Almost be a bit offended if they don't reply - ISP NextGen Season 3 podcast with Emily Brown-Podcast video

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Emily Brown, AE at ReachDesk, shares her journey from a conscious decision to enter sales after a master’s degree to progressing from BDR to AE at the same company. She explains that success in sales comes from working smart, not just hard, and emphasizes the importance of refining your ICP using input from customer success and understanding who will actually buy, not just take meetings. Emily discusses balancing a tight ICP with flexibility for new opportunities, identifying the right contacts using intent data, funding and hiring alerts, and keeping promising accounts nurtured. She warns against common prospecting mistakes like mass outreach and generic “hello first name” emails. Her prospecting style relies on highly personalized, account-level email outreach with a bit of humor and creativity. Finally, she shares how she stays motivated through rejection by focusing on small, achievable habits and tracking consistency.

Keywords

sales career progression

ideal customer profile

account-based prospecting

intent data

personalized outreach

rejection resilience