Don't pour sand in your garri 🤲

Plus: Why you should give cold outreaches a shot

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Abraham Iyiola

16 mai 2024

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Hello, Buddy!

A very random question for you…

So I'm feeling generous today. Tell me your plans and I may send you the money, I'm serious.

In Today’s Email:

  1. A No-Go Area
  2. Story Of The Week: Cold Outreaches Should Be Your Next Plan
  3. AI Tool Of The Week: Nextar gives you CRM data so you can close revenue faster
  4. Opportunity Of The Week: NNPC Refinery IT/SIWES and Internship Program 2024

THE BIG IDEA

A No-Go Area

What year did you decide “Oh, I should build a career around Sales/Marketing”?

This year? Last year? Or maybe over 5 years ago. Then you would agree with me that there were some mistakes you made on your journey, and now when you look back, you go “No way I did X or Y”.

Yes, that's growth. But, what's even better is when an expert holds your hand. Speaking of experts, Jill Konrath said you should never do these else, you could fail in sales.

In Nigerian English: Don’t use your own hand to pour sand in your Garri! She goes on to say:

When Forbes magazine interviewed me about what salespeople should never do, the five "no-nos" below immediately popped into my mind…

OPINION PIECE: REGINA ONEKPE

Everything You Need To Grow

Podia has the best online course platforms for you to build engaging e-learning products.

It gets better: It is also an all-in-one platform that lets you start and grow a business digitally. Oh, and you can customize your website too!

Best part? Podia is free.


What Sales Moguls Are Gisting About

  1. McDonald's is switching up its marketing strategy yet again!
  2. Very soon, you’ll be able to simply describe the audience that you want to reach with AI on X
  3. Meanwhile, snap is trying to woo advertisers to its platform - but will they fall?

STORY OF THE WEEK

Cold Outreaches Should Be Your Next Plan

A few months ago, a high schooler sent me a 19-page slide deck on how I could improve my content. Now he runs all our social and email marketing.

Here's how he landed a $150k job with me (and how you can use the same "Pre-Work Method" to create opportunities)...

MEME OF THE WEEK

You never saw that end coming 😂


LET’S TALK

SALES 101

Life hack to get your work done faster:


JOBS OF THE WEEK

This Is Where The Money Is

  • #1 Job Of The Week 🎉

Work as a Remote Customer Service Rep at Project Growth ($1K – $1.2K per month)


Top Resources For You

🌟 9 top tips on how to deal with rejection in sales

🚀 23 elevator pitch examples to inspire you

💫 What would your customer’s service experience be like if it was sprinkled? Find out

🤖 AI Tool Of The Week: Nextar gives you CRM data so you can close revenue faster

💡 Opportunity of the week: NNPC Refinery IT/SIWES and Internship Program 2024


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Written by Regina Onekpe
Edited by Onome Akpodonor

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