30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
Armand Farrokh & Nick Cegelski
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 a seller listening to the (SELL) show or leader tuning into the (LEAD) showโ€ฆ Get ready, you're going to President's Club.
#593 - EXACTLY How to Build an Unstoppable Sales Team in 60 days
Burning through 20 meetings a week with zero revenue to show for it? In this episode, Armand Farrokh breaks down their exact playbook, including: ๐ŸŽฏ How to define "The Slot" and purge low-intent deals from your pipeline. ๐Ÿ‰ The 3-Headed Hydra strategy to multi-thread directly to decision-makers. ๐Ÿš— How to run "Pimp My Ride" demos that show only what solves their specific pain. You're one step closer to President's Club! ๐Ÿ“ฆ Sales Leadership Care Package: https://hubs.li/Q04qnWYp0 ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0  ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
Jul 23
44 min
#592 - The Sales Process That Took Outreach From $0 To $250M
Most sales processes are completely backward because they track what the seller does, not how the buyer actually makes decisions. In this episode, Mark Kosoglow breaks down their exact playbook, including: ๐Ÿš€Shifting from traditional meeting-based stages to a 5-stage psychological agreement framework that prevents late-stage deal stalls. ๐Ÿ’กDeploying a "Problem Hypothesis" led discovery call that builds instant executive authority and forces buyers to expose their real gaps. ๐Ÿ”ฅUsing reference calls and deep-dive demos fluidly across any stage to dismantle justification anxiety and consensus paralysis. โ€“ You're one step closer to President's Club! ๐Ÿงฑ How to build your own sales process: https://hubs.li/Q04q1XLV0 ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0  ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
Jul 21
47 min
#591 - $250M CRO Teaches: How to Master Sales Metrics
Nobody ever shows first-time sales leaders how to actually know their numbers. In this episode, Mark Kosoglow breaks down their exact playbook, including:  ๐Ÿ“‰ How to isolate L1 lagging metrics like qualified pipeline and use L2 conversion rates to pinpoint exact process gaps.  โš™๏ธ The operational framework to instantly determine if a drop in your revenue chain is a team skill issue or a RevOps routing error.  ๐Ÿ“Š Why relying on simple historical time-based win rates lies to you, and how to transition to cohort tracking for true forecast accuracy. - ๐Ÿ”ข Sales Metrics Pack: https://hubs.li/Q04pGGVv0 ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0  ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
Jul 16
30 min
#590 - The Complete Discovery Call Playbook (Build It From Scratch)
Most reps trap themselves in the red sea of crappy discovery by stopping at basic operational problems that CFOs refuse to fund. In this episode, Armand and Nick break down their exact playbook, including: ๐Ÿš€ Flipping the script on your agenda using the Purpose, Plan, and Outcome framework to disarm prospects in the first 90 seconds. ๐ŸŒฒ Dialing in your Discovery Tree to systematically force champion-level pain down into executive-level business impact. โฑ๏ธ Running the 5-Minute Drill at the tail end of the call to prescribe the buying path, flush out tire kickers, and lock in multi-threaded next steps on the spot. - - You're one step closer to Presidentโ€™s Club! ๐ŸŽ The Discovery Care Package: https://www.30mpc.com/blog/the-discovery-care-package ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0  ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
Jul 14
48 min
#589 - How to Build a World-Class SDR Team (Complete Playbook)
We've all felt the heavy silence of a sales floor trying to find its rhythm. Armand Farrokh breaks down his playbook to turn an underperforming SDR team into an outbound machine. Armandโ€™s playbook includes: ๐Ÿš€ The "Between You, Me, and the Wall" tactic to win over individuals privately before you ever address the group publicly. ๐Ÿ“‰ The 5 core weekly meetings you need to bookend your team's activity with raw energy and continuous coaching. ๐Ÿ”ฅ How to run a mock cold call filter during interviews to test for a candidate's coachability and execution under pressure. - - You're one step closer to Presidentโ€™s Club! ๐Ÿš€ The SDR Leader Pack: https://hubs.li/Q04nGgrk0 ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0  ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
Jul 9
46 min
#588 - The Perfect 30 Day Onboarding Program
Most sales onboarding plans are slow, academic, and completely distract sellers from actually selling. In this episode, Armand and Nick break down their exact playbook, including: ๐Ÿš€ How to get reps into the game safely using simulated mocks and SMB discovery loops. ๐Ÿ“š The exact 4-week calendar breakdown to balance industry, product, and sales execution training. ๐Ÿ”„ The 4 team rhythms you must run every week to keep your veteran reps sharp and constantly upskilling. You're one step closer to Presidentโ€™s Club! ๐Ÿš€ Sales Onboarding Plan Care Package ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Tactical Breakdowns ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today
Jul 7
1 hr 35 min
The 30MPC Sales Summer Camp!
In the month of July you can expect: ๐Ÿ”ฅ Four weeks of free sales training across prospecting, discovery, leadership, and executive selling. ๐ŸŽ’ Step-by-step playbooks for sellers and leaders, straight from 30MPC Enablement. - - You're one step closer to President's Club! โ›บ Summer Sales Camp ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Tactical Breakdowns ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today
Jul 6
4 min
#587 - Why Most Sales Teams Approach RFPs Wrong (Stop Wasting Time!) | Konnor Martin
Stop surrendering your team's time and resources to blind RFPs that are already rigged for your competitors. In this episode, Konnor Martin breaks down his exact playbook, including: ๐ŸŽฏ Hijacking the clarification period to ask deep discovery questions instead of just defining basic requirements. ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Supplementing boring text spreadsheets with videos and hyperlinks to sell your differentiated value narrative. โš”๏ธ Calling the buyer's bluff by issuing a "no-bid" on heavily biased RFPs to force a real live conversation and regain leverage. - - You're one step closer to President's Club! ๐Ÿƒ 3 Proposal Accelerators to close deals faster ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Tactical Breakdowns ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today
Jul 2
35 min
#586 - Sales Masterclass: 40 Minutes to Go From Cold Call To Close
Tired of prospects hanging up on your cold calls or ghosting after discovery? In this episode, Nick breaks down their exact playbook, including:  โ˜Ž๏ธ The "Mr. Miyagi" method to flip objections by agreeing and selling the test drive.  ๐ŸŒณ How to use a Discovery Tree to map operational annoyances to executive-level impact. ๐ŸŽฏ Moving away from meeting-based sales stages to verifiable buyer exit criteria.  - - You're one step closer to Presidentโ€™s Club! ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training: โ 30mpc.com/trainingโ   ๐Ÿ“ˆ Cold Calling Course: https://hubs.li/Q04mZ_-x0  ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0  ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
Jun 30
43 min
#585 - Conquering the end-of-deal chaos | 30MPC Hall of Fame
๐Ÿ›’ Toddโ€™s Negotiation Course: https://hubs.li/Q04k0BGj0ย  ๐Ÿ“ข Declare your levers early. There are four levers in a negotiation: Volume, timing of cash, length of commitment, and timing of the deal. ๐Ÿค Trade discounts for predictability. Explain upfront that there is tremendous value in your ability to predict, and you are willing to pay for that predictability in the form of a discount. โš–๏ธ Paint the trade-offs. When power comes in asking for a final pound of flesh, hold firm by referring back to the levers you shared early and outlining the necessary trade-offs so your champion can evangelize it. - - You're one step closer to President's Club! ๐Ÿ‹ 30MPC Training: 30mpc.com/trainingย  ๐Ÿ›  Weekly Tactical Breakdowns: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 ๐Ÿ“š Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
Jun 25
26 min
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