Life After Sales: Recent Episodes
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Exploring the various career and life options one has after a stint in the sales game. Hosted by Ding Zheng (rapper -> SaaS Account Executive -> agency owner), the show will have guests from various industries share their journeys pivoting from sales.
Our guest today is a legend on LinkedIn and heralded for his expertise as a field, partner, and community marketer....
We welcome Nick Bennett! We chat about his background in sales, how it helped him pivot to marketing, and what some of the good and bad transferables are.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickbennett1/
Sales to marketing pipeline...the classic. How does it work, what are the challenges, and what is community anyway?
Zoe Hartsfield joins us today to chat about her journey pivoting from an enterprise SDR position towards marketing, and what it looks like to build a community-led play...where the goal is not just increasing awareness and revenue, but finding great ways for everybody in the company's extended ecosystem to win together.
Check out Zoe's content here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoehart/
Learn about Spekit here:
https://spekit.com/
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Wow people actually don't hate this thing.
This week we have former professional poker player, rapper, sales rep, and now business owner Eric Smith. We chat about the challenges of pivotting from an IC to an owner and what sales did and did not prepare us for in business.
Lot's of granular tips such as advanced video selling with visual effects and using the mental game of odds to negotiate from a point of power.
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https://www.salesrap.io/
Pilot episode of Life After Sales. Simulcasted live on Clubhouse. Unfortunately, we lost a bit of the audio, but life moves on.
I talk about the motivations and goals behind the podcast, then Chris Cheng of Tech Talks (450k member tech community on Clubhouse) joins us to talk about his ventures in community building and branding outside of his sales career.
Stay tuned for episode 1 coming soon!
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https://www.salesrap.io/