#533 - How to Build a Team That Thrives on 700 Cold Calls a Week | Melanie Smith

#533 - How to Build a Team That Thrives on 700 Cold Calls a Week | Melanie Smith

Author: Armand Farrokh & Nick Cegelski December 18, 2025 Duration: 34:20
Melanie Smith, Head of Sales Development at Nooks, breaks down the exact systems, metrics, and coaching frameworks she uses to run one of the highest-performing SDR teams in outbound. In this episode, she shares KPI structures, call-block strategy, cold-call skill development, and how leaders can scale connect rates, conversation rates, and meeting production without burning out their reps. 🎙️ ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS: Weekly SDR readouts: Reps review KPIs and explain every meeting they booked to surface repeatable plays. Use AI for call pattern analysis: Analyze winning call transcripts to find coaching themes and enablement topics. Own rep career paths: Align with other departments and give SDRs projects that build promotion-ready skills. One thing — Call for Intel & Intros: Run an “I&I” block where reps call below-the-line users to gather insights and get warm introductions. MELANIE’S PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB: Scaled team from 10→50 @ Klue, then 4→33 @ Nooks in 18 months Top 2 performer @ Klue during 1.5-year tenure before moving into SDR leadership These Courses Will Get You to President’s Club 👥 Leadership Course: https://bit.ly/4o8KtMT 📧 Cold Email Course: http://bit.ly/44K6jy3 ☎️ Cold Call Course: https://bit.ly/4jqQ4w2 🔮 Discovery Course: https://bit.ly/4cQYaM8 🛠️ Free Toolkits: http://bit.ly/4nZwvO5 Get More Tactics Join our weekly newsletter – https://hubs.li/Q02NJQ8p0 Things you can steal and use today – https://linktr.ee/30mpc_youtube

Armand Farrokh and Nick Cegelski host 30 Minutes to President's Club | No-Nonsense Sales, a business podcast built on a simple, direct promise. It bypasses theoretical discussions and motivational fluff to deliver concrete, usable strategies from the very best in the field. Each episode is a focused half-hour conversation with top-tier performers from organizations like Salesforce, LinkedIn, Gong, and Keller Williams, dissecting the exact tactics that propelled them into the highest echelons of sales. You won't find generic advice here; instead, you'll get a step-by-step breakdown of what works right now, from crafting unbeatable outreach to navigating complex negotiations and closing consistently. The entire premise of this podcast is efficiency-condensing years of elite experience into actionable insights you can apply immediately to move the needle in your own pipeline. It’s for salespeople who are tired of stories and ready for the playbook, offering a clear, no-nonsense path to hitting your targets and earning that recognition. Tune in for a direct line to the methods used by the top one percent, all structured to fit into your commute or a break between calls.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Duration: 38:04
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#558 - The 5 Data-Backed Cold Call Scripts to Overcome Any Objection [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:56
Most sales reps try to memorize dozens of objection responses. That’s a mistake. Just 5 objections make up roughly 74% of what you’ll hear on cold calls. This episode breaks down those 5 objections and gives you simple,…