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title: "Hot Seat: The Sales Playbook Under Review"
description: Sales pros vote live on cold call, email, and social advice, then get the deal factors that decide when each rule actually applies.
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# Hot Seat: The Sales Playbook Under Review

October 14, 2026 @ 12:00PM ET

Sellers have been handed a rulebook nobody stress tested against their actual deals.

Leslie Venetz and Junior Lartey are on the hot seat, defending or burying a stack of advice sellers hear every day while the audience votes live.

They'll rapid-fire through cold call openers, subject lines, and DM habits before slowing down on the six items where sellers genuinely split, including whether voicemail is dead and whether disclosing AI use actually matters.

Walk away knowing which of your deal's details, persona, deal size, industry, should decide whether a piece of advice applies to you.

### What You'll Learn:

Which deal details should decide if advice applies to you

The real split on voicemail, personalization, and AI disclosure

How to separate universal sales rules from situational ones

### Speakers:

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[James Buckley](https://sellbetter.xyz/show-speakers/james-buckley)

Host & Content Creator

Sell Better

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[Leslie Venetz](https://sellbetter.xyz/show-speakers/leslie-venetz)

Founder

The Sales-Led GTM Agency

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[Junior Lartey](https://sellbetter.xyz/show-speakers/junior-lartey)

Account Executive

Sequel.io

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