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Why B2B CMOs are frustrated with ABM platforms

Martech

Cross-department ownership and confusion A major issue with ABM platforms is that using them effectively requires buy-in and cooperation from multiple departments, like sales and IT. The not-so-hidden high costs and long contracts ABM platforms are expensive. That said, we live in the age of the great ABM platforms for a reason.

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4 Unexpected Learnings from Databricks’ Sales Growth Machine From Its VP of Sales

SaaStr

A little ways back Databricks VP of Sales Heather Akuiyibo joined SaaStr to share unexpected things that work well at Databricks GTM organization as well as some things that havent worked as well. “We asked our cross-functional partners to describe our team in three words,” Cuibo explains.

Growth 81
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A Comprehensive Guide to Product Training for Sales Teams

Highspot

Product training is a structured learning process that helps team members understand, communicate, and sell a product. According to Gartner, 77% of B2B buyers say their most recent purchase felt “very complex or difficult,” highlighting the importance of thorough product knowledge for anyone selling or supporting a solution.

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GTM 139: AI Agents Are Changing Everything — Microsoft’s VP of AI Agents on the New Era of Work and Software | Ray Smith

Sales Hacker

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Ray Smith is the VP of AI Agents at Microsoft. GTM 139 Episode Transcript Scott Barker: Hello, and welcome back to the GTM podcast. Previously, he was the Global VP of Product for SAP, CRM and Sales Cloud.

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Sequoia India: 22 Things We Learned from SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

We remain optimistic about the prospects of cross-border SaaS. Org Building Ideas for Cross-Border Companies. Learnings on GTM. Pricing/Packaging (PP) is a key component of GTM. PP could be a strategic enabler of GTM scale up if done well. SV SaaS companies sell to other SV SaaS companies.

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How to turn the great buyer resignation into B2B career opportunities

Martech

Marketers play a large, proactive role in the buying-selling process to generate revenue across the entire buyer lifecycle – from generating a new customer, to contract renewal, to solution expansion and cross-sell/upsell. Drive the shift from push to pull marketing. It doesn’t have to be over complicated.

B2B 117
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Scaling Early-Stage to Hyper-Growth Companies With Ed Lenta, SVP and GM of Databricks (Pod 644 + Video)

SaaStr

But it also defines your GTM efforts. They asked themselves, “what if we moved to some motion of licensing contracts?” Instead of selling products, they were selling aspirational concepts and business value. The best way to build a country maturity model is to go back to Crossing The Chasm. It wasn’t thoughtful.

Growth 104