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30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
Armand Farrokh & Nick Cegelski
576 episodes
1 day ago
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.
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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.
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30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#538 - Cold Call 3v3: Six Sales Reps Dial in a 92 Degree Room
Welcome to the most chaotic cold call competition you’ve ever seen. Two elite sales teams go head-to-head in a live 3v3 battle to see who can book the most meetings. Watch as the top sales minds from 30 Minutes to President's Club (and a special celeb dialer) bring their best cold call tactics to life. From permission-based openers to clever objection handling, you’ll witness what makes a cold call *land* versus *crash*. ✅ Expires this Friday, get $60 off the #1 Cold Calling Course with code "3v3": https://shop.30mpc.com/30mpc-cold-calls-to-presidents-club-course/?coupon=3v3 🎯 Start a TitanX pilot and we'll match your credits up to 5,000: https://titanx.io/?fpr=30mpc Cold calling sucks: https://www.30mpc.com/course/cold-calls-to-presidents-club
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1 day ago
37 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#537 - How to Get Executive Intros Through Your Champion | Christine Nolan
Christine Nolan, four-time President’s Club enterprise sales leader at Asana, shares tactical frameworks for multithreading complex enterprise deals by mapping real power, navigating internal politics, and turning champions into organization-wide access. A practical playbook for winning, expanding, and controlling high-stakes, multi-stakeholder sales cycles. 🎙️ ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS: Build a real power map with your champion using a whiteboard or live org chart, not LinkedIn assumptions. Identify political influence and personal motivations, not just titles, to tailor your approach to each stakeholder. Leverage your full network to break into key accounts by systematically uncovering warm paths to executives. Action item: Review the last quarter of meetings, connect with every contact on LinkedIn, and seed your personal CRM with context you can reuse later. CHRISTINE’S PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB: President’s Club Winner (4x) @ Multiple Enterprise Sales Teams Closed $100M+ Strategic Enterprise Deal @ Asana Head of Strategic Accounts (Top 100 Customers, 7–8 Figure Deals) @ Asana Built & Scaled Global Enterprise Sales Orgs (2nd Line Leader) @ HackerOne Built & Scaled Global Enterprise Sales Orgs (2nd Line Leader) @ Starburst THESE COURSES WILL GET YOU TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB: 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8 🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 GET MORE TACTICS: Join our weekly newsletter – https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal and use today – https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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6 days ago
36 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#536 - Cold Email Showdown: Rookie Sales Rep vs 10-Year Director
We put Evan Greek (Commercial AE at Gong) and Florin Tatulea (Head of Sales Development at Common Room) in a cold email cage match: 10 minutes per round, weird prompts, and you have to write something that would actually get a reply. Jason Bay (CEO at Outbound Squad) judges based on [The Reply Method](https://www.30mpc.com/course/cold-email-course) framework.  Evan and Florin show how they use AI in real time to research accounts and draft highly personalized emails in minutes (not hours), then do the human edits for finishing touches. These Courses Will Get You to President’s Club 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8 🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 Get More Tactics Join our weekly newsletter – https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal and use today – https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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1 week ago
40 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#535 - He Sold A $30M Deal With One Page
In this episode, Nate Nasralla breaks down the one-page business case framework he used to help close a $30M enterprise deal and multiple seven-figure contracts. He walks through how to structure a one-page document that aligns executives, arms champions to sell internally, exposes deal gaps early, and drives consensus in complex buying groups. Using a real-world IKEA example, Nate shows how to translate problems into executive language, quantify outcomes, and position investment so deals actually move forward. These Courses Will Get You to President’s Club 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 Get More Tactics Join our weekly newsletter – https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal and use today – https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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2 weeks ago
14 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#534 - #1 Sales Rep Runs The Exact Demo That Got Him Promoted 8x
In this episode, Adam Ochart, #1 sales rep from Gong breaks down the exact demo framework that helped him earn 8 promotions, consistently win enterprise deals, and maintain a 30%+ win rate. He walks through how to prep demos, align with buyers before clicking anything, run discovery during the demo, and frame every feature using a why-before-what approach so prospects experience a true “test drive.” This is a tactical, repeatable demo playbook for sellers who want higher conversion rates and faster promotions. These Courses Will Get You to President’s Club 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8 🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 Join our weekly newsletter – https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal and use today – https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube Get More Tactics
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3 weeks ago
9 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#533 - How to Build a Team That Thrives on 700 Cold Calls a Week | Melanie Smith
Melanie Smith, Head of Sales Development at Nooks, breaks down the exact systems, metrics, and coaching frameworks she uses to run one of the highest-performing SDR teams in outbound. In this episode, she shares KPI structures, call-block strategy, cold-call skill development, and how leaders can scale connect rates, conversation rates, and meeting production without burning out their reps. 🎙️ ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS: Weekly SDR readouts: Reps review KPIs and explain every meeting they booked to surface repeatable plays. Use AI for call pattern analysis: Analyze winning call transcripts to find coaching themes and enablement topics. Own rep career paths: Align with other departments and give SDRs projects that build promotion-ready skills. One thing — Call for Intel & Intros: Run an “I&I” block where reps call below-the-line users to gather insights and get warm introductions. MELANIE’S PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB: Scaled team from 10→50 @ Klue, then 4→33 @ Nooks in 18 months Top 2 performer @ Klue during 1.5-year tenure before moving into SDR leadership These Courses Will Get You to President’s Club 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8 🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 Get More Tactics Join our weekly newsletter – https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal and use today – https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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3 weeks ago
34 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#532 - Santa Unwraps 12 Sales Tactics You NEED to Master in 2026
In this special holiday episode, Santa and his elf break down the 12 most impactful sales tactics of 2025, covering negotiation, discovery, cold calling, prospecting, leadership, demo strategy, hiring, business cases, team management, and more. Each tactic is pulled from interviews with top 1% sellers and elite sales leaders, giving reps a fast, practical, and highly actionable playbook to win deals, build pipeline, lead teams, and hit President’s Club in 2026. These Courses Will Get You to President’s Club👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 Get More Tactics Join our weekly newsletter – https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal and use today – https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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4 weeks ago
36 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#531 - How to Scale Personalized Prospecting with Video (Even in SMB)
Discover how Vidyard’s #1 AE, Mike D'Aloisio, uses video to humanize every stage of the sales cycle — from first touch to pricing delivery to re-engagement when prospects ghost. In this 30MPC sell interview, learn how to tailor videos to personas, boost meeting show rates, eliminate the “game of telephone” in proposals, and creatively reignite stalled deals using short, high-impact videos that stand out inside crowded inboxes. 🎙️ Actionable Takeaways: Prospecting video formula: <45s → Who you are, why you’re reaching out, value + CTA. Send meeting confirmation videos day-of to humanize yourself and reduce no-shows. Use video for case studies & pricing so your message lands directly with decision makers — not lost via champions. When ghosted, use creativity (even humor/spinning in a chair) to reignite the spark and restart conversations. These Courses Will Get You to President’s Club 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8 🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 Get More Tactics Join our weekly newsletter – https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal and use today – https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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1 month ago
25 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#530 - Negotiation Masterclass: Your Sales Commission Savior
December deals are different. Negotiations drag. Legal stalls. Procurement kicks it to January. And your EOQ slips away. In this Masterclass, Todd Caponi joins Nick and Armand to share strategies from his new book, Four Levers Negotiating. He’ll show you how to flip the script and close what’s left on the table — before the ball drops. Todd is the founder of Sales Melon, the host of The Sales History Podcast, and an author of award-winning business books. He’s also a C-Level sales leader, and he knows what he’s talking about. You’ll learn how to win negotiations the moment pricing enters the conversation, use give-get momentum to cut deal times in half, and blast through legal, security, and procurement reviews that usually stall you until Q1. -- Buy 'Four Levers Negotiating' here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Four-Levers-Negotiating/Todd-Caponi/9781637748404 -- Use Code HOLIDAY50 for $50 off any course (expires at midnight on 12/25): https://www.30mpc.com/courses -- 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8 🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 -- RESOURCES DISCUSSED: Join our weekly newsletter - https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal - https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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1 month ago
40 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#529 - How to Win Enterprise Deals with Compelling Events (Not Volume) | Luke Floyd
Luke’s CE Hypothesis Template Luke Floyd breaks down how he stopped “spraying and praying” and started winning large enterprise deals by tracking where urgency already exists. Instead of chasing logos or building volume-based cadences, he prioritizes the 20 accounts most likely to face a compelling event, builds horizontal plays that don’t sound generic, and positions himself “on the bench” before the need arises. Learn how to filter your territory like an investor, predict where opportunity will occur, and become the first call when timing hits. If you want to generate pipeline without brute-force activity—and win larger deals faster—this is the framework. These Courses Will Get You to President’s Club 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8 🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 Join our weekly newsletter – https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal and use today – https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube Get More Tactics
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1 month ago
37 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#528 - Live Cold Calls: How Many Meetings Can The #1 Sales Trainer Book?
Jason hits the phones to prospect into sales and enablement leaders, sharing his live approach between each call. With a 30% connect rate (thanks to Titan X) and 11% conversion, you'll see how Jason handles objections, switches messaging mid-call, and learns in real time. Think cold calling is hard? Try doing it live for 90 minutes, under studio lights, in a room with no AC, with a crowd listening to every single word you say. That’s what the #1 outbound sales trainer, Jason Bay, did to prove he can do more than *teach* cold calling — he can actually get on the phones and *do* it himself. We rolled the cameras, loaded a list of exclusively executive level prospects he’d never met, and let the chaos unfold. You’ll hear how he structures his cold calls, adjusts messaging on the fly, and reflects on what could be improved after each conversation. Includes practical takeaways for improving connect rates, objection handling, and setting meetings with senior buyers. ✅ Get the Outbound Bundle (scripts + cold email guide): https://www.30mpc.com/course/cold-email-course 🎯 Grab 5,000 FREE Titan X credits (25% connect rates): https://titanx.io/?fpr=30mpc
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1 month ago
33 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#527 - The Sales Process Elite Reps Use (And You Don’t)
Get the full playbook (60 minute video masterclass) 100% free right here: https://www.pipedrive.com/en/30mpc-masterclass --- Deal velocity is a huge driver of win rates, which is why Armand and I partnered with the easy and effective CRM, Pipedrive, to film a 60 minute video masterclass that covers all of the different ways that you can drive velocity in each individual stage of your sales process. Literally, from opening call all the way to contract review, we documented our favorite tactics in this Pipedrive and 30MPC masterclass, which you can get for free right here: https://www.pipedrive.com/en/30mpc-masterclass --- Most reps think progress = meetings. Discovery, demo, proposal…❌ In this video, we break down why traditional sales stages like "Discovery → Demo → Power" are actually slowing your deals down — and what top AEs do instead to accelerate pipeline velocity. Learn the stage-based mindset, how to combine exit criteria, and stop wasting time with meetings that don't move the deal forward. ✅ You'll walk away knowing: * The 5 critical sales stages — and what *actually* matters in each * Why meeting ≠ progress (and what to track instead) * How to combine sales stages to close faster
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1 month ago
21 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#526 - The Ultimate Cold Calling Q&A: 16 Questions to Book Your Next Meeting
From Armand Farrokh and Nick Cegelski, the duo behind the 50,000-copy best-selling cold calling book, this episode breaks down the exact playbook top reps use to consistently book meetings. Learn the highest-converting openers, how to tailor context to any persona, the tactics they use to disarm prospects, and the triple-bypass method for getting past gatekeepers. You’ll also get strategies to avoid spam-tagging, boost connect rates, and keep momentum high during every dial block. Timestamps: 00:01 Current top cold call opener (Tailored Permission) 03:33 Adjusting your opener for CFOs and senior decision-makers 04:43 How to make prospects laugh & break telemarketer resistance 07:26 Triple Bypass: Getting past gatekeepers without sounding salesy 09:49 How much research to do before each cold call 12:12 Blind vs researched dialing: Which books more meetings 13:35 Handling “call me later” and “I’m too busy” objections 16:10 When to leave voicemails (and the voicemail that doubles replies) 17:15 Should you double dial? Smart tactic or spam trigger? 18:29 Tools to speed up dialing and increase conversations 19:10 How to boost cold call connect rates (4 proven tactics) 21:03 Getting accurate phone numbers using data waterfall 22:27 How to prevent no-shows after the meeting is booked 23:32 What to say when someone says “cold calling doesn’t work” 24:59 The fastest way to instantly improve your cold calls 26:22 How to stay confident during a cold call losing streak 27:22 Most memorable cold call stories (good and bad lessons) These Courses Will Get You to President’s Club 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8 🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 Get More Tactics: Cold Calling Sucks (And That’s Why it Works)⁠ Join our weekly newsletter – ⁠https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0⁠ Things you can steal and use today – ⁠https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube⁠
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1 month ago
38 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#525 - Why Executives Ignore Your Sales Pitch (And How to Fix It Fast) | Nate Nasralla
Buy "Brief and Brilliant' Here Turn executive meetings into closed deals with Nate Nasralla’s 4-sentence framework, one-page business case, and proven tactics to speak the language of leadership and win buy-in fast. 🎙️ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS: • Build a 4-Sentence Soundbite: Use Nate’s formula — Because of [shift], now’s the time to [act], to avoid [risk], and unlock [reward] — to frame every deal in language that resonates with decision-makers. • Create a One-Page Business Case: Summarize the priority, problem, approach, outcome, and investment on a single white page using their metrics and internal language — not your logo or jargon. • Write “Through” Your Champion: Every email should be forwardable. Write so your internal contact can easily share your message up the chain with clarity and confidence. • Run Executive Meetings Like a Pro: Set a clear objective, use soundbites as anchors, get problem agreement first, and drive the meeting toward a single decision or blocker removed. RESOURCES DISCUSSED: One Page Business Case
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1 month ago
52 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#524 - Outbound Prospecting Masterclass: Everything You Need to Book Meetings in 2026
Outbound is broken, not dead. In this masterclass, Jason Bay breaks down the new outbound playbook for 2025–2026 — how top reps are filling pipeline when cold calls, automated sequences, and mass emails stop working. You’ll learn how to prioritize accounts that actually respond, speak your buyer’s language with offers that earn replies, and sequence outreach across phone, email, and social the right way. Key frameworks include the Martini-Glass Pipeline for targeting high-relevance prospects, the Messaging Matrix for crafting irresistible offers, and the KISS Sequencing System that boosts reply rates 20%+. Jason also shares cold call + cold email frameworks that book meetings today — plus how to use AI the right way with his 10-80-10 Rule to double output without sounding robotic. RESOURCES DISCUSSED: The Ultimate Cold Email Data Report Jason Bay’s Cold Email ChatGPT Prompts The Different Types of Offers Jason Bay’s Outbound Sequence Template The 30MPC Outbound Bundle
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1 month ago
39 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#523 - How Top Sellers Find the Real Decision Makers in Deals | Kam Germany
Kam Germany breaks down how elite sellers win complex deals by uncovering the true decision makers, sparking internal alignment, and turning every stakeholder into a champion that sells for you when you’re not in the room. 🎙️ ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS: Find the Shadow Decision Maker: Don’t assume the highest title holds the most influence—watch who answers impact questions to uncover who truly drives decisions. Incite the Riot: Use one-on-one breakout meetings with every stakeholder to surface real pain points and build internal advocates who keep your deal alive. Connect the Dots in the Demo: Tie each person’s problem to the larger business objective and show how your solution solves all of them together. One Thing to Do: Pre-plan questions in your presentations that invite conversation instead of asking, “Any questions?”—this keeps buyers engaged and drives real dialogue. RESOURCES DISCUSSED: Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal Save $50 on any 30MPC course with code “PODCAST” Free Sales Templates, Scripts and Guides
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2 months ago
34 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#522 - How Many Cold Calls Does It Take To Afford a Baby? (A Youtube Special)
Full YouTube Video HERE (https://hubs.li/Q03SzGnP0) Alex Murphy (Founding AE @ 30MPC) reveals the exact sales prospecting formula that took him from teaching to crushing 200% of quota month after month. By breaking big life goals—like buying a house or having a baby—into simple math, he shows how to turn financial dreams into measurable activity targets. Learn how to calculate your dollars per meeting, prospects per booking, and the exact outreach volume needed to transform consistency into life-changing income. RESOURCES DISCUSSED ⁠Join our weekly newsletter⁠ Things you can steal⁠ ⁠Save $50 on any 30MPC course⁠ with code “PODCAST” ⁠Free Sales Templates, Scripts and Guides
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2 months ago

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#521 - The 7 Deadly Sales Negotiation Sins | Todd Caponi
Todd Caponi, bestselling author of The Transparency Sale and The Four Levers of Negotiation, breaks down the 7 Deadly Negotiation Sins that cost salespeople deals, margins, and trust. If you think discounting accelerates deals, holding price until you “build value” is smart, or trading discounts for case studies is harmless, Todd’s about to rewire your negotiation mindset. Learn how to close faster, discount less, and build buyer trust using the same transparent negotiation tactics that world-class sellers use to win more and protect their price integrity. THE 7 DEADLY NEGOTIATION SINS: Waiting to set a price range or expectation: Delaying price discussions kills trust and confuses buyers. Set clear pricing expectations early to establish credibility and value. Believing discounts accelerate deals: Discounts often slow deals by signaling hidden flexibility. Instead, pay customers for mutually valuable timing commitments. Giving away free stuff because you think it doesn’t matter: Every concession tells buyers your price isn’t final. Align every trade to something meaningful using the Four Levers framework. Paying for case studies with discounts: Buying advocacy erodes authenticity. Earn your case studies through real customer success, not transactional discounts. Creating false certainty when clients ask you to “hold pricing”: Avoid rigid yes/no responses. Use transparent negotiation levers to guide timing and reinforce the value behind each date commitment. Talking about value at the goal line: If you’re re-selling value during negotiation, it’s too late. Communicate and reinforce value throughout the sales process before the proposal stage. Anchoring high instead of anchoring to truth: In today’s transparent market, inflated anchors destroy trust. Stick to honest, consistent pricing—because if the truth won’t sell it, don’t sell it. RESOURCES DISCUSSED: Masterclass w/ Todd Caponi Signup Buy 'Four Levers Negotiating Here Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal Save $50 on any 30MPC course with code “PODCAST”
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2 months ago
28 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#520 - I Handle EVERY Cold Call Objection like Mr Miyagi
Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 -- Handle every objection in the world like Mr. Miyagi. Plus 4 more talk tracks you can steal for your favorite objections out there. Watch in full vibrant color: https://bit.ly/44KFn02 RESOURCES DISCUSSED ⁠18 Objections and Scripts for Each⁠ ⁠Join our weekly newsletter⁠ Save $50 on any 30MPC course⁠ with code “PODCAST” ⁠Free Sales Templates, Scripts and Guides
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2 months ago
7 minutes

30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
#519 - Set Next Steps That Actually Close Deals | Roy Mathew
Stop losing deals after the demo. Roy Mathew shows how to align every next step to what buyers actually care about. This is next-level sales leadership in action. 🎙️ ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS: Calibrate before next steps: Always ask prospects where they stand before suggesting next steps — uncover what’s really going on in their head. Think like a buyer, not a seller: Map out the five key questions buyers must answer before deciding — problem, priority, evaluation, value, and commercial agreement. Game-plan every call: Before a meeting, ask your rep: (1) What’s the goal? (2) What could go sideways? (3) What will success look like and lead to next? Run a “next step workshop”: Block four weekly one-hour sessions, review recorded calls’ final 10 minutes, and score how effectively reps set, calibrate, and confirm next steps. ROY’S PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB: Top 3 revenue producer globally over 4 years @ Airtable across 150+ sellers Went from 1st closing role to VP of Sales in ~6 years @ Re:currency Surpassed quota for 12 straight quarters @ Airtable RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Mark’s 5-Stage Sales Process Things you can steal Save $50 on any 30MPC course with code “PODCAST” Free Sales Templates, Scripts and Guides
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2 months ago
34 minutes

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