SaaStr 062: Why Unprofitable Customers Must Be Fired, Segmentation in Sales Breeds Laziness & The Future of Sales in an AI Driven World with John Barrows, Godfather of Sales

John Barrows is essentially the Godfather of Sales. We often have VPs of Sales from tech titans on the show but who trains those VPs and sales reps to be the best in the world at sales? That is where John Barrows comes in, with clients including Dropbox, Box, Marketo, Twilio and many more, John has amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience allowing him to provide the most proactive sales tips and strategies to optimise the sales process. If you have not checked out his blog, that really is a must and can be found here. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How did John make his way into the world of SaaS and more specifically sales optimisation? How has John seen the sales landscape evolve? What has been the effect of the segmentation of roles pioneered by Salesforce? What will be the catalyst that causes teams to shift from current sales methods and teams to AI replacing the sales team? What does this depend on? How does John view the integration of sales and marketing? How does the rise of ABM change this? How can sales reps perfect the balance of being direct and being rude? How important is a summary email? What is the optimal structure and how should sales reps follow up on summary emails? 60 Second SaaStr The most common question asked to John by VPs of Sales? What are the benefits of Top Down prospecting? Do execs need structure? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr John Barrows This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cloud.substack.com