*ATTENTION AE's* - What makes a successful partnership between you and your SDRs?

🎈 Mentorship
📞 Cold Calling
☑️ Qualification Calls
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rekled
Opinionated
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Strategic Account Executive
Respect and appreciation. I approach this as a business partnership - we are both striving to achieve the same thing. The closer we work together, the more likely we will be successful.  
Savagedoge
Tycoon
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Account Executive
Set expectations well, make sure both sides stick to them. I like to be more of a mentor to my SDR and work as a team.
madamwalker
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SDR Manager
Gotcha! How are you mentoring them? 1:1s? 

CuriousFox
WR Officer
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🦊
I take the time to know them personally. I am still friends with SDRs from previous employers to this day.

It starts with a simple 1 on 1 conversation. Make an agenda. Ask for their opinions and formulate a G2M plan together. Trust and respect is the best foundation. 
PaperTigerFighter
Good Citizen
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AE (Account Executive)
Treating them like part of the team, and acknowledging that you depend on one another to be successful.



 I like to ask for debriefs after calls, collaborate with them to see what I missed, what tone/expression/piece of info can we glean from reviewing it together, and then the same type of debrief after cold calling role plays--it's you against the challenge/obstacle, and we're both better for thinking about it that way. 
Coffeesforclosers
Notable Contributor
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Director Sales and Market Development
Its a partnership and you work together. SDRs dont work for aes if thats the setup it will fail as the sdr will run their business their way in this setup and jsut appease the AE in meetings
SgtAE
WR Officer
0
AE
Consistent communication and easy opp hand overs for sure. 
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How can I support our SDRs as an AE?

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If you join a SaaS company and thrive at the beginning due to inbound leads and good SDR and then sales start going down due to a change of SDR and less inbounds, does that mean you’re not a competent sales person or does it mean it’s time to move on to another company?

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AEs of the world: What would make you take an SDR position?

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