Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2017

If you want them to stop selling to poor fit customers, institute a clawback so they lose their commission if the customer churns or returns the product within a set window of time. Increase average contract length. Increase upsell/cross-sell rate. Acquire “seed” accounts. Manage deal flow. Lower expenses.

Commission 92

Commission Quota X-functional Non-Profits 92

Highspot

JUNE 22, 2021

Mastering new skills in sales is challenging, even for top sellers — to say nothing of the core selling techniques that reps need to be successful. There are many ways to approach sales, but the most common methods can be summarized as transactional selling, solution selling, consultative selling, and provocative selling.

Technique 82

Technique Negotiate Cross-sell Sales 82

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing. Greenhouse followed a similar path to Talkdesk and should cross $10 million ARR later this year, up from almost nothing at the start of the year.

Price 93

Price Start-ups Up-sell X-functional 93

The Lost Book of Sales

JULY 12, 2021

Starting to cross the chasm. How does the "D-Day" strategy help companies cross the chasm? Being sales vs. market driven when crossing the chasm. Tips on whole product management. What is the "Chasm"? Technology Adoption Lifecycle. Chasm as the single biggest challenge. A war analogy. Define the battle.

Cross-sell 52

Cross-sell Niche Objectives and Key Results Price 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 27, 2019

I’ll start because I’m living this right now, and where we’re contract value. Michaela Lehr: So mine says to learn ballpark contract value and figure out the pricing that the market can bear. Either work or not work. Sanj Sanampudi: Great. You’re doing something that is brand new. So Michaela?

Territory 54

Territory Contract Cross-sell Drivers/motivators 54

SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2020

Kyle Parrish: In that time, before I was even really focused on the impact of UI/UX or the design world at large, I started to realize we were selling against companies like Google and Microsoft and Box, and a lot of our sales pitch was around how intuitive the product was. Kyle Parrish: No, it really isn’t.

Sales 79

Sales Price Quota Start-ups 79

Sales Hacker

APRIL 6, 2022

Sales teams often struggle with configuration of price quotes when dealing with complex products or services or large product catalogs. And these manual processes take sales reps away from their most important activity: selling. Whether purposefully or by accident, sales reps often deviate from pricing and discounting guidelines.

Cross-sell 95

Cross-sell Contract Price Finance 95

SaaStr

JULY 24, 2019

This is pretty simple, but when I look at this industry, a lot of times what I see is organizations crafting pricing packages that would enable, for example, an enterprise-wide license, where an organization pays you X amount of money, and they have unlimited seats, unlimited usage. We sell contact center software.

X-functional 56

X-functional Engineering Clients Start-ups 56

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

Jay Snyder: I think the thing we’re doing Nick, to be able to force that is we’re getting a little bit more intelligent around account management. Bernadette Nixon: And so there are different things we need to do to bring to the table in crossing that chasm for our market. That’s incredible value.

Retail 78

Retail Start-ups Drivers/motivators Up-sell 78

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2022

In the early days, most SaaS companies sell to other startups for a number of reasons. It’s simply easier to create a SaaS product for smaller companies.That’s why most SaaS companies focus on selling to other startups in the early stages of the company lifecycle. We started by selling to other startups, mainly YC companies.

Legal 87

Legal Cross-sell Contract Price 87

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Who could avoid dreaming of those seven-figure deal sizes, 3-year contracts, and trophy logos? We have worked inside organizations that have successfully transitioned from selling into mid-market to selling into Enterprises. For example: a Configure, Price, Quote tool that integrates with your CRM. Pricing/Packaging.

Product 58

Product Contract Cross-sell Account management 58

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A CRM system generates an accurate sales funnel for you, which makes it easier to forecast future sales and effectively manage your team’s pipeline. You can also identify specific regions or industries to sell into and benchmark your average sales cycle. Compare prices and focus on getting the features you need.

CRM 75

CRM Contact Contract Objectives and Key Results 75