Kris Rudeegraap—co-founder and co-CEO of Sendoso—joins me to talk about what happens when email stops working and you have to find another edge. Kris was a top seller who got 90% response rates in the early 2010s using mail merge. Then email sequencing tools flooded the market and response rates tanked. So he started sending handwritten notes, dog toys, and swag from the marketing closet—and booking more meetings than anyone else.That curiosity—hearing a dog bark on a call and sending a dog…
Sales and marketing alignment isn't a nice-to-have — it's the engine that drives predictable revenue. In this episode of the Thoughts on Selling podcast, I talk with Javier Lozano Jr., a fractional CMO and CRO who helps founder-led tech companies build the infrastructure where sales and marketing actually work together. Javier brings a rare perspective: he's lived on both sides of the revenue equation, and he's seen firsthand what happens when these teams are aligned on revenue goals versus whe…