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Podcast Interview with CloudTask
Happy Thursday everyone!
I recently was interviewed by Amir Reiter of CloudTask. Click here here to listen to the Transform Sales Podcast from CloudTask.
I’m Ray Ruecker with Connect 5000.
(Photo courtesy of Stock.)
Greetings from Oklahoma!
Howdy from the Sooner State!
Ron Jaramillo and I left Sunday morning and drove to Chickasha, OK from Kansas City—a 5 or so-hour drive.
We had dinner with the OK team Sunday evening at Saltgrass Steakhouse in Norman and had a wonderful time rubbing elbows for the first time over dinner and drinks.
I had yet to meet Debbie, Morgan, Jordyn, Amy, and Krissa in person.
Monday morning we had a quick huddle up and gathered for some business development training.
Ron and I left mid-morning and returned to KC that evening.
Pictured above is a team training photo taken by me.
I’m Ray Ruecker with Connect 5000.
Happy June and Summer!
Hey everyone!
I just returned from a family vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
My wife and I celebrated our 18-year anniversary with our 13 and 10 year old.
Nice to get away and wonderful to return.
This past Friday, my remote and distributed team from across the country gathered over lunch to catch up, banter, and get to know each other better.
The 3 questions were:
- What city and state were you born in?
- What are you currently wearing on your feet?
- What’s a pet peeve of yours?
Sufficient to say, many Connect 5000 staff members have road rage! Enough said!
I’m Ray Ruecker with Connect 5000! Cheers!
BDR Spotlight in March
Happy Sunday everyone!
Last Sunday I flew to Atlanta for a baby shower and saw a few of my reps while down there.
Introducing Rachel Woodyard and Ashton Jarrell!
They started around the same time last year, do excellent work for our clients, and are great additions to the team.
Rachel resides in Georgia and Ashton lives in Florida.
After our event, the 3 of us grabbed dinner and caught up!
Cheers Rachel and Ashton!
Marketing Partner Spotlight
Happy Wednesday everyone!
Last week, I visited with the wonderful Contact Science team in St. Louis.
I live in Kansas City, one of them lives in St. Louis and the other resides in Tennessee.
I’m glad we all drove since the FAA grounded all planes that Wednesday morning.
So we met in the middle and strategized about our 2 companies working together and grabbed dinner and drinks afterward.
They provide a wonderful platform and we provide quality BDR’s.
Contact Science (https://www.contactscience.com/) has a premier sales engagement platform that provides a complete CRM, dialer, reporting, and accountability for tech firms and MSPs. Please check them out.
As I’ve said many times in the past, Zoom is great but meeting in person and spending quality time together is priceless.
Included in the pic is Bob Howard, the CEO of Contact Science, Mel McCaleb, the VP of Operations, and myself.
Happy January!
I’m Ray Ruecker with Connect 5000. Cheers!
The Southern Region Team of Connect 5000
Happy Saturday everyone!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I recently did a family vacation to Seattle and Portland and flew back.
2 days later, Tiffany Miller, my Director of Operations, and I flew to Atlanta to see some Southern Region team members we’d never met in person.
We had planned to back in February but with sickness and Coronavirus Omicron variant raging, we decided to postpone it until June.
So we flew in Thursday night, had a lovely dinner with the team at a great Italian restaurant called Venucci, and then went out for drinks later that evening with our team’s spouses and significant others.
The next day we had a quick manager’s meeting and another pleasant lunch with the team at Taste of Lemon.
Thank you Casey for your excellent, southern hospitality and shuttling us around those 2 days.
Pictured are several members of the Southern Region team who live in the great state of Georgia.
Happy Summer Everyone!
I’m Ray Ruecker with Connect 5000.
Pictured here from left to right: Ray, Rachael, Jessica, Frankie, Casey and Tiffany.