Entrepreneurs, Tech & Sales: Own Your Voice on LinkedIn | Social Selling and Personal Branding —> Increase Pipeline & Brand Awareness | LEGO Flower Power 🌻

You're not a content creator. (Phew!!) 

You're a business owner leveraging content to grow your business.

2 very different ways to approaching LinkedIn.

You don't need to post daily. 
Chase the algorithm. 
Or become someone you're not.

You need conversations that turn into relationships that turn into revenue.

I'm on LinkedIn to help you get off LinkedIn.
The platform isn't the point. The relationships are.

That's what fills my cup AND my bank account.

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Hi, I'm Natasha. 🙌

New mom. Breadwinner. Introvert who hates cold outreach.

I built my business to half a million in 2 years. All because of how I show up on LinkedIn.

Not by being loud. Not by gaming the algorithm. Not by sending soul-destroying pitch slaps in the DMs.

By building real relationships.

I've been "doing LinkedIn" for 10 years - as a scrappy sales rep who hated cold calling, running sales at Forbes Books, to now growing my own business exclusively through this platform.

I teach founders and executives to do the same.

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Who is this for?

6-figure founders who've built something real.

You're good at what you do. Clients stay, refer, and thank you.

But on LinkedIn? Oddly invisible.

Your competitors aren't better. They're just louder.

The issue isn't confidence. It's knowing what to say and who to say it to.

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Through my REALationship Growth Method I help founders go from respected offline to recognized online - without becoming someone they're not.

No hacks. No volume tactics. No influencer cosplay. 👀

Real outcomes:

→ Josie closed 3x 12 month contracts from one event
→ Michelle landed two $30k speaking engagements in three months
→ Dr. Ashley secured two speaking gigs in two weeks plus a five-figure client

If LinkedIn feels like noise, performance, or a mild existential crisis...

You're exactly who this is for.

DM me "LFG" and let's chat. 💜

Natasha Walstra

I hate drama. I have no bandwidth for it. I'm building a business, raising a toddler, and pouring everything I have into both.

But something came to my attention last week that I can't ignore.

Someone I trusted has been reaching out to my network - clients, partners, prospects. Scraping my posts and using my name to get in the door.

I'd be lying if I said it didn't sting.

Nothing prepares you when you realize not everyone operates with the same integrity you do. And that's a hard lesson when you assume the best in people.

The silver lining? It makes the right people stand out even more.

The ones who show up for you, the ones who protect your name when you're not in the room, the ones who would never use your success to build theirs.

Those are the relationships worth protecting.

So instead of losing any sleep over this, I'm focusing on how I show up. For me, for my family, for my clients, for all of you. And I'll keep doing it the way I always have - with integrity and real relationships.

All this to say, if you've received a message using my name, please know that's not a referral from me. Working with them reminded me why I don't operate that way. And never will.

Ok. Back to building.

You’re not a content creator. Good. You don’t need to be | LinkedIn personal branding & social selling for founders (not influencers) | Filling APRIL cohort - ask me about it! 🙌

I don't know what I was doing in college, but it sure wasn't this!

On Tuesday, I spoke at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina to an entrepreneurship class where every student is starting a business this semester.

Let that sink in...they're not just learning about entrepreneurship. They're doing it. Literally! One student has an AI automation company and already bringing on big clients! 🤯

What we covered:
→ Why LinkedIn matters even when you're 20 
→ My 3-step framework for a successful LinkedIn presence 
→ 3 things they could do today

I also gave them a custom GPT, the Profile Glow Up, I built to help with their profiles. 

The questions they asked were so on point:

"I have a job lined up, but I'm building a business on the side. How should I show up on LinkedIn?"

"What content should I create beyond 'about me' posts?"

"How do I get a company's attention without pitching in the DM's?"

These students are thinking about intentional relationship-building NOW.

While everyone else waits until they "need" to network, these future founders are already making trust deposits. 😎

AND what was cool about this on a personal note? 
This is the third time I've spoken to this class.

The first time was exactly 2 years ago. 
I was six months into my business. Terrified. 
I have no idea what I even said to them.

Now I'm back. More confident. Having FUN.
Growth is wild when you're paying attention.

P.S. Shoutout to Jeff Savage, PhD for inviting me back. We met at a previous startup, and one of the best things that came from it was meeting him. Some relationships outlast the circumstances that created them.

I got reprimanded by 4 men on a call at 10am.

By 2pm, the President of Nokia asked for my resume.

Here's the full story:

I was on a call with the CEO, my manager, and two other senior colleagues. They were telling me how badly I was performing, especially on my cold calls.

(to be fair, I was sh!t on those calls.)

But I'd started leveraging LinkedIn for outreach instead, focusing on quality over quantity, building relationships instead of dialing for dollars. (booked calls with top companies like Home Depot even!)

They didn't see it that way.

For 30 minutes, I sat there shaking, on the verge of a panic attack...or throwing my computer out the door - wasn't sure which.

The crazy part? I had an in-person meeting in San Jose with the President of Nokia a few hours later..to pitch the tech from the company that just yelled at me.

You can imagine how that went.

I walked in and said: "I'm so sorry, I'm not sure what I'm doing here. I think I'm going to resign tomorrow."

He looked at me and asked, "Do you have a resume?" Then gave me a tour of the office.

I resigned the next day. And although I didn't end up going to Nokia, it led me to a unicorn 3D printing company that actually embraced my crazy LinkedIn ideas.

Sometimes the thing that feels like rejection is actually redirection. 

The approach that got me scolded is now the foundation of my entire business.

Turns out I wasn't bad at sales, I was just bad at their version of it.

P.S. How did I get that meeting with the President of Nokia? Through my network. I'd started intuitively connecting with and reaching out to people who already knew me, trusted me, and liked me. Wasn't intentional then (it was just better than cold calling 😅). 

P.S.2 Even crazier? Yesterday I had a call with the VP of CX from that same company. She was there that day, making sure I didn't break things (in the most supportive way). She's been following me ever since. Now she wants to bring what I do to her current company. Talk about full circle moment!

I'm finally retiring my profile pic.

(long overdue)

My hair is 3x the length now, I've got a lot more wrinkles, and a whole different life.

The pic was fun while it lasted! You might not even know the original actually has a plant on my head - edited it out last year. It was a whole vibe (see below).

But a lot has changed since 2021.

Back then, I was newly in leadership as VP & Director of Sales at Forbes Books and I'd just moved to South Carolina (for the first time).  

I was very unsure of myself, very single, and honestly? A lotta bit lost.

Feels like a lifetime ago...and it was.

Now? 

I'm a Founder, a wife, a mother.

Same me. Just with more clarity, more stories, and a lot more life lived.

Here's to the next chapter. 🙌 

P.S. Peekaboo! Expect some new fun pics in the coming weeks! 📸

The CO— by U.S. Chamber of Commerce featured me!

They asked me to be part of their "Ask the Board" series - where they connect business owners with thought leaders to help solve their biggest challenges.

(A fictional fantasy board of directors. Pretty cool, right?)

They asked me to share how to build a reputation-first business that cuts through the noise.

I've got a lot to share on this, as you can imagine.

Your reputation isn't part of your strategy.
It IS the strategy.

Everything else... your brand, your relationships, your growth... flows from it.

In the article, I break down 7 ways to build a reputation-first business:

1. Why your LinkedIn profile is your reputation's home base 
2. The content balance that builds trust (hint: it's not just expertise) 
3. Why posting alone isn't enough 
4. What to show instead of polish 
5. How to turn clients into amplifiers 
6. The long game most people skip 
7. The one thing that makes you referable

With fluffy BS, exaggerated claims, and flashy marketing, people are looking for something REAL.

This is how you become it.

Take a look!

https://lnkd.in/eR25iWea

P.S. Still can't believe that the girl who was "too empathetic to be in sales" is now giving business advice in the US Chamber of Commerce. Pretty cool stuff if I can say so! 🤓

You know those days where everything just flows?!

Yesterday was not that day.

→ Didn't sleep a wink
→ Massive headache
→ Bombed a workshop 
→ Mixed up client work
→ Dog threw up everywhere 
→ Spoke gibberish on my cohort call
→ Showed up 13m late to a call (thought was an hour later)

The good news?

Apparently, there's some planetary alignment happening that explains all of this.

I'm choosing to believe that. 👀

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Anyone else blaming the planets this week? 🪐
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TGIF

We're in a trust recession.

Your audience has been burned by pitch slaps, AI nonsense, and fake connections.

Their guard is up. 
They're skeptical of everything.

Which means the game has changed.

Not more content. 
Not more reach.

→ More real. 
→ More proof.

So: how are you showing you do what you say you do? 

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P.S. I heard someone go as far to say we're in a trust depression...which honestly is (depressingly) spot on. 

It's been interesting to see this even with clients who've *already* signed with me, still skeptic 😅 but I've got a really good example of a breakthrough...stay tuned 😎

I posted the same story 2 days in a row.

And it still got great engagement.

Different angle. But same story.

Why am I sharing this?

→ Nobody is paying as much attention to you as you think they are.

We're all the main characters of our own movie.
But we're barely a background extra in everyone else's.

That thing you said last week?
They already forgot.

That post you're worried sounds repetitive?
They didn't see the first one.

That story you've told 3x?
Someone's hearing it for the first time today.

If you feel like you're sounding redundant...GOOD!

That means people might actually be starting to associate you with that thing.

Repetition isn't annoying.
It's how you become known.

The real problem isn't saying the same thing too often.
It's saying so many different things that nobody knows what you're about.

So say it again.
And again.
And then one more time after that.

That's how they remember you.

P.S. What do you want to be known for? Share below!

I want to be known for making your LinkedIn experience fun, empowering, AND profitable. Think my content does a good job of doing that? : )
(and if that's not what your experience has been so far on LinkedIn, we probably should talk. DM "known" to start the conversation!

LinkedIn's algorithm got smarter.

It's called 360Brew.

It reads your content. Checks your profile. Detects the gaming (finally).

And it's why some people are panicking while others haven't noticed a thing.

This week's newsletter (a few days late, my b 🤓) what changed, what it means, and how to use it to your advantage.


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p.s. TGIF! Has it not been the longest week?!

A top creator asked me something interesting at the end of last year. "Are you feeling the algorithm change? I used to get 30,000 impressions. Now I'm

Open article: LinkedIn's new algorithm: 360Brew by Natasha Walstra • 3 min read

I'm a day late for International Women's Day.

But let's be real, one day isn't enough anyways!

I want to celebrate the 39 women in the REALationship Growth Method right now.

12 that just kicked off in my third cohort. 27 in my other cohort and community.

Every single one of them is building something unique.

Growing businesses, dominating industries...showing up with heart, care, and an insane amount of strength.

But it's not just how they show up for their own businesses.
→ It's how they show up for each other. 👯‍♂️

The encouragement, the referrals, the "you've got this" when someone needs it most.

I wake up every morning genuinely grateful that these women trust me with their LinkedIn and business development strategies... it's not something I take lightly.

To my cohorts and my community:
You inspire me more than you know.

Keep building, keep showing up, keep being exactly who you are.

The world needs what you're creating.

Their like was the first move.

Your DM should be the second.

No one will get mad at you for sending a DM after they like your post.

In fact, they might even be grateful you reached out because, guess what,
Initiating conversations is hard!

And someone has to start the conversation - why not let it be you? 🤔

Plus, the way I see it:

- A like
- A profile view
- And definitely a comment

These are the digital (subtle) versions of starting a conversation.

It's them quietly waving saying,
"Hello, I hear you, and what you said makes sense!"

Now, don't go pitch-slapping them, please. 🙏

But connect, say hi back.
See where the conversation goes.

You never know what inspired that little hint of interest.

Might be your next client.
Might be a referral partnership.
Might be an intro to the best networking call you've ever had.

All I know is this:
The best opportunities only happen once words are exchanged.

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PS. I know it might be time consuming. I have to admit I'm not able to do this all the time either.

But if you're not doing this type of follow-up, you're going to struggle to see results from all the effort you're putting into actually posting!

My challenge to you:

After your next 3 posts, send 5 DMs to people who engaged with each one.
Start small. See big impact.

I never felt rage towards tech until ChatGPT.

(I'm embarrassed to say that. I shouldn't have let it get to me so much, I know 🙈.)

But it just wouldn't listen!

The em dashes everywhere.
The "Here's the thing:" before every point.
The excessive praise.
The trying-to-be-my-bro energy.

I'd ask for direct,
I'd get fluff.

I'd ask for my voice,
I'd get... motivational poster.

So when I discovered Claude early last year, I literally couldn't believe my eyes.

It actually listens.
It's straightforward.
It remembers what I've shared.

Yes, it still makes mistakes. 
But it doesn't hallucinate to the extent that ChatGPT does. 

And it does SUCH a good job maintaining tone of voice and copywriting.

My writing changed significantly since I started using it.

I brain dump ideas. 
Based on my instructions, it turns them into posts. 

Always starting with my original thought. 
Never replacing it.

Which sparked a really cool idea:
What if I made custom Claude bots for my clients?

So easy they can't NOT post.
So I did.

Now all my clients get a custom ClaudeBot - loaded with information about them, my Know-Like-Trust content framework, and their brand voice, and my instructions.

All they have to do is speak into their phone and poof! - a post is there.

It's the opposite of garbage in, garbage out.

Is it perfect? 
No. But it gets to 80-90%.

And then there's the feedback from clients:

"I can write 8 new posts in 4x less time."

"It's one of my most satisfying relationships" 
(that one made me LOL)

"This stuff is really good."

AI isn't replacing your voice.
It's amplifying it - if you use it right.

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P.S. I offer this not just for my 1:1 clients, but my cohort, also! I've got 1x 1:1 spot left for March and already filling my April cohort. 

You also get custom branding...AND video content. 

(yep, I'm basically an agency disguised as a coach. if you've been even the slightest bit curious, now's the time to lock it in before things change!) 

DM me "LFG" for deets!

This isn't Mad Libs, y'all.

I keep seeing the same posts over and over:

"[#] lessons I learned from [random experience]"
"What [unexpected thing] taught me about [business thing]"
"I was today years old when I learned [obvious insight]"

You might not even realize you're doing it.
Because AI follows templates, too.
And you ask ChatGPT for a post idea.
It spits out a framework.
You fill in the blanks.
And now you sound like everyone else. 👀

Your audience has seen that format 1000 times this week.
Their brain skips right over it.
You become background noise.

Templates exist for a reason and can be really great!
They're training wheels.
They help when you're stuck.
They give you somewhere to start.

But training wheels aren't meant to stay on forever.

The posts that stop the scroll?
They don't follow a formula.
They sound like YOU said them.

They make people think "I've never heard it put that way before."
Your unique voice is the whole point.
Not your ability to fill in blanks better than the next person.

Thoughts? 

😉


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P.S. LinkedIn's algorithm, 360Brew, is suppressing AI content (I know, the irony, an AI penalizing AI), my guess is templates are going fall into that category because of how overused and 'swiped' so many have become.

Templates are helpful, and I don't mean to hate on them, but if you use them, do your best to make them YOURS.

Mad Libs, LinkedIn Edition

"It's working out gooood!"

My client was skeptical for weeks. Wouldn't try it.
Finally did. First post? Someone reached out.

This same approach has gotten me 160+ workshop registrations and 3 SOLD OUT cohorts. 

Without a single promotional post.

What is it?

Take a peek! 👀

P.S. Can you guess what it is? ; )

Question for you: if you don't tell people how to work with you, how will they know how to work with you? Really obvious question, I know, but I find 

Open article: How to sell in posts without actually selling (I sold out 3 cohorts this way) by Natasha Walstra • 3 min read

How to sell in posts without actually selling (I sold out 3 cohorts this way)

I got real on this one.

Just did a podcast with Nick Berry about why LinkedIn feels harder than it should for business owners.

Nick's interviewed top dogs like Jason Feifer (Editor-in-Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine), Dr. Benjamin Hardy (10x Is Easier Than 2x, The Science of Scaling), and other impressive people. I was so shocked to be asked on it.

This was his first episode specifically on LinkedIn for entrepreneurs.

We broke down:
→ Why most advice doesn't fit you
→ Why smart people act weird online
→ What to do instead

I also shared some personal stuff I've never talked about publicly.

Take a read (and a listen!)

https://lnkd.in/eFgkAg_D

(my most honest conversation about LinkedIn yet) Hey you! I was recently a guest on The Business Owner’s Journey podcast with Nick Berry. And I’m stil

Open article: You're going to want to hear this by Natasha Walstra • 3 min read

Everyone in my community wants 2 things:

Visibility and sales.

And one of the best ways to get both? Speaking.

So I brought in Marta Spirk, M.A.

Her story was powerful. 
Her framework was clear. 
And her interactive Bingo exercise got everyone thinking about their next move.

The feedback?
"This was a phenomenal session." 
"This was so valuable!"

I could talk about LinkedIn all day. 
But speaking? That's not my lane.

Part of building something that actually serves people is recognizing where your expertise ends and someone else's begins.

Marta was the right person to have in the room. 
And my people are better for it.

P.S. My April cohort of the REALationship Growth Method is filling up FAST. 

We're not just learning LinkedIn tactics, we're hearing from top experts, actually implementing together, and you guessed it, building REALationships. Spaces are limited, and the next cohort won't be until June! 

If you're curious to learn more, DM me "LFG" for more deets OR let's hop on a call! https://lnkd.in/ecAKhTAq

"There's no way anyone would respond to this."

My client said this about a DM I suggested she send.

It was a simple DM for when someone views your profile.

She thought it was weird, too forward, pointless.
She sent it anyway.

The response? A four-paragraph novel.

The person explained exactly why they'd checked out her profile, what they were looking for, what they were struggling with.

They went back and forth and then jumped on a call.
All from one "weird" DM.

Here's the reframe (and why she sent it anyways):

You're not bothering them, you're doing them a favor.

Most people have so much to say, they're just waiting for someone to start the conversation.

They viewed your profile for a reason, they're curious, maybe interested. 
But nervous to initiate.

So you go first.

And if they have no reason? They just won't respond. No harm done.

But more often than not? 
They're relieved you broke the ice.

The DM that feels awkward to send is usually the one that starts the best conversations.


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P.S. I'm doing another live workshop! And you bet we'll cover this. 

April 2nd at 12:00 ET

Why Your LinkedIn Isn't Converting...and the System That Fixes It

Register here! https://lnkd.in/eg3Kq5iX

Brain fog, breadwinner, business owner... AND content creator?

No, thank you!

This week's newsletter is a permission slip for everyone who's been told they need to "show up more" but can barely remember where they put their coffee.

You don't have to become a content creator to grow your business.

You just have to play a different game.

Check it out 😎

P.S. I'm hosting my next live workshop! April 2nd at 12:00 ET!! Deets coming next week. In the meantime, register here:
https://lnkd.in/ejGSQN2Z

You expect me to be a content creator on top of everything else going on? No, thank you. I've got a multi-6 fig business I run on my own (with a few c

Open article: Brain fog, breadwinner, business owner, AND content creator? by Natasha Walstra • 2 min read

Brain fog, breadwinner, business owner, AND content creator?

Today’s the day!! 

LIVE MERCH LAB → Turning My “No Pitch Slaps” Into Swag! 

There’s a lot I’ve been saying lately that’s triggering (in a good way). 

Definitely could make for some good swag. 

And I love how Amanda Hofman turns your brand essence into company swag you’d *actually* wear. 

Can’t wait to see what we come up with today!! See you there!!

Branded Merch & Swag Expert | Chief Swag Officer | Your guide for sustainable & anti-boring branded merchandise | Print-on-Demand Shop Set-Up | NYC Marathoner turned Cyclist 🏃🏻‍♀️🚴‍♀️

Can LinkedIn advice become wearable? We’re about to find out.

Natasha Walstra is known for helping people sell on LinkedIn without being weird about it. She’s built her brand around making LinkedIn feel more human and helping you be more effective while you’re there.

Her signature rule: No Pitch Slaps. 

But Natasha’s message goes beyond one phrase. If her bold, honest, refreshingly real voice had to become wearable… what would actually make the cut?

In this 🎉 Live Merch Lab 🎉, we’re building Natasha’s very first merch line — translating her sharp, funny, straight-talking energy into something her community would genuinely want to wear.

If you care about building visibility without being cringe, spammy, or robotic, this session is for you.

In this live session, you’ll see:

→ How to brainstorm merch for your own brand while helping design Natasha’s
→ How to turn a strong point of view into something people proudly wear
→ What Natasha should absolutely NOT print
→ A live audience vote on the final picks

This isn’t a webinar. It’s a working session.

→→ RSVP to influence what makes the drop.

Bring your opinions, claim your (virtual) creative director seat, and help us decide what goes from idea to wearable.

Danae Gabriel, Kelly Edmondson and 34 other attendees

LIVE MERCH LAB → Turning Natasha Walstra’s “No Pitch Slaps” Into Swag

The most underutilized part of your LinkedIn profile?

→ Recommendations.

You might think no one looks at them. But if someone's about to spend $1000s with you? They're checking you out everywhere.

They *might* not notice if you don't have any...but they'll definitely notice if you do.

Here's one I got last week from Mahesh Guruswamy - CTO of Kickstarter when we worked together, now COO at Kajabi.

When someone's vetting me, they see this. They click his profile, they verify he's real, he held those positions, AND he said I'm "the real deal."

That builds trust faster than anything I could say about myself.

And right now? Trust is everything.
We're not in a trust recession...we're in a trust depression.

Everyone claims to be an expert, AI can write anything that sounds credible, and anyone can put "strategist" in their title.

How do you know who's the real deal anymore?
You don't - unless you can prove it.

Recommendations are one form of proof.

Real names, real titles, real companies, specific results.
 
Not a testimonial on your website that could've been written by anyone or a quote you could've made up.

A real person vouching for you in a way that AI (and potential clients) can verify.

If you don't have recommendations on your profile, you're asking people to take your word for it when where very few take anyone's word for anything anymore.
(Or at least, they want to trust, but they also just want a little proof to back it up. Recommendations give them that.)

P.S. I'm going to be sharing more juicy systems about why your LinkedIn isn't converting. April 2nd at 12:00 ET. LFG!

https://lnkd.in/epsuaE8z

Federico Presicci

Global Sales Enablement Manager

Crafting Sales Enablement Systems 📈 Turning Inconsistent Sales Execution into Scalable Success | Mindfulness & Emotional Intelligence in Sales | MEDDPICC Certified | ICF Business Coach | Meditation Teacher 🧘🏽‍♂️

Do you understand what “enablement” truly means and the value it can bring?

Ciao, I’m Federico 👋

Enablement isn’t just a function, strategy, or process.

It’s a mindset and a discipline that transforms how organisations empower customer-facing teams, support buyers, and align for growth.

Yet, too often, it’s misunderstood – boxed into narrow tasks like:

“Training delivery.”
“Content creation.”
“Sales tools management.”

But here’s the truth👇

Enablement exists to empower customer-facing teams to achieve meaningful business outcomes. 

It equips them with the training, resources, processes, support, and tools they need to produce high-quality outputs on which their job goals depend.

Enablement bridges the gap between potential and performance, providing a certain set of “means” for someone to achieve something.

Over the years, I’ve seen organisations invest heavily in enablement initiatives that fail to stick.

I know because I’ve made those mistakes too.

Early in my career, I focused on fixing performance at the individual level, only to realise that the system itself was holding people back.

I learnt the hard way that no amount of training or resources can succeed without addressing the foundational barriers within the organisation.

That’s where I come in.

I help founders, CEOs, and revenue leaders diagnose systemic blockers to performance and empower enablement professionals to amplify their impact.

Whether you’re just starting to explore enablement or scaling an existing function, I’m here to help.

Enablement, done right, can be your organisation’s competitive edge.

If you’re ready to unlock that edge, join me on this journey: follow my content, take one of my assessments, or reach out directly. 
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Subscribe to my sales enablement newsletter: https://federicopresicci.com/newsletter/

Check out my sales enablement blog: https://federicopresicci.com/blog/

Chief Editor & Enablement Strategist 

I am the leading creator and strategist for this blog which serves as a compass in the complex world of sales and enablement. 

Here, you will discover expert insights into tools, systems, frameworks, methodologies, and strategies to augment your capacity to nurture and upskill your sales teams.

Sales discovery is hands down one of the most important capabilities in the sales cycle.

It shapes how well reps understand buyers, how accurately they position value, and how confidently they move deals forward.

And yet, what makes discovery effective is rarely broken down into something reps can consistently execute in real conversations.

Reps are told to “ask good questions.”
To “dig deeper.”
To “uncover pain.”

But the structure behind great discovery often lives only in the heads of top performers.

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That’s why – in partnership with Hyperbound – I created a Discovery Meeting Guide + Template that gives reps a clear structure for running strong first discovery calls.

It covers:

• A simple, repeatable discovery call flow
• Talk tracks for framing and setting the upfront contract
• A structured questioning model (open → probing → closed)
• How to weave value into the conversation naturally
• A closing framework to surface alignment, blockers, and next steps

In short: less improvisation, more intentional discovery.

This one-pager sits alongside my full guide on how to build world-class discovery training. 

The full guide goes deeper into:

🔹 Designing discovery training around observable behaviours
🔹 Breaking discovery into coachable components
🔹 Reinforcing skills beyond the classroom
🔹 Measuring impact, not just attendance

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💭 How confident are you that your team runs discovery in a structured, repeatable way? 

If you’d like the discovery one-pager + template + full discovery training guide, drop “sales discovery” below and I’ll share everything.

✌️

#sales #salesenablement #salestraining

Building Enablement Systems for Scalable Revenue Growth 📈 | Strategy, Systems Thinking, and Behavioural Design | Founder, Enablement Edge Network 🌐

A month ago, I went through some of the hardest days of my life.

At the end of a normal working day, I was hit by sudden vertigo.

Within hours, it spiralled into something severe.

For three days, I couldn’t get out of bed. Barely able to eat and use the bathroom because any movement triggered violent vomiting.

The week after wasn’t much better. 

Luckily, one of my best friends was with me and helped me through it.

Try to imagine this: you stare at the room, and everything spins – fast, relentlessly, for hours. 

That’s when I understood what it really means to be powerless and incapacitated.

As someone who likes control, this was the ultimate emotional test.

Those days "broke" me.
Physically.
Psychologically.
In a way nothing else ever had.

And I’ll be honest – in the first days, fear crept in intensely. 

The kind of fear where you start wondering:

What if this doesn’t pass?
What if things don’t go back to normal?
What if this is it?

Being stuck in bed with nothing to do gives you time.
Too much time, maybe.

And that’s why I’m writing this.

Because when health is suddenly at stake, clarity arrives fast.

I wasn’t thinking about achievements, accolades, LI followers, or career. 

None of that mattered.

What mattered were different questions:

Was I moving in a direction that truly fulfilled me?
Was I experiencing the process – or just moving from one thing to the next?
Was I nurturing the relationships that actually matter?
Was I present enough with my parents and friends?
Was I acting with integrity and authenticity? 

I realised – again, but much deeper – that life is just a sequence of moments.

And rushing through them has no inherent purpose.

What are we rushing for, exactly?
Time is moving anyway.
Relentlessly.
Towards the only certainty we all share. 

This doesn’t mean giving up ambition; it means finding a better pace and rhythm – one that allows us to feel more grounded, nurtured, and aligned. 

Also, when you realise how quickly things can change, you also realise there isn’t always going to be a “later”.

Some changes can’t be postponed indefinitely.
Some conversations can’t wait.
Some truths become heavier the longer we avoid them.

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One other thing.

After the worst had passed, the first food I ate was a rice cake, a carrot, and some celery.

For the first time, I truly tasted the rice in the cake. 
I noticed how fresh the carrot was.
How the celery hydrated every corner of my mouth.

I was just... there.

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I’ve now almost fully recovered.

In the end, it seems this was caused by a virus that inflamed one of the nerves responsible for balance. 

This experience was brutal, but also illuminating.

While I was in bed, unable to do anything, all I wanted was to feel normal again.

I yearned to walk, eat, and sit upright without the room spinning.

The smallest things suddenly felt like everything.

Sometimes it takes losing the ordinary to understand its weight.

Don’t forget to cherish it, friends. 

💭

#life

Every year, dozens of “sales enablement reports” come out.

But if you’ve ever tried to actually use them, you know the problem:

The data is scattered.
The quality is uneven.
And many stats sound impressive… but don’t help you make better decisions.

So I did the heavy lifting again.

I’ve compiled the most useful sales enablement statistics for 2026 into one structured, practical one-pager.

I focused on the data points that actually help you think, justify, and prioritise.

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Inside, you’ll find curated, decision-relevant stats across the core enablement pillars:

1️⃣ Sales training
2️⃣ Sales coaching
3️⃣ Sales content
4️⃣ Cross-functional collaboration
5️⃣ Sales process & methodology
6️⃣ Sales enablement technology

All pulled from recent major research – and, for what's been possible, filtered to remove:

❌ vendor-flavoured bias
❌ vanity numbers
❌ stats with no practical use

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You can use this to:

✅ Strengthen business cases with credible data
✅ Benchmark your current approach
✅ Spot where your enablement system may be underdeveloped
✅ Support conversations with leadership using industry signals

In other words: less guessing, more grounded decisions.

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💬 What area of enablement do you feel still lacks hard data when you talk to leadership?

If you’d like the enablement statistics one-pager + full report, drop “enablement statistics” below and I’ll share it with you.

✌️

#sales #salesenablement #salesenablementstatistics

Sales coaching is one of the most talked-about levers in sales performance.

And one of the least consistently executed.

Most leaders say coaching matters.
Most reps say they want more of it.

Yet in many teams, coaching ends up being:

❌ irregular
❌ reactive
❌ focused on numbers, not skills
❌ squeezed between meetings

So, the issue doesn't seem to lie in intent but in consistency and structure. 

---

The data on this is fascinating.

I went deep into 22+ recent research reports and studies focused specifically on sales coaching to extract the most decision-relevant statistics (2026 edition).

I am referring to numbers that show:

🔹 what effective coaching actually looks like
🔹 where most organisations fall short
🔹 how coaching quality links to performance
🔹 what high-performing teams do differently

...and help you answer questions like:

• How big is the real impact of coaching?
• How often should coaching actually happen?
• What do top managers focus on during coaching?
• Where do most coaching systems break down?

If you work in enablement, lead a sales team, or manage managers, this gives you:

✅ Evidence to justify investing in coaching systems
✅ Benchmarks to compare your current approach
✅ Insight into what to change first
✅ Data to move the conversation beyond “we should coach more”

Coaching should not be viewed as a standalone "tool." 

Instead, it should be an integral part of a solid performance system.

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💬 What’s the biggest coaching gap you see in your organisation today?

If you’d like the sales coaching statistics one-pager + full report, drop “coaching statistics” below and I’ll share it with you.

✌️

#sales #salesenablement #salescoaching

Outbound becomes ineffective when teams try to scale effort before they build a system.

More messages, more calls, more sequences… 

...but no clear decisions about who deserves effort, when it’s actually the right moment to reach out, or how outreach should run across accounts and buying groups. 

That’s when activity grows, but pipeline doesn’t.

In today's B2B market reality, strategy and system thinking must come before execution.

So in partnership with lemlist – a leading multichannel prospecting platform – I put together the ultimate step-by-step guide on how to build a repeatable outbound system.

And I distilled the whole thing into a practical one-pager you can apply with your sales organisation and teams. 

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Here’s what the guide + one-pager cover:

1️⃣ ICP definition and account prioritisation – How to identify the accounts that actually deserve outbound effort.

2️⃣ Account tiering and effort allocation – Structuring your universe so attention matches potential value.

3️⃣ Signal-led prioritisation – Using intent, triggers, and access signals to decide when timing is right.

4️⃣ Outbound coverage and operating rhythm – Start rates, active account caps, and buying-group coverage that teams can sustain.

5️⃣ Manual vs cadence-led outreach – Knowing when to open manually and when to rely on structured sequences.

6️⃣ Personalisation governance at scale – How to distribute high, low, and zero personalisation across stakeholders deliberately.

Outbound still works.

But it only becomes predictable when you treat it as a system of decisions rather than just a sequence of activities.

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💭 Which part of outbound tends to create the most friction in your team today?

If you want the one-pager + full guide, drop “outbound system” below, and I’ll share it with you. 

#sales #outboundsales #salesenablement

The sales role has changed dramatically.

Automation and AI self-serve have absorbed more of the simpler transactional sale. 

For more complex deals, sellers now spend less time with buyers.

As a result, when they do, the moments carry more weight.

More stakeholders.

Higher expectations from buyers.

And yet…

In many organisations, sales training still looks like it did years ago.

Same formats.
Same assumptions.
Same idea that “a good session” = performance improvement.

The research tells a different story.

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I put together a dedicated sales training statistics report (2026 edition), expanding on my wider enablement statistics work.

This time, I didn’t just use recent vendor research.

I also went into academic journals like:

• Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management
• Industrial Marketing Management
• Journal of Marketing

Some of these studies are quite old.

But what’s striking is how relevant they still feel – because they describe a reality we’re still living in:

👉 The sales job evolves.
👉 Buyer expectations rise.
👉 Training must evolve with them – or it becomes noise.

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Inside the report, the data helps answer questions like:

🔹 What actually makes sales training effective?
🔹 Why does most training fail to translate into behaviour change?
🔹 How do reinforcement and manager involvement change outcomes?
🔹 Where does training sit in the wider performance system?

If you work in enablement, lead sales teams, or design learning, this gives you:

✅ Evidence to ground training conversations in research
✅ Clarity on where training helps – and where it can’t act alone
✅ Insight into why “one-off events” rarely work
✅ Data to design training that supports real behaviour change

Remember that training alone is rarely the solution.

It’s one lever – and its impact depends on how the system around it works.

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💬 What’s the biggest gap you see between how sales roles have evolved and how training is still delivered?

If you’d like the sales training statistics one-pager + full report, drop “training statistics” below and I’ll share it with you.

✌️

#sales #salesenablement #salestraining

In enablement interviews, knowing what to do helps.

Knowing what not to do helps even more.

Many capable candidates fail interviews because of small, repeatable mistakes they are unaware of that quietly weaken the way they come across.

Over the past few months, I spoke with and surveyed 25 enablement leaders and practitioners who have collectively sat on hundreds of interview panels (I’ll tag them in the comments).

Different companies.
Different roles.
Different seniority levels.

The patterns were remarkably consistent.

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That’s what led me to document the 13 most common sales enablement interview mistakes as a way to make interviews clearer from both sides of the table.

What surprised me most?

These mistakes are rarely about enablement knowledge.

They’re about judgement under pressure.

They show up when candidates:

• default to abstract language instead of concrete experience,
• talk fluently but don’t ask meaningful questions
• describe activity without explaining impact
• rely on rehearsed frameworks instead of listening
• misread the role, the environment, or the dynamics in the room

In other words, the issue is almost never: “I don’t understand enablement.”

It’s usually: “I’m not sending the signal I think I’m sending.”

So I turned the insights into:

• A one-pager you can use as a pre-interview guardrail
• A full guide that breaks each mistake down into what it looks like, why it happens, and how strong candidates avoid it. 

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💭 Which interview mistakes do you only notice after the conversation is over?

If you’d like the one-pager + full guide, drop below “interview mistakes” and I’ll share them with you.

✌️

#sales #salesenablement #salesenablementinterviews

How much of your sales performance problem is actually a people problem?

And how much of it is the environment your people are operating in?

Many teams jump straight to:

More training.
More coaching.
More activity targets.

But often, reps and managers are already working hard and upskilling themselves.

The real issue sits somewhere else.

In the system around them.

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I’ve spent the last year going deep into a question that doesn’t get asked enough:

"What in the sales environment is making good performance harder than it needs to be?"

Across conversations with revenue leaders, enablement heads, and operators, one pattern kept showing up:

Performance gaps often trace back to friction in the environment, not effort in the individual.

Unclear expectations.
Conflicting priorities.
Too many tools.
Too little signal.
Incentives pulling one way, strategy another.

Individually, these may not look dramatic.
But, collectively, they quietly cost organisations a lot of money.

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So I built something to make this visible: my Sales Environment Assessment.

It’s designed to help you quickly identify:

👉 Where the environment is supporting performance
👉 Where it’s quietly creating drag
👉 And which lever could unlock the biggest return for the least effort

It looks at the system reps and managers operate inside, across areas like:

• clarity of information and feedback
• tools, process, and support resources
• incentives and consequences
• knowledge and skill readiness
• cognitive load and capacity to perform

Because performance is not just behaviour.
It’s behaviour shaped by the environment.

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I’ve seen revenue and enablement leaders use this to uncover:

💡 hidden constraints in their sales motion
💡 misalignments costing hundreds of thousands of $
💡 opportunities worth multiple millions when addressed

Not by adding more work.
But by fixing the right part of the system.

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Normally, this assessment sits inside the Enablement Edge Network.

But for the next 7 days, I’m making it available via a unique link.

After that, access closes.

💬 If you'd like the Sales Environment Assessment, drop “sales environment” below and I’ll share it with you.

This is one of the fastest ways I know to find your highest-leverage performance lever.

✌️

#sales #salesperformance #salesenablement

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