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Making SEAMless Sales

Art Fromm

Business & Entrepreneuriat

Fréquence : 1 épisode/7j. Total Éps: 12

Misalignment between presales and sales stalls deals and creates unnecessary friction for your sales team and the client, resulting in up to 38% lower win rate compared to organizations that are aligned, according to recent studies*.

If you are in presales, sales, sales management, or sales enablement and you’d like your team to increase revenues, win rate, margins, client satisfaction, and stay competitive, this show is for you!

Why The “Making SEAMless Sales” Show Matters

Getting presales and sales to perform optimally and work together seamlessly is one of the least explored or addressed frontiers of sales performance, as it is a very challenging endeavor, as laid out in Art’s book of the same name, “Making SEAMless Sales.” When sales teams are misaligned, deals stall, clients disengage, and results suffer. When sales teams align, win rates increase, margins grow, and client satisfaction soars.

On this show, Art Fromm, President and Owner of Team Sales Development Inc.(TSD), along with his distinguished guests, shares proven practical frameworks and strategies designed to help client-facing teams close more deals and deliver more value for their clients.

What You’ll Learn by Attending Live or Listening to the Replay:

✅How to establish shared goals between presales and sales.

✅ Ways to build mutual trust and accountability within your team and with the client.

✅ Strategies to increase collaboration at the account and opportunity level.

✅ How to improve client outcomes across every touchpoint.

✅ How to generate higher commissions and greater recognition.

‍For webinars, podcasts, articles, and more, please go to: https://teamsalesdevelopment.com/articles-and-events/

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Mastering the Presales-Sales Handshake **Plus Special Tribute Section By Art**

Saison 1 · Épisode 12

jeudi 23 octobre 2025 • Durée 58:23

"🚨 Are your SEs treated like “Order Takers” instead of “Value Creators”?

In this episode of Making SEAMless Sales, John Care and Art Fromm address why so many sales teams struggle to become more strategic and consultative — skipping qualification or skimping on discovery, and wondering why they so often lose to Do Nothing Incorporated — and how SE leaders can stop the cycle for good.

💡 You’ll learn:

✅ The hidden cost of poor Sales–Presales handoffs.

✅ Frameworks that connect solutions to measurable business outcomes.

✅ How SE managers can turn client interactions into moments of business impact.

If you’re in Sales, Presales, or Sales Leadership — this episode will change how you think about SE/AE/AM collaboration, discovery, and closing with confidence."

➡️ In this episode of Making SEAMless Sales, we’re cutting straight to the heart of one of the biggest roadblocks in complex B2B sales — the breakdown between sales and presales. Host Art Fromm is joined by John Care, the globally respected author of Mastering Technical Sales, to uncover why so many teams still stumble over the same handoff issues that cost them deals, trust, and millions in lost opportunity.

➡️ Together, Art and John explore why top-performing organizations are redefining the SE’s role — not as a demo resource, but as a strategic value creator who connects technology to measurable business outcomes. They’ll reveal what happens when SEs and AEs operate in silos, show to fix it through clear frameworks and aligned discovery, and the tangible results that follow when both sides move in sync — faster deal cycles, stronger client trust, and higher win rates.

If you’ve ever felt pressured to be too “technical,” this episode is your playbook for turning collaboration into competitive advantage.

👉 John Care LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/johncare/

👉 Company: www.masteringtechnicalsales.com

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📗 Making SEAMless Sales Book: www.teamsalesdevelopment.com/making-seamless-sales-book/

💻 Making SEAMless Sales Livecast/Recording/Podcast Page: www.teamsalesdevelopment.com/12-week-podcast-series-on-talkradio-nyc/

📝 Feel free to submit your questions and sales challenges to Art at www.teamsalesdevelopment.com/contact-tsd/

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Systematizing Go To Market Excellence

Saison 1 · Épisode 11

jeudi 16 octobre 2025 • Durée 01:01:17

If you’ve ever nailed the demo, earned the “technical win,” and still lost the deal — this conversation is for you.

Art and Nikhil will explore:

✅ Why traditional frameworks like BANT or MEDDIC often stop short of uncovering the buyer’s true “why.”

✅ How to map stakeholder value from functional pains to business outcomes using Nikhil’s Value Discovery Map.

✅ How joint discovery across presales and sales creates alignment, consistency, and faster deal velocity.

➡️ When sales teams stop discovery too early, even the best solutions can fall flat. In this episode of Making SEAMless Sales, host Art Fromm and guest Nikhil Sarma dig into one of the biggest blind spots in enterprise selling — the gap between the technical win and the business win. They’ll explore how sales and presales professionals can uncover what really drives a customer’s decision, connect the dots between business impact and individual motivations, and create buyer confidence that lasts well beyond the demo.

➡️ Drawing on his experience as a global sales coach and technology leader at Dolby, Optimizely, and Contentful, Nikhil shares how his Value Discovery Map helps teams move from pitching features to uncovering outcomes that truly matter. Whether you’re in presales, sales, or leadership, this conversation will challenge how you think about qualification — and show you how deeper discovery can transform not only your deals, but your customer relationships.

👉 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilsarma/

👉 Company: www.gtmsolutions.co/

Bridging the SDR–Sales–Presales Gap to Drive Revenue Growth

Saison 1 · Épisode 10

jeudi 9 octobre 2025 • Durée 01:02:12

🔥 Deals don’t only fall apart because of the competition — they often fall apart because of what happens (or doesn't) inside the sales team.

In this week's episode of Making SEAMless Sales, I’m joined by Yumei Peterson, a dynamic sales leader who built and led top-performing sales teams at Palo Alto Networks, and now Cato Networks.

We dig into:

👉 Why SDR-to-Sales and Sales-to-Presales handoffs so often break down.

👉 The hidden cost of poor communication and missed context.

👉 How aligned teams create faster deal velocity and higher win rates.

➡️ In this episode, Yumei Peterson, a seasoned sales leader who built and led high-performing sales teams, shares how to fix one of the biggest hidden challenges in B2B sales — broken handoffs between SDRs, Sales, and Presales. Yumei brings her deep experience in sales leadership, enablement, and go-to-market strategy to reveal how alignment, communication, and shared accountability can transform internal friction into faster deals and stronger customer relationships.

✅ If you’ve ever watched opportunities stall because teams weren’t fully aligned, Yumei’s practical advice and proven frameworks will show you how to bridge those gaps, empower collaboration, and create seamless sales execution that drives measurable results.

www.linkedin.com/in/yumeipeterson/

📗 Making SEAMless Sales Book Info: teamsalesdevelopment.com/making-seamless-sales-book/

💻 Making SEAMless Sales Podcast Page:

Great Demo! Great Collaboration: Aligning Presales and Sales for Impact

Saison 1 · Épisode 9

jeudi 2 octobre 2025 • Durée 01:00:43

❓ Have you ever seen (or delivered) a bad demo? In this episode Peter Cohan, renowned author of Great Demo! and Doing Discovery, shares decades of hard-earned wisdom on how to transform demos, discovery, and presales/sales conversations into powerful tools for winning business.

Here’s what you’ll walk away with:

🔍 Master the Art of Discovery – Learn how to go beyond superficial questions and uncover the real problems your prospects care about, so your demos resonate instead of missing the mark.

📊 Speak the Language of Business – Gain practical strategies to translate technical capabilities into measurable business outcomes — and tell stories that resonate with decision-makers and budget-holders.

🤝 Bridge the Presales–Sales Divide – See how the Great Demo! approach creates a seamless buyer journey by aligning SEs and AMs/AEs, leveraging technical credibility to advance deals, and presenting a united front to customers.

➡️ You’ll want to hear Peter’s insights on how to transform discovery and demos into engaging, customer-focused conversations that resonate with decision-makers and move deals forward.

➡️ We’ll also dive into how sales and presales can work together seamlessly to deliver a unified buyer journey — leveraging technical expertise, building trust, and connecting product capabilities to real business outcomes.

👉 Whether you’re a sales engineer, account manager, or sales leader, this episode will help you deliver demos that close deals, conversations that convert, and discovery sessions that differentiate you from the competition.

Web Site: greatdemo.com/

From Green to Seasoned - All Things Enterprise Sales

Saison 1 · Épisode 8

jeudi 25 septembre 2025 • Durée 01:03:02

🎙️In this episode, Jerry Timmis takes us back to his early days as a new Account Manager, when he and Art faced a high-stakes opportunity with a major client—an experience that became a cornerstone story and inspiration for Art's Making SEAMless Sales book, now celebrating its one-year anniversary, and helped shape Jerry's career as a successful Account Executive at Oracle and Salesforce.

✅ Learn how to win even when you’re late to the deal. We’ll share the Smiths Industries story from the book—how shifting from a rushed demo to a discovery-first approach changed everything and turned a long-shot opportunity into a win.

✅ Avoid the “Harbor Tour Demo” trap. You’ll hear practical lessons on tailoring solutions, earning executive buy-in, and steering clear of the generic product pitch that so many sales teams still fall into.

✅ Accelerate your career through partnership. We’ll explore how the SE-AM duo can elevate credibility with clients, fast-track your growth, and set you up for long-term success—whether you’re just starting out or looking to level up.

🔹 In this episode, we take you inside a high-stakes sales moment at Smiths Industries—where the team walked into the deal late, with competitors already ahead, and just one shot to impress. Instead of rushing into a generic “Harbor Tour Demo,” they made a bold move: slowing down for discovery. That choice not only changed the client’s perception but ultimately won the business. You’ll hear firsthand how discovery shifted the dynamic, unlocked executive engagement, and set the foundation for long-term trust.

🔹 Beyond the deal itself, we explore the power of the sales engineer - account manager partnership and how it can elevate your credibility, accelerate your career, and set you apart in competitive situations. Whether you’re just starting your sales journey or looking for strategies to sharpen your approach, this conversation offers practical lessons, real-world takeaways, and a fresh perspective on what it really takes to win.

Ensuring That Your CRM Helps Sales Sell

Saison 1 · Épisode 7

jeudi 18 septembre 2025 • Durée 01:00:42

✨ Why Watch This Episode ✨

👤 For Sales Professionals – Discover how to make CRM work for you, not against you. Gain a clearer sales process, reduce wasted effort, and free up more time to sell.

👔 For Sales Managers – Learn how to transform CRM into a real management tool. Improve visibility, strengthen collaboration across sales + presales, and apply quick-win tactics for performance turnarounds.

📈 For Sales Enablement Leaders – Uncover proven strategies to boost CRM adoption, align sales methodology with daily practice, and measure true business impact that drives productivity and revenue growth.

📢 We’re thrilled to welcome Chris Smith to the show! Christopher is a seasoned sales leader, author, podcaster, and CRM strategist who has spent his career helping organizations unlock the true potential of their customer relationship management systems.

✅ As the author of "CRM Shouldn't Suck," Chris has become a go-to expert for transforming CRM from a frustrating burden into a powerful engine for sales success.

In this episode, we’ll explore:

✨ What You’ll Learn in This Episode ✨

🎯 Why CRM often fails – The hidden people, process, and tool problems that frustrate teams and prevent CRM adoption.

🛠️ How to fix it – Chris’ CRM Success Methodology and practical steps to turn CRM into a driver of sales performance.

🤝 How sales & presales win together – Why strong sales methodologies matter, and how they foster alignment, collaboration, and better outcomes.

Solutions for Sales Managers to Foster Sales Performance

Saison 1 · Épisode 6

jeudi 11 septembre 2025 • Durée 01:02:23

Sales Managers and GTM roles will benefit from:

✅ Applying practical, actical strategies for better inspection and collaboration.

✅ Moving beyond individual metrics to shared team outcomes.

✅ Implementing safe learning environments, peer communities, and simple, measurable behaviors.

All this and more so you can deliver quick enablement wins and long-term momentum.

This episode is packed with insights from Brain Conway you don’t want to miss:

🔹 The Sales Manager Crisis – why so many teams are missing quota & how poor management hurts collaboration.

🔹 The Player-Manager Dilemma – impact on sales + presales, and smarter alternatives.

🔹 Inspection & Collaboration – with real-world tactics.

Brian brings his experience, practical tools, and fresh ideas to help sales and presales leaders build stronger, more collaborative teams.

👉 Mark your calendar, set a reminder, and join us for this powerful conversation!

Brian Conway LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/brianconway001/

Complimentary access to the Sales Manager Inner Circle: www.skool.com/sales-manager-inner-circle-1515/about?ref=ccd7eadbfee248dcb55127915ae2dd7b

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Solving Complex Business Challenges with Microsoft Cloud and Databricks

Saison 1 · Épisode 5

jeudi 4 septembre 2025 • Durée 01:01:54

❓Struggling to command the price you're asking?

❓Would you like clients to come back for more?

❓Are you looking to grow revenue and increase win rate?

💰 This episode featuring Anil Shah addresses all of these challenges and more.

📢 Anil Shah, CEO of CloudFronts will discuss development of the SOS for D365 App commissioned by Art in 2016 for TSD, which implements the Sales Opportunity Snapshot methodology at the core of SEAMless Sales®, that Anil subsequently implemented for his own business practice.

➡️ CloudFronts is a Microsoft and Databricks partner focused on Business Applications and Data & AI with an emphasis on the emerging field of Agentic AI.

💡 We'll discuss the challenges his team faced upon initially forming the business and the ways that SOS and elements of Great Demo! (another offering from the TSD SEAMless Sales® portfolio) helped:

✅ Increase win rate.

✅ Generate stickier deals.

✅ Drove more value for his clients.

🐦‍🔥 In the final segment Art will also reveal the backstory that lead to meeting and engaging Cloudfronts when the SOS methodology was unexpectedly put on the shelf after his largest and long time (10 year) client had a wholesale executive management change and how 18 months later the phoenix emerged from the ashes as the result of long-time internal champion support leading to a 6 minute WebEx with the SVP of Sales who committed to reengage TSD, restore the SOS methodology, and spur development of the SOS for D365 App. Art thankfully and graciously has this client to this day continuing to provide SOS and other sales transformation workshops and the SOS for D365 App,

Importance of Presales and Sales Alignment

Saison 1 · Épisode 4

jeudi 28 août 2025 • Durée 01:01:50

If you’ve ever felt the tension between presales and sales, this episode will hit home. Whether you're in leadership, enablement, or part of a revenue team, Michelle Afshar shares real-world strategies to break silos, boost collaboration, and unlock growth.

You will walk away with:

✅ Actionable insights on how to align sales and presales for better deal velocity and higher win rates.

✅ Proven frameworks used at top companies like Darktrace, Zoom, and Palo Alto Networks.

✅ A clear understanding of how shared goals and KPIs can improve team morale—and forecasting accuracy.

This episode isn’t just a conversation—it’s a playbook for any company looking to go from functional cooperation to strategic collaboration between sales and presales.

Michelle Afshar is a dynamic sales enablement leader whose career spans innovation giants Darktrace, Zoom, and Palo Alto Networks. As Global Head of Enablement at Darktrace and playing key GTM roles at Zoom and Palo Alto Networks, Michelle has a track record of transforming how presales and sales work together.

On the podcast, she’ll take us behind the scenes of:

➡️ Overcoming the most common friction points between presales and sales teams

➡️ Implementing joint pipeline ownership, technical qualification, and shared KPIs for seamless collaboration

➡️ The measurable impact these strategies have on win rates, forecast accuracy, and customer experience

Tune in to discover how enabling presales–sales alignment isn’t just a process improvement—it’s a strategic advantage that drives growth, efficiency, and trust.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mafshar/

Laser-Focused on Success from "Hello" to "Value Realization"

Saison 1 · Épisode 3

jeudi 21 août 2025 • Durée 01:01:06

This week's show - Laser-focused on success from “Hello” to “Value Realization”

Tune in to "The Making SEAMless Sales Show" featuring Art Fromm, founder and owner of Team Sales Development (TSD) to learn about sales, persuasion, and influence, increasing revenues, margins, win-rate, and client-success.

✅ Updates and Insights from Art - 10 minutes.

✅ Guest speaker - 30 Minutes

✅ “Dear Arty” - 10 Minutes. Just like the "Dear Abby" column where viewers submitted life challenge questions, we’re looking for your sales challenges or questions which Art will answer live on the show.

Please submit your questions, challenges, or show ideas here: www.teamsalesdevelopment.com/contact-tsd/

Our special guest this week is Candi Gray - a corporate technology sales and account management for nearly 20 years specializing in electronic security system installations. Candi is engaged with clients from "hello" to "Value Realization" and expansion.

We'll discuss the many roles Candi handles during an engagement, the pros and cons of having this responsibility, and the lessons learned, whether you're in presales or sales.

Candi was also an early reviewer and implementer of the concepts in Art's "Making SEAMless Sales" book including the complimentary worksheet that readers can utilize to implement the methods for their live opportunities.

For more information visit www.teamsalesdevelopment.com/12-week-podcast-series-on-talkradio-nyc/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/candigray/

#presales #sales #SalesManagement #SalesEnablement #SEAMlessSales

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