Outbound Squad

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Nov 2026

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This sales podcast is for B2B reps and sales teams who want to turn complete strangers into paying customers. Join me (you can call me JBay) as I interview sales experts, leaders, and top-performing reps to learn the stories, secrets, and skills of the world’s most successful sales professionals.

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November 2, 20261 hr 12 min

AI: History is repeating itself with Todd Caponi

In this episode, Jason and Todd Caponi from Sales Melon, talk about why AI is just the latest chapter in a story sales has seen many times before. They dig into why more buyer information never replaced the seller, mapping buyer behavior onto your current sales stages, celebrating lost deals to sharpen qualification, and the five core jobs of a first-time CRO. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at https://outboundsquad.com/.⁠

October 26, 20261 hr 40 min

Outbound: The precision era is here with TitanX

In this episode, Jason, Joey Gilkey, and Rob Anderson from TitanX, talk about why outbound is moving from the volume era to the precision era. They dig into why fewer reps and more activity rarely hit the number, calculating cost per conversation and per meeting, how parallel dialing drags down connect and conversion rates, and the account dossiers TitanX's reps used at the event. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

October 19, 20261 hr 10 min

Coaching & leading enterprise sales reps

In this episode, Jason and Chris Farwell from Octave, talk about how to coach and lead enterprise reps who may already be better sellers than their managers. They dig into finding the problems buyers actually need to fix, translating technical pain into margin and cash flow, knowing when to coach reps and when to just tell them, and turning customer relationships into warm intros. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

October 12, 20261 hr 14 min

Scott Leese on why personal brand is the only moat that’s left

In this episode, Jason and Scott Leese from Scott Leese Consulting, talk about building a career and income that don't depend on any one job. They dig into why personal brand might be the last career moat, when to start earning outside your W2, his 10-a-day plan for growing your network, and how he builds his calendar around family time. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

October 5, 20261 hr 17 min

Future of Saas, moats, pipegen, and more with Ryan Heaphy

In this episode, Jason and Ryan Heaphy from Fractal Software, talk about what it takes to build a repeatable sales motion in early-stage vertical SaaS. They dig into why the VP of Sales hire usually flops, what a world-class sales playbook actually includes, reverse-engineering quota from pipeline, and what cold calling looks like in vertical SaaS. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

September 28, 20261 hr 13 min

Mental health and finding fulfillment in sales with Alex Kremer

In this episode, Jason and Alex Kremer from Alluviance, talk about why 70% of sales pros are struggling with their mental health, the two wells analogy and the hungry ghost trap, rewiring where your motivation comes from, and selling from presence, not pressure. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

September 21, 202654 min

Second-line SDR leadership with Brandon Jackson

In this episode, Jason and Brandon Jackson, formerly of Common Room and now at Ping Identity, talk about his four-pillar CPAD framework for SDR leadership, why dial counts aren't the real measure of a good day, aligning SDR with marketing and sales at once, and where AI belongs in the SDR workflow, and where it doesn't. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

September 14, 20261 hr 17 min

Lessons from a first-time sales manager

In this episode, Jason and Matt Rogers from Neo4j, talk about breaking into a cold enterprise territory in person, the monthly accountability one-on-one to run with every rep, the hero move that traps first-time leaders, and using AI to scale coaching without watching every call. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

September 7, 20261 hr 6 min

Building an AI-native sales motion with Heath Barnett

In this episode, Jason and Heath Barnett, formerly of Mixmax, talk about why PLG and product-led sales aren't the same thing, the three layers of a real ICP, account scoring with sub-scores that stack, and why AI investment flops without rep skill investment. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠

August 31, 20261 hr 12 min

Tackling new territories, multi-threading, and more with Krysten Conner

In this episode, Jason and Krysten Conner, sales coach at krystenconner.com, talk about the where-we-win report every new AE should run, the ship jumper move and other warm-path openers, ghost-writing a referral email your champion will send, and running EMT discovery on outbound-led calls. Check out more free content and get help with outbound at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://outboundsquad.com.⁠