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Karen J. Specialist Sales Development Representative
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Karen J.

Specialist Sales Development Representative
★★★★★ 5.0 · 12 reviews · 97% client retention
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8+ yrs
Experience
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Any
Timezone
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Mumbai
Office
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Hybrid
Work Mode
<30 mins
Avg response
✅ Verified VA🔒 NDA Signed🔁 Free Replacement🏆 Top Rated👑 Elite Specialist

👋 About Karen

Karen is a top-tier virtual sales development representative with 8+ years of experience cold calling, emailing and qualifying prospects into booked meetings for closers. She is the specialist long-term clients request by name, rebuilding messy outbound pipelines into smooth, automated operations. Over the years she has booked 500+ qualified meetings for US and UK sales teams with above-benchmark show rates. Certified in Apollo AI, Zapier, Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude AI and working hybrid from Tasks Expert's supervised Mumbai office, she delivers reliable, high-quality support to businesses across the USA, UK, Canada and Australia — organised, responsive and easy to delegate to from day one. Clients pay for her judgement as much as her hours — and keep her for years.

🎯 What Karen Can Do

Make the cold calls you've been avoiding
Book qualified meetings, not tire-kickers
Run multi-touch cadences that convert
Handle objections and keep doors open
Keep pipeline stages honest and current
Report booked, showed and sourced revenue
🔥 Replaces a $9,400/mo local SDR hire — for just $1,680/mo

🏆 Key Achievements

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500+
Qualified meetings booked
97%
Client retention rate
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8+
Years of hands-on experience

⚙️ Skills & Expertise

Core Skills

Meeting BookingPipeline ManagementFollow-Up CadencesDiscovery QuestionsCRM HygieneCold CallingCold EmailLead QualificationHubSpotObjection Handling

🤖 AI Tools Certified

✨ Apollo AI✨ Zapier✨ Gemini✨ ChatGPT✨ Claude AI

🎓 Education & Certifications

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MBA, Sales & Marketing
NMIMS Mumbai · 2018
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Certified ChatGPT Professional
OpenAI Academy · 2024
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HubSpot Sales Software Certification
HubSpot Academy · 2023
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Cold Calling Mastery
LinkedIn Learning · 2023

🌐 Languages Known

🇬🇧 English · Fluent 🇮🇳 Hindi · Native 🇮🇳 Urdu · Native

🛠️ Software & Platforms

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Aircall
Cold calls & recordings
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HubSpot
Pipeline & sequences
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Apollo.io
Prospecting & dialer
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Sales Navigator
Social selling
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Calendly
Meeting booking
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Gong
Call review & coaching
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Instantly
Email cadences

📋 Experience Highlights

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Specialist Sales Development Representative — Tasks Expert

3+ years · Current

Runs outbound for an international B2B company: 60+ daily touches, qualification and meeting booking into the closer's calendar. Owns the sourced-pipeline report reviewed in the weekly sales meeting.

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Expert Sales Development Representative — Tasks Expert

1 year

Handled the most complex outbound pipelines for premium clients and mentored senior VAs.

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Senior Sales Development Representative — Tasks Expert

1 year

Managed outbound pipelines independently for international clients with consistently top ratings.

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Sales Development Representative — Tasks Expert

1 year

Ran cold calling and email cadences for US and UK sales teams. Promoted for consistent client results.

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Inside Sales Executive — Mumbai software company

1 year

Qualified inbound leads and booked demos for a Mumbai software company.

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Telesales Executive — Mumbai BPO

1 year

Handled outbound sales calls for an international account at a Mumbai BPO.

Client Reviews 5.0 · 12 reviews

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Nathan G.
Property Manager · Canada · 2 weeks ago
★★★★★

Fearless on the phone and gracious with rejection. Rare combination.

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Mia T.
Studio Owner · Australia · 3 weeks ago
★★★★★

The cadences are relentless in the best way — no lead goes cold.

TJ
Tyler J.
Agency Owner · USA · 1 month ago
★★★★★

Our old SDR cost 4× and booked half as much. We did that comparison.

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Rachel S.
Business Coach · USA · 5 weeks ago
★★★★★

The pipeline has never been this full. Consistent, qualified, week after week.

MT
Mark T.
E-commerce Owner · USA · 6 weeks ago
★★★★★

Follow-ups actually happen now — every lead gets touched, nothing goes cold.

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Sophie W.
Consultant · UK · 2 months ago
★★★★★

Our CRM went from graveyard to goldmine in about a month.

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Liam R.
Agency Founder · Canada · 10 weeks ago
★★★★★

Booked more qualified meetings in one quarter than our last SDR did in three.

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Jessica P.
Startup Founder · USA · 3 months ago
★★★★★

The outreach sounds human and on-brand. Reply rates jumped almost immediately.

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Oliver H.
SaaS Founder · UK · 4 months ago
★★★★★

Karen treats our targets like her own. That ownership is the whole difference.

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Grace M.
Online Retailer · Australia · 5 months ago
★★★★★

Our closer's calendar is full for the first time in a year.

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Brian K.
Real Estate Broker · USA · 6 months ago
★★★★★

Show rates above 80% — these are real, qualified meetings.

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Emma B.
Boutique Owner · UK · 7 months ago
★★★★★

Karen sourced $400K of pipeline last year. The maths does itself.

$10.5/hr
from $53/mo