Category: ON AIR: With Owen

Introducing our 78th episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 78th guest is David Allison, Founder of The Valuegraphics Project. Owen and David discuss how tapping into customers core values can unlock the ability to understand them on a deeper level and influence them more effectively.

Including:

– The difference between demographics and valuegraphics
– How to use valuegraphics effectively
– The concept of humans being values-driven
– 3 key questions to ask your potential customers to reveal their core values
– Getting to the ‘why’
– Demographic dominance
– How old habits need to change around targeting your ideal customer
– The most common values from around the world

Introducing our 77th episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 77th guest is Shaun Doherty, Owner of the555club. Owen and Shaun discuss making space for clarity of thought, alleviating stress and being intentionally grateful; and how these things can elevate our lives both professionally and personally.

Including:
– Tools and techniques for managing stress, mental health and wellbeing
– Living with stress and why it can be a good thing
– the555club: Breathwork, Meditation, Gratitude – what are they and how to use them
– How to differentiate yourself from your thoughts
– The responsibility on employers to promote and enable mental wellbeing in the workplace
– The misconceptions around meditation
– The importance of taking care of your body physically
– Things Shaun would do differently if he were to go back and do the last 10 years again

Introducing our 76th episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 76th guest is Dale Dupree, Founder & CSO of The Sales Rebellion. Owen and Dale discuss how to ‘sell more and suck less’.

Including:
– An introduction to Dale and The Sales Rebellion
– How to stand out as an SDR in a crowded market
– The ideal traits and skills of a high performing SDR
– Advice for dealing with rejection, failure and lack of confidence
– Most common things that sales reps do which ‘suck’
– The importance of humanising your sales strategy
– The Sales Rebellion’s ‘R.E.A.S.O.N.’ theory

Introducing our 75th episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 75th guests are Julia Nimchinski (Co-Founder & CEO at HYPCCCYCL) and Justin Michael (Co-Founder at HYPCCCYCL). They discuss alignment of sales and marketing teams; the role of salespeople as marketers and vice versa; and how today’s business world can benefit from customer-centric virtual events.

Including:
– How to truly align your sales and marketing teams
– The role of salespeople as marketers and vice versa
– Benefits of customer-centric virtual events
– Encouraging sales and marketing teams to learn from each other
– The journey from SDR to marketer and vice versa
– Tips for fostering collaboration among sales teams
– Generating pipeline and revenue through virtual events
– The best tech stack for modern virtual events
– What it takes to run a customer-centric event
– The book ‘Reinventing Virtual Events‘ – why you should read it and where to find it.

Introducing our 74th episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 74th guest is Alastair Banks, Co-Founder at Optix Solutions. Alastair and Owen discuss personal brand – how any salesperson trying to drive new business can build a personal brand and use it to their advantage.

Including:
– An introduction to Alastair and Optix Solutions
– Why would an SDR/Account Executive/Head of Sales/Founder spend time building a personal brand, when they could be out selling?
– How long does it take to build a personal brand, and are there quick wins along the way
– For junior-mid level roles, how do you decide on a tone of voice for your personal brand?
– How do you decide on the right channels for your personal brand?
– What does good personal brand content look like?
– How to build and reach your target audience

Introducing our 73rd episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 73rd guest is James Shakespeare, Founder at Evosite. James and Owen discuss the various growth stages along the journey of growing a small business (SME).

Including:
– Key challenges along the journey of growing a small business
– When does your business outgrow your first 5-10 hires?
– Intentional desire and ambition to grow, and how that mindset can change over time
– Focusing on sales and marketing strategy vs. relying on organic growth
– Letting go of control as a Founder and utilising your leadership team
– James’ best and worst business decisions over the last 15 years

Introducing our 72nd episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 72nd guest is Kate King, Head of Recruitment at Seed Talent. Kate and Owen discuss the world of SDR recruitment, as it looks now.

Including:
– Who is Kate and who are Seed Talent?
– The current state of SDR recruitment and how it’s changed in the last 12 months
– What does it look like heading into 2023?
– What’s working and what isn’t for organisations growing out their SDR functions
– The soft skills recruiters look for which make a good SDR
– What the top companies are doing to differentiate themselves when recruiting for SDRs
– The importance of culture and employer brand when recruiting for SDRs
– The ideal hiring process: speed vs. quality
– Kate’s ‘SDR shopping list’: three things SDRs should do before applying for SDR roles

Introducing our 71st episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 71st guest is Adam Weekes, Sales Lead for EMEA at Bigtincan. Adam and Owen discuss prospecting via email.

Including:
– The do’s and don’ts when prospecting via email
– The current trends around sales enablement
– How salespeople are using data to make decisions at a strategic management level vs rep level
– Where Adam has seen the most success with email prospecting in 2022
– Adam’s top-secret recipe for email prospecting
– How to personalise your emails in an authentic way
– The best types of content to include in your prospecting emails
– Open rates, reply rates, booked meeting rates – what does good look like? 

Introducing our 70th episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 70th guest is John Richardson, Founder & CEO at ExP. John and Owen discuss all things coaching for SDRs.

Including:
– What is coaching and why should managers be doing it?
– The differences between training and coaching an SDR
– How to coach effectively and productively
– How to guarantee training sessions are not wasted
– How does external coaching work?
– How SDR managers’ roles have evolved over the last 10 years
– 1-2-1 coaching vs. group coaching

Introducing our 69th episode of ON AIR: With Owen – our latest interview video series with honest conversation about scaling revenue, hosted by our Founder & CEO, Owen Richards.

Our 69th guest is Robert Smart, Enterprise Account Executive at Haiilo. Owen and Robert have an interesting discussion about Ideal Customer Profile (ICP).

Including:
– The definition and purpose of an ICP
– What elements define and document your ICP
– A new concept: Acceptable Client Profile (ACP)
– The downfalls of a scatter-gun prospecting approach
– How your prospecting time could be better spent with research & data
– How to approach a broad ICP from a targeting perspective
– Deviating from the ICP plan – should it be done?
– How to validate your thesis for your target market
– Scenario: How to deal with an inbound enquiry that does not fit within your ICP