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The Predictable Revenue Podcast

Collin Stewartpredictablerevenue.com
We interview outbound sales leaders so that you can learn directly from the people on the front lines. Our goal is to help our audience learn sales development, coaching, and prospecting best practices from people that are currently building or have built SDR teams.

Episodes

051: Pinpointing Particular Personas: How Morgan J Ingram Helps Companies Build a Scalable Foundation for Persona-Based Prospecting

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Morgan J. Ingram, Atlanta-based Director of Sales Execution and Evolution at JBarrows Sales Training. In addition to his work prospecting to (and, ultimately, training) sales team across North America, Morgan also hosts popular YouTube show The SDR Chronicles, and mentors aspiring entrepreneurs as part of the Growth X Academy. Last we checked, there’s only 24 hours in a day. Maybe Morgan doesn’t need to sleep? Th...

May 03, 201832 min

VIDEO - 051: Pinpointing Particular Personas: How Morgan J Ingram Helps Companies Build a Scalable Foundation for Persona-Based Prospecting

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Morgan J. Ingram, Atlanta-based Director of Sales Execution and Evolution at JBarrows Sales Training. In addition to his work prospecting to (and, ultimately, training) sales team across North America, Morgan also hosts popular YouTube show The SDR Chronicles, and mentors aspiring entrepreneurs as part of the Growth X Academy. Last we checked, there’s only 24 hours in a day. Maybe Morgan doesn’t need to sleep? Th...

May 03, 201832 min

050: Social Selling 101 With SMARTASSISTANT’s Karly Neveu

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host host Collin Stewart welcomes Karly Neveu, Director of Inside Sales and Sales Operations at SMARTASSISTANT, an international SaaS company building digital recommendation engines. Karly, a veteran sales leader, has done it all in the industry – SDR, AE, SDR Manager, Global Inside Sales Manager. Not too shabby. But in addition to holding such lofty positions, Karly’s early stage tenure at Hootsuite meant she got in on the ground floor of a...

Apr 26, 201845 min

VIDEO - 050: Social Selling 101 With SMARTASSISTANT’s Karly Neveu

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host host Collin Stewart welcomes Karly Neveu, Director of Inside Sales and Sales Operations at SMARTASSISTANT, an international SaaS company building digital recommendation engines. Karly, a veteran sales leader, has done it all in the industry – SDR, AE, SDR Manager, Global Inside Sales Manager. Not too shabby. But in addition to holding such lofty positions, Karly’s early stage tenure at Hootsuite meant she got in on the ground floor of a...

Apr 26, 201845 min

VIDEO - 049: LinkedIn Prospecting Like a Pro With Bregal Sagemount’s Cole Fox

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Cole Fox, Portfolio Operations Lead at Bregal Sagemount, a multi-billion private equity firm investing in high-growth SaaS companies (amongst many other market-leading firms). Cole is a veteran sales professional, leader, and now advisor and mentor. He’s been an SDR, AE, managed sales teams, been a CEO and co-founder, and written extensively on sales development and sales processes. Throughout the pod, Collin and...

Apr 12, 201844 min

049: LinkedIn Prospecting Like a Pro With Bregal Sagemount’s Cole Fox

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Cole Fox, Portfolio Operations Lead at Bregal Sagemount, a multi-billion private equity firm investing in high-growth SaaS companies (amongst many other market-leading firms). Cole is a veteran sales professional, leader, and now advisor and mentor. He’s been an SDR, AE, managed sales teams, been a CEO and co-founder, and written extensively on sales development and sales processes. Throughout the pod, Collin and...

Apr 12, 201844 min

VIDEO - 48: A Shift in Perspective...And an Increase in Results: Moving from Lead-Based to Account-Based Thinking With Terminus’ Mike Venable

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Mike Venable, Sales Manager at Atlanta’s Terminus, fast growing (very fast growing!) B2B platform for account-based marketers. Mike is a veteran sales professional (14+ years in the game) with a breadth of experience ranging from SaaS, MarTech, recruitment solutions, digital advertising, print advertising, television advertising and data analytics. Throughout the pod, Collin and Mike do a deep dive on a dominant ...

Apr 05, 201836 min

048: A Shift in Perspective...And an Increase in Results: Moving from Lead-Based to Account-Based Thinking With Terminus’ Mike Venable

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Mike Venable, Sales Manager at Atlanta’s Terminus, fast growing (very fast growing!) B2B platform for account-based marketers. Mike is a veteran sales professional (14+ years in the game) with a breadth of experience ranging from SaaS, MarTech, recruitment solutions, digital advertising, print advertising, television advertising and data analytics. Throughout the pod, Collin and Mike do a deep dive on a dominant ...

Apr 05, 201836 min

VIDEO - 047: Imparting Business Value and Clarifying Technical Specifics: Nailing the Technical Demo With Chartio’s Matt Cassel

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Matt Cassel, Account Executive at Chartio, a business intelligence software firm in San Francisco specializing in providing dashboards and analytics. Matt’s held various sales roles at Chartio over the years – everything from prospecting to specialized quota-carrying closer. Throughout the pod, Collin and Matt discuss a new topic for The Predictable Revenue Podcast: the technical demo, and how to effectively sell...

Mar 29, 201837 min

047: Imparting Business Value and Clarifying Technical Specifics: Nailing the Technical Demo With Chartio’s Matt Cassel

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Matt Cassel, Account Executive at Chartio, a business intelligence software firm in San Francisco specializing in providing dashboards and analytics. Matt’s held various sales roles at Chartio over the years – everything from prospecting to specialized quota-carrying closer. Throughout the pod, Collin and Matt discuss a new topic for The Predictable Revenue Podcast: the technical demo, and how to effectively sell...

Mar 29, 201837 min

VIDEO - 046: Close.io CEO Steli Efti on why your competitors’ follow-ups aren’t working and how you can stand out

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Steli Efti, CEO of rapidly growing Silicon Valley-based CRM company, Close.io To call Steli both a serial entrepreneur and sales leader is to do him a disservice on both counts. Steli has founded and led numerous companies, as well published 10 e-books (amongst other resources) on sales. Steli lives and breathes startups and business development. Throughout the pod, Collin and Steli delve deeply into every salesp...

Mar 15, 201856 min

046: Close.io CEO Steli Efti on why your competitors’ follow-ups aren’t working and how you can stand out

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Steli Efti, CEO of rapidly growing Silicon Valley-based CRM company, Close.io To call Steli both a serial entrepreneur and sales leader is to do him a disservice on both counts. Steli has founded and led numerous companies, as well published 10 e-books (amongst other resources) on sales. Steli lives and breathes startups and business development. Throughout the pod, Collin and Steli delve deeply into every salesp...

Mar 15, 201856 min

VIDEO - 045: Building Bridges and Maintaining Relationships: The Subtle Art of The Handoff With Cirrus Insights’ James Buckley

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes James Buckley, an Account Executive with Cirrus Insight, a sales workflow tool increasing sales efficiency and acumen by integrating your inbox with your CRM. Although James is currently in an Account Executive role, he’s done it all at Cirrus Insight. During his tenure, James has grown from a Client Engagement Specialist, to both a Manager and Director of Business Development. His excellent onboarding manual, writt...

Mar 01, 201836 min

045: Building Bridges and Maintaining Relationships: The Subtle Art of The Handoff With Cirrus Insights’ James Buckley

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes James Buckley, an Account Executive with Cirrus Insight, a sales workflow tool increasing sales efficiency and acumen by integrating your inbox with your CRM. Although James is currently in an Account Executive role, he’s done it all at Cirrus Insight. During his tenure, James has grown from a Client Engagement Specialist, to both a Manager and Director of Business Development. His excellent onboarding manual, writt...

Mar 01, 201836 min

044: Building Your Storytelling Journey: Jamie Shanks on the Fundamentals of Account-Based Sales

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Jamie Shanks, CEO of Toronto-based social selling management and consulting firm Sales For Life. Jamie – echoing the very name of his company – has been a lifelong sales professional. He’s led successful sales teams, started sales consultancies with international clients, and written a book on sales. Oh, and he’s also widely considered a leading expert on Social Selling. Throughout the pod, Collin and Jamie discu...

Feb 15, 201842 min

VIDEO - 044: Building Your Storytelling Journey: Jamie Shanks on the Fundamentals of Account-Based Sales

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Jamie Shanks, CEO of Toronto-based social selling management and consulting firm Sales For Life. Jamie – echoing the very name of his company – has been a lifelong sales professional. He’s led successful sales teams, started sales consultancies with international clients, and written a book on sales. Oh, and he’s also widely considered a leading expert on Social Selling. Throughout the pod, Collin and Jamie discu...

Feb 15, 201842 min

043: How Ryan Reisert’s SDRs Consistently Hit 100+ Activities Per Day

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Ryan Reisert, Lead Instructor and Head of Partnership Development at San Francisco-based coaching firm Sales Bootcamp. After years leading sales teams in the Bay Area, Ryan now consults with companies, large and small, on how to accelerate their sales development functions. Oh, and he also wrote a really great (and super timely) book: Outbound Sales, No Fluff: Written by Two Millennials Who Have Actually Sold Someth...

Feb 08, 201841 min

VIDEO - 043: How Ryan Reisert’s SDRs Consistently Hit 100+ Activities Per Day

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Ryan Reisert, Lead Instructor and Head of Partnership Development at San Francisco-based coaching firm Sales Bootcamp. After years leading sales teams in the Bay Area, Ryan now consults with companies, large and small, on how to accelerate their sales development functions. Oh, and he also wrote a really great (and super timely) book: Outbound Sales, No Fluff: Written by Two Millennials Who Have Actually Sold Someth...

Feb 08, 201841 min

VIDEO - 042: Nailing Your Proposals: Octiv’s Kelsey Brigg’s On How To Improve Those Critical Documents

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, hosts Collin Stewart and Aaron Ross welcome Kelsey Briggs, Engagement Manager at Octiv, an Indianapolis-based company supporting sales teams by revolutionizing tired document workflows. Since joining Octiv more than three years ago, Kelsey has been helping companies from a host of different industries improve their sales proposals...and their bottom lines. Throughout the pod, Collin, Aaron and Kelsey discuss the oft-neglected world of sales pro...

Feb 01, 201831 min

042: Nailing Your Proposals: Octiv’s Kelsey Brigg’s On How To Improve Those Critical Documents

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, hosts Collin Stewart and Aaron Ross welcome Kelsey Briggs, Engagement Manager at Octiv, an Indianapolis-based company supporting sales teams by revolutionizing tired document workflows. Since joining Octiv more than three years ago, Kelsey has been helping companies from a host of different industries improve their sales proposals...and their bottom lines. Throughout the pod, Collin, Aaron and Kelsey discuss the oft-neglected world of sales pro...

Feb 01, 201831 min

041: More Than Just a Cadence: Why Collibra’s Joe Bisagna Stresses Developing Business Acumen for SDRs

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Joe Bisagna, the New York City-based Regional Sales Manager at Collibra, a leader in the field of data governance. To say Joe is an active member of the New York sales community is an understatement. In addition to his leadership role at Collibra, Joe is the Founder and President of consultancy firm Brass Ring Sales, and the co-general manager of NYC’s Enterprise Sales Meetup group. Throughout the pod, Collin and Jo...

Jan 25, 201838 min

VIDEO - 041: More Than Just a Cadence: Why Collibra’s Joe Bisagna Stresses Developing Business Acumen for SDRs

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Joe Bisagna, the New York City-based Regional Sales Manager at Collibra, a leader in the field of data governance. To say Joe is an active member of the New York sales community is an understatement. In addition to his leadership role at Collibra, Joe is the Founder and President of consultancy firm Brass Ring Sales, and the co-general manager of NYC’s Enterprise Sales Meetup group. Throughout the pod, Collin and Jo...

Jan 25, 201838 min

VIDEO - 040: To Make Great Salespeople and Advance the Craft: Why Sales Leadership at SmartRecruiters Invests Heavily in Training and Developing its SDRs

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Chris Bryson, the San Francisco-based Head of North American Sales Development at SmartRecruiters. Chris is a growing leader in the field of sales development, having held various leadership positions at SmartRecruiters, and PandaDoc before that. He also sits on an advisory board at LinkedIn, where he provides feedback on the company’s sales products (I mean, who hasn’t used Sales Navigator?). Throughout the pod, Co...

Jan 18, 201839 min

040: To Make Great Salespeople and Advance the Craft: Why Sales Leadership at SmartRecruiters Invests Heavily in Training and Developing its SDRs

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Chris Bryson, the San Francisco-based Head of North American Sales Development at SmartRecruiters. Chris is a growing leader in the field of sales development, having held various leadership positions at SmartRecruiters, and PandaDoc before that. He also sits on an advisory board at LinkedIn, where he provides feedback on the company’s sales products (I mean, who hasn’t used Sales Navigator?). Throughout the pod, Co...

Jan 18, 201839 min

VIDEO - 039: The Ins and Outs of SalesLoft’s Account-Based Playbook: A Conversation With Sales Leader Derek Grant

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Derek Grant, VP of Commercial Sales at Atlanta-based sales development juggernaut SalesLoft. Derek knows his way around a sales team. Before joining SalesLoft, Derek held high-profile leadership positions at industry-leading firms like Pardot, as well as customer experience focused startup FullStory. Throughout the pod, Collin and Derek discuss SalesLoft’s evolution towards account-based sales, as well as how it’s m...

Jan 11, 201851 min

039: The Ins and Outs of SalesLoft’s Account-Based Playbook: A Conversation With Sales Leader Derek Grant

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Derek Grant, VP of Commercial Sales at Atlanta-based sales development juggernaut SalesLoft. Derek knows his way around a sales team. Before joining SalesLoft, Derek held high-profile leadership positions at industry-leading firms like Pardot, as well as customer experience focused startup FullStory. Throughout the pod, Collin and Derek discuss SalesLoft’s evolution towards account-based sales, as well as how it’s m...

Jan 11, 201851 min

VIDEO - 038: The Tie That Binds: Why Revenue Operations is a Critical Piece to Your Growing Sales Org

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, hosts Collin Stewart and Aaron Ross welcome veteran sales leader and growth strategist Brian Wilson. Simply put, Brian helps sales team grow. From sales and revenue operations, to prospecting, handoffs and Salesforce design, Brian examines sales orgs and establishes the processes to make your team a success. Throughout the pod, Collin, Aaron and Brian take a look at the role of revenue operations on a growing sales team (hint: it’s important). ...

Jan 04, 201837 min

038: The Tie That Binds: Why Revenue Operations is a Critical Piece to Your Growing Sales Org

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, hosts Collin Stewart and Aaron Ross welcome veteran sales leader and growth strategist Brian Wilson. Simply put, Brian helps sales team grow. From sales and revenue operations, to prospecting, handoffs and Salesforce design, Brian examines sales orgs and establishes the processes to make your team a success. Throughout the pod, Collin, Aaron and Brian take a look at the role of revenue operations on a growing sales team (hint: it’s important). ...

Jan 04, 201837 min

037: Tracking Trigger Events: How LeadSift Tracks Leads and Books Meetings Without Using ‘Static’ Prospecting

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Tuak Das, CEO of Halifax’s LeadSift, a sales intelligence platform that generates qualified leads from public web. Tukan is a veteran developer, entrepreneur, and company founder, with experience leading development teams and numerous startups focused on social media monitoring and lead generation. Throughout the pod, Collin and Tukan step away from building lists, making cold calls and drafting email drips to do a ...

Dec 28, 201743 min

VIDEO - 037: Tracking Trigger Events: How LeadSift Tracks Leads and Books Meetings Without Using ‘Static’ Prospecting

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, host Collin Stewart welcomes Tuak Das, CEO of Halifax’s LeadSift, a sales intelligence platform that generates qualified leads from public web. Tukan is a veteran developer, entrepreneur, and company founder, with experience leading development teams and numerous startups focused on social media monitoring and lead generation. Throughout the pod, Collin and Tukan step away from building lists, making cold calls and drafting email drips to do a ...

Dec 28, 201743 min