Melissa Gaglione✨

AE @ Deel 🚀 Video Prospecting👸🏻| 100 Powerful Women in Sales ‘23 | Check out my VP Course | Strategic Advisor | Speaker | OneUpClub | Former On-Air News Reporter & School Teacher | Yogi

I built a $200K+ creator side hustle on LinkedIn from 0 to 40K followers in under 2 years. 

Now I help you do the same👇🏼

Most B2B professionals create great content but never get paid for it. 

I change that through Citrine Creator Accelerator and Citrine Talent Agency.



Here's what I do:

✨For aspiring creators:
The Creator Accelerator teaches you to position yourself as a paid creator, create branded content, and land your first $500-$3,000 partnership. After you graduate, you'll have an established portfolio, rate kit, network, and everything you need to land consistent brand partnerships. 


⭐️ For established creators:
Citrine Talent Agency takes over your partnership management. I renegotiate your rates, handle all contracts and payments, and advocate for you with brands using data!

You just create content. 

My team does everything else from content strategy, timeline management and handling all comms. 


❤️ Why creators work with me:
I've been where you are. 
Posting casually about my corporate experience landed me my first brand partnership while I was an Account Executive. That deal funded side projects while I climbed to Head of Sales. 

💵 In under two years, I generated over $200,000+ from LinkedIn brand partnerships, events, and services all while helping 30+ creators land their first deals, and proving that this model works. 

Now I'm scaling what worked for me: a system that trains and develops corporate creators AND represents them professionally.



💫The bigger picture:
B2B creators are becoming the next wave of founders. 

Content creation is one of the most underrated ways to earn $2,000-$5,000+ per month. 
We're still early.



💰Our average creator: 12K followers, $3,000/month in brand income, full-time job intact.

If you're ready to monetize your LinkedIn presence, consider applying to join an agency or accelerator. 



📩 DM me or apply on our website! 

I'll review your application and see if the Creator Accelerator or Talent Agency is the right fit.


melissa@citrinecreators.co

Account Executive

First dedicated Account Executive selling our newest offering. 
Responsible for building sales process and execution. 
Deel helps businesses hire anyone, anywhere. It’s global payroll for employees and contractors from around the world, all in one place.

These 16 Creators are taking over LinkedIn!! 
Here is why you should follow them 👇 

⭐ Emilie Schario - Building Kilo while sharing real life playbooks and her own built apps for work, parenthood and life!

⭐ mike haimowitz - an SDR who shares the real life work behind booking meeting while having sooo much fun! Killer newsletter too! 

⭐ Breanne S. - The B2B sales leader who also teaches women about hormone optimization, fitness, and health after 30. 

⭐ Surina Sandhu - a Digital marketer who shares the campaign frameworks, lessons and hot takes in the b2b world! 

⭐ David Wilkins - Runs the LARGEST SDR Leaders community in the world and is hosting global events! (Next one is in Austin on 3/5)

⭐ Lauren Sharpe - an AE who believes in health-hustle and in sharing her experience as an entrepreneur in her sales journey.

⭐ Meghann Misiak- our sales witch who coaches sales reps on burnout prevention and anti-hustle culture. 

⭐ Jared Wexler - bridges the gap between new product launches and sales education! highly practical and structured process! 

⭐ Morgan (Shelly) Erazo - a Head of Sales documenting the journey of her leap to leadership! 

⭐ Emma Sturtevant - A sales career coach helping women land their dream roles with empowerment, strategy and heart! 

⭐ ⚡️Francisco Oller Garcia, MBA Oller Garcia, MBA - daily inspiration and practical steps to preventing customer churn with intuition and analytics!

⭐ Maclaine Scher - The VP who is transforming her hilariously and practically transforming her dad's "boomer business" into the new age

⭐ Malisa Nguyen - a mental performance coach and paid speaker sharing her original FLOW framework to help sales reps perform! 

⭐ Monica Stewart - coaching founders and sharing the hard truth that founders need to hear about scaling SaaS sales in the $1M -$10M range

⭐ Elena Mita - Ai transformation and user researcher who is educating and helping teams adopt through content + she's helping her mom find her next role! 

⭐ Eric Maida - the VP of Growth and speaker who teaches AI safety and sales strategy! 




These 16 creators are growing rapidly and are part of the Citrine creator accelerator! 

With over 200 applicants, we narrowed it down to these 16 who are taking over LinkedIn in their own unique way... 

Give them a follow!! 
I am betting BIG on these creators!! 

❤️ Who are YOU betting on??? 



PS: Hi i'm Melissa Gaglione ⭐️ and I help linkedin creators get paid to post, monetize their brand and grow together! 

Apply for the March Cohort or Talent Agency here: https://lnkd.in/eRVhk9HE

Melissa Gaglione ⭐️

CEO & Creator 44k+ followers | 50M impressions✨ Founder of Citrine ⭐️ & Content @ ColdIQ 🧠 | Event Speaker

How did I miss this email???? 

Truth is... Gmail is really tough to manage. 

But when you miss an email, you could... 

lose a deal
be seen as unresponsive
miss that big opportunity you dreamed of 


And I know it sounds silly... but when you miss an email..
Sometimes it ruins your entire day! 

Which is why I partnered with Mixmax AI!

I'm a selling CEO who needs to outbound, follow up, and make sure events get on the calendar. 

I work directly with over 40 creators on LinkedIn, multiple brands per creator, and many agencies. 

My inbox gets flooded, and I need a different follow-up strategy for each ICP. 


The truth is... follow-ups suckkkkkkk

But not with Mixmax AI ✨ 

I'm a sales beastttt with it!! 

Closed $25K+ just this week in creator partnerships and I wouldn't have done it without Mixmax AI ❤️ 


✨ What's an email that you missed that HAUNTS you till this day??? 

#mixmaxpartner #ad

AE @ Gong | Closed Won 🦙 | 5x President's Club

Creating raving fans @ Gong. Founder of Closed Won. Dad to Monty 🐾 

Brian LaManna

"If you keep your nose to the grindstone and work hard and you've got the right people, anything's possible."

You don't have to Google him anymore.

🌹 Rose Bowl
🍑 Peach Bowl
🏆 National Champions.

I debated whether or not to go to the last game. Grateful for the people that pushed me to 'take the trip.'

Will forever be one of the most special times in my life. 

We work to live, not live to work. 

Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!!! 🥹

AE @ Gong | Closed Won 🦙 | 7x President’s Club

Until further notice, this is an IU Football + Mendoza fan account.

We are here in Miami and ready for the National Championship.

I have never anticipated a game more in my life.

Full butterflies. Pit in my stomach.

But confident as ever.

Predictions?


P.S. No matter how it ends… I’m sad this season will be over. A magical run and some of the most fun I’ve had traveling + reuniting with college friends. But we don’t go to war with warm milk & cookies. Time to win.

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I now have 12 free resources built for 2026, all of them below.


𝟭. 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 - Organized way to keep track of all your prospecting efforts and people you're going after.

https://lnkd.in/gwjX9Nya


𝟮. 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦 𝗔𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 - Terms I never knew existed until I got into tech sales. 

https://lnkd.in/g9R9WH53


𝟯. 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 - Template to keep you and your champion fully aligned through a deal cycle. Also, helpful to navigate security, legal, and who the signer ends up being.


https://closedwon.xyz/msp/


𝟰. 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄 - Top 12 discovery questions to follow a typical first call flow.

https://lnkd.in/g75tkxRM


𝟱. 𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗦𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲 - Agenda slide to cut the 2 minutes and show a visual instead. Buyers love visuals. This is it.

https://lnkd.in/gD5vaXf7


𝟲. 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 - Grab a Google Doc template of my exact resume. 2 pages on other best practices, tips, and dos/don'ts.

https://lnkd.in/gESuWPBW


7. 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 - 8 proven openers to get the call started hot.

https://lnkd.in/gdPP_D8J


8. 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 - Actionable sales tips (and some B+ memes) delivered to your inbox every Monday. Trusted by 11,200+ sellers and counting. Read in 2-3 min.

https://lnkd.in/gjeVd_U8


𝟵.  𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 - Quick reverses for the most common objections and methodology on how to 'handle' them.

https://lnkd.in/g36efdAw


10. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 on Closed Won.

https://lnkd.in/gVY8Xpxc


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📌 Sellers - what (free) resource should I build up next?

Joined Gong in 2021 to sell a -hot- product that (it felt like) everyone already knew. Then June 2023 happened...

We launched Gong Engage with 0 customers.

Suddenly, I wasn't selling just the #1 conversation intelligence platform anymore. 

I was selling an unproven sales engagement tool in a crowded market.

Here's the problem we hit immediately:

Every prospect asked: "Who else is using this?"

We had no case studies. Very few Beta references.

And burning through our early adopters on every single deal? 

Not sustainable when you're trying to get to 1,000+ customers fast.

That's when we started using UserEvidence.

Instead of manually tracking down customers for references, UserEvidence automatically captures product reviews, pulls verified stats, and creates battle cards we can actually use.

Now when a prospect asks "who else uses Engage?" - I can instantly share:
* Real customer quotes
* Specific use cases
* ROI metrics from similar companies

No begging customers for time. No stale case studies from 6 months ago.

As we've grown into a true multi-product platform, UserEvidence has become essential. 

Different products, different personas, different proof points - all organized and accessible.

If you're scaling a new product or expanding your platform, you need proof at scale.

Give UserEvidence a look: https://userevidence.com/


P.S. Will be partnering with them closely in 2025 to share other ways I am leveraging them. Thanks all for the support!

Brand partnership • AE @ Gong | Closed Won 🦙 | 7x President’s Club

Tell tale sign of junior sellers is trying to avoid risk in their deals. 

And getting defensive about risk in forecast / pipeline reviews.

Risk is uncomfortable and junior sellers often try to ignore it and 'hope' that it doesn’t come to fruition. 

When in reality the opposite is best.

Get comfortable knowing risk exists in every deal and it doesn't mean it's your 'fault.'


I write out the biggest reasons why I will lose the deal. 

Then 'the action' of how I will get in front of it.

Here’s a (real) scenario of a deal I had earlier this year:
-12 month evaluation and we were named vendor of choice. Fit perfectly to their initiatives. Great critical event with a competitor renewal in 2 months but we aren’t speaking directly with the decision maker on it (CRO). Have 5+ champions advocating for us.

What most sellers would think:
- Wow, we are in a really strong spot! We have so many champions and fit perfectly with their goals. Bummer the CRO isn’t more directly involved but my champ will get it done.


Here’s how I’d approach it instead.

Risk:
- Work/effort to migrate over to a new platform
- CRO not having direct involvement
- Their current vendor will try to save this renewal with aggressive pricing.
 
Action:
- Call out the risk of both next call
- Recommend a 30 min call with implementation to discuss migration
- Recommend a 2nd, 30 min call with CRO and main POC to review one-pager exec business case we will build for them.


For any fans of the book 'The Obstacle is the Way.'

'The risk is the way' in your deals cycles.

Don't avoid it, go through it.


P.S. Closed Won Club goes live 1/26. Be the first to hear about it here: https://closedwon.xyz/

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