Ben Reed's Weekly B2B Growth Insights & Highlights | July 26th, 2025

Benjamin Reed's weekly B2B sales, marketing, & revenue insights...in one simple email.

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Benjamin Aaron Reed
July 28, 2025

Hey everyone,

This week’s recap saves you time: I’ve distilled the top B2B sales, marketing, and growth insights from my podcast + LinkedIn — so you can scale smarter without the noise.

🎧 Podcast Episode of the Week

The Hardest Sale in the World: Inside Oil & Gas Capital Raising

Guests: Jeff Gostovich

Highlights:

  • Why oil and gas capital raising is one of the most challenging sales fields.

  • How to influence high-net-worth individuals to invest in high-risk deals—over the phone.

  • The psychology of top-tier sales, including the power of silence and disqualifying early.

  • The art of building alignment over persuasion in sales.

  • How to be the “CIA agent” of enterprise sales and master internal influence.

  • Real-world insights on subject-matter expertise, listening, and identifying real buyers.

💡 LinkedIn Highlights

Optimal LinkedIn Daily Post Times

Optimal LinkedIn posting time according to 30,000+ Taplio posts in the last 30 days (July 2025):

Inbound Vs. Outbound Time to Close

Most outbound GTM teams underestimate one thing: time.

The #1 Thing That Matters in Sales

I have an 80% close rate on qualified deals for RevyOps, and I will stop selling new deals through the end of August for one simple reason.

Get My Million Dollar Sales Blueprint

We’ve scaled 10+ businesses to $1,000,000+ ARR…
(with the same system over and over again)

The LinkedIn Algorithm Is Changing

The LinkedIn algorithm clearly has shifted in 2025. Your LinkedIn content isn’t dead.
Your audience may be.

The Hidden Treasures Around Us

Here in my garage, my perspective changed. Do you see what I see?
A mess? Look deeper.

💭 My Take of the Week

  • Sometimes you have to go slow to go fast. I’ve intentionally paused selling my services at my outbound lead generation and revenue operations agency Nextgensalessystems.com for four months during the winter to enhance my back-end operations, recruit top talent, and ensure I deliver the best possible results for my clients.

  • Likewise, I have paused taking on new clients for my SaaS Revyops.com to focus on delivering for our first 20 outbound agency clients. Could I sell another 20 in the next month? Probably.

  • But, taking on too many clients too soon can overwhelm my fulfillment side of the business. Additionally, on the RevyOps front, I want to ensure the product is performing optimally before we scale.

  • Remember, the number one thing that matters in sales is ultimately a fantastic product or service that can deliver what you promise during the sales process.

  • Without strong, reliable, and high-quality fulfillment, you’ll sell to your prospect once, but you won’t retain them, and you’ll never get strong word of mouth - your best salesperson.

📣 What do you think?

👉 Hit reply and let me know what resonated most this week — or tell me what you’re struggling with in B2B sales right now. I read every response

👀 Stay tuned next week

I’ll be covering:

  • Podcast: Crushing Clay Tables with Alan Chniouer

    • Guest: Alan Chniouer | B2B GTM Engineering Expert

🚀 Let’s connect