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How it feels to close the laptop at the end of the day in outbound sales

@briandonatiello you’d be surprised how many reps are scared to ask for a meeting

@RooktoRep The ask costs nothing. The silence costs everything.

When a cold call isn’t going well at all… but you still offer a meeting & they happily accept.

@Old_SalesAnon yes that is true… why you email and call again before the meeting to get them to accept

@RooktoRep Then they don’t show. Still need to offer the meeting but most of the time certain people just accept the meeting to get you off the phone and don’t show.

@HumanticAI extremely important to build high quality lists

@RooktoRep Strong list. The reps who stay consistent with this are usually the ones who compound over time.

Want to perform higher as a sales rep? Move faster on intent signals. Create a repeatable system. Protect your calendar like capital. Be long-term pipeline building.

@briandonatiello control your calendar or it will control you

@RooktoRep Protecting your calendar is underrated. Most reps burn hours on unqualified leads that should have been filtered at the signal stage.

The GTM orgs of future won’t just have an SDRs paired to AEs. They’ll have a Go-To-Market Engineer (GTMEs) attached to their territory also. AEs still spends hours per week on: - List building
- Data cleanup
- CRM admin
- Sequencing / messaging
- Manual research That’s not selling - it’s infrastructure work. Now imagine this instead: - 1 AE, 1 SDR, 1 GTME all paired together The GTME handles: - Automation
- Intent triggers
- Data enrichment
- Workflow design
- Territory-specific outbound logic The AE becomes: - Signal interpreter
- Strategist
- Closer
- Buying committee navigator The reps with better systems win. If 1 GTME improves conversion by even 10- 15% for 3 AEs… The ROI is obvious. Just like SDRs were once optional… GTM Engineers will follow the same path: Optional → Advantage → Standard.

@briandonatiello signal vs noise really relates to outbound sales

@RooktoRep Intent signals are the cheat code. Everything else is noise. One real signal beats a hundred cold touches.

Cold call check list for me: -Have I reached out to this person before? -What is their role? -Do I know their tech stack? -Have we had any prior conversations with this account? -Are there any intent signals? Only need one of these to frame the call to my advantage.

@mike__adeleye well said

@RooktoRep Making things happen is high roi, every other thing is a footnote

The best SDRs & AEs make things happen. They don’t wish they’ll happen.

@dcmvlt exactly

@RooktoRep force the outcome

@mikutechsales do everything in your power to get them to confirm before the meeting. call again. email. send an agenda. make it happen.

@RooktoRep I did get one shortly after reading it, let’s see if they show up now!

How to handle the “I’m in a meeting right now / can you call me back later / send me an email” objections:
 Calmly answer them - “Okay, no worries, do you even think it makes sense to continue this conversation or is this not a priority right now?” You will get two answers:

- they’re not interested at all & were just being polite to get you off the phone… great disqualify them. 
or 
-they will say it makes sense / they want to hear more… tell them you’re putting time on their calendar… & when works best for them (preferably within the next 48 hours)

booked 2 meetings in the last week from this.

@pipelineclub100 closed lost list is the single most important list as an SDR

If you have a new SDR starting. Give them your “closed lost” list to call first. First week on the phones my new guy booked 6 meetings. Gets him to ramp quota and some great momentum.

@briandonatiello call back NEVER happen.. as an SDR you will find this out quickly

@RooktoRep This reframes the power dynamic without being pushy. Most reps panic and agree to callbacks that never happen. Priority check forces a real decision.

@mikutechsales let me know how it works

@RooktoRep That’s a great tip to force an outcome. For sure test driving it 🤝

@chris__harvey__ Becomes much more clear too

@RooktoRep Looking at work, finances and becoming successful from that lens makes the whole journey a lot more easier

Everything is a game. You have your game. I have mine. Your coworkers have theirs. So does your manager. Life has game-like qualities to it everywhere. Once you can see it, things become a lot more clear. Start playing.

@briandonatiello do everything in your power to make cold outbound…. warm

@RooktoRep Best outbound doesn't feel like outbound. When you lead with the problem they're already feeling, the conversation starts itself.

Instead of asking for time… Surface a problem they might already be feeling. Your job in sales is to create a micro-moment of self-recognition.