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Gartner: Software Spend Will Grow 13.8% in 2024, to Over $1 Trillion For The First Time

SaaStr

If you’re selling software to SMB merchants and outside of tech like Shopify and Toast and Monday , things are pretty, pretty good, if in some ways still harder than before. If you’re selling sales and marketing software, like Zoominfo, it can seem a lot tougher than 12-18 months ago. So where does this all net out?

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Here are the 7 BEST data-backed sales tips of 2020

Gong.io

We will NOT miss you, 2020. Cause 2020 wasn’t a *total* wash. . Below are seven best-of-the-best tips from 2020 — all backed by data. Use ‘em to cross the finish line and sprint into 2021. . Reason for the objection: They’re bought in, but they need to figure out how to sell it internally. .

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What Are Public SaaS Companies Taken Private At? 7.7x ARR On Average Per SaaSomomics

SaaStr

So one thing that has exploded in SaaS in the past decade is the role of Private Equity buying both public SaaS companies (to take them private, “fix” some metrics, and IPO or sell them again), and generally later-stage private SaaS companies. The prices would be lower today for the latter two I suspect. What did he find?

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Sales AI: How to Accelerate and Increase Sales in 2021

Veloxy

A sales rep is only as good as the time they spend selling. Let Sales AI take care of all non-selling activities so your reps can focus on revenue generation. AI has been around for a while now, but its applications have been relatively low before the pandemic hit in 2020. 2: Predict Cross-sells and Up-sells.

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5 Interesting Learnings from HubSpot as It Approaches $1 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

Especially as they gear up to cross $1 billion in ARR in 2020. Many see this price point as not scaleable. If you have something great in SaaS, never sell ??. HubSpot sells to what it calls mid-market customers. But in the end, it is providing more products and more value at the same price point.

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15 Sales Skills That Separate The Best Reps From The Rest

Gong.io

and cross your fingers that you sat in on the “right” calls. The goal of prospecting is to sell the meeting. Instead, focus on selling the meeting. #2 Note: The 11-14 recommendation does not hold when selling into the C-Suite. If you are selling to the C-Suite, you are going to want to watch this webinar. #7

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1 Million B2B Sales Jobs Will Vanish by 2020 [New Research]

Hubspot

million B2B salespeople in existence today, " we believe one million jobs will be net displaced by 2020 ," Hoar said. Order takers are in the cross hairs, because if [a buyer] knows what they want and they''re ready to buy it, just give it to them," he said. However, not all types of B2B salespeople will be impacted equally.

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