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5 key trends we’re seeing in B2B marketing

Martech

And smooth our selling process — their buying process — to its digital best. But B2B companies have been experimenting for decades with lower cost methods to reduce selling expense. For example, data analytics around past purchase patterns can identify “next-best-product” suggestions for optimized upsell and cross sell.

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Where are martech vendors finding their revenue? Let’s take a look

Martech

It is often easier to sell something when no one has it but many people need it. The bad news is that growth in a mature market becomes more focused on a few strategies, including cross-sell, upsell and competitive displacement. Semrush soft launched an enterprise product in October 2023. Many industries go through this.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Klaviyo at Almost $1 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

So the latest SaaS leader to cross $1B ARR is Klaviyo. It was the only SaaS IPO on 2023. 80% of Top 50 Customers Using their SMS Product Cross-selling is working well for Klaviyo and key to maintaining growth. #8. Klaviyo dominates marketing in the Shopify ecosystem and in ecommerce, and just keeps on scaling.

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5 Top Learnings from Legal SaaS Logikcull’s Almost $300,000,000 Sale to Private Equity

SaaStr

So the other day on Workshop Wednesday Andy Wilson, founder CEO of Logikull , and I did a deep dive on what it’s really like selling your company to Private Equity for almost $300,000,000! Andy had to completely reboot the team to reignite growth, pushing past $30m+ ARR by 2023 and selling to a top private equity firm.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Databricks at $3 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

Databricks worth $62B, sounds like a lot but: – Crossing $3B ARR – Growing 60% (!) The meta point is after a tough late 2023 and into 2024, SaaS, Cloud and more is back: In some cases, AI is the driver (Databricks, Palantir). Perhaps Databricks isn’t really SaaS, it’s Cloud + AI/Cloud infrastructure.

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How 1,000+ B2B Startups Are — And Aren’t — Growing. The Real Data.

SaaStr

Learning #1: The Growth Reality Check – We’re Back to Pre-March 2020 Levels of Growth For Most (And That’s Actually OK) The brutal truth : Overall median growth dropped from 30% in 2023 to 25% in 2024. Yes, you read that right – a 5 percentage point decline year-over-year.

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Enablement and AI: Why GTM success demands more than innovation

Highspot

Rather, it’s defined by the ability to execute—consistently, cross-functionally, at scale, and in a way that delivers exceptional experiences to increasingly demanding buyers. Recent Salesforce research found sales reps spend up to 70% of their time on non-selling activities. Yet, this is exactly where many GTM teams fall short.

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