Episodes
Published 02/23/23
10 years ago Ding left a comment on a youtube video of mine. Little did we know... we would meet again in SaaS with newfound skills and common goals of starting our own creative agencies. Ding Zheng, founder of SalesRap.io and EventShark.io took his skills as a hip-hop artist, the art of freestyling, and content creation and embarked on uncharted waters - helping B2B SaaS companies stand out and book more deals with rap. To this date, SalesRap.io has made him well over 6 figures! His newest...
Published 02/23/23
Want to generate $1M+ in closed won in 90 days? Want to get a free ticket to SaaStr? ($1900 value) Provide value and network. On today's episode, I sit down with Mike Wander, New Partnership Manager at SaaStr. Mike is a three-tour, Marine Corp veteran having run intelligence operations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He made the switch from military to sales this year and has achieved 90 meetings & over $1M in closed/won in 90 days. He joins us today to talk about all things...
Published 08/24/22
What’s up all you lowly lovely people! While you probably shouldn't take my advice on dating... I recorded this right after valentines day and it seemed fitting. I do consider myself to be pretty good at sales and you know how they say life is sales? Well, after getting back into the dating game, I realized how similar they actually are... for good or bad this is what I've learned. This episode is a little bit of a rant. Would love to hear what you think about me doing more solo...
Published 03/08/22
Today we welcome "the ronin saas" sword-swinging, B2B sales tech wizard, that can build out your salesforce instance or bounce your a$$ outa of a club (if you’re getting out of line) Eric Dabearsforce Steeves (The Co-Owner of PKA solves) In this episode, we talk about the unpredictable path that lead Eric and me to run our own business, how we sharpened our "sales blade" through "untraditional methods", our struggles with mental health, and how our love and background in martial arts taught...
Published 01/25/22
The end of The Lowly SDR Podcast as you know it... 2021 was... well 2021. I'm sure just like a lot of you, I was met with huge obstacles, loss, and challenges. With all those L's... I saw some W's too. Abuveground hit revenue goals I never thought possible. I learned and improved on skills like SEO, Website Development, Video Editing & Videography. Honestly, 2021 was shaping out to be an amazing year in the beginning. I even was releasing podcasts. Working on other podcasts I was...
Published 01/11/22
On today's episode ft Ding Zheng (filling in as Co-host), we sit down with Owner & CEO of CheetahIQ, Matt Wood. Matt has an impressive background as an out of the world VP of sales in the satellites space. He stumbled across CheetahIQ looking for a better solution to do sales research.  CheetahIQ is a tool that helps you find relevant information on your accounts and prospects with a clean and user friendly interface.  On this ep. we discuss: Why sales research is something that...
Published 06/10/21
Today we have on very special guests, disrupting the video prospecting space, & changing how we look at personalized video, the creators of the new video tool Potion - Andrew Boos (Co-Owner @ Potion & Owner of Darwinian Ventures) & Kanad Bahalkar (Co-Owner @ Potion & Former UX Engineer @ Google)  After hearing about the new video tool (like Vidyard, Loom, BombBomb, ect) but w/ the ability to scale personalized video using AI... I took a demo & was blown away. I’ve been...
Published 05/18/21
Today we have a special guest and friend of the show Matthew Provins, SDR at Sellx, PreHired Alumni, and young up-and-coming entrepreneur.  Matthew lives with a chronic physical disability that affects his motor functions Even though this provided hardship growing up, his disability has shaped the way he looks at life, in the most positive way. Improvise, adapt, overcome, is a motto he lives by, and it fits him perfectly.  At the young age of 14 , while working as a volunteer on political...
Published 05/11/21
Today we have on the man who needs no introduction, Max Altschuler. Founder and CEO of Sales Hacker, the leading community for the next generation of sales professionals.  He’s the author of Hacking Sales, Sales Engagement, and Career Hacking For...
Published 04/15/21
Today we have on Gabrielle "GB" Blackwell, SDR Manager at Gong.io and host of the SDR Hotline (Sales Hacker), for a "real a$$" conversation about her path to becoming an SDR manager, why being an SDR helped her shape her management style, and why sales...
Published 04/06/21
In this discussion we will cover the difference between followers and fans, the state of sales content, calling b******t on sales “thought-leaders” who are too far removed from the role, the rise of the female and diversity in sales content. Who to follow for sales advice and why you should seek out content that you identify with, & much more!
Published 03/30/21
On this episode (Season 1 Finale) of The Lowly SDR, Tyler and I sit down to wrap up season one and reflect on the crazy year of 2020. The good, the lowly, and the mentally exhausting. A year filled with highs and lows for both of us. Most of our highs...
Published 02/17/21
Today we sit down with Marcus Chan (President/Founder @ Venli Consulting Group LLC) one of the most captivating voices on LinkedIn and long time friend of the show to discuss - His impressive and hilarious rise from selling speedos (and getting a gun...
Published 01/14/21
Paul Salamanca has one of the most impressive sales backgrounds you can find. He is truly a top one percenter at everything from door to door transactional sales to leading a team that closes enterprise deals with Fortune 100 companies over at Security Scorecard.
Published 12/29/20
Today, we have on, Scott Leese, one of the top start up sales leaders in the country! Spanning over two decades, Scott has trained and developed armies of sales departments for companies such as Google and SalesLoft. He is the CEO and Founder of both Scott Leese Consulting and SurfandSales.com.
Published 12/10/20
When we were introduced to Thibaut Souyris, he immediately impressed us. We've been huge proponents on the show of driving results through creative types of prospecting activities. But one thing missing from our vision, has been the science and scalability of it. Thibaut is the Founder of Sales Labs, Godfather of the T-Shaped SDR, and one of most impressive coaches/content creators in this space. If your goal is to set more meetings, there's no better individual to listen to.
Published 11/18/20
On today’s episode of The Lowly SDR Podcast!!! We dive into the shark invested waters of VCs (Venture Capitalism) with Brian Murray (Managing Director @ Craft Ventures), here to discuss:His impressive RISE through SaaSHis experience GROWING and SCALING...
Published 11/05/20
We all know and admire the brand that Sarah Brazier has built. But, before that happened, Sarah struggled through much of the same pains that many of us have experienced cracking into sales. Sarah shares with us what allowed her to step from struggling SDR to the top performing SDR and now quota crushing AE at Gong.
Published 10/16/20
The Lowly SDR Podcast + Gr8insight brings you a sneak peak of a new show produced by ABUVEGROUND “The Thinking SDR Show” In this episode, (Host) Nadir Mansor (CEO @Gr8insight alongside Eric aka The Lowly SDR bring you 2 successful “Thinking” SDR’s that...
Published 10/01/20
Co-Founder of SDR Nation and Sr. Director of Sales at #paid, Michael Gagliano, joins the show to discuss his vision to support a global community of SDRs and bring respect to sales as a profession. Fast forward to now and SDR Nation has exploded with our own co-host, Tyler Cole, serving as one of the incredible coaches supporting the community.
Published 10/01/20
You heard it from Ian on Selling with Purpose, "software sales is just a different sport." High potential and high respect, but high pressure and hard to crack into. It's an industry reserved for the most elite sales reps. This was the reality before Covid layoffs and the widening of the talent pool with remote roles. We hear it everyday...how challenging it is to get into this industry or even stay in it after losing a role. Today we have an honest and unfiltered conversation, with Ryan...
Published 09/17/20
In this episode, the man, the myth, the legend, John Barrows, joins the show to kick off his partnership with The LowlySDR. John is head of JB Sales Training. They are responsible for arguably the number one training and content platform in B2B SaaS....
Published 08/04/20
Patrick toes the line between brilliance and psychosis, so we thought he’d be the best person to sit down with and have a discussion about “Mental Health In Sales“ and how to deal with constant rejection as an SDR.
Published 06/24/20
Ian is an enterprise sales rep for Salesforce and is now teaching all us Lowly sales reps how to go from selling copiers to closing 8 figure deals and how to become better humans along the way.
Published 06/15/20