the memo.
Job hunting · Work life
From Sales Secrets From The Founder of Avon Beauty., Feb 1, 2024

The stress is the price of admission. The commission is why we stay.
Work life
From Sales Lessons From Coach Nick Saban, Jan 25, 2024

One polite email and the whole day is made.
Customer success
From Steve Ballmer was Microsoft's Best Salesman, Jan 4, 2024

Silence from the marketing side of the stage.
Marketing
From Do Relationships Matter in Sales, Dec 14, 2023

Marketing counts it as an MQL, so technically a win.
Marketing · Prospecting
From What is a Sales Engineer?, Nov 21, 2023

Honesty is a great interview strategy. Sometimes.
Job hunting · Commission
From Everything You Need to Know About GAP Selling, Oct 12, 2023

Step one: buy the blue blazer. Step two: 10X.
Work life · LinkedIn
From Do Sales Reps Make More Than Their Managers?, Aug 24, 2023

Finally, something both teams agree on.
Marketing · Quota
From 3 sales lessons from How to Win Friends and Influence People, Jul 25, 2023

Marketing swears this form fill was legit.
Marketing · Pipeline
From How to respond to: "We don't have budget", Jul 13, 2023

Business on camera, flannel pants below the desk.
Job hunting · Work life
From Billionaires believe in cold-calling too., Jun 27, 2023

Downloaded one ebook in 2019. Very ready to talk.
Marketing · Pipeline
From Growing an Audience, Crushing Quota, and Getting Fired. The Trent Dres, Jun 8, 2023

Onboarding was a Loom from 2021 and a shared Google Doc.
Job hunting · Sales managers
From Cloudflare Fire's 100 "Order Taker" Sales Reps, May 2, 2023
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