audience & revenue growth tips for B2B startups and creators

My mission is to build predictable pipelines for B2B startups. I share what I learn along the way. 

Read more if you are ready to build your pipeline 👇

💡 I am super relevant if you are:

→ Indie Hacker
→ Freelancer
→ Early Startup Founder
→ B2B Sales Person
→ Creator (any profession)

✍️ I write about:

→ B2B sales
→ Go to market strategies
→ Signal-based prospecting

Little more about me:

Cryptocurrency Investor. SaaS Enthusiast. Agriculture Business Owner. 

Lived in 3 countries.

I'm a T-shaped growth person who has experience in sales, content marketing, and growth.

Drop me a LinkedIn message if you need any help.

We will keep it simple.

Twitter: @sehaokudan

https://calendly.com/sehaokudan/30min

Seha Okudan

Helping B2B founders turn LinkedIn into deals | GTM Strategist

5 worst discovery questions:

5 difficult scenarios for salespeople:
(Even for the top ones.)

5 difficult scenarios for salespeople:

Stop trying to fake urgency in B2B. 
(it doesn't work)

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁:

→ Knowing pain
→ Understanding the impact of pain

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝟮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀:

1️⃣ Not every problem is worth solving

Trying to create an urgency won't work if they don't have something that is worth solving.

Nobody will buy a strong painkiller for a mild headache, even if it’s the last day of a 20% discount.

If the impact of the pain is close to zero, no urgency will stick.

2️⃣ A problem can have different solutions

Even if the pain is real, buyers still have options.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻:

•⁠ ⁠Build in-house
•⁠ ⁠Pick a cheaper workaround
•⁠ ⁠Wait until the budget frees up

Both a raincoat and an umbrella protect you from rain.

If you don’t show why your path is better, faster, or safer;

Urgency dies.

𝗧𝗟;𝗗𝗥

𝗧𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆:

-⁠ ⁠Find the pain that matters most
- ⁠Show the true cost of doing nothing
- ⁠Prove why solving it now beats later
- ⁠Position your solution as the safest path

Deals move when urgency is real. 

Not when it’s forced.

How do you create urgency without sounding pushy?

5 Unexpected Things in Sales
(hope they happen to you today)

5 Unexpected things in sales:

Contact data is out of control.
(for real)

Don't get me wrong.

I don't mind people pitching me.

I do it every day, too.

BUT

Every single week, some people:

- Add me to lists I never joined.
- Drop me into random waitlists.
- Email me again after I unsubscribe.
- Promise what no one can deliver.
- Sends emails written with poor prompts.
- Message me on WhatsApp out of nowhere.

I block them. They switch mailboxes.
I say, “I’m not a fit,” they keep texting.
I say it on the phone, they keep selling.

“I want to tell you about a promo…”
 “There’s a new offer…”

I don't want to click on report Spam.
I don't want to be rude.
I get it, we all try to make a living.

But this is not outreach.
This is not marketing.

This is SPAM.

Are some people ruining the industry?

Bad contact data can kill your business.
(real examples)

Your data provider is the most important part of your tech stack.
It is non-negotiable.

If your data is bad, you lose.
Simple as that.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝟭:
Picked the best provider, tested ICP coverage.
Checked accuracy and verified test emails.
Only had HubSpot + the data provider (not ideal).

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀:
Hit targets.
Scaled the team.
Added new tools later.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝟮:
Paid for expensive tool stacks for sequencing, etc.
Then, they selected the most cost effective data provider.

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀:
High bounce rates.
Burned mailboxes.
Low call connect rates.
The team missed targets.
The company started downsizing the sales team.

𝗠𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀:
1.  Build a sample list. Verify it.
2. Check coverage across your ICP + regions.
3. Choose tools that use waterfall enrichment.

If your data provider is wrong, nothing you do will work.
You cannot afford bad data.

How do you choose your contact data provider?

12 mistakes that cost you deals:

Certified Clay Expert & Agency owner | I'll help you build a scalable outbound engine that gets meetings booked on autopilot in the next 180 days | Visit Youtube: @growth-today to see how

Growth shouldn’t feel random.

Most of the B2B companies hit the same walls:
Inbound leads that don’t convert

Outbound that burns reps out without results

Partnerships that look good on paper but never drive pipeline

A CRM full of noise instead of reliable data


I’ve seen it across founders, sales leaders, and marketing teams. The problem isn’t effort, it’s the lack of a repeatable, scalable GTM system.
That’s what we build at Growth Today.

Instead of disconnected tools or random campaigns, we design and implement repeatable GTM engines across sales, marketing, and partnerships that…

✅ Enrich and qualify data
✅ Activate inbound leads into real opportunities
✅ Automate outbound prospecting
✅ Keep CRMs clean and reliable
✅ Orchestrate multi-channel campaigns
✅ Make BDR teams more effective or fully replace them
✅ Align marketing + partnerships with sales for compounding growth

Recent wins:

 → Built a clean, automated CRM that doubled conversion rates
 → Launched a content-driven demand gen engine that 3x’d inbound lead quality
 → Systematized partner outreach → pipeline from alliances grew 40% in 6 months

Growth doesn’t come from more outreach or more tools.
It comes from building the right system once and scaling it.
If you’re a B2B founder or revenue leader serious about building predictable pipeline, let’s connect.

Book your call: https://calendly.com/growth-today/intro-meeting

Brigitta Ruha

We've run 200+ GTM experiments in the last 18 months and I'm giving away the exact 30-day testing playbook that helped us start growing.

If your GTM team is treating growth like a strategy problem.

Tell them… It's a lab problem.

30 experiments, 30 days, and zero bullshit.

Here's everything what you'll get 👇

✅ System & outbound tests we use to lift reply rates

✅ Messaging experiments that show what actually resonates

✅ Enablement rituals that help your team in learning

✅ Human-first GTM moves that protect your pipeline

Some flopped and some 3x'd our results overnight

But the difference is that we actually ran them

Here's how to get it 👇

1️⃣ Like this post 

2️⃣ Comment "EXPERIMENT" 

3️⃣ Follow me so I can DM you the resource

♻️ Repost this to help other GTM leaders stop wasting time on guesswork

Co-Founder @Growth Today | We Build Repeatable GTM Engines Across Sales, Marketing & Partnerships 🚀

SDRs and GTM Engineers aren't the same role

Companies hire SDRs and expect them to also build systems

They are expected to fix broken tools and automate workflows

Or they hire GTM Engineers and wonder why meetings aren't getting booked

They're both important… just for completely different reasons 👀

SDRs are your frontline. 

They start conversations, test messages, and get buyers to say yes

GTM Engineers are your infrastructure

They build the systems, connect the tools, and make everything scalable

One focuses on people and the other focuses on process.

And when both work together? That’s when the pipeline becomes predictable

You don’t need more AI tools, you need the ones that help you fill the pipeline

These 6 made it to my ‘never launch without’ list 👇

Icypeas 
Find accurate emails fast, no more guessing games

Clay 
Hyper-targeted enrichment + AI-crafted outreach

BounceBan (Verify risky emails without sending messages)
Scale without hitting spam hell

EmailGuard
Warm up your inbox before launch

Ghost
Writes better, faster, smarter, and built for outbound

Attio
Because data > gut feelings

Instantly.ai
Where follow-ups stop slipping through the cracks

Each one saves me hours every week and together

If you’ve got an AI tool that helps you sell smarter not louder… drop it below 👇

12 months, 1 system and a Human-first GTM.

Want to build a human-first GTM system in 2026?

Here's your 12-month roadmap

Most GTM systems fail because they're built for metrics, not humans. This one's different.

We designed this as a step-by-step plan to help you build a system that actually works for your team and your buyers.

✅ Q1: Audit, define, design

✅ Q2: Launch experiments, automate smart, test your co-pilot 

✅ Q3: Make it sustainable, refine what works, align your team 

✅ Q4: Codify learnings, scale intelligently, review & evolve

A simple and clear plan you can actually follow.

Save it, or share it with your team. ♻️

And if you try even one month of this, let me know how it goes. I'm here for the messy progress stories. 😅

If your pipeline strategy fits into a tweet…

it’s probably not a strategy 😅

I get why we chase quick fixes.

One magic channel, or one AI tool that’ll hack your market without having to put in the work.

Sounds good, doesn’t work.

Here’s the part people usually skip:

The real pipeline gets built in the boring middle

the messy work between “send more emails” and “add another tool.”

Nobody glamorizes that part, but it’s exactly where everything changes.

So I put together a quick cheatsheet to show the real difference between:

What people think pipeline building is

vs.

What it actually looks like when it works

Is it more effort than a tweet-sized hack?

Yeah.

Does it actually build a predictable pipeline?

Also yeah.

If you’re tired of advice that sounds smart but doesn’t move the needle,

save this, it’ll make next quarter a lot easier 😉

The #1 reason top reps close more deals?

They know when to stop.

Not stop caring.

Not stop trying.

Just… stop grinding themselves into dust 😅

Here’s what I’ve noticed:

Average reps stay in hustle mode 24/7.

Top reps go hard when it matters —

and then they actually unplug.

Because in sales, your energy is your edge.

You can’t run sharp discovery calls when you’re running on fumes.

Top reps protect their energy the same way they protect their quota.

They show up fully - then they close the laptop, touch some grass, and recharge so they can do it again tomorrow.

Hustle matters.

But knowing when to stop?

That’s a real competitive advantage.

If your sales content isn't working on LinkedIn, it's probably not your fault.

Most of us create content the way we are taught:

- Share insights
- post case studies
- Talk about the product

Sounds right, doesn’t it?

Except... prospects aren't engaging. and the pipeline isn't moving.

The thing is that… instead of posting more, we need to post in a smarter way

Different content types drive different outcomes: →

- Some build awareness but won't book meetings) 
- Some spark conversations (hello, pipeline 👋
- Some establish credibility

So, what do we do now?

Stop creating content that looks good and start creating content that starts conversations

Your prospects are on LinkedIn, they're scrolling, learning, and looking for solutions

The question is… are you showing up in a way that makes them want to talk to you?

Hope it helps 💪

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