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All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence
In the first episode of The Startup Sidekick Podcast. Kyle Burnett joins Clare Dobson to discuss what it’s like being on the ground floor as a Co-Founder and if all of the hard work was worth it. Plus here about his new adventure, Little Taller.
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How Agent Coaching Software Can Help Me Stop Re-Coaching Agents
It’s time to stop re-coaching your reps! Let their … If you’re looking to improve your leadership skills, let’s …. Two very different ways of thinking are now causing a divide in the software sales world. There are so many options now when it comes to your tech stack, the worst part is most sales…
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… And Then There Was One
Clare Dobson, VP of Marketing at Abstrakt, joins Greg Reffner to discuss the rebrand and the “passing of the torch”. This is officially the last episode of what is known as The Abstrakt Podkast. Clare will take over and the new podcast will be…
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Building Competence and Confidence: How to help your reps overcome call reluctance
The harsh reality of call reluctance is that it’s psychological. Most sales managers do not have a degree in Psychology. So, we decided to put together a cliff notes version on the … The first step to helping your reps overcome this fear is to have… The key in every situation when you are working…
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The Struggles (and how to overcome them) of Founder-Led Sales
Some wise words from Matt Wolach, B2B SaaS Sales Coach at Xsellus. While the focus of this podcast is founder-led sales, most of these principles that Matt shared can be applied to sales in general. Before you can grow in sales, you need to …. The other piece to founder-led sales…. don’t get emotional. Disconnect…
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Q&A with Greg Reffner, Founder & CEO of Abstrakt
Greg has been through every sales role you can imagine. Once he realized that he had a knack for it, his career took off. While a competitive personality … But what’s even better than that – he wouldn’t take any of the credit for it. He would say it was all done by his team.
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Overcoming Call Reluctance
Call reluctance happens to all of us. But most reps come up with these excuses …. Make sure that your team is optimized and efficient at your current number of connections per day before increasing it exponentially.
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10 Must Read Sales Leadership Articles
You can hire great people, have great processes, and even invest in a great technology stack, but if you don’t have great contact center leaders then it is all for nothing.
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Top 6 Sales Movies
Used car salesman, door to door snake oil salesmen, encyclopedia salesmen… one cannot argue that the stories told, and lessons learned, through these movies are much more important than the stories of the salespeople themselves.
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Why isn’t sales coaching a thing in college?
Let’s dive into the things that are solved, or at least positively influenced either directly or indirectly by any business that correctly deploys a successful sales coaching program. Keep in mind ….
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Everybody is thinking it, but nobody is talking about it
Do you ever get nervous about what you can and can’t say on social media? Nadja Komnenic, Head of Business Development at Lemlist, talks all about how to build your personal brand on social media. Being vulnerable can be scary, but she gives you great tips to get started and how it’s all about building…
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Why your Top Rep is probably not your Top Manager
The one and only Kevin “KD” Dorsey joined us on the latest episode of the podkast. When it comes to sales and leadership, there are quite a few similarities. Actually, the things that make you a great salesperson are the same things that make you a great leader. But why top reps generally fail is…






