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Sam Hodsdon

Sam Hodsdon

Fort Collins,Colorado

Summary

For almost a year now, I've had the amazing opportunity to refine my B2B sales skills, customer relationship success & management applications. Through the good, bad, and ugly aspects of this role, the experience that I have attained will be an invaluable addition to my always-adapting perspective and execution in my future endeavors.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Tutoring Success Manager (Intern)

Pencil Spaces
11.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for managing, qualifying, and driving the sale of a prospective pipeline of 14,000+ outbound leads (self-employed/freelance educators & tutors) through LinkedIn outreach, HubSpot email sequencing, and cold calling
  • Collaborated closely with the CEO and C-suite team, including former executives and senior engineers from Google, Facebook (Meta), and Duolingo, focusing on our competitive positioning and sales strategy as a late-stage startup
  • Worked closely with clients from across the world to assist in training, gather feedback to improve our platform, and help them navigate our award-winning system
  • Spearheaded two large-scale lead-generation projects, scraping data on thousands of high-quality for-profit and nonprofit organizations and top decision-makers, and filtering and organizing this data to be easily imported into HubSpot CRM
  • Monitored our competitive positioning and improved our SEO ranking by writing industry-centered blogs and articles
  • Assisted colleagues with producing training videos for our platform's Training Library and YouTube channel

Digital Engagement Center Donor Experience Ambassador

Colorado State University Alumni Association
Fort Collins, Colorado
08.2023 - 01.2024
  • Utilize persuasive storytelling techniques to connect with alumni about how they can support current students
  • Trusted with access to personal information including credit cards and previous donation records within our software
  • Update alumni and donor contact information in the client relationship management system
  • Inform alumni of funds needing support at CSU and assist them with gift fulfillment

Education

BS-B.A. - Management & Innovation, International Business

Colorado State University - College of Business
Fort Collins, Colorado
05.2026

Skills

  • Sales proficiency
  • Sales management
  • Client Relations
  • Strategic Planning
  • Pipeline Development
  • Business Development
  • Proficient in Hubspot

Leadership Experience

  • Founder and President, Dean's Volunteering Honor Society, Fort Collins, Colorado, 10/22, Present, Grew the club's roster to a total of 40, a 50% increase from the soft launch in the Spring of '23., Increased our outreach level across the C.O.B. by an average of 16% every semester since our inception., Spearheaded a fundraiser within the club called Cans Around the Oval that generated over $2,900 in support for the Larimer County Food Bank.
  • Executive Outreach Director, CSU Center for Professional Selling/Student Organization, Fort Collins, Colorado, Fall 23, Present, Re-invented our recruitment efforts and contributed to increasing our club's consistent attendance by 365% from the final meeting in the Spring of '23 and helping our club have the highest attendance rate in CSU Academic Org. History., Negotiated and secured sponsorship deals with Celsius, Raising Canes, and Dot Card., Booked meetings with high-level sales leaders from SalesForce, United Airlines, Lumen Technologies, HP, and more.

Timeline

Tutoring Success Manager (Intern)

Pencil Spaces
11.2023 - Current

Digital Engagement Center Donor Experience Ambassador

Colorado State University Alumni Association
08.2023 - 01.2024

BS-B.A. - Management & Innovation, International Business

Colorado State University - College of Business
Sam Hodsdon