Accelerate! With Andy Paul

Philip Edgell is the Chief Revenue Officer at Revenue.io. On today's episode we talk about the biggest challenges a new CRO faces. And the things that they need to prioritize when taking on responsibility for a new team. We then dig into the areas that sales leaders typically overlook when preparing for growth. We also talk about the trade-offs that sales organizations, and by extension sales leadership, makes in focusing on efficiency vs effectiveness. On deal flow vs win rate. And the problems with the growth at all costs mentality embraced by many companies. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast RevOps Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast

Andrew Sykes is the Founder of Habits at Work, and author of an excellent book titled, The 11th Habit: Design Your Company Culture to Foster the Habits of High Performance. This is such a fun conversation. I love it when I have the chance to talk with people who I believe really get it. Who understand in reality, not the fake world of so many sales trainers, really understand what it takes to connect with other people and help influence the choices and decisions they make to achieve the business outcomes they desire. In this episode we talk the 10 Habits of High-Performance that Andrew spells out in his book. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast RevOps

Anthony Iannarino is an international speaker, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and sales leader specializing in the complex B2B sale. In this episode we're talking about Anthony's new book, Elite Sales Strategies. I always love talking with Anthony because he is one of the smartest people in the sales profession. And I love the new perspectives he brings to the table because that's what we need. New ways of looking at old challenges. Today we're diving into a new way of framing and assessing the value you bring to your buyers. Anthony calls it being One-up. You're in the One-Up position when your knowledge and experience benefits your clients, which makes your expertise invaluable. One-Up means seeking to solve the client’s problems, especially those beyond the scope of your prepackaged solution. The flip side of being One-up is being One Down. And Anthony shares what that means and how to avoid getting into a one down position relative to your buyers. We get into all of this and much much more. More on An

Nicolas Vandenberghe is the co-founder and CEO of Chili Piper. On today's episode we're talking about the importance of Speed to Lead. First, we dive into why companies that rely on inbound marketing to generate their sales pipeline are struggling to convert inbound leads. Then we dig into the whole issue of lead response time. Why does response time matter? Among other reasons, it's a first impression of you and your company. It's part of how buyers experience you. Nicolas and I dig into the findings from a recent study by Chili Piper on lead response. And what they found about the correlation of lead response time to lead conversion. FYI, they found that the average lead response time is 42 hours. Does it matter? Yes, it does. We get into all of this and much, much more. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The f

Pouyan Salehi is the founder and CEO of Scratchpad. In this episode we talk about the struggles sellers were having keeping activity updated in Salesforce, which drove Pouyan to start Scratchpad. And in a fun bit of nostalgia, I surprise Pouyan by asking him the same 7 rapid fire questions I asked him when he was first on the show 5 years ago. Conversation originally recorded in 2021. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast RevOps Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast

Kate Leidy, founder of Strively, an organization on a mission to reduce prison recidivism, and Ryan Hoppe (SDR at Pilot.com), a recent graduate of Strively's program, join me on today's episode. Kate was first on our show about a year ago. I had heard about Strively and was fascinated and impressed by what Kate was doing. So, as I do, I invited her to come on the show and talk about her program and the people she was helping. All that was missing was one of the graduates from her program. So tune-in today to hear Ryan’s amazing story. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast RevOps Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast

Will Allred is the Co-founder and COO at Lavender, the company that helps sellers write better sales emails faster. On today's episode we explore the problems in the market that prompted Will and his co-founder to start Lavender. We also dive into the most common mistakes salespeople make with email. And how sellers can increase response rates. Plus, we get into the most common use cases and the most surprising use case for Lavender. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast RevOps Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast

Frank Cespedes is a senior lecturer at Harvard and author of an excellent book titled, Sales Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing. Conversation originally recorded in 2020. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast RevOps Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast

Jeff Bajorek (Author, Advisor and Coach to B2B Sales Leaders) is the host of a new podcast Rethink the Way You Sell. On today's episode we start by exploring whether sales leaders are held to account for the right performance. If too few sellers, as a percentage, are hitting their quotas, the blame usually falls on rep. Who should be responsible for changing that? Plus, we dive into whether the right perspective for sales managers to have is one of quality control. If less than 50% of sellers are hitting quota, then doesn't it mean that sales managers aren't developing a good product? One that reliably works, does its job? More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recogni

Christina Brady is the Chief Strategy Officer at Sales Assembly. On today's episode we start by discussing the biggest challenges companies face in scaling revenue. We then shift gears and dive into the topic of certifications. More specifically, this idea gets revived every few years, should there be standardized certifications for salespeople? Like licensing exams that exist for CPAs and for lawyers. Finally, we talk sales cycles. Data suggests that the average deal cycle in B2B tech is transitioning from 60 days to 75-80. Christina and I dig into this and explore what these longer and more involved sales cycles mean for sellers and sales leaders. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading expe

Becc Holland is founder and CEO of Flip the Script. On today's episode we talk about the biggest challenges facing the sales development function, including some that perhaps are a bit counterintuitive. Like do many SaaS companies actually have too much pipeline? Plus, we dive into the topic of KPIs and try to sort out the useful metrics from the popular, but useless metrics.  This interview was originally recorded in 2020. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast RevOps Podcast

Leahanne Hobson is the founder and CEO of Alinea Partners, a consulting firm that helps large IT companies assess and transform the buying experiences of their customers. On today's episode, Leahanne shares research on why 80% of CEOs believe they deliver superior customer experiences, but only 8% of their customers agree. We talk about why there's such a gap in the perceptions of the buyers vs the selling organization. Then we dig into why sales leaders seem to be so out of touch with the reality of how their buyers experience them. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Get Andy's new book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Pod

Alli Rizacos is the founder of Alli Rizacos Coaching. She is the Impostor Syndrome Coach. On today' episode we get into imposter syndrome and who it is most likely to affect. Then we explore the 5 different types, archetypes if you will, of impostor syndrome. You may recognize yourself as we explore what each of these are. For example, the perfectionist who's afraid that they aren't measuring up to expectations. Even when they are. And then we dig into how Alli works with people to help them overcome this challenge. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Pre-Order Andy's book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast Selling wit

Sahil Mansuri is the CEO of Bravado, a community for sales professionals. On today's episode we talk about the 2022 Bravado State of Sales Compensation Guide. Lots of interesting findings from that study that we dig into. For example, we discuss why only 47% of sales teams hit quota in 2021. Then dig into the reasons behind why only 1 in 4 sales teams had 75%+ of their members hit quota. Generally appalling overall performance! Sahil and I also explore the whole topic of job tenure in tech sales. Bravado's study found job tenure is declining among AE's from 12 to 11 months and senior sales leadership, like VP of Sales, from 19-17 month. We speculate about why this trend is happening right now. Is it the great resignation or something else? More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Pre-Order Andy's book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce,

Dan Pink, author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing and five other Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling books, joins me on this episode. Originally recorded October 2018. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Pre-Order Andy's book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast RevOps Podcast

Ralph Barsi is the Vice President of Global Inside Sales at Tray.io. I'm always excited when Ralph comes on the show but no more so than in this episode. Because today we flip the script. Ralph grabs hold of the microphone and asks me the tough questions. In this case, he asks me questions about my new book, Sell Without Selling Out; A Guide to Success on Your Own Terms, which is officially being released today February 22. If you want a true seller's perspective on my book, and the value you'll receive from reading it, then tune-in. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Pre-Order Andy's book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement P

George Bronten is the founder and CEO of Membrain, the sales enablement CRM. On today's episode we dive into why It's time to put HOW YOU SELL at the core of your business. We explore what are the elements of the HOW. And the role that sales technology plays, or can play, in the making the how you sell better. Plus, we dig into some of the key metrics that sales teams should be paying more attention to. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Pre-Order Andy's book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast RevOps Podcast

Jill Konrath is the author of four best-selling sales books, an international keynote speaker and sales advisor. On today's episode we're having a conversation about how to improve your sales performance and how to take a more modern approach to selling. Or what I call how to sell without selling out. Not coincidentally, this is also the title of my new book that will be released next Tuesday (2-22-22). To sell without selling out means achieving success in sales by helping your buyers achieve the things that are most important to them without engaging in the obsolete and legacy sales behaviors that buyers reject. We're talking about all that and much more. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Pre-Order Andy's book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s le

Jonathan Irvine is the Head of Business Development at Blueboard, an experiential rewards and recognition platform (and one of our incredible sponsors). On today’s episode we discuss how we can do a better job incentivizing and rewarding sellers. Especially in today’s era of low quota attainment and high employee churn rates. We dig into how Blueboard is offering companies a different approach to rewards and recognition. And why experiential rewards are more impactful than the status quo. More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Pre-Order Andy's book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast RevOps Pod

Bridget Gleason is the Chief Sales Officer at Silk. As always Bridget and I start off by talking about books that we've recently read. Then in our conversation we dive into a topic that is of importance to many sellers: how long should a salesperson stay in a position (or at a company) before making a change? We dig into what it takes to maintain your enthusiasm throughout your career and the motivators that keep your head in the game and your energy focused on the buyers. Plus, much more! More on Andy: Connect on LinkedIn Pre-Order Andy's book "Sell Without Selling Out" on Amazon Learn more at AndyPaul.com Sponsored by: Revenue.io | Unlock exponential growth with an AI-powered RevOps platform | Revenue.io Scratchpad | The fastest way to update Salesforce, take sales notes, and stay on top of to-dos | Scratchpad.com Blueboard | World’s leading experiential rewards & recognition platform | Blueboard.com Explore the Revenue.io Podcast Universe: Sales Enablement Podcast Selling with Purpose Podcast RevOps Po