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Our desire is to bring insightful concepts that can be pragmatically applied.
These blog posts are almost entirely based upon real client conversations.
Thus, we're sharing the real perspectives CEOs and other senior execs are employing to break through growth plateaus and capture as much upside as possible.
We hope you enjoy these musings. But even more, we hope you apply them in your business.


Your Price Should Never Travel Alone
A price should never travel alone. A $300K deal we had in a Win Room this week: โณ The buyer said it plainly: โณ โAll we care about is ROI.โ Yet the price was about to go out... ... by itself. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ THE PROBLEM ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ Send a price by itself and it becomes the biggest number in the room. โ $250K, alone on a page, reads as pure cost. ๐จ๐จ๐จ NEW RULES ๐จ๐จ๐จ Two moves 1๏ธโฃ The price never goes out without a value number at least sitting next to it. 10x bigger (minimally) $300K
Aug 31 min read
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TRUTH is less costly than compliance
That crippling forecast miss? It may not be because your reps can't sell (or predict what they're going to sell)... It could have been missed because telling the truth is against the rules. โฌโฌโฌ REAL SCENARIO โฌโฌโฌ On of my enterprise software clients $2M slipped out of commit during the last week of the quarter. โณ The post-mortem showed it wasn't about skill. A sales leader said it flat: โ๐ก๐ผ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐
Jul 312 min read
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Stop Selling Too Low
You're losing revenue because you're selling lower than you can/should. What I mean is... ...covered in this ~5 min video. โฌโฌโฌ CHAPTERS โฌโฌโฌ 0:00 - What I mean by 'selling too low' 0:25 - An illustrative real-world deal 0:55 - The REAL story 1:35 - How it ties to pricing 2:05 - How it ties to close date 2:30 - The lesson is... 2:50 - If you object, based on your product 3:40 - The impact + a key question 4:00 - How we address this ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ACTION ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ If you're a #CEO or #CRO
May 111 min read
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7 Common Errors Surfaced by Win Rooms
7 common sales errors your org is likely struggling with. [4 MIN VIDEO] You're likely struggling with these given I've yet to enter a B2B org with an enterprise sale where these aren't common. โฌโฌโฌ CHAPTERS โฌโฌโฌ 0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Error 1 0:43 - Error 2 1:06 - Error 3 1:28 - Error 4 1:50 - Error 5 2:08 - Error 6 2:31 - Error 7 2:50 - What we do with these thematic errors 3:19 - Aside from the learnings... 3:40 - The core of revenue transformation ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ACTION ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ If you're
May 41 min read
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3 Common Forecasting Problems
CEOs & CROs: Are you landing more than 5% outside of your forecast? If so, take 3 min with this video. โฌโฌโฌ CHAPTERS โฌโฌโฌ 0:00 - Problem One 0:41 - Problem Two 1:40 - Problem Three ๐จ๐จ๐จ SO THEN ๐จ๐จ๐จ Which of these three are occurring in your organization? These are all solvable. ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ACTION ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ If you're a #CEO or #CRO and tired of getting burned by missed forecasts โถ๏ธ REACH OUT โ๏ธ And we can talk through how we systematically address these three (among other) forecast
Apr 271 min read
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WIN ROOMS | Replace feel-good optimism with tension-informed action to improve win rates
๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น-๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐. ๐ง๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ THE TENSION ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ A Rev(X) Win Room is meant to explore the tension in a deal. It's where assumptions get stress tested. Where optimism meets evidence. But... iอtอ อdอoอeอsอnอ'อtอ อeอxอpอoอsอeอ อsอaอlอeอsอ อrอeอpอ อfอaอuอlอtอsอ, it exposes opportunity for improvement of bot
Apr 171 min read
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You need a post-sales GROWTH ENGINE to make Expansion Revenue INEVITABLE
Your customer success team isnโt commercial. And itโs costing you millions. ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ THE PROBLEM ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ CS is โsupportive.โ Helpful. Responsive. โ๏ธ High NPS. โ Low expansion. Renewals feel reactive. Upsell feels awkward -- doesn't happen. 'Sales' is a dirty word. So revenue leaks quietly after the deal closes. ๐จ๐จ๐จ THE SHIFT ๐จ๐จ๐จ Post-sales is not service. Itโs value realization. A growth engine. Because value drives revenue. Commercial CS means: โ
Value delivery pro
Apr 161 min read
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Deal Qual Goesโฌ๏ธ Sales Skills Go โฌ๏ธ
I've inspected 100's of B2B sales oppties, and one thing is always true... [90 sec video] ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ACTION ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ If you're a #CEO or #CRO and โณ want to tอuอrอnอ อlอiอvอeอ อdอeอaอlอsอ อiอnอtอoอ อcอlอaอsอsอrอoอoอmอsอ โณ for both sales reps AND sales managers โณ while also iอnอcอrอeอaอsอiอnอgอ อyอoอuอrอ อrอeอvอeอnอuอeอ อoอuอtอcอoอmอeอsอ โถ๏ธ REACH OUT โ๏ธ Macy Tanking and I can discuss what Rev(X) #WinRooms may look like for your revenue organization. ------------------------ Rev(X) |
Mar 281 min read
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Enablement vs Effectiveness
Sales Enablement & Sales Effectiveness are not the same thing. [2.5 min video] โฌโฌโฌ CHAPTERS โฌโฌโฌ 0:00 - Central Point 0:12 - Core Question 0:36 - Orientation 1:07 - Context 1:25 - Metrics 1:45 - Proximity to Revenue 1:58 - To Clarify... ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ ACTION ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ If you're a #CEO or #CRO and want to supplement your Sales Enablement with a Sales Effectiveness layer... โถ๏ธ REACH OUT โ๏ธ We can help you understand how we partner with Sales Enablement to apply behavioral change mgmt in Re
Mar 261 min read
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