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30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales

Armand Farrokh & Nick Cegelskiwww.30mpc.com
The #1 sales podcast in the world, fueled by hyper-actionable sales tactics from the top 1% sellers at companies like Salesforce, Gong, Outreach, Slack, LinkedIn, Keller Williams, Northwestern Mutual. 30 Minutes to President's Club cuts all the BS, fluffy mindset stories, and sales academia to give you the most actionable sales tactics that get you to President's Club. Every episode is a supercharged 30 minutes where you'll hear step-by-step breakdowns in every key dimension of sales, including: Prospecting: How to open conversations to triple your pipeline Discovery: How to ask questions that uncover massive pain Process: How to get big contracts over the line Leadership: How to hire and train world class teams. Your founding hosts are Nick Cegelski (3x top enterprise seller) and Armand Farrokh (VP of Sales at 29, ex-Pave, ex-Carta) joined by co-host Mark Kosoglow (CRO @ Catalyst, ex-Outreach).  Whether you're seller listening to the (SELL) show or leader tuning into the (LEAD) show… Get ready, you're going to President's Club.

Episodes

Product Roadmap: Q4 2023

Get ready for the baddest 30MPC roadmap you've seen in your life. Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Sep 18, 202311 min

161 (Sell): Crafting success with creative deals (Mark Kosoglow, Chief Revenue Office @ Catalyst Software)

FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS B2C Mall Sales Hustle: Show them what their world looks like with your product RIGHT NOW. When they prompt a creative deal term, say yes first, but then ask: “Does that mean you’ll buy now?” If not, keep digging. Good creative deals lose in the short term but win in the long term. You might take the buyout hit today, but that’s ok if you keep the customer for 3 years. When a customer asks for new product guarantees in a contract, ask: “Is what you want to be built reall...

Sep 13, 202333 min

YouTube: 4 Ways To NOT Sound Like A Telemarketer

Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/45N3Vpq 30MPC YouTube is here. It’s like Hollywood, except the hosts are even better looking than Brad Pitt.... 5 minutes, one tactic per video, with schweet visuals (real emails, roleplays) to make it even more actionable than the podcast.

Sep 12, 20237 min

YouTube: Push Your Prospects Away To Sell More Deals

Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/3Em7hUz 30MPC YouTube is here. It’s like Hollywood, except the hosts are even better looking than Brad Pitt.... 5 minutes, one tactic per video, with schweet visuals (real emails, roleplays) to make it even more actionable than the podcast.

Sep 08, 20236 min

Playbook: Crushing your competitors

Every 10th episode, we tear down one topic. This time, we’re talking about crushing your competitors. Actionable Takeaways 50% of deals are going to be won by just being a better seller, the other half by properly selling inside the winning zone. Start by figuring out what’s important to them, then recommend a few priorities specifically in your winning zone while seeding competitor losing zones. Against apples-to-apples competitors, tilt the odds in your favor with on-sites, power, and referenc...

Sep 06, 202335 min

Club Playbook: Do the opposite (ft. Nick Cegelski)

ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Every 2-3 days reach out to prospects via phone, email, LinkedIn. Get on their radar and get a response. Abide by the law of diminishing returns. If a prospect isn't responding, give up and reallocate that effort to prospects that are legitimate. At the end of the meeting, before getting to the next step, pulse-check the customer using the 5-minute drill. It’s okay to sometimes lose a negotiation in favor of getting the deal done. Whenever possible, you should opt for a live...

Sep 04, 202321 min

160 (Sell): Making meaningful intros to move competitive deals (Shay Keeler, Sr. Director of Global Commercial NL Sales @ Outreach)

===================== Join us for a "Live from Unleash" episode of 30MPC on October 3-5 @ Seattle Convention Center ($300 discount) Come to experience AI-Powered selling with Outreach and learn actionable sales strategies from leaders and top performers from Cisco, Verizon, Grammarly, and more. ===================== FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Monday morning opportunity hit list: create a list of opportunities that don’t have next steps or told you to call back around this time. If someone’s shopp...

Aug 30, 202333 min

YouTube: How Much Money Can You Make in Tech Sales? (Real Data)

Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/3QUELRr 30MPC YouTube is here. It’s like Hollywood, except the hosts are even better looking than Brad Pitt.... 5 minutes, one tactic per video, with schweet visuals (real emails, roleplays) to make it even more actionable than the podcast.

Aug 29, 202310 min

159 (Sell): Leveraging your team to secure strategic deals (Brantley Berryhill, Head of Strategic Sales @ Atlan)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.li/Q01YFCP90 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use the team Slack channel to keep your internal resources selling for you, alongside you, at every step of a big deal. Use your leaders to ask questions at different altitudes to change the level of the conversation. Forward the deal narrative to the CEO and have them reach out to the contact you’re trying to multithread into. Create your own references instead of using the customer success...

Aug 23, 202328 min

Youtube: How To Build Rapport In Sales (NO WEATHER TALK!)

🗒️ Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/44hjTa4 30MPC YouTube is here. It’s like Hollywood, except the hosts are even better looking than Brad Pitt.... 5 minutes, one tactic per video, with schweet visuals (real emails, roleplays) to make it even more actionable than the podcast.

Aug 22, 20235 min

YouTube: How To Prep For Your Next Sales Call

Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/3QGDoWc 30MPC YouTube is here. It’s like Hollywood, except the hosts are even better looking than Brad Pitt.... 5 minutes, one tactic per video, with schweet visuals (real emails, roleplays) to make it even more actionable than the podcast.

Aug 18, 20238 min

158 (Sell): Conquering the chaos at the end of your deals (Todd Caponi, Founder, Speaker, & Workshop Leader @ Sales Melon)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS There are four levers in a negotiation: Volume, timing of cash, length of commitment, and timing of the deal. When describing the levers, explain upfront: There’s tremendous value in us being able to predict and we’re willing to pay for that in the form of a discount. Hold firm by telling everyone in the world what the 4 levers are EARLY in your sales cycle. When power comes in for a final p...

Aug 16, 202342 min

YouTube: Triple Your Email Replies With The 3x3 Cold Email

Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/458zfP8 30MPC YouTube is here. It’s like Hollywood, except the hosts are even better looking than Brad Pitt.... 5 minutes, one tactic per video, with schweet visuals (real emails, roleplays) to make it even more actionable than the podcast.

Aug 15, 20239 min

157 (Sell): Riding rising stars on the way to enterprise deals (Chris Surdi, Strategic Account Manager @ Ascend)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Figure out your champion’s motives. This might look like supporting their business motives / aligning with their bonus/financial motives / or making them feel like they’re going to ink their next promotion. The Sandwich Sale: Combine the groundswell at the bottom of the organization with executive momentum at the top to squeeze the middle managers into action. Ask the executive: “Who’s your ...

Aug 09, 202333 min

YouTube: I Book 1 In 3 Cold Calls With This Opener

The Heard The Name Tossed Around Opener - The first ever viral sales tactic I released is the opener that helped me book 1 in 3 cold calls. It's yours to steal now. THE LATEST FROM 30MPC Tactic Teardown Toolkits & Templates THINGS YOU CAN STEAL Prospecting Lavender: Sales Email Frameworks ZoomInfo: 5 Plays, 30MPC Style Woodpecker: Nick’s Sales Cadence Orum: 5 Cold Call Objection Talk Tracks Owler: 4 Multi-Channel Prospecting Touchpoints (Try Owler Max) Boomerang: Tactics for Peak Productivity Ro...

Aug 08, 202311 min

YouTube: Got Hung Up On? Use This Cold Call Script (Youtube Opening Week)

Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/3KjHrnz 30MPC YouTube is here. It’s like Hollywood, except the hosts are even better looking than Brad Pitt.... 5 minutes, one tactic per video, with schweet visuals (real emails, roleplays) to make it even more actionable than the podcast.

Aug 04, 20234 min

YouTube: 7 Ways To Get Your Prospects Talking (Youtube Opening Week)

Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/3qb4ni0 30MPC YouTube is here. It’s like Hollywood, except the hosts are even better looking than Brad Pitt.... 5 minutes, one tactic per video, with schweet visuals (real emails, roleplays) to make it even more actionable than the podcast.

Aug 03, 20238 min

156 (Sell): Amplifying authenticity to soft close across the sales cycle (JC Pollard, Mid-Market Account Executive @ Gong)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 But wait, there's even more Gong x 30MPC at our Master Class Series :) FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use the 3x3 after your opener: “I noticed this, this, and this about you…how familiar are you with what we do?” Be outrageously authentic. Example: “I would’ve been fired if I only closed deals with allocated budget.” Set the expectation for three call outcomes upfront. At the end, tell them you think we’re at a 1 (which ...

Aug 02, 202334 min

155 (Sell): Leveraging enterprise executives to expand your deals (Brandon Wagoner, Founding Team-GTM Lead @ Superblocks)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start your executive meetings with the top 2-3 priorities, then be quiet and let them explain why they took your call. At the end of the executive meeting, ask them to sponsor you and make intros to each department lead. Test pricing throughout the sales cycle with each department lead so that when the big proposal lands, it can be justified. Not sure if the deal is a waste of time? Ask: is ...

Jul 26, 202334 min

Hall of Fame: Kevin “KD” Dorsey Ep. 8

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Use problem ?’s ending in “so that _____ doesn’t happen.” Then give multiple choice. Use a slight downtone when hearing the response to get prospects to lean in Use bucket questions to get your prospect to agree to 1 of 2 problems they’re having Use “I think this might make sense” before coming in hot with your value prop PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB SVP of Sales and Partnerships at Bench Accoun...

Jul 24, 202326 min

154 (Sell): Pushing pipeline by selling value deposits, not features (Kyle Norton, SVP Sales & Partnerships @ Owner)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Offer them value instead of meetings. Frame your asks in terms of what they will get out of the meeting. If someone is on a competitor, offer insights on where that competitor may fall short. Politely illuminate things that might be a bit “off” in their business. Provide an off-ramp for the prospect by making them explain why they are willing to invest in the next step. “Where does this rank...

Jul 19, 202330 min

153 (Sell): Driving deals with show & tell through heaven & hell (Alex Kremer, Director of Sales @ Catalyst Software)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start with the lay of the land questions > heaven and hell questions > typically questions. If they don’t know the metric they’re trying to improve, it’s your job to educate THEM on the metric you can solve for. Tell. Show. Tell. Tell them what you’re going to show them > show it to them > then tell them what you just showed them and how it relates to what you learned about them in discovery...

Jul 12, 202335 min

152 (Sell): Mastering momentum and winning 1:1's as an SDR (Zach Landres-Schnur, Head of Sales Development @ LiveRamp)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS When prioritizing accounts, try to find the low-hanging internal research (CL Opps, Past Conversations), then move to external research (10-K, New Contact) In weekly 1:1s, do a look back on the past accounts you worked, and a look forward on the new ones. Have specific columns for the SDRs to fill in findings from their outreach. Look for triggers when you’re refreshing an account to change ...

Jul 05, 202329 min

Club Playbook: Get to power every time (ft. Jason Bay)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Download Jason Bay's Multithreading Masterclass Register for the July Tactic TV episode, What Should You Have Said Instead? (Multithreading Edition) ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Create a hypothesis of the key stakeholders involved in the buying process and suggest their involvement by name during the initial call. Focus on selling the desired outcome rather than solely focusing on closing the deal. Involve influential decisi...

Jul 03, 202312 min

151 (Sell): Mastering every moment at your next conference (+ never lose at musical chairs) (Christine Nolan, Global VP of Sales @ Starburst)

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Don’t drink and eat yourself to death at a conference. Keep your eye on the ball - meeting prospects. When you pre-set meetings before the conference, talk to the prospect’s team in advance. Focus the conversation on what you learned + what they’re hoping to get out of this. Add pictures of the people you want to meet in a Google doc. At the conference, create organic moments where you find ...

Jun 28, 202332 min

Product Roadmap: Q3 2023

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Welcome to the biggest content launch quarter in 30MPC history: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/q3-30mpc-roadmap-30-minutes-to-president-s-club RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal

Jun 26, 202318 min

Playbook: Top 10 moments that change the way we sell

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 Every 10th episode, we tear down one topic. This time, we’re hitting them all. The top 10 episodes and takeaways (so far) that change the way Nick and Armand sell. Prospecting Episode 118 Ryan Reisert: Use the right prospecting channel for the job. If they don’t open emails, stop emailing! Episode 114 Charly Johnson: Don’t be afraid of “out of cadence” effort Discovery Episode 110 Doug Landis: PPO Episode 137 Krysten...

Jun 21, 202332 min

150 (Sell): Navigating the nuances of a hero's journey (Adam Wainwright, Sr. Director of Sales @ Clari )

Join the most tactical sales newsletter in the world: https://hubs.ly/Q01-R33G0 FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS At the end of a discovery call, lay out a play-by-play recap and look for the nod. The 5-chapter Recap Email: [1] What we learned, [2] How we can help (the 1-2 things they loved the most) [3] Suggest times [4] Gather inputs that can build a business case [5] lay out the sequence of events. The Technical Validation Call: Explain the 4 things we need upfront. SE sends a technical follow-up wit...

Jun 14, 202335 min