Sales Hacker

JULY 18, 2019

If done correctly, your sales forecast can act as an early indicator that your plan is working even though deals haven’t closed yet. Having well-defined and accurate sales stages for your business is critical, particularly if you plan to leverage the weighted pipeline functionality. 75% Contract Negotiation. 25% Demo Completed.

X-functional 68

X-functional Pipeline Contract Quota 68

Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is crazy specific, but you could find all the people that match the following: . From recruiting to closing, technology plays a huge role in the sales process. The company offered me $X,000. Closed won. Closed won. Closed lost. LinkedIn is the best place to find up-to-date information.

Appointment 52

Appointment X-functional Sales CRM 52

Hubspot

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Whatever you’re looking for, a sales prospecting tool will help you do one or more of the following: Identify high-quality prospects. When each stage of the prospecting process is automated (whether in part or fully), your tea can speed up the discovery, qualification, and outreach process. Prospect monitoring functionality.

Prospecting 77

Prospecting X-functional CRM Contact 77

Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2017

That is to say, if you want your salespeople to do X, reward them financially for doing X. Increase average contract length. Factor in their level of involvement in the sale as well -- if they’re only producing leads, rather than closing them, allocate a smaller commission. Selling function (hunting or farming).

Commission 91

Commission Quota X-functional Non-Profits 91

Sales Hacker

JULY 10, 2020

I followed his system, and it changed my life. What followed was almost a discovery session , similar to what we all put our clients through. Find out who can spend money, who has budget, who can CREATE budget, and who can sign the contract? This is critical to learn to make sure deals close on time. Decision criteria.

Legal 115

Legal X-functional Contract Presentation 115

Hubspot

MAY 12, 2023

Whether you’re applying for a virtual assistant or a traditional executive assistant role, you can expect some form of the following 20 questions in your hiring process. Why it matters : This question is often the first one asked and can trip up candidates. When answered well, it can set you up as smart and ambitious.

X-functional 77

X-functional Pitch Follow-up Clients 77

Hubspot

AUGUST 4, 2015

But not all couples are functioning like a belt and suspenders. Aside from the differences that make these two pair like fish and chips, it’s their extreme closeness that binds. Then it’s up to you just to become a football player.”. Do you follow up quickly with leads? Mac and cheese. Taco Tuesdays.

X-functional 71

X-functional Teamwork Sales Follow-up 71

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Sales reps love nothing more than the feeling you get right after closing a successful deal. If you can’t get enough of that winning feeling then look no further; we’re going to go over the best sales closing questions to help you seal more deals. What are closing questions in sales? Why are closing questions important?

Closing 52

Closing Contract Technique Objectives and Key Results 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. We’ve invested in over 300 companies at Salesforce Ventures and have partnered with both of you closely and it’s been amazing to see this story up close and personal over the years.

Price 59

Price Retail X-functional Healthcare 59

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

Before diving into your questions, you’ll want to head over to the link below and sign up for an exciting event coming up this week. On Wednesday, March 27th, SaaStr is hosting AI Day, you can sign up for free at this link. Many folks in CS don’t want to hear that their outbound emails are horrific or that they don’t follow up.

Price 95

Price X-functional Growth B2B 95

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. Sam Jacobs: Today on the show, we’ve got Vishal Sunak, CEO and co-founder of LinkSquares, a company that applies AI to your contract. Sam’s Corner [28:45]. Show Introduction [00:10]. What is LinkSquares?

Contract 107

Contract X-functional Objectives and Key Results Legal 107

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. ” I thought this was a particularly interesting one to kind of pick up on. SaaStr’s Founder’s Favorites Series features one of SaaStr’s best of the best sessions that you might have missed.

X-functional 53

X-functional Start-ups Drivers/motivators Go To Market 53

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

The licensee embeds the third-party software into its application to improve it by adding new functionality or features, or enhancing existing functionality or features. One OEM contract can give thousands or tens of thousands of end-users access to the licensor’s software. Licensing OEM software. OEM deal structure.

GTM 74

GTM Negotiate Profit margin Contract 74

Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2019

Percentage of revenue from existing customers (cross-selling, upselling, repeat orders, expanded contracts, etc.). Total closed opportunities by month/quarter (by team and by individual). Average contract value (ACV). Percentage of leads followed up with. Percentage of opportunities closed/won.

X-functional 95

X-functional Quota Cross-sell Contract 95

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

Whether you’re building a sales compensation plan from scratch or re-building an old one, you should take the following steps in order: Understand the Basic Requirements of a Good Sales Comp Plan. Create a 2-Page Contract and Get Mutual Commitment [TEMPLATE PROVIDED]. Establish Role Levels. Set Targets. Experienced/Top Performer.

SQL 102

SQL Commission Customers Non-Profits 102

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

How does your customer success and customer support functions change with the move to enterprise? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. A classic example is a Shopify selling to, let’s say, contract. Harry Stebbings. Krish Subramanian.

GTM 49

GTM Price Up-sell Product 49

PandaDoc

APRIL 24, 2020

While the free plan won’t be a great fit for power users, all you need is a DocuSign account to sign up. Most competitors follow DocuSign’s lead here by offering equivalent plans at no charge, but PandaDoc takes free plans to a new level with our Free eSign Plan. Competitor highlights. Personal plans.

Price 59

Price X-functional CRM Follow-up 59

PandaDoc

MARCH 7, 2023

Salespeople quickly adapt to consumer needs and switch up tactics whenever necessary. A sales workflow is a sequence of necessary processes that your team can follow to complete a sale. Sales workflows provide flexible and adaptable roadmaps that can be continually improved to keep up with evolving consumer needs and preferences.

Process 52

Process Objectives and Key Results Pitch Legal 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. But it took a lot of thinking up until that point before we ended up pulling the trigger. It just made it a lot easier for us to scale up Salsify as we found success. Harry Stebbings. Rob Gonzalez.

E-commerce 103

E-commerce Manufacturing X-functional Retail 103

SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

How do they set up the process from there? * If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. ” They’d show up and try and squeeze up EBITDA and try and sell you for an EBITDA multiple. You have PE platform roll-ups.

Strategize 55

Strategize Quota Non-Profits Price 55

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

As we gear up for SaaStr Europa 2023 in London on 6-7 June and SaaStr Annual 2023 in the SF Bay Area on 6-7 September , we wanted to take a look back at some of our most iconic speakers and sessions from over the year, that we can still learn from today. OK, so straight up. Next up, we’ve got Nicolas Dessaigne.

Price 95

Price Start-ups Up-sell X-functional 95

Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Listen up – the number of minutes you choose is important. If your campaigns are time specific—routing high-value leads to sales for immediate follow-up, for example—be cognizant of these prioritization rules. #2 Here’s a list of 10 simple things that you may not know about Marketo. #1 Something is broken,” they said.

CRM 135

CRM Campaign X-functional Clients 135

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. I actually just got off the boat, Nick, and scurried up to make sure that I was ready to go for the presentation. So, you teed it up really well. One, it starts high up in the sales process, right?

Retail 80

Retail Start-ups Drivers/motivators Up-sell 80

SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2019

Annual contracts: To what extent do annual contracts dominate today? Why does Tom think in the early days one should be wary of signing too many multi-year contracts? How does Tom think about calculating churn when it comes to multi-year contracts? What time frame from SAL to closed lead suggests product market fit?

Contract 46

Contract Price Commission Conversion 46

Sales Hacker

JULY 2, 2019

According to CSO Insights, 60% of forecasted deals do not actually close. For this model, you’ll need the following metrics: Leads per month for the previous time period. For example, you may find that website leads close at an average of $1,000 per customer, while leads who request a demo close at $1,500 per customer.

Price 77

Price X-functional CRM Sales 77

SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2019

I write a blog at tomtunguz.com that focuses a lot of early stage start-ups and uses a lot of data in order to illuminate different topics. Contract length. How long should a contract be in order to maximize conversion rate? A multi-year contract, a month-to-month contract, an annual contract.

Contract 84

Contract Price X-functional Conversion 84

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

I remember in my first week or two at Talkdesk I had one of the sales leaders come up to me and say, “Hey, we’re going to need a reference for this customer that we’re trying to close to help us help sell the deal.” You’re excited to be closing your first customers.

Clients 56

Clients Service Customers Start-ups 56

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We have heard a lot of sessions today around ramping up your lead gen, accelerating marketing. You want them to follow. You need to be able to do that for a second reason, which is you want to sign up customers who are passionate about what you do, that believe in what you do. Are we about ready to close the deal?

Prospecting 85

Prospecting Customers Promote X-functional 85

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

What are you doing up so early? What’s the failure rate for a Series A start up? What’s the failure rate of a Series C start up? We are screwing up the scale. Awesome revenue growth on the X axis, awesome revenue retention on the Y. It was all about getting the contract. SaaStr, good morning.

Growth 85

Growth Cross-sell Contract X-functional 85

SaaStr

JANUARY 21, 2020

So you might be wondering who am I and why am I up here talking about sales culture? I think it’ll become clear why Jason asked me to come up and talk about this very specific topic. In the last year, I ended up working directly for the CEO doing special projects. Well, let me give you a little bit of my background.

Quota 104

Quota Sales Healthcare Territory 104

PandaDoc

APRIL 12, 2022

To get the most out of NPS, do the following: Place your NPS survey in a location where it will receive a high response rate. Follow up with respondents. To gather the data, you’ll need to ask the following question: How satisfied were you with your experience today? 08 x 100 = 8%. How do they use your software?

Customers 52

Customers X-functional Promote Price 52

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2018

Listen up – the number of minutes you choose is important. If your campaigns are time specific— routing high-value leads to sales for immediate follow-up, for example—be cognizant of these prioritization rules. Here’s a list of 10 things you may not know about Marketo: Batch Campaigns and Wait Step Priority.

CRM 59

CRM Campaign X-functional Clients 59

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2019

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. Jason Reichl: So the reason I want to bring that up is because that’s the context in which we look to the world. Here’s what Dave talks about: When is the right time to raise money? Jason Reichl.

X-functional 51

X-functional SQL Pipeline GTM 51

SaaStr

JANUARY 3, 2020

Annual contracts: To what extent do annual contracts dominate today? Why does Tom think in the early days one should be wary of signing too many multi-year contracts? How does Tom think about calculating churn when it comes to multi-year contracts? What time frame from SAL to closed lead suggests product market fit?

Contract 10

Contract Price Commission Conversion 10

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. I’ve wanted to do this one for such a long time and following off first step. Is PR just pitching and getting articles? Take a listen for more. This episode is sponsored by Owl Labs. Harry Stebbings.

Non-Profits 73

Non-Profits Up-sell Start-ups Product 73

SaaStr

JULY 2, 2020

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. In the second interview with Dataiku, I think I picked up that they were interviewing me for a sales position. To what extent is Kurt and Dataiku willing to engage with pilots and POCs? Harry Stebbings.

Customers 110

Customers Contract Price Education 110

SaaStr

AUGUST 19, 2020

Portag3 Ventures Partner Chris O’Neill discusses leadership and teamwork lessons he’s picked up in his career through a hobby and a metaphor of sailing. I grew up in a really small town in Canada on the shores of Lake Huron and in that community, sailing was a really big part of the community and the way of life.

E-commerce 102

E-commerce Price Start-ups Growth 102