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30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales
Hosted by Armand Farrokh & Nick Cegelski · EN
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) show…
Get ready, you're going to President's Club.
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Introducing: The 30MPC Enablement Program
2d ago00:04:41Tap to summarizeMost sales training programs are an absolute waste of time. A trainer shows up, sprays a bunch of theoretical nonsense telling you to "sell the value", and then disappears. 48 hours later your team hasn't changed a damn thing. That's why we built the 30MPC Enablement Program: Your Team’s Step-By-Step Path to President's Club. Actionable Courses: We teach your reps literally any skill from cold calling to negotiation. Tailored Playbooks: We partner with you to build out all of your company-specific playbooks. Real-World Reinforcement: We provide the tools and management to make sure the training actually sticks. Book your first training sprint → https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training
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#595 - 6 Ways You're Killing Your Own Discovery Calls
6d ago00:29:32Tap to summarizeYou're losing deals before minute 10 because your discovery call feels like an interrogation or a demo. In this episode, Jen Allen-Knuth breaks down her exact playbook, including: 📉 The 6 lethal discovery mistakes that make buyers lose respect for you—and how to fix them. 🎯 How to anchor your discovery to top-down CEO objectives instead of low-level pain points. 📋 The 7-step discovery flow that gets buyers to realize their status quo is too expensive to maintain. You’re one step closer to President’s Club!: 📝 The Ultimate Multi-Threading and Selling to the C-Suite Report: https://hubs.ly/Q04rbRjx0 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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#594 - The Perfect Outbound Sequence: Scripts, Templates, Messaging
1w ago00:31:51Tap to summarizeMost sellers burn great accounts by spamming the exact same pitch 14 times. In this episode, Nick Cegelski and Armand Farrokh break down their exact playbook, including: 🔥The 10-to-14 touch multi-channel sequence that drives double-digit reply rates 🎯How to write 4-sentence cold emails using a single piece of research 📞The cold call opener and voicemail script that triples email reply rates -- You're one step closer to President's Club! 📦 Outbound Care Package: https://hubs.li/Q04qYFdF0 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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#593 - EXACTLY How to Build an Unstoppable Sales Team in 60 days
2w ago00:46:00Tap to summarizeBurning through 20 meetings a week with zero revenue to show for it? In this episode, Armand Farrokh breaks down their exact playbook, including: 🎯 How to define "The Slot" and purge low-intent deals from your pipeline. 🐉 The 3-Headed Hydra strategy to multi-thread directly to decision-makers. 🚗 How to run "Pimp My Ride" demos that show only what solves their specific pain. You're one step closer to President's Club! 📦 Sales Leadership Care Package: https://hubs.li/Q04qnWYp0 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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#592 - The Sales Process That Took Outreach From $0 To $250M
2w ago00:47:32Tap to summarizeMost 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: 🚀Shifting from traditional meeting-based stages to a 5-stage psychological agreement framework that prevents late-stage deal stalls. 💡Deploying a "Problem Hypothesis" led discovery call that builds instant executive authority and forces buyers to expose their real gaps. 🔥Using reference calls and deep-dive demos fluidly across any stage to dismantle justification anxiety and consensus paralysis. – You're one step closer to President's Club! 🧱 How to build your own sales process: https://hubs.li/Q04q1XLV0 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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#591 - $250M CRO Teaches: How to Master Sales Metrics
3w ago00:30:48Tap to summarizeNobody ever shows first-time sales leaders how to actually know their numbers. In this episode, Mark Kosoglow breaks down their exact playbook, including: 📉 How to isolate L1 lagging metrics like qualified pipeline and use L2 conversion rates to pinpoint exact process gaps. ⚙️ The operational framework to instantly determine if a drop in your revenue chain is a team skill issue or a RevOps routing error. 📊 Why relying on simple historical time-based win rates lies to you, and how to transition to cohort tracking for true forecast accuracy. - 🔢 Sales Metrics Pack: https://hubs.li/Q04pGGVv0 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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#590 - The Complete Discovery Call Playbook (Build It From Scratch)
3w ago00:48:04Tap to summarizeMost 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: 🚀 Flipping the script on your agenda using the Purpose, Plan, and Outcome framework to disarm prospects in the first 90 seconds. 🌲 Dialing in your Discovery Tree to systematically force champion-level pain down into executive-level business impact. ⏱️ 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 President’s Club! 🎁 The Discovery Care Package: https://www.30mpc.com/blog/the-discovery-care-package 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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#589 - How to Build a World-Class SDR Team (Complete Playbook)
4w ago00:46:04Tap to summarizeWe'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. Armand’s playbook includes: 🚀 The "Between You, Me, and the Wall" tactic to win over individuals privately before you ever address the group publicly. 📉 The 5 core weekly meetings you need to bookend your team's activity with raw energy and continuous coaching. 🔥 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 President’s Club! 🚀 The SDR Leader Pack: https://hubs.li/Q04nGgrk0 🏋 30MPC Training: https://www.30mpc.com/course/team-training 🛠 Weekly Newsletter: https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 📚 Things you can steal and use today: https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube
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#588 - The Perfect 30 Day Onboarding Program
4w ago01:35:42Tap to summarizeMost 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: 🚀 How to get reps into the game safely using simulated mocks and SMB discovery loops. 📚 The exact 4-week calendar breakdown to balance industry, product, and sales execution training. 🔄 The 4 team rhythms you must run every week to keep your veteran reps sharp and constantly upskilling. You're one step closer to President’s Club! 🚀 Sales Onboarding Plan Care Package 🏋 30MPC Training 🛠 Weekly Tactical Breakdowns 📚 Things you can steal and use today
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The 30MPC Sales Summer Camp!
Jul 600:04:34Tap to summarizeIn the month of July you can expect: 🔥 Four weeks of free sales training across prospecting, discovery, leadership, and executive selling. 🎒 Step-by-step playbooks for sellers and leaders, straight from 30MPC Enablement. - - You're one step closer to President's Club! ⛺ Summer Sales Camp 🏋 30MPC Training 🛠 Weekly Tactical Breakdowns 📚 Things you can steal and use today
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