Here's how an Outbound Squad client increased outbound opps created quarter over quarter by 54%
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About this team:
- 40+ reps
- Sells to security, IT, and infrastructure leaders
Our client was a recently hired Director of Sales Development. Eager to make a big impact and needed a more scalable outbound process to grow headcount in 2025.
Enablement content was great for full-cycle sellers (AEs + AMs), but they didn't have BDR-specific enablement.
3-6 months following the program they:
- More than doubled cold email reply rates (from 3-7%)
- Increased outbound opps created by 54%
- Increased outbound meetings held by 48%
Here's what made this project so successful:
✅ Collaboration with top reps
Training content should NEVER be created in a silo. Buy-in is highest (and best) when the trading has a “for us, by us” feel to the reps.
✅ Systemization of repeatable outbound scenarios
Outbound shouldn’t always be super cold. Find the most reparable situations and turn them into plays.
Ideas:
- Customers using one but not all products
- Trigger-based
- Using specific competitors
- Showing evidence of specific problems
Find the patterns and great repeatable messaging and talk tracks to reduce cognitive load.
✅ Leadership participation
The senior most leader participated in nearly every session, as well as the managers. Outbound is all about leading by example.
✅ Top-notch enablement
We didn’t help with this, but their new rep onboarding is the best I’ve seen. Short, concise documentation on the industry, the problems, and the buyers.
Pro tip: don’t teach product then persona. Educate on persona first and what they care about, then where the product fits in.
✅ Practice, practice, practice
We didn’t just teach. We practiced. We built muscle memory so that going into a cold call felt like wearing a broken-in pair of shoes. Don’t practice on prospects. Facilitate group practice with reps.
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