Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Guy Yalif is a seasoned B2B SaaS executive with over 20 years of go-to-market experience. Scott Barker: [0:55] So Guy Yalif is a very seasoned B2B SaaS executive, over 20 years of go-to-market experience. So I guess I should do a quick bio.

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Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Late in 2020, executive leadership at Accenture recognized that their business-to-business (B2B) sales transformation offering was not going to serve clients the way they needed it to. When you think B2B sales, you probably imagine folks getting on an airplane every day, knocking on doors, trying to get someone to listen to their pitch.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 5, 2011

Social Selling and Brand Building Dogs and Winners From a Cross-Country Drive. How could selling, customer service, cold calling, brand-building, and sales strategies have anything to do with our recent drive across the U.S.? Who is doing social selling and social, in general the right way (and building customers?).

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 23, 2018

One of the reasons why B2B sales is so complicated is because of the many blind spots it involves that can ambush sales deals. Yet, all else can fail if you don’t know what to do and what not to do in B2B sales. What I believe is that B2B sales professionals should have the humility to accept it when things don’t work out.

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B2B Cross-sell Negotiate Up-sell 71

PandaDoc

MARCH 25, 2025

If youre selling a cup of coffee, the options are relatively simple. Identifying upsell and cross-sell opportunities to drive continued revenue growth. B2B eCommerce : Streamlines custom pricing and bulk order configurations, improving speed and accuracy in online transactions. Take buying a CRM, for example.

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Score More Sales

AUGUST 11, 2011

Previous post: Social Selling and Brand Building Dogs and Winners From a Cross-Country Drive. Book Review of High Profit Selling by Mark Hunter. Of Value Propositions and Elevator Pitches for B2B. Talking or Writing Too Much in B2B Sales. Social Selling. Recent Posts. Categories. 100 for 100K.

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Niche Strategize Cross-sell Referrals 103

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Five years into my B2B marketing career, I noticed a pattern: The clients who said yes were the ones whom I understood not just their stated needs but their underlying motivations through conceptual selling. Table of Contents What is conceptual selling? While traditional selling asks, What do you need? Heres how it works.

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Score More Sales

JULY 20, 2011

. __ You don’t follow up with potential referrals. __ You don’t have a list of strategic partners who can refer others on to you. __ You hate even thinking about the fact that you have to “sell” your products and services. __ You got started with social media but you see no payoff converting your time into dollars. Social Selling.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

Gone are the days of cold calls and one-size-fits-all pitches. Today’s B2B buyers are savvier, more informed, and have access to several options at their fingertips. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training?

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Salesforce

JANUARY 11, 2024

About $3 trillion — that’s Forrester’s estimate for B2B sales by 2027, almost double what it was in 2021. And B2B salespeople are a big reason why it’s growing. If you want to be successful in B2B sales, you need to understand the difference between B2B and B2C sales strategies. Longer close time.

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InsightSquared

AUGUST 14, 2019

Here are three of the top ways AI is impacting today’s sales process: Increases Time Spent Selling. Today’s sales reps are facing a major problem: they can’t find enough time in their day to actually sell. Another use of AI in B2B lead generation that’s gaining traction is predictive analytics.

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Process Cross-sell Sales B2B 91

Salesmate

JUNE 12, 2020

You have to be prepared, show up for your sales meetings, leave a mark on your prospects, navigate through their objections, pitch your proposal, and follow-up! When given a practical view, the selling process is a lot more complicated than this. You lack a personalized selling strategy. Seems so simple right?

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Hubspot

JULY 12, 2019

Cross-sell existing customers? B2C companies can get away with sending a little more, but B2B companies should resist sending more than five emails every month. The second sentence is also quick and to-the-point, explaining what the business does without a five paragraph pitch. Pro Tip: A/B Test Your Pitch -.

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Campaign A/B testing Pitch Cross-sell 101

Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

This includes teaching them how to best engage with prospects, build relationships with customers, close deals, upsell and cross-sell, and much more. The material often deals with topics like relationship building, consultative selling , technology, remote communication with management, and more. Why Sales Training Is Important.

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PandaDoc

JUNE 11, 2024

What is B2B sales, and what strategies can you use to maximize your success? Whether you’re a B2B-native startup or an established direct-to-consumer company pivoting to B2B sales, this guide will walk you through everything you need to know about B2B. What is B2B sales? Why is B2B sales important?

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B2B Process B2C Objectives and Key Results 52

Veloxy

AUGUST 31, 2023

And while you can always push a product for the sake of selling it, you’ll only sell it once. A lot of sales reps end up competing on who sold the most or what product is selling faster. Maybe you’re selling the right products to the wrong audience in the wrong market. However, salespeople tend to miss the bigger picture.

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Outside Sales Pipeline Inside sales Cross-sell 130

Veloxy

AUGUST 23, 2023

Amplemarket Tavus These tools use machine learning and natural language processing to manage daily activities, offer valuable insights, predict customer behavior, detect cross-selling opportunities, and enhance forecasting. How to use AI in B2B sales? Apollo Drift Smartlead Zoovu Tact.ai How does Veloxy's Sales AI work?

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Salesforce

JUNE 14, 2023

Let’s face it: Hard sells and flashy demos can be effective ways to close. Not only will this help you build trust, which makes it easier to sell , but it will open the door to long-term relationships that can lead to upsells and cross-sells. But not always. The next step?

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 19, 2019

I’m always impressed by the degree of ingenuity that leading sales teams put into their selling strategy. They’re great for generating leads, pitching your product, and converting first-time buyers into repeat customers. The short answer is “yes,” and here’s why… B2B sales are usually one of 5 methods: DIY Self Service.

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Campaign Cross-sell Sales Up-sell 105

Martech

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Looking to grow quickly, they accumulate transaction records and develop systems designed to enable financial reporting, typically around sales and costs – key metrics when pitching investors. Identify any data governance dimensions Stewardship of data in any Customer 360 environment becomes essential.

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Customers Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell B2C 126

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

Some companies sell relevant software but not explicitly for ABM. Demandbase cross-references its database to find companies that are a good fit. Given the number of people involved in B2B decisions, account-wide coverage has value in addition to one-to-one targeting. That’s only one segment of the B2B market.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Between writing press releases and media pitches, it isn't easy to make time for professional development. This is a great opportunity for young PR professionals to learn from senior-level, cross-industry professionals. Below is an example of a session by Ryan Pena of MentorMate, who speaks on B2B paid optimization with LinkedIn.

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Salesforce

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

You’re not selling tools or closing contracts; you’re offering solutions and building partnerships. Account A business, customer, lead, or prospect a company engages with to sell products or services to. Business-to-business (B2B) A model in which businesses sell products or services directly to other businesses.

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Objectives and Key Results Pipeline Cross-sell SQL 52

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It entails carrying out research and gathering vital information regarding your customer so that you can make a good pitch guaranteed to close the deal. This information will help you when coming up with the perfect sales pitch that will appeal to your prospect and sell the value of whatever product/ service you might offer.

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Sales Cross-sell Pipeline Negotiate 112

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It’s about uniting cross-functional counterparts to own roles in collecting data and surfacing critical insights, at every stage of the customer journey, to help key decision-makers learn what customers really need. It’s really easy to sell something once. It’s really easy to sell something once.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 22, 2022

To help you tap into these powerful trends and reach your sales goals, we surveyed B2B and B2C salespeople and sales leaders in the U.S., Selling by offering a solution rather than pitching a product/service is key to sales pros. How B2B Sales Pros Are Exceeding Targets/Quotas. How Salespeople Build Rapport When Selling.

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Heinz Marketing

JUNE 21, 2021

The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Every week we’re talking to some of the best and brightest minds in B2B sales and marketing and today’s absolutely no different. So I’m Christel, I’m a B2B Marketeer.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Sending an outreach message solely focused on your product is essentially the same thing — you’re asking the buyer to pause their work so they can read your sales pitch. The sales equivalent is the rep who contacts her customers two or three times per year: When they're hoping to upsell or cross-sell them. Probably never.

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Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Territory Contract 85

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 9, 2018

On the flip side, some traits and behavior indicate unfitness for a sales role outright, while others can erode your chances of succeeding in the tough, stressful, and competitive world of selling. To be successful in sales, you have to love selling and be proud of your role. Quit selling if pressure is not your middle name.

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Cross-sell Clients Up-sell Technology 93

Hubspot

JULY 19, 2021

Check out why pattern interrupt can help you shift the direction of a sales pitch and have more effective, meaningful conversations. While this method of pattern interrupt is helpful for breaking lifelong habits, salespeople need techniques that are more immediate and impactful to make prospects receptive to a pitch.

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Technique Cross-sell Pitch Click Through Rate 83

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. The total addressable market continues to grow and is ripe for selling to, but very few startups reach unicorn status. Why Should You Sell Into Startups? While selling to startups is an evergreen opportunity, it’s important to understand the risks as well.

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Hubspot

JULY 31, 2013

Sales is a vital part of any organization -- if you’ve got a product or service, you’re going to need someone to sell it. Especially in the world of complex B2B sales, having a team of great salespeople is the difference between making or missing revenue goals. Create cross-departmental relationships. Follow @coreybeale.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

In today’s environment, if B2B organizations are going to make it, they need to grow. 3 Factors That Affect B2B Partnerships. In a nutshell, there are 3 forces that influence B2B partnerships today: 1. B2B tech partners are now targeting business leaders instead of IT. Can this be true? Partnerships can be a big help.

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Strategic partnership Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Strategize 84

Heinz Marketing

APRIL 5, 2021

The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We have got a good 20-25 minutes planned, talking a little B2B sales and marketing. We are featuring each week some of the best and brightest minds in B2B sales and marketing.

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Pipeline Negotiate Sales Cross-sell 121

Hubspot

JULY 17, 2023

For instance, Gong , a revenue intelligence platform, can discern winning and losing sales pitches among your team. In 2020, Silver Peak hired Aviso , an AI selling platform, to predict quarterly business. to enhance customer engagement and improve account-based selling. With this information, you can optimize sales performance.

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Cross-sell Objectives and Key Results CRM Price 68

Hubspot

AUGUST 25, 2015

With this approach, your inventory will sell itself. Pay attention to the changes they’re making, pitches they’re delivering, value they’re providing, and advertisers that they’re supporting. You may find new inspiration from e-commerce and B2B models that your team hadn’t yet considered. Do some research first.

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A/B testing E-commerce Cross-sell Launch 78

SaaStr

JULY 5, 2024

GTM Mistake #1: A VP of Sales That Can’t Sell or Demo the Product Mistake number one has always been an issue, and it’s the number one reason startups struggle in today’s world. They hire a VP of Sales who doesn’t want to sell or learn the product. People aren’t as receptive to a cross-sell when you rip them off in the core one.

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