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Week 4 • Module 5

What's Next:
The Full Program

This course gave you the foundation. Here's what full implementation looks like.

Let's be honest about what this course did—and didn't—give you:

What you have now: The foundation. The psychology. The opportunity clarity. The belief that you can do this.

What you need next: Personalized strategy. Real-time feedback. Accountability. Someone to help you navigate the hard parts.

Foundation vs. Full Implementation

This Course (Foundation):

  • • Core psychology & principles
  • • Proof you're already equipped
  • • Opportunity overview
  • • General guidance
  • • Self-paced learning

Full Mentorship (Implementation):

  • • YOUR personalized strategy
  • • Real-time feedback on calls/emails
  • • Weekly 1:1 coaching calls
  • • Job search & interview support
  • • Accountability & troubleshooting

What the Full Program Includes

1. Personalized Job Search Strategy

We'll identify the exact companies and roles that match your goals. Not generic advice—specific targets for YOU.

2. Application & Interview Prep

I'll review your LinkedIn, resume, and cover letters. We'll practice interview responses together until you feel confident.

3. Real-Time Sales Coaching

Once you land a role, I'll help you with actual deals. You can send me call recordings, emails, questions—and get feedback within 24 hours.

4. Weekly 1:1 Calls

30-60 minute coaching calls where we troubleshoot challenges, celebrate wins, and plan your next steps.

5. Accountability & Support

Someone who actually cares whether you succeed. Who checks in. Who holds you accountable. Who's been exactly where you are.

Here's Why This Matters:

Knowledge alone doesn't change your life. Implementation does. Having someone walk beside you through the hard parts? That's what actually gets you there.

This course showed you the blueprint. Mentorship helps you build the house.

What Students Say

"I knew I could do sales after the foundation course. But having someone walk me through actual interviews and calls? That's what got me the job."

- Sarah, SDR at tech startup

"The course gave me confidence. The mentorship gave me a roadmap. I went from 'I think I can do this' to actually doing it."

- Jessica, BDR making $8K/month

Is This For You?

The mentorship program is for people who are serious about making this transition. Not "someday" serious. Right now serious.

If you want someone to walk beside you, give you personalized feedback, and help you navigate the challenges—this is it.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

The full mentorship program opens periodically. If you're interested, reply to any email from me or reach out directly.

Let's build this together.

— With you every step

Why I’m still in this:

I didn’t build this course to pivot out of my career. I built it because I’m still in it, still closing deals at my company, and still thinking about the version of myself who didn’t know this was possible.

What comes next isn’t a promise. It’s a decision. One you already started making when you opened this course. Don’t stop here.

Your 90-Day Roadmap

You've learned what the first 30 days look like. But what about months 2 and 3? This is where the real transformation happens. The first month is about survival. Months 2 and 3 are where you start to actually become a salesperson. Here's what to expect and when to expect your first real wins.

Month 2: Days 31-60 - Building Momentum

This is when things start clicking. You've survived the firehose. You know the product. You know the CRM. Now you're starting to develop your own style. You'll start noticing patterns in prospect conversations. You'll hear the same objections and start handling them without thinking. Your first few wins will come during this period.

What to focus on: Increasing your activity volume. More calls, more emails, more meetings. The math of sales is simple: more conversations = more opportunities = more wins. Don't get fancy. Get consistent.

Key milestones: Your first solo deal (even a small one). Your first positive prospect feedback. Being able to handle a discovery call without notes. Getting your first referral from a happy customer.

How to measure progress: Track three numbers: total conversations per week, meetings/demos booked per week, and pipeline value. If these numbers are going up, you're winning, even if you haven't closed a big deal yet.

Month 3: Days 61-90 - Finding Your Groove

By month 3, you should feel like you belong. Not like an expert. But like someone who has a right to be in the room. Your conversations will flow more naturally. You'll start anticipating objections before they come up. You'll develop your own opening lines, your own discovery questions, and your own closing style.

What to focus on: Quality over quantity. In month 2, you pushed volume. In month 3, start analyzing which activities produce the best results. Which email templates get the most responses? Which opening lines lead to longer conversations? Double down on what's working.

Key milestones: Consistently hitting activity targets. Having a predictable pipeline. Getting unsolicited positive feedback from your manager. Starting to mentor newer reps (yes, even after just 90 days).

The 90-day conversation with your manager: Request a formal review. Ask: "Based on my first 90 days, what do I need to do to be a top performer here within the next 6 months?" This shows ambition and coachability. Managers remember people who ask that question.

Continuous Learning: Your Growth Never Stops

The best salespeople I know are obsessive learners. They're always reading, listening, watching, and practicing. Not because they have to. Because they understand that in sales, your skills are your earning power. The more you learn, the more you earn. Here are the resources I personally recommend.

Podcasts

  • The Sales Evangelist: Great for beginners. Practical, actionable tips you can use immediately.
  • Women in Sales: Stories and strategies from women who've built successful sales careers.
  • 30 Minutes to President's Club: Tactical sales advice. Short episodes, high value.
  • Sell or Die: Motivation and mindset alongside practical sales strategies.
  • The Advanced Selling Podcast: For when you're ready to level up beyond the basics.

Books

  • Fanatical Prospecting (Jeb Blount): The bible of outbound sales. Read this before your first day.
  • Never Split the Difference (Chris Voss): Negotiation tactics from an FBI hostage negotiator. Game-changing.
  • Gap Selling (Keenan): Understanding the gap between where your prospect is and where they want to be.
  • Atomic Habits (James Clear): Not a sales book, but the habit-building framework will transform your consistency.
  • You Can't Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar (David Sandler): The Sandler sales methodology. Many companies use it.

Communities

  • Women in Sales (LinkedIn Group): Supportive community of women at all stages of their sales careers.
  • Revenue Collective / Pavilion: Professional community for sales and revenue leaders.
  • Sales Hacker Community: Free resources, webinars, and a forum for sales professionals.
  • Local networking groups: Search for sales networking events in your area on Meetup.com and Eventbrite.

Free Learning Resources

  • HubSpot Academy: Free certifications in inbound sales, CRM, and more. Great for your resume.
  • LinkedIn Learning: Sales courses you can take at your own pace. Many libraries offer free access.
  • YouTube: Channels like Patrick Dang, Josh Braun, and Belal Batrawy share incredible free content.
  • Sales blogs: Gong.io, SalesHacker, and Close.com publish data-driven sales insights regularly.

Building Your Network

Sales can feel lonely, especially when you're remote and especially when you're new. Having a network of people who understand your daily reality isn't a luxury. It's a necessity. Here's how to build one from scratch, even if networking makes you uncomfortable.

Finding Other Women in Sales

The sales industry is still majority male, but the community of women in sales is growing fast and it's one of the most supportive professional communities I've ever been a part of. Here's how to find your people:

  • Search "women in sales" on LinkedIn and start connecting with women in roles you're targeting
  • Comment on their posts. Share your journey. Be visible. Most women in sales love supporting other women because someone did the same for them.
  • Join Facebook groups like "Women in Sales" and "Babes in Business"
  • Look for local or virtual Women in Sales meetups on Eventbrite
  • Follow hashtags like #WomenInSales, #SalesWomen, and #WomenInBusiness on LinkedIn

Finding a Mentor

A mentor doesn't have to be a formal arrangement. It can be someone who's a few steps ahead of you who's willing to answer questions occasionally. Here's how to find one:

  • Look for people 2-3 years ahead of you, not 20 years ahead. Their advice will be more relevant and they'll remember what it felt like to be where you are.
  • Start by being useful. Share their content. Comment thoughtfully on their posts. Introduce them to someone they'd want to know. Give before you ask.
  • Make the ask simple: "I'm transitioning into sales and I admire your career path. Would you be open to a 15-minute call so I can learn from your experience?" Most people will say yes to 15 minutes.
  • Be respectful of their time. Come with specific questions. Take notes. Follow up with a thank you and update them on your progress. That's how a one-time call becomes an ongoing relationship.

The Long Game: Where This Career Can Take You

I want you to see the full picture. Not just the first job. The career. Sales is one of the few professions where your income can grow dramatically year over year based on your performance, not just your tenure. Here's what the trajectory actually looks like.

Career Progression Timeline

Year 1: Foundation

You're learning, building confidence, and proving yourself. You'll have setbacks, but by the end of your first year, you'll be a different person than you are right now. Income varies by path and role, but you're building the foundation for everything that comes next.

Year 2-3: Growth

You're hitting your stride. Your closing rate is improving. You might get promoted. Your earnings grow significantly as you move from entry-level to mid-level roles. This is when the compounding effect of sales skills starts to show.

Year 3-5: Acceleration

You're a senior contributor or moving into leadership. Your earning potential increases substantially. You have options: stay as a top individual contributor (the money can be incredible), move into management, or go independent. The skills you've built open doors you can't even see yet.

Year 5+: Mastery

You're in a position to write your own ticket. VP of Sales, Director of Revenue, running your own sales consultancy, or being a top-earning individual contributor. The ceiling in sales is one of the highest of any profession. And you started from right here.

A Final Letter from Katherine

Hey. It's me. The girl who used to fold clothes at a retail store and wonder if this was really all there was.

If you've made it through all four weeks of this course, I need you to know something: you've already done the hardest part. Not the quizzes. Not the exercises. The hardest part was believing that someone like you could do something like this.

I remember the exact moment I decided to try sales. I was sitting in my car after a shift, exhausted, and I Googled "high paying remote jobs no degree." Sales kept coming up. And I thought: "That's not for me. I'm not that person." But I couldn't stop thinking about it. Something in me knew I was built for it. I just hadn't had anyone tell me that yet.

So let me be that person for you: You are built for this.

Every hard conversation you've had. Every time you convinced someone of something. Every time you showed up when it was easier not to. Every time you held it together when things fell apart. That's not random life experience. That's sales training. You just didn't know it had a name.

The road ahead isn't easy. You're going to hear "no" more than you hear "yes." You're going to have days where you question everything. You're going to feel like everyone else knows what they're doing and you're faking it. I still have those days. The difference is, now I know they pass.

What I want for you is this: to stop waiting until you feel ready. Ready is a lie. Ready is what we tell ourselves when we're scared. The women who succeed in this field aren't the ones who felt ready. They're the ones who started anyway.

So start. Apply to one job this week. Update your LinkedIn today. Tell someone in your life what you're planning. Make it real. Make it tangible. Take one tiny step and then another.

You've spent your whole life taking care of other people. This is you taking care of yourself. This is you building something that's yours. A career. An income. A future that you designed, not one that happened to you.

I believe in you. Not because I know you. But because I was you. And if I can do this, you absolutely can too.

With everything I've got,
Katherine

How This Applies to Your Path

What you just learned shows up differently depending on which sales path you're exploring. Click your path to see how this applies specifically.

B2B (Business-to-Business)

The B2B career ladder is one of the clearest in all of sales. Here's the typical progression and what you can expect at each stage:

SDR/BDR (Year 1-2): This is where you start. You're setting meetings, qualifying leads, and learning the craft. It's grunt work, but it's where you build your foundation. Many SDRs earn a solid income in their first year through base salary plus bonuses.

Account Executive (Year 2-4): This is the big jump. You go from setting meetings to running them. You own the full sales cycle: discovery, demo, proposal, negotiation, close. Your earning potential increases significantly because you're now earning commission on closed deals. Top-performing AEs can earn well into six figures.

Senior AE / Enterprise AE (Year 4-6): You're handling bigger accounts, longer sales cycles, and higher-value deals. The complexity increases, but so does the income. Enterprise AEs at major companies can earn substantial compensation packages.

Sales Manager / VP of Sales (Year 5+): If you choose the leadership path, you'll manage a team of reps. Your income comes from your team's performance. This role isn't for everyone. Some of the highest earners in B2B stay as individual contributors forever. Both paths are valid. Both can be incredibly lucrative.

Knowledge Check

Answer all questions correctly to unlock your certificate.

1. What should you focus on during Month 2 (Days 31-60) of a new sales role?

2. What is the best way to find a sales mentor?

3. In B2B sales, what typically comes after the SDR/BDR role?

4. What question should you ask your manager at the 90-day mark?

5. What is the most important thing to do RIGHT NOW after finishing this course?

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