Strategy Sprints

Strategy Sprints

Struggling with B2B sales strategy and business scaling challenges? Strategy Sprints delivers daily B2B sales strategy and growth tactics for CEOs and entrepreneurs who want to hit $10M+ revenue through smart systems, not more employees. Host Simon Severino has generated over $2B in additional sales for clients using his proven Sprint methodology. Each episode gives you actionable business strategy insights you can implement immediately – whether you're prospecting new clients, optimizing your sales pipeline, or systematizing growth operations. Perfect for busy entrepreneurs, consultants, and business owners who need practical solutions fast. No theory, no fluff – just battle-tested sales acceleration techniques and scaling strategies that work in real businesses. Join 60,000+ CEOs who get their daily dose of growth tactics in under 15 minutes. Ready to scale smarter? Subscribe now and access our complete growth toolkit at www.strategysprints.com

  1. JAN 28

    Marketing Sucks (Except This)

    🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools   Is SEO dead? With click rates plummeting and AI chatbots taking over search, traditional marketing tactics are failing. In this episode, Saul Marquez (Outcomes Rocket) joins Simon Severino to reveal why "tactics are the noise you hear before the war is lost" and how to pivot your strategy for the age of Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). Learn why 99.3% of content cited by AI models like ChatGPT and Gemini comes from open-access sources and how to restructure your marketing into the "Brand House" framework. What You Will Learn in This Video:• SEO vs. GEO: Why Generative Engine Optimization is the new "tip of the spear" for visibility.• The AI Source Code: New research reveals that recency and non-paywalled summaries are the key to getting cited by chatbots.• The 3 Pillars of Growth: Why you must prioritize Owned and Earned media before ever spending a dollar on Paid ads.• Strategy Sprints: How to dominate niche keywords by guesting on podcasts rather than relying solely on paid campaigns.• The Brand House Framework: A step-by-step guide to aligning your purpose, differentiator, and ideal client profile (ICP) before scaling.• B2B Growth Secrets: Why Account-Based Marketing (ABM) helps you focus on the 20% of clients who provide 80% of your revenue. About the Guest: Saul Marquez is the founder of Outcomes Rocket, a healthcare marketing agency and podcast focused on digital health and strategy.   CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com   ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow   SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

    31 min
  2. JAN 26

    The Power Question Every Salesperson Gets Wrong with Lee B. Salz

    When do you know your discovery meetings are sabotaging your deals before they even start? Join Sprinter and Lee B. Salz (author of "First Meeting Differentiator") for a game-changing conversation where they expose why conversion rates are plummeting and what top-performing salespeople are doing differently in 2025. Discover why traditional discovery meetings need to die—and what consultation framework replaces them. In this episode, you'll hear: 📍 Lee's revolutionary shift: From "discovery meetings" to consultations (and why prospects actually want the second approach) 📍 The deafening silence question: "What does your prospect actually get out of meeting with you?" (Most salespeople can't answer this) 📍 The 6-minute rule: Why people forget 94% of your first meeting within a week—and how to optimize for what they DO remember 📍 Positioning questions that reveal differentiators your prospects don't know exist (the garbage truck cleaning story will blow your mind) 📍 The Netflix cliffhanger technique: How to structure first meetings so prospects are hungry for the next conversation 📍 Emotional vs. fact-based questions: The simple reframe that gets prospects to share how they FEEL (not just what they think) 📍 Why "features, benefits, and boredom" puts people to sleep—and the storytelling method that actually moves deals forward 📍 The reverse-engineering framework: How to plan first meetings like a project plan (outcomes first, tactics second) 📍 Lee's 22 years of sales coaching wisdom: The book he wishes existed when he started (so he finally wrote it) Real talk about: Why prospects ghost after first calls, the "takeaway sale" vs. alternative sale distinction, how to provide meaningful value in 40 minutes, reading body language on Zoom, the magic wand question trap, using client success stories instead of feature dumps, and why bringing everyone to the first meeting kills your momentum. Resources mentioned: 📚 First Meeting Differentiator by Lee B. Salz 🔗 meaningfulvalue.com - Free download: 10 tips for meaningful first meetings 🔗 firstmeetingbook.com - Get chapter one free + exclusive master classes Perfect for business owners and sales leaders in tech, finance, and consulting who are tired of prospects saying "we'll circle back next quarter." Join the Sprint Club at strategysprints.com where we help entrepreneurs accelerate sales and build systems that run without you. #B2BSales #SalesStrategy #DiscoveryCalls #FirstMeetings #BusinessGrowth #SalesTraining

    27 min
  3. JAN 12

    How To Scale Without Losing Your Soul

    🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Receive our newsletter: https://thesalesshow.beehiiv.com/ Join Simon Serino, Neil Phamar, and Sean Malone on the Elevate Podcast as they reveal the biggest mistakes founders make when scaling—and how to avoid them. Discover why chasing maximum revenue is the wrong strategy, how to balance profit with purpose, and the exact leadership shifts needed as you grow from 0 to 50+ team members. In this episode, you'll learn: The critical difference between "minimum profit" vs "maximum revenue" (and why one leads to burnout) How to maintain company culture with remote/hybrid teams using strategic cadence The 3 stages of leadership evolution every founder must master Simon's daily walk framework for staying aligned with your integrity Why creating multiple income streams beats landing bigger clients The "survive vs thrive" line that changes everything Featuring exclusive insights from successful entrepreneurs who've scaled multiple businesses, including frameworks for systemization, boundary-setting, and protecting your peace while growing. Whether you're a solopreneur or managing 100+ people, this episode delivers actionable strategies to scale without sacrificing what matters most. 🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com   ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow   SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

    49 min
  4. 12/25/2025

    Stop Believeing THIS

    🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools Five founder myths BUSTED. Simon Severino, Sean Malone, and Neil Fairmont destroy the lies keeping entrepreneurs stuck—including why funeral homes crush tech startups and why you DON'T need VC money. You Need a Completely Original Idea to Succeed 🔴 BUZZER! FALSE The Truth: Most boring businesses = best businesses (waste management, funeral homes, sugar water) Funeral home example: 100% success rate, perfect net retention Apple didn't invent phones—they made them simple, beautiful, elegant Original ideas are typically terrible ideas (hardest market to create) Marketing Rule: Position as NEW, DIFFERENT, and RARE—NEVER as "bigger, better, faster" (creates comparison basis and you lose)Red Ocean vs. Blue Ocean: Don't swim in bloody competition—create purple offers that bridge to blue ocean opportunities   CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com   ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow   SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

    50 min
  5. 12/22/2025

    7 Ways Of Pricing

    🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools Struggling to enforce your pricing? You're using the WRONG model. Simon Severino reveals the 7-tier pricing evolution that creates 100% client alignment—where customers say "Thank you, let's go" without pushback. Stop fighting pricing objections. The problem isn't your price—it's your pricing MODEL. Simon Severino (coached Fortune 500s on pricing strategy) reveals why most businesses are stuck in outdated pricing tiers and how to evolve toward the future: 100% goal alignment where pricing power becomes automatic. 1. TIME-BASED (The Old World—Selling Expertise) Example: Boston Consulting Group (hourly/daily rates) Junior consultants cost less, senior partners cost more Problem: Not aligned with client outcomes Status: All major consultancies scrambling to change this model 2. SEAT-BASED (Charging Per User) Example: Notion ($10/seat → $15/seat in business tier) Genius: Scales to profits quickly (minimal cost increase per seat) Problem: Still not outcome-aligned 3. SKILL-BASED (Pay More for Sophisticated Capabilities) Examples: ChatGPT (3.5 Turbo vs 4.0), Claude (upgrade to Max), Grok Research Pay to unlock faster models, advanced features, research modes Better than time/seat, but not the future 4. HYBRID (Combining Multiple Metrics) Example: Copy.ai (words generated + team members + advanced features) Captures different value metrics simultaneously More flexible than single-tier models CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com   ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

    13 min
  6. 12/17/2025

    4 Offers Every Founder Needs

    🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools Stop adding products—you're doing it WRONG. Simon Severino reveals the 30-year ascension model that lets you sell ONE service FOUR times and 3-5x your business value overnight. No new products needed. Most founders make the same fatal mistake: they think more products = more revenue. Wrong. Simon Severino (22 years experience) and Jay Abraham (40+ years) prove you can multiply revenue by repackaging what you already have—no building, no new offerings, just strategic unbundling. The 4-Offer Framework (One Product, Four Ways to Sell It): 1. ATTRACTION OFFER (Gets them in the door) Low/zero margins—designed to attract, not profit High-ticket businesses can afford time/money investment here Lifetime value justifies acquisition cost 2. UPSELL OFFER (Your profit maker—3-10x the downsell) Premium flagship program with implementation, guarantees, customization Most high-ticket buyers WANT the premium option (feels safer, more validated) Where you make real money 3. DOWNSELL OFFER (Catches 30-50% of "no" responses) For those who can't afford/aren't ready for main offer Still generates revenue from otherwise lost opportunities "Not the right budget? No problem, here's this..." 4. CONTINUITY OFFER (Forever cash flow) Ongoing retainer that creates long-term partnerships Recurring revenue without additional product development   CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com   ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow   SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

    11 min
  7. 12/15/2025

    Lessons from scaling 20 unicorn companies

    🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools Harvard study reveals 75% of meeting time is spent talking ABOUT meetings. Ramsey Prior (scaled 20 unicorns) built Roomie AI to solve this $trillion productivity problem—and it's changing how remote teams win. Here's an SEO-optimized description with a compelling hook: Hook/Opening (First 150 characters - crucial for SEO): Harvard study reveals 75% of meeting time is spent talking ABOUT meetings. Ramsey Prior (scaled 20 unicorns) built Roomie AI to solve this $trillion productivity problem—and it's changing how remote teams win. Full Description: Meet Ramsey Prior, CEO of Roomie AI and the strategic advisor behind 20 unicorn companies. He's seen what separates winning teams from losing ones in the digital world—and it's not what you think. The problem?  You spend 30% of your week in meetings, but you're missing the conversations that matter most. The Meeting Crisis: Average worker spends 30% of week in meetings (90%+ for remote teams) Harvard Business Review: 75% of meeting time spent discussing OTHER meetings Critical information locked in conversations you weren't invited to Sales and dev teams building resentment through miscommunication gaps Roomie AI Solution: Revolutionary meeting memory system that transforms how distributed teams collaborate: Meeting Memory: Chat with your entire company's meeting history (not just your own) X-ray Feature: AI proactively alerts you to relevant conversations you missed Cross-Team Intelligence: Search conversations happening in other regions, departments, time zones Integration Powerhouse: Connects Slack, CRM, Jira, Air Call, GitHub, Linear into one searchable source Real-World Game Changers: For Sales Leaders: Ask: "What are the top 3 objections in the APAC region this week?" Get verbatim quotes from actual customer calls—no "happy ears" filter Tie feature requests to revenue: "How much is this worth across all deals?" Resolve customer disputes by pulling exact conversation quotes   CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow   SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

    19 min
  8. 12/10/2025

    How Top CEOs Stay Calm Under Pressure

    🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Receive our newsletter: https://thesalesshow.beehiiv.com/ The hardest CEO lesson? Saying NO to $200K opportunities. Simon Severino and Sean Malone reveal the hidden pressure of leadership, the "bounceback factor," and why 5-7 income streams beat chasing revenue. The $200K dilemma: When to say NO to lucrative projects that aren't aligned From "doing" to delegating: Why 1+1=11 in business (the "we vs. me" principle) Cash flow revenue: Simon's shift from chasing numbers to building 5-7 income streams The "bounceback factor": Pro golfers' secret that defines CEO performance under pressure Manual vs. automated: Why doing things manually makes you a sharper decision-maker Income Stream Blueprint (13 Ways): Simon's framework for generating cash flow even on 5-week vacations: One-on-one services → Groups/cohorts Subscriptions, licensing, royalties Affiliate commissions, paid newsletters Options income (be the casino, not the gambler) Capital gains, passive rent, sponsors, products Daily CEO Systems: The Circle Habit Tracker: 4 daily habits with visual accountability streaks 5-minute reset techniques: Breath work, kettlebells, high-intensity burpees The 60-second smile hack: Reset cortisol levels before team meetings Options trading as decision-making training: Calculate odds in 10 minutes daily CEO Lessons Learned: Simon's biggest mistake: Thinking options = gambling for 45 years (now generates income as "the casino") Sean's delegation breakthrough: Selling all real estate, moving to luxury apartment with better cash flow Character over capital: Teaching kids frustration tolerance through rowing and tennis Culture via structure: You can't change culture directly—only through systems and daily habits 🐬 Join the Sprint Club: https://www.strategysprints.com ⚡️ Free Tools: https://www.strategysprints.com/tools   CONNECT WITH ME 🐦 X: https://x.com/simonseverino 👋 LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino 🎉 Free Community: strategysprints.com   ACCELERATE YOUR SALES 🐬 Business Coaching: https://www.strategysprints.com 🌴 Sales Show: https://www.youtube.com/@simonseverinosales 💪 Investing Show: https://www.youtube.com/@InvestingShow   SIMON SEVERINO Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints. He has created +2B in additional sales for his clients over the last 21 years. As an advisor who became CEO, he had to learn the importance of working ON the business more than IN it. Now, he shares his proven templates with high-ticket entrepreneurs. They reclaim 14 hours per week using the Strategy Sprints™ Method and enjoy sales that soar. Author of "Strategy Sprints", Podcast Host Ranking Top 2,5%, TEDx speaker, Forbes contributor, Triathlete. Has appeared on over 1300 podcasts. When he is not supercharging sales, you'll find him swimming, biking, running and tricking his 3 kids into outdoor activities so they can't escape his annoying shrinky questions.

    42 min
4.9
out of 5
32 Ratings

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Struggling with B2B sales strategy and business scaling challenges? Strategy Sprints delivers daily B2B sales strategy and growth tactics for CEOs and entrepreneurs who want to hit $10M+ revenue through smart systems, not more employees. Host Simon Severino has generated over $2B in additional sales for clients using his proven Sprint methodology. Each episode gives you actionable business strategy insights you can implement immediately – whether you're prospecting new clients, optimizing your sales pipeline, or systematizing growth operations. Perfect for busy entrepreneurs, consultants, and business owners who need practical solutions fast. No theory, no fluff – just battle-tested sales acceleration techniques and scaling strategies that work in real businesses. Join 60,000+ CEOs who get their daily dose of growth tactics in under 15 minutes. Ready to scale smarter? Subscribe now and access our complete growth toolkit at www.strategysprints.com