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Can We Even Afford to Do SMB Sales in the U.S. Anymore?

SaaStr

So I’ve been doing SaaS for a while, and the costs of doing business have just gone up. Salaries have gone up. Marketing expenses have gone up. And expectations for OTE have gone way up. These all sprung up as more cost-effective centers of excellence for SMB and even some mid-market sales reps. customers?

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Top 25 SaaStr Podcast Episodes from 2020

SaaStr

Some of the top learnings from our conversations in 2020 were a testament to the agile nature of start-up founders and operators. Out of its headquarters in Utah, Podium scaled from 5 employees to over 300 employees. The pace at which Corona is impacting us all right now is so fast, it’s hard to keep up.

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Stop Guessing. There’s a Way to Guide Selling

Xant

But with the right kinds of automation, a reliable and compliant system, and with intelligence about your buyers’ behaviors, you can go beyond guessing at scale and start guiding your selling. What if the manager or admin is backed up because of an influx? If there’s no clear process, reps will make one up. Deal Progression.

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Stop Guessing. There’s a Way to Guide Selling

Xant

But with the right kinds of automation, a reliable and compliant system, and with intelligence about your buyers’ behaviors, you can go beyond guessing at scale and start guiding your selling. What if the manager or admin is backed up because of an influx? If there’s no clear process, reps will make one up. Deal Progression.

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This day in search marketing history: March 5

Search Engine Land

More ‘shoppable ads’ coming to Google Images 2019: The sponsored images highlighted products that, when moused over, revealed brand, price and other details. Google selling Zagat to restaurant recommendations site The Infatuation 2018: Google no longer needed Zagat. Why Do Lawyers From Utah Hate Search Ads?

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26 Best Sales Conferences and Can’t-Miss Sales Events of 2020

Sales Hacker

Utah Women in Sales Summit. It always sells out, so don’t sleep on your tickets! Limited to just 20 people per event, none of whom will be selling their products to you, you will get hours of sales training [and surf instruction!] Sales Enablement Pro’s Sales Enablement Soirees. TOPO Summit. SiriusDecisions 2020 Summit.

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Maria is one of the top SaaS leaders in marketing, just finished up the CMO Vanna plan, which IPOed. And so, she can, and Anthony just finished up basically going from the first sales hire at Gainsight at almost 100 million in revenue and has just retired. Please sign up. I mean, half of downtown Palo Alto was boarded up.

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