Highspot

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

It’s typically a cross-functional initiative between sales and marketing. At its core, sales training teaches sales reps how to sell, imparting essential skills and techniques for engaging customers. On the flip side, sales enablement provides the tools to sell better. What Does Sales Enablement Training Include?

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Pitch Sales Technique Cross-sell 52

Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Product training is a structured learning process that helps team members understand, communicate, and sell a product. Marketing to connect what your product does to how it solves customer problems with compelling promotions and campaigns. What is Product Training? Customer support to address customer queries and ensure adoption.

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Product GTM Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 52

Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 13, 2022

And as marketing programs become more complex, it’s far more important to create seamless cross-channel campaigns that break through siloed teams. None of these reach the bar of a true, integrated account-based go-to-market motion. An equally coordinated approach across the seller’s go-to-market teams.

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B2B Objectives and Key Results Campaign Cross-sell 137

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 21, 2021

Join us as Christel shares some best practices on how she prioritizes all the different marketing requirements in an early stage company as well as how she is setting up the marketing organization and priorities internally. When I would say that what is very important for early-stage company is number one, align on the go-to market.

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Pipeline Start-ups Go To Market Education 105

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2020

When you think about how you sell and market your solutions, you might think you’re only addressing a single person – maybe it’s the one who signs on the dotted line; or the person in charge of implementation; or even the end user. Here, the decision is horizontal, and it does not go to a senior-level executive team.

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B2B Sell E-commerce Cross-sell 129

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 2, 2020

No, that’s not the setup for some obscure go-to-market joke. A Sales Engagement platform is a technology platform that brings sales (and often customer success) activities under a single roof, allowing sales professionals to efficiently and effectively focus on selling. Empowering, Cross-Functional Content.

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Objectives and Key Results Sales Cross-sell Technology 139

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. Imagine growing with them on their journey to becoming a publicly-traded company with an $11+ billion market cap. The total addressable market continues to grow and is ripe for selling to, but very few startups reach unicorn status. And so on.”.

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Sell Minimum Viable Product Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 104

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

The marketing team ran a super successful campaign and generated hot leads. SDRs are ready to start calling but first they must dedupe dozens of contacts just dumped into their CRM. The director of customer success brings her Salesforce report to a cross-functional meeting with sales and marketing leadership.

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Finance Cross-sell GTM SQL 117

Highspot

MAY 3, 2024

It works to enable each channel and stage of the sales cycle that drives revenue growth, including marketing, customer success, account management, and more. The goal is to simplify the complexities of today’s selling environment and create a smoother experience for buyers and sellers. Why Do You Need Revenue Enablement?

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Cross-sell Technology Technology GTM 93

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

Account-Based Marketing has in fact been around since the 1940s. When sales made a list of logos they wanted to sell, or the list of ‘dream customers’ to close. The concept remains the same today with modern ABM—we want to sell to a list of ‘dream customers’ more commonly referred to as target accounts.

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CRM Cross-sell GTM Cold Call 98

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

But what is a sales pipeline and why is it so instrumental to selling success? If your forecast anticipates you’re going to miss your quota, you should double down on selling activities. The answer depends on your product, prospect base, and marketing resources. How to Build a Sales Pipeline. Sales Pipeline Stages.

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Pipeline Negotiate Sales Objectives and Key Results 101

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2022

SaaS companies tend to follow a typical path, and it almost always leads to moving up-market and enterprise sales. In the early days, most SaaS companies sell to other startups for a number of reasons. But as SaaS startups mature, they usually start moving up-market. We started by selling to other startups, mainly YC companies.

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Cross-sell Legal Contract Price 104

Sales Hacker

JUNE 14, 2021

They did not see themselves in the “story” that was being told, which is why they ignored all outreach (social, email, live, and phone conversations) by sales and marketing. Schneider had the right contacts. An e-commerce tech firm learned that there should not be a hand-off between sales and marketing once selling conversations begin.

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GTM E-commerce B2B Profit margin 111

InsightSquared

JULY 1, 2021

Revenue operations is a methodology that drives cross-functional collaboration in order to close gaps in the customer experience and maximize revenue for the business. It aligns the organization by combining the functions of sales, marketing, and customer success into a single team that drives strategy based on revenue impact. .

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Cross-sell Contract Objectives and Key Results Quota 62

Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2019

That’s why successful companies obsessively measure everything about their go-to-market model, sales strategy, and salespeople. Percentage of revenue from existing customers (cross-selling, upselling, repeat orders, expanded contracts, etc.). Revenue by market. Cost of selling as a percentage of revenue generated.

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X-functional Quota Cross-sell Contract 101

SalesLoft

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Cross-functional orchestration. Alignment across Marketing, Sales, Sales Development, etc — outbound sales development is today’s most effective account-based tactic. Go-to-Market alignment: segment the ICP by value and align to the GTM (organization, target list, and offers + plays). The problem?

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Cross-sell GTM Referrals Contract 52

Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

If you’re an OEM or selling physical products, this one’s for you (sorry, SaaS folks). As the world is starting to reopen, there is likely room for your products in new markets, if you understand the complexities and risks. But that might mean overlooking a golden opportunity. COVID-19 Lessons Will Serve You Well.

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E-commerce Territory Transportation B2C 89

Hubspot

APRIL 1, 2024

It means sales and go-to-market motions are going to have to evolve. Marketing is going to have to evolve, too, but that's a whole other topic.) So as a result, they are able to conduct much of their research independently, without the need for direct contact with sales reps or other employees at those companies.

Cross-sell 80

Cross-sell CRM Referrals Up-sell 80

Gong.io

AUGUST 10, 2020

Which selling skills should account managers focus on building? Selling skills matter just as much for account management, just in a more subtle way. To maximize retention, strive to have at least three different customer contacts at three different levels within the organization. Selling Skills and Account Management.

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Customers Cross-sell Account management Drivers/motivators 62

Sales Hacker

APRIL 14, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Jessica Wilkeyson , Co-Founder and Principal at Alternate Route , a go-to market strategy and revenue operations consultancy based in New York. Reps working from home need to be willing to converse without selling. Data integrity is more important than you thought.

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Contract CRM Consult Cross-sell 85

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 30, 2021

This week’s show is called “ The Evolution of Successful Social Selling ” and our guest is Jamie Shanks , CEO @ Sales for Life and Pipeline Signals. Sort of when lots of people say that they were the godfather of social selling, you were there at the start. You can even ask Alexa! I’m giving you that credit.

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Pipeline Sales Up-sell Cross-sell 122

Heinz Marketing

MAY 16, 2022

If I’m ever in market, I won’t buy from them because of how they treated me, because of how they pushed me.” And you want the CFO to understand what modern marketing can do, not only to demand function, but again, customer experience, the impact on retention, lifetime value, valuation multiples over time.

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Pipeline Referrals X-functional Cross-sell 97

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

Once the SDR has determined the prospect is ready to be contacted by the sales team, they send the person over to a closing rep. Nearly half of their time is spent selling remotely (i.e. Research the products or services you'd be selling, consider the company culture, and see the career paths salespeople within the company take.

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Commission Territory Finance Inside sales 94

Gong.io

JULY 21, 2021

That’s why m odern go-to-market teams started aligning those teams a while back. Done well, RevOps means higher revenue and a smoother go-to-market (GTM) process. Once you’ve moved your org beyond ‘ What is revenue operations ”, they’ll know that it’s more than hosting a few cross-functional meetings. .

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Growth GTM Cross-sell Pipeline 62

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

How, if no one’s heard of you, do you sell to big companies? Ash Bhoopathy (@ashbhoopathy): Probably more around go-to-market and sales. First of all, on go-to-market and sales and marketing, be very, very wary of folks that want to outsource your core. Jason Lemkin: Well, let’s break it up.

Growth 119

Growth Cross-sell Start-ups X-functional 119

SalesLoft

JUNE 26, 2020

Lindsay: When COVID-19 hit in late February, Limeade created a five-person cross-departmental team across sales, marketing, and customers. We met three times per week to align on our go-to-market strategy. . SalesLoft: How did the marketing and revenue teams come together to focus on brand awareness?

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A/B testing Teamwork Cross-sell Finance 52

Heinz Marketing

APRIL 19, 2021

I actually learned the hard way when I was working at a startup company, working a booth at a trade show that, as an engineer, I thought my product would sell itself, but you really do need sales and marketing. There’s no in-person selling, there’s no field events.

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Pipeline Sales Cross-sell Up-sell 81

InsightSquared

APRIL 14, 2021

They work tirelessly to assess the funnel quality, sales process adherence, and the overall go-to-market strategy. Knowing this key sales metric offers an opportunity to assess high-value customers for up-sell and cross-sell potential. Are we overlooking up-selling and cross-selling to this high-value customer?

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Contract Territory Cross-sell Pipeline 62

SaaStr

JULY 17, 2020

But that’s more the exception than the rull of the go to market for many companies. And so obviously the people that need consumers to spend money for their revenue and then their contribution margin just had no shot of selling things. People are buying and selling houses. Look at Model T sales or something.

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E-commerce Retail Real Estate Growth 96

Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 2, 2021

One of the biggest changes in sales is its shift to B2B markets. There is a new way of selling and marketing that we call Account-Based Everything (ABE). LeadFuze gives you all the data you need to find ideal leads, including full contact information. The Data Points Effective Account Targeting Strategy.

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Technique Technology Technology Cross-sell 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2025

Ray breaks down why the rise of AI agents is a tectonic shift, how businesses are already seeing ROI, and what it means for SaaS, team structure, and go-to-market strategies. Conversations reveal the unshared details behind how they have grown companies, and the go-to-market strategies responsible for shaping that growth.

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GTM X-functional Start-ups Relationship building 69

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We hear his best practices on developing a sales team, measuring rep productivity, why companies should lead with their product first, and what the sales team’s responsibility is inside of a product-led go-to-market strategy. He went to Holy Cross. What You’ll Learn. He’s a father of two. Kevin Egan: Thanks so much, Sam.

Product 62

Product Pipeline Engineering Cross-sell 62

SBI

APRIL 29, 2020

Q: SHOULD SELLING BE VIEWED AS A BUYING EXPERIENCE AND WHY. And they crop up a lot down the line during ownership – so they impact cross-sell/up-sell a lot as well. There was active demand – opt-in contacts showing demand signals – in their accounts that they had no previous knowledge of.

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Cross-sell Teamwork Clients Up-sell 48

Lead Fuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The push tactics we’ve been using are not working, so here’s why: Sales and marketing teams are more aware of who they’re selling to, rather than just focusing on revenue growth. In order for them to keep up with trends, they need more people who can go into C-suite positions.

E-commerce 52

E-commerce B2B Healthcare Sales 52

Highspot

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Facilitate Better Sales and Marketing Alignment By incorporating marketing initiatives into sales strategies, the playbook ensures that both teams work towards common goals with consistent messaging and resources. This results in a more powerful go-to market strategy.

Growth 52

Growth Objectives and Key Results Cold Call Sales 52

SalesLoft

JUNE 25, 2019

In general, how does social selling work in the UK? What advice does James have for a US company seeking to go to market in the UK? It relates to selling in the UK, but what was the first thing you ever remember selling? Jeremey: You mentioned social selling. What’s the ideal talk time on a sales call?

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Cold Call Pitch Cross-sell Sales 40

Hubspot

AUGUST 21, 2023

To have a successful product launch, you need to craft a thoughtful, actionable, effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy framework. Without proper planning, it’s impossible to know if you’re chasing the wrong audience, are too early or too late to a given market, or targeting a market that's too saturated with similar solutions.

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