logo Warmly
AI Agents
AI Marketing Ops
TAM Analysis, Lead Scoring, and Routing
AI Demand Gen
Targeted campaigns at scale
AI SDR
Automated lead engagement
AI Co-Pilots
Facilitate more effective human-to-human connections
Solutions
Signals
Person-Based Signals
Target with real-time signals
1st Party
Web Intent
2nd Party
Social Activity
3rd Party
Research Intent
Data Sources & Integrations
Coldly Contact Database
Export lists of 250M+ cold contacts & companies
Integrations
Connect to all your favorite data & workflow tools
Features
AI Chatbot
Always on intelligent lead engagement
Warm Offers
Show relevant offers to every prospect
icon
AI Orchestrator
Agentic lead nurturing via email, LinkedIn, and paid ads
Resources
Academy
Getting started
Playbooks
Run our plays
Blog
Read our blog
Media
Customers
Pricing
Partners
Partner Discounts
Affiliate Partners
Agency Partners
Warmly Advocates
Reviews
About
Career
Join our team
Customers
Pricing
AI Agents
AI Marketing Ops
** Description **
AI Demand Gen
** Description **
AI SDR
** Description **
AI Co-Pilots
** Description **
Solutions
Person-Based Signals
Web Intent
1st Party
Web Intent
2nd Party
Social Activity
3rd Party
Research Intent
Data Sources & Integrations
Coldly Contact Database
Export lists of 250M+ cold contacts & companies
Integrations
Connect to all your favorite data & workflow tools
Features
AI Chatbot
Auto-chat website visitors
Warm Offers
** Description **
icon
Al Orchestrator
Auto-email & Auto-Linkedin warm prospects
Resources
Academy
Getting Started
Playbooks
Run our plays
Blog
Read Our Blog
Media
** Description **
Partners
Partner Discounts
Affiliate Partner
Agency Partner
Warmly Advocates
About
Career
Join our team
Log In
Looking for Zoom
Nametags? Visit here
Try Free
Book a Demo
Log In
Looking for Zoom
Nametags? Visit here
Try For Free
Looking for Zoom
Nametags? Visit here
Book a Demo

NEW Announcing our integration with RB2B - Click HERE

Go Back
Insights

An expert on meeting remotely, all the way from South Africa

Discover how an expert from South Africa maximizes remote meetings with Warmly. Learn Zoom best practices and the power of virtual business cards.

Time to read

Posted on

September 29, 2022

Maximus Greenwald

Co-Founder & CEO

An expert on meeting remotely, all the way from South Africa
Table of contents
Book a Demo
linkedin logospotify logoyoutube logoinstagram logotik-tok logosocial logo x
Book a Demo
linkedin logospotify logoyoutube logoinstagram logotik-tok logosocial logo x

Can you give a brief overview of yourself?

I live in South Africa. I grew up here. For my whole career, I’ve been in sales. My wife and I started working remotely at the beginning of 2020 - just before the pandemic actually hit.

I worked for Crossover for a while. Then, I started working at OneMob, and it was an immediate fit! We clicked really nicely.

On a personal level, my wife and I like hiking and wine tasting. I lived in Cape Town for 17 years before moving back to Port Elizabeth. There, I got into wine tasting and took some wine tasting courses. It's more than just appreciation at this point!

How did you find Warmly and what drew you to Warmly?

I first got to learn about Warmly when I connected with Max Greenwald on LinkedIn. Warmly is effectively a video tool, and OneMob is a video sales enablement platform. The two kind of went together.

I used Warmly to help me stand out – it was different. OneMob and Warmly worked very nicely together. Later on, I started using it on my Zoom calls.

You can always create something in Google slides, but Warmly was just really easy to use. I created my virtual business cards on Warmly and downloaded them. I have a couple different versions.

You're an account executive. How do your clients typically react to your virtual business card?

Oh, they love it! Half of the people I talk to ask me about it. Usually their responses are, “That's really cool! Did you make that yourself?”.

It serves as an interesting talking point and ice breaker. My card shows that I'm from South Africa and that I like wine tasting. Since it gives you something to talk about, the first thirty seconds of the call feels so much smoother.

What Zoom best practices can you share?

I want to be very present in my meetings. I have four monitors, but during my calls I only keep one or two on.

I also record all of my Zoom meetings so I can really concentrate on the call rather than taking notes. I find this allows me to focus on understanding the client. I used to do the same trick with lectures in school.

Another tip is to engage the person by looking them in the eyes. There’s an immediate disconnect when you’re looking at their image instead of looking into the camera.

I also use Krisp. for noise cancellation. I make sure that my Krisp is on because then I know I can focus. I don't have to worry about dog barks or the neighbors mowing the lawn. No matter what is happening around me, I know that my customer can't hear the noise – only the sound of my voice.

How else have you gotten the most out of Warmly? How has it impacted your pre-meeting prep?

I do use [Calendar Signatures] quite a bit. If I go to my calendar, I can see a link or URL to their LinkedIn. I can just quickly pop in there, have a look at what the person has done, and get a little bit of background. It definitely saves on that preparation time.

Sometimes I have back-to-back meetings, and I've only got three minutes before the next one. I don't have to worry because I know the info that I need will be there.

It’s been great chatting with you; Any final thoughts?

In the last two years, we had this huge push to all work from home, and we only used Zoom. And now, it’s kind of a hybrid where a lot of people are required to still go into the office some days and work from home other days. Remote work had a steep growth and may be slightly down now, but I think it will just start going up again from here on out.

It is really important to be confident in your Zoom meetings, and Warmly just gives you that warmth – knowing that you are standing out and that you are a step ahead of the rest. That is a skill – not everybody can do Zoom meetings effectively.

Become a Revenue Rebel
Subscribe to our newsletter for revenue leaders, by revenue leaders. Get updates on new show releases, practical advice, data-driven insights, and trending topics in GTM.
Thanks for subscribing to our newsletters.
Oops! Something went wrong while submitting the form.

Get Started In Minutes

You are one pixel away from converting more qualified accounts visiting your site.
Book a Demo
Try For Free
logo Warmly
linkedin logospotify logoyoutube logoinstagram logotik-tok logosocial logo xblog icon
PLATFORM
For Sales Teams
For Marketing Teams
Integrations
COMPANY
Pricing
Security
Blog
Zoom Nametags
RESOURCES
Help Center
ROI Calculator
Playbooks
Do Not Share My Data
Community
Compare
vs Drift
vs Clearbit
vs Qualified
vs Leadfeeder
vs Zoominfo
vs Demandbase
vs 6Sense
vs RB2B
vs Unify
About
Careers
LEGAL
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
Privacy FAQs
Copyright © 2025 Warmly