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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

Outbound Labs: Theme 1-Deliverability - Experiment 1: Indirect Ask

Whether you’re on the fence about investing in outbound, or a seasoned sales veteran looking to add some new skills to your prospecting bag of tricks, these videos will highlight what works and what doesn’t in Outbound Sales, keep you up-to-date on all the latest trends, and help you increase your sales.

Sep 11, 201914 min

Outbound Labs Intro

“At Predictable Revenue, we’re working on outbound sales for multiple clients across multiple channels targeting multiple industries. As such, we’re always seeing what works and what doesn’t and hearing about the latest trends from others doing the same. We’ve found that too often, outbound sales initiatives are driven by instincts and gut feeling. We wanted to remove this and take an experimental approach to test new ways to reach sales prospects so we can provide clear and reliable results aro...

Sep 10, 20193 min

118: How to scale a sales team: the three stages every startup sales team goes through.

We just wrapped with Robbie Allen, Founder at Buena Vista Ventures. You might also recognize him from his time at MixMax, Flexport, or that time he helped hire 250 sales reps at Zenefits. We dug deep into scaling sales teams and discussed the three stages that every startup sales team goes through: Product Market Fit (finding a mismatch), Repeatability and Scale (how to run a play repeatedly and see consistent results); and Hypergrowth (where you have a full playbook).We also talked about what s...

Sep 06, 20191 hr 21 min

117: The power of positivity: how to inspire your team to leave their limiting beliefs behind

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Kaitlyn Buckheit, Sales Development Manager at Lever. Kaitlyn is a veteran startup sales leader and compassionate manager working to empower her teams to not only crush their numbers, but cultivate a mindset that will empower them in all areas of their life. Throughout the pod, Collin and Kaitlyn do deep dive on creating and living that positive mindset. This is powerful stuff. Highlights include: defining and hi...

Aug 28, 20191 hr 16 min

116: The critical role of sales development in your conference and event strategy with Tenbound’s David Dulany

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes David Dulany, Founder and CEO of outbound sales consultancy Tenbound. If you look up “salesperson” in the dictionary, there may as well be a picture of David. He’s led sales development teams of all sizes, created prospecting teams from scratch, and hosts a terrific (and aptly-titled) Sales Development Podcast. Throughout the pod, Collin and David discuss how to empower your SDR team to nail your event outreach. ...

Aug 19, 20191 hr 1 min

115: How to build and evolve your first sales playbook with Bowery Capital’s Andrew Oddo

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Andrew Oddo, Director of Growth at Bowery Capital. Andrew is a veteran sales professional who turned VC. He’d helped countless growing companies build their outbound sales machine, as well as crushed a quota or two in his time. Throughout the pod, Collin and Andrew do deep dive into early-stage sales planning. If you’re a budding company looking to solidify your sales process and grow your team – this pod is a mu...

Aug 14, 20191 hr 5 min

113: The power of aligning brand and outbound sales with Sigstr’s Sarah Harbison Tosh

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Sarah Harbison Tosh, Senior Director Market Development at marketing platform Sigstr. Sarah is a veteran sales leader – she’s grown and managed teams at startups, fast-growing mid-market companies, and international tech unicorns. Throughout the pod, Collin and Sarah discuss the growing trend and power of mixing brand marketing with outbound sales development. Highlights include: why brand is getting involved wit...

Aug 07, 20191 hr 3 min

114: Content is king: how Kula’s Jeff White uses content to drive his company’s prospecting

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Jeff White, Founder and Principal of Kula Partners. Jeff is a veteran entrepreneur, marketer, and content creator – most notably known for creating the popular Kula Ring Podcast . Throughout the pod, Collin and Jeff discuss how to leverage content to drive prospecting and, of course, pipeline. Highlights include: Jeff’s content philosophy (3:56), the power of podcasting (9:43), Kula’s post-podcast outreach (16:20...

Aug 07, 201955 min

112: Cultivating confidence: how to coach, develop, and inspire your reps with Factor 8 and #GirlsClub founder Lauren Bailey.

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Lauren Bailey, founder of sales training and leadership consultancies Factor 8 and #GirlsClub Lauren is a renowned sales trainer and entrepreneur: before founding her own companies and working as a freelance training consultant, she led global sales teams and training divisions at international software goliaths like SAP. Throughout the pod, Collin and Lauren talk about a critical, yet often neglected, element of...

Jul 25, 201954 min

111: A window into the future: how Bevy Labs’ Steven Broudy sees sales evolving...and what we should do about it

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Steven Broudy, Vice President and Head of Sales at San Francisco-based customer to customer community management platform Bevy. From Army ranger sniper to SDR to renowned sales leader at some of the Bay Area’s most well-known companies, Steven has had one interesting journey into sales. Throughout the pod, Collin and Steven take a look at the next skills, trends, and tactics that will define the next decade of sa...

Jul 17, 201946 min

110: The power of coaching and long-term goal setting with Lever’s Kelly Del Curto

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Kelly Del Curto, Director of Small Business and Corporate Sales at lever. From starting as a quota-carrying rep, to running multiple sales teams, to hiring for a rapidly growing sales org – Kelly’s done it all during her tenure at Lever. Throughout the pod, Collin and kelly do a deep dive on a critical yet underserved aspect of sales (and team building as a whole): effective goal setting. Highlights include: Why ...

Jul 11, 20191 hr 10 min

109: How to unlock the growth potential in your account executives with Lessonly’s Justin Clifford

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Justin Clifford, Director of Sales at Lessonly. Justin, by his own admission, grew up in sales: before leading the team at Lessonly, Justin held both leadership and quota-carrying roles in a host of different industries. Throughout their discussion, Collin and Justin tackle a philosophical, nuanced, and undeniably important aspect of sales: inspiring your team to be themselves and excel at their jobs. They also t...

Jul 03, 20191 hr 7 min

107: How to scale a team to 25 reps in just 3 years and learn from the mistakes along the way with Spendesk’s Nicolas Marchais

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Nicolas Marchais, Head of Sales at Spendesk. Since he joined the company when it was just a two-person startup, to leading an international sales team, Nicolas has seen at all at rapidly-growing spend management platform Spendesk. Throughout the pod, Collin and Nicolas take a trip down memory lane and recount the mistakes and lessons learned from Spendesk’s rapid growth. Highlights include: Nicolas’ history at Sp...

Jun 13, 20191 hr 3 min

106: How to take ownership of your sales career with Alexandra Adamson of Women in Sales

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Alexandra Adamson, Executive Director of sales advocacy organization Women in Sales. From her time at renowned recruiting firm Betts Recruiting, to her tenure as Director of Talent at Bowery Capital, to her current role helping lead Women in Sales – Alexandra has been supporting sales professionals and sales teams for years. Throughout the pod, Collin and Alexandra discuss how to find support (and give support!) ...

Jun 05, 201944 min

105: The rocket demo: how to effectively sell your product in 30 minutes with veteran entrepreneur and sales coach Dan Martell

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Dan Martell, renowned coach to SaaS founders. In addition to his international coaching business, Dan is also a veteran entrepreneur (3 exits) and noted angel investor. Suffice it to say, Dan has closed a deal or two in his time. Throughout the pod, Collin and Dan take a tour of all things sales, content...and philosophy. For example, Dan and Collin chat about consistency theory , the rule of three , and peak end...

May 30, 20191 hr 5 min

104: Tales from the frontlines: how LeadQuizzes’ Jeremy Ellens took his company from 0 to $720,000 (and beyond!) in annual revenue

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Jeremy Ellens, founder of fast-growing lead generation company LeadQuizzes. Jeremy is a entrepreneur, turned sales leader, turned podcast host. When he’s not leading LeadQuizzes’ team (a role he’s navigating rather successfully), he’s talking with other sales leaders about how their secrets on the Journey to 7 Figures Podcast. Throughout the pod, Collin and Jeremy talk about what every entrepreneur, sales leader,...

May 22, 201954 min

103: How to take advantage of sales automation tools while maintaining a human touch with SalesSource’s Travis Henry

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Travis Henry, Director of Inside Sales Operations at renowned Bay Area sales consultancy SalesSource. A respected sales operations specialist, Travis honed his skills global technology companies and has consulted for startups large and small. If you’re looking to grow your sales team – look no further, Travis is your man. Throughout the pod, Collin and Travis do a deep dive – a very deep dive – on how to juggle s...

May 15, 20191 hr 9 min

100: 100 never looked so good! Aaron and Collin reflect on their favorite lessons from the The Predictable Revenue Podcast’s first 100 episodes

To celebrate the 100th edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes a familiar face back to the pod, co-host and co-CEO of Predictable Revenue Aaron Ross. Who better to reflect on this awesome milestone with? Throughout the pod, Collin and Aaron take a trip down memory lane and chat about the most valuable lessons and nuggets of wisdom shared on the podcast thus far. With the impressive roster of guests the show has had, boiling the down the best tips and tricks in...

May 08, 201957 min

101: Meditation and the mindful sales rep with Keith Cordeiro

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Keith Cordeiro, Account Executive at Crosstex International and Host of the Philosophy Of Sales podcast. On this episode, Keith shares the impact that meditation and mindfulness has had on his sales career. Keith detailed 3 different meditation styles any salesperson can use to cultivate a positive attitude: Introductory breathing meditation (1-10 minutes) Intermediate walking meditation (10-20 minutes) Advanced ...

May 02, 201955 min

099: How Lessonly’s Kyle Roach teaches his team to sell the dream

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Kyle Roach, Sales Development Manager at Lessonly. After a career teaching high school Spanish and coaching competitive soccer, Kyle fell in love With Lessonly in 2016 and joined the sales development ranks immediately. He’s been there ever since. Throughout the pod, Collin and Kyle talk about testing the pillars of sales development outreach, and why selling the dream is more important than selling software. Hig...

Apr 10, 20191 hr 8 min

098: Prospecting 101: Sales Hacker’s Scott Barker shares his sales tips and tricks from the trenches

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Scott Barker, Head Of Partnerships at Sales Hacker. Scott lives and breathes sales – not only does he help lead Sales Hacker, he is a Sales Engagement Evangelist at Outreach, and that GM of the Vancouver Enterprise sales meetup. Throughout the pod, Collin and Scott take a detailed tour through prospecting fundamentals – trust us, this is a masterclass on how to be an effective SDR. Highlights include: how to hand...

Apr 03, 201954 min

097: Pass the remote: the ups and downs of building a distributed global sales team with Time Doctor’s Liam Martin

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Liam Martin, co-founder of productivity monitoring software, Time Doctor. Liam is a veteran founder and entrepreneur – in addition to co-founding Time Doctor, he’s also co-founded Staff.com, and organizes Running Remote, the world's largest conference on building and scaling remote teams. Throughout the pod, Collin and Liam discuss how to build a remote sales development team: how to hire, how to train, and, of c...

Mar 27, 20191 hr 26 min

096: The tie that binds: how sales operations inspire process, success, and adoption in leading organizations

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Jeffrey Serlin, Head of Global Sales Operations at Intercom. Jeffrey is an experienced global sales operations leader. Chances are you’ve used (or are using!) products built by company’s Jeffrey has worked with – I mean, what marketing and customer success department hasn’t used Marketo or Intercom? Throughout the pod, Collin and Jeffrey do a deep dive – make that a very deep dive – into the world of effective, g...

Mar 20, 20191 hr 5 min

095: The professional and the personal: how to build closer relationships with your SDRs with Cognetik’s James Bawden

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes James Bawden, Senior Business Development Representative at Cognetik. James has been a frontline sales professional for years – he’s held full-cycle sales gigs, managed teams, and helped launch sales development programs. If it’s a sales role, James has crushed it. Oh, and he has his own podcast called ‘the Lunch Break Podcast.” You can read more about that on James’ LinkedIn page. Throughout the pod, Collin and ...

Mar 13, 201944 min

094: Developing diversity on sales teams: in conversation with #GirlsClub’s Margaret Weniger

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Margaret Weniger, executive director of #GirlsClub, a growing mentoring and training organization focused on expanding the presence of women in sales. Margaret is a veteran sales leader, mentor, and coach – now working full-time to empower women in their sales careers. Throughout the pod, Collin and Margaret discuss how to attract, retian, and inspire a diverse sales workforce. Highlights include: Margaret’s jour...

Mar 06, 201940 min

093: The science of sales development: How Everstring uses intent data to build pipeline

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Jack Veronin, Senior Sales Development Manager at EverString. In his years at EverString, Jack’s risen through the ranks from an SDR to team lead, to managing the company’s Enterprise development department. If it’s a sales development gig at EverString – then Jack’s done it. Throughout the pod, Collin and Jack discuss a growing data-driven trend in sales development: the use of intent data to produce relevant pr...

Feb 27, 201950 min

092: How to tailor your cold calls to match your prospect’s communication style with Shawn Sease

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Shawn Sease, Director SDR Client Services at outbound sales consultancy Sales Developers. Shawn is veteran sales leader and entrepreneur: he’s led sales teams at numerous tech companies, and founded multiple organizations, varying from a brewery to govtech startups. Throughout the pod, Collin and Shawn discuss a unique, nuanced style of nailing cold calls: mirroring your pitch to match your prospect’s particular ...

Feb 20, 201936 min

091: Tricks of the trade: How UJET’s Alexandra Palomino gets the highest open rates and the most responses – while sending the fewest emails on her team

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Alexandra Palomino, Sales Development Representative at San Francisco-based customer support provider UJET. Alexandra is a young professional quickly making a name for herself in the sales development world. After starting her career in marketing, Alexandra joined Everstring, where she learned the tricks of the trade, before joining UJET, where she has taken on a leadership role on the sales development team. She...

Feb 13, 201951 min

090: How to maximize your SaaStr (and other conferences!) ROI with Boast Capital’s Lloyed Lobo

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Lloyed Lobo, veteran entrepreneur and conference facilitator. Lloyed’s a busy guy: in addition to co-founding and running Boast Capital, a San Francisco-based tax specialist firm, he is the co-founder of the Traction Conference, and an advisor with the expanding Growth Marketing Conference. Throughout the pod, Collin and Lloyed highlight the tactics – the good and the bad! – they’ve used at conferences such as Sa...

Feb 06, 201956 min

089: Taking a data-driven approach to go to market planning with SalesSource co-founder Karan Singh

On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Karan Singh, co-founder at acclaimed consultancy SalesSource. Karan is a seasoned sales operations leader. He’s managed sales teams, all the way from early growth periods to going public, and consulted for many companies around the Bay Area. Throughout the pod, Collin and Karan talk about Karan’s thorough, meticulous, and data-driven approach to go to market planning. Highlights include: Karan’s experience leadin...

Jan 30, 201947 min