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Stories from the world of sales.

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Inside Cisco's Sales Team Strategy

Mar 5, 2024

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8 min read

Inside Cisco's Sales Team Strategy

A new sales approach to selling in a software environment

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No Quotas or Commission: Behind The Scenes of OpenAI’s Sales Team

Feb 29, 2024

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8 min read

No Quotas or Commission: Behind The Scenes of OpenAI’s Sales Team

What it's really like to work for the company behind ChatGPT

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Layoffs & Viral Videos

Jan 18, 2024

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8 min read

Layoffs & Viral Videos

A sales rep went viral for getting fired and the CEO's response

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Microsoft's best salesman ever

Jan 4, 2024

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8 min read

Microsoft's best salesman ever

He closed IBM and screamed... a lot

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Getting a Tech Sales Job is Much Harder in 2023

Nov 28, 2023

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9 min read

Getting a Tech Sales Job is Much Harder in 2023

A tech sales recruiter tells us what the job market is really like

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From CEO back to BDR

Nov 2, 2023

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9 min read

From CEO back to BDR

The story of a 7-figure CEO turned BDR

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The Best Companies to Sell For

Oct 26, 2023

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7 min read

The Best Companies to Sell For

RepVue names the top sales orgs to work at.

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Wolf of Wall Street Style TikTok Video Goes Viral

Oct 4, 2023

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4 min read

Wolf of Wall Street Style TikTok Video Goes Viral

what does Axe Elite sell?

Nic Conley
Nic Conley

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How to Sell like an Infomercial Pitchman

Sep 26, 2023

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7 min read

How to Sell like an Infomercial Pitchman

Sales lessons from an As Seen On TV Legend

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The Wells Fargo Sales Scandal

Sep 12, 2023

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7 min read

The Wells Fargo Sales Scandal

A $3 billion mistake that could lead to prison time.

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What it was like selling for WeWork

Aug 29, 2023

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6 min read

What it was like selling for WeWork

An inside look at the WeWork sales team

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Sales reps make more than their managers?

Aug 24, 2023

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6 min read

Sales reps make more than their managers?

Breaking down Manager vs Rep Comp

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Sales Rep's caught in an illegal scheme 👀

Aug 17, 2023

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8 min read

Sales Rep's caught in an illegal scheme 👀

The Legend Ventures Sales Scheme

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Selling is different this year...

Aug 15, 2023

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8 min read

Selling is different this year...

Plus: why sales reps should make more assumptions

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This IBM Sales Rep Could Be The Next Warren Buffett

Aug 8, 2023

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8 min read

This IBM Sales Rep Could Be The Next Warren Buffett

Plus: a Lawsuit for Secretly recording sales calls

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Are sales reps actually using AI?

Aug 1, 2023

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8 min read

Are sales reps actually using AI?

The 2023 State of AI in Sales

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The first sales reps at Google

Jul 27, 2023

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9 min read

The first sales reps at Google

What're they doing today?

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Sales Scandal: Amex Sales Reps get Jipped

Jul 11, 2023

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8 min read

Sales Scandal: Amex Sales Reps get Jipped

why you should question the product your selling

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The 3 things salespeople actually want

Jul 6, 2023

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7 min read

The 3 things salespeople actually want

Hire and retain your best sales reps

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This sales playbook took Salesforce from $25M to $5 billion

Jun 30, 2023

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7 min read

This sales playbook took Salesforce from $25M to $5 billion

Why VC's are betting big on sales people

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How a cold call made this medical student a billionaire

Jun 27, 2023

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7 min read

How a cold call made this medical student a billionaire

Why this billionaire credits his success to a single cold call

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The NBA Finals of Cold Calling

Jun 22, 2023

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8 min read

The NBA Finals of Cold Calling

6 SDR's competing for $1,0000

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Amazon's AI Sales Playbook Leaked 👀

Jun 20, 2023

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7 min read

Amazon's AI Sales Playbook Leaked 👀

Plus: The email templates they're using

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500 sales leaders predict revenue growth, AI, and hiring

Jun 15, 2023

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7 min read

500 sales leaders predict revenue growth, AI, and hiring

The Sales Confidence Index

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Is it Easier to Sell at Well-Known Companies?

May 16, 2023

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6 min read

Is it Easier to Sell at Well-Known Companies?

name brand vs start ups

Nic Conley
Nic Conley
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