Hey Salespeople

Mathieu Cognac is the VP of Global Sales Operations and Marketing Operations at MessageBird, an omnichannel communications platform for businesses to communicate with their customers, which includes household names like Facebook, Google, Uber, WhatsApp, and Airbnb. In this episode, Jeremey, Mathieu, and guest co-host Jenna Sacks discuss 2022 revenue planning, hiring challenges, and operating based on Amazon’s principles. Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.

Ted Bergstrom is a Senior Enterprise Account Executive at SAP Customer Experience, which enables companies to manage the full customer experience from lead to fulfillment. In this episode, Jeremey, guest co-host Katie-Jane Bailey, and Ted get into what it takes to be a highly effective enterprise account executive. Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.

Lydia Rahill is the Director of Strategic Accounts at CB Insights, an insights platform that helps companies and investors understand disruptive technology. Lydia tells Jeremey about a particular work day she spent as a nervous wreck, explains which two fundamental skills reps are bound to fail without, and recalls selling burned Shaggy CDs at an Ireland elementary school. Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.

Nelson Gilliat is the author of a new book called The Death of the SDR: Birth of Buyer Centric Revenue. He is also a Demand Generation Manager at Centerbase, a practice management software provider to law firms. In this episode, Jeremey and Nelson discuss the contrarian ideas in his book, alternatives to the predictable revenue model, and the nuances of doing away with quotas and commissions. Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.

Jesse Rosenbaum is an Enterprise Account Manager at Varonis, a company that helps organizations understand what's going on with their data, who has access to that data, and how that data should be used. Among other topics, Jesse and co-hosts Jeremey Donovan and Jenna Sacks delve into strategic account seller compensation, prospecting, and deal intelligence. Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.

Ashley Welch is the Co-Founder of Somersault Innovation, a sales enablement firm. She also has two decades of previous experience in sales leadership. In this episode, Amanda Georgoff steps in as host to discuss great discovery, co-creation and the concept of “Me LLC.” Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.

Emily Critchfield is Vice President of Sales Operations at Samsara, a pioneer in the connected operations cloud that helps companies manage their fleet vehicles, sites, assets, and equipment. In this episode, Emily and Jeremey discuss the priorities that fall within the first 90 days as a sales ops leader. Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.

Clay Blanchard is the Vice President of Sales Operations at Collibra, where he landed after stints at LinkedIn and Salesforce. Jeremey considers Clay a friend and a mentor, which makes for a great conversation about hacky sacks, account planning and how to get more value out of your tools. Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.

AJ Umandap is the Vice President for Go to Market Strategy Operations and Planning at Forter, an e-commerce fraud prevention platform. In this episode, Jeremey and AJ talk about important aspects of go to market strategy, including total available market estimation and account and territory planning. Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.

Andy Whyte is the author of MEDDICC: The Ultimate Guide to Staying One Step Ahead in the Complex Sale, a book Jeremey calls a “must-read” for anyone wanting to understand the methodology. Ollie Sharpe, Salesloft’s VP of Revenue Operations for EMEA, joins as a first-time co-host to converse with Andy about testing champions, the different flavors of RFPs and why MEDDICC made such an impression on Andy. Visit Salesloft.com for show notes and insights from this episode.