Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

If you know that you love strategizing to increase sales but don’t want to be an account executive, sales operations may be the right place for you. Sales ops is responsible for supporting and enabling sales reps to sell efficiently and effectively. Sales operations teams bring a system of selling and structure to a sales organization.

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Territory Objectives and Key Results Finance Cross-sell 60

Gong.io

JULY 27, 2022

For customer success teams , then, that means it’s crucial to meet regularly with key stakeholders to assess product usage, review performance, and align on strategic organizational goals. Align with strategic goals. This will depend largely on the makeup of your client’s company and, of course, the product you sell (e.g.,

Objectives and Key Results 62

Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Clients Strategize 62

Martech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

How these metrics are presented, however, makes all the difference. Marketing must be constantly available to potential buyers when they become interested in your product — not necessarily when you want to sell it. But marketers must try. direct marketing, sales calls and web visits). How do you counter these perceptions?

A/B testing 107

A/B testing Tradeshows Finance Cross-sell 107

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 86

Legal Cross-sell Contract Price 86

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Wrapped around this is some notion of upsell/cross sell, “Can we expand the relationship with the current customer (individuals)?” Perhaps it’s presenting new solutions to current customers in the account (upsell) or going to parts of the account we haven’t done business with, presenting these new solutions.

Territory 87

Territory Account management Retail Cross-sell 87

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

It may take days before the rep can actually send a contract for signature. The director of customer success brings her Salesforce report to a cross-functional meeting with sales and marketing leadership. There are a few different role functions present in RevOps already, so each role has its own unique responsibilities and functions.

Finance 101

Finance GTM Cross-sell SQL 101

Gong.io

JULY 21, 2021

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. . Revenue Operations Manager : They use data (a lot of data) to determine which business objectives and strategies will drive revenue, based on the new strategic vision. Targeting new markets?

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Growth GTM Cross-sell Pipeline 62

InsightSquared

DECEMBER 6, 2017

They tackle much of the heavy lifting in Salesforce.com (or other CRM systems) and continuously optimize processes to make lives easier for sales reps and managers, giving them more time to focus on what they do best – sell. They get a kick out of diving into complex datasets and gleaning insights to provide strategic recommendations.

Objectives and Key Results 72

Objectives and Key Results Finance CRM Cross-sell 72

PandaDoc

MAY 24, 2023

Acting as a liaison between the sales team, the marketing teams, the presales department, and even delivery units, they purvey the required training, marketing collateral , software tools, channels, and process improvement ideas to those who sell. Let’s take a look at some of them in greater detail.

Objectives and Key Results 52

Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Appointment Legal 52

Salesmate

OCTOBER 15, 2020

You cannot cast your net wide and sell to everyone, so lead qualification is necessary. Sales Demo is the stage where you get in front of the prospect and present your product. Sales closing best practices: Avoid complicating your contracts. An up-to-date sales pipeline creates a systematic approach to selling.

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Pipeline Negotiate Appointment Sales 143

Highspot

APRIL 2, 2020

Modern sales ops professionals play a vital role in the success of a sales organization by staying ahead of problems and enabling the sales team to focus on selling. Planning and strategizing go-to-market plans. Automating any possible selling or non-selling tasks. Contract lifecycle management.

Non-Profits 75

Non-Profits CRM Territory Cross-sell 75

Sales Hacker

JULY 17, 2018

Gartner predicted it will become the default selling framework for most tech vendors that exceed $5 million in annual revenue. There are many factors driving the dramatic shift towards account-based selling: Customer centricity, which is a key tenet of ABS, has become the new mantra. What Is Account-Based Selling?

Cross-sell 55

Cross-sell B2C Sales Represent 55

Gong.io

JUNE 8, 2022

Because nothing grabs a buyer’s attention faster than talking about what they could lose (market share, deal size, annual contract values, etc.). Champion : Who will sell on your behalf inside the buyer’s organization? They focus on objection handling , active listening, presenting skills, storytelling, and more. (As

Process 62

Process Objectives and Key Results Quota Sales 62

PandaDoc

MARCH 7, 2023

This visual aid gives every member of your sales team a big-picture view of the entire selling process. This means your sales managers can spend less time micromanaging and more time strategizing. Present product or service The presentation or the pitch is showtime in any sales workflow outline.

Process 52

Process Objectives and Key Results Pitch Legal 52

Lead Fuze

AUGUST 6, 2021

By collecting and cross-referencing in sales data analysis, it’s possible to build highly-personalized value propositions tailored to the specific needs of each customer segment. If you want to increase revenue fast, start by reaching out to customers to cross-sell and up-sell products you think could also meet their needs.

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Objectives and Key Results Click Through Rate CTR Cross-sell 64

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. According to Crunchbase data, 95,000+ companies have received funding (globally) from 2015-present, totaling $1.3+ 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 78

Gong.io

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Cold calling isn’t about discovery – it’s about selling the meeting. In fact, the talk-to-listen ratio for successful cold calls is HIGHER than unsuccessful ones: It’s your job to sell your buyer on why they should attend the meeting. Focus on selling the meeting, not on asking a probing question your sales manager would be proud of.

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Technique Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Objection handling 133

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. If you sell a premium product, it might take several months to a year to build up a list of key contacts and accounts.

Pipeline 101

Pipeline Negotiate Objectives and Key Results Sales 101

The Lost Book of Sales

JULY 12, 2021

High-level thoughts While some chapters and concepts presented in the book are stronger than others, I enjoyed it thoroughly while taking the time to properly digest all of my learnings. Starting to cross the chasm. How does the "D-Day" strategy help companies cross the chasm? Rating: 9/10 See book on Amazon.

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Cross-sell Niche Objectives and Key Results Price 52

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 2, 2016

They provide the customer with their best price, crossing their fingers, hoping to win. To get what they want, the customers presenting our solution have to position–justify the project in terms of how it contributes to the attainment of the strategic goals. Customers simply aren’t renewing their contracts.

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Cross-sell Contract Price Commission 50

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

Rather than having this erratic schedule around hitting sales targets, or hitting releases, that there’s a feeling that just quarter after quarter the company keeps shipping and selling. So, the absolute biggest project that we could ever do would be 10 engineers for 10 weeks, and that would be for the absolute most strategic priority.

Finance 107

Finance X-functional Launch Objectives and Key Results 107

Spiro Technologies

APRIL 12, 2023

On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving, and selling products, and of course, having fun along the way. And we service both OEM folks as well as larger distributors who ultimately then sell to OEMs. And when we sell new licenses software, we just turn them on.

E-commerce 52

E-commerce Manufacturing Education Cross-sell 52

Spiro Technologies

APRIL 12, 2023

On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving, and selling products, and of course, having fun along the way. And we service both OEM folks as well as larger distributors who ultimately then sell to OEMs. And when we sell new licenses software, we just turn them on.

E-commerce 52

E-commerce Manufacturing Customers Education 52

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

With the scaling of departments and teams, what has Erica seen work really well when it comes to making cross-functional teams communicate really well? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr. Listen on Google Play Music.

Contract 64

Contract Sports Cross-sell Start-ups 64

SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

In his most recent role, Dave was the CEO @ Host Analytics where he quintupled ARR, halved customer acquisition costs and increased net retention rates before selling the company to a private equity sponsor. What were his biggest lessons from being in the Sequoia boardroom when they presented “RIP Good Times”? Dave Kellogg.

Strategize 54

Strategize Quota Non-Profits Price 54

SaaStr

JULY 24, 2019

We have a license-based model, and we’ve built into the product that our customers can add additional licenses as needed, as they go, in a way that is co-terminus with their contract. That really helps to reduce purchase friction and allow the CSM to grow the account without working on contracts. We sell contact center software.

X-functional 53

X-functional Engineering Clients Start-ups 53

SaaStr

AUGUST 13, 2019

When organizations actually go from starting up to selling to SMBs and going up market, the pool up market is undeniable. You’re trying to figure out how to sell to them. Also selling up market actually means that you can very easily have predictable revenue streams. The first one. So let me explain what this is.

Cross-sell 59

Cross-sell Sales Support Growth Up-sell 59

SaaStr

OCTOBER 22, 2020

How does Ryan ensure cross-function working seamlessly from the very beginning with marketing? * If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. First, I’m trying to sell the candidate. * What should the first marketing hire look like?

Pipeline 64

Pipeline Cross-sell Launch Start-ups 64

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2020

So people were paying people to take their futures contracts. That means specifically they’re going to cancel contracts. The reason for that is most people have annual contracts and they haven’t come up for renewal yet. I’m not going to answer that because I answered it during the presentation.

Finance 74

Finance Government Price Contract 74

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

What can be done to ensure seamless cross-functional communication across the org? How to ensure customer support is strategic and not just reactionary? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. Where do most people fail here? Listen on Spotify.

Customers 42

Customers Price Cross-sell Start-ups 42

SaaStr

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Unlike when selling into SMB businesses that kind of can go from a demo, to a conversion, to a close in a matter of days, enterprise sales is a lot more complicated and it’s hard to navigate through. So don’t expect that you can take your product that you sell now to SMB’s and sell the same thing to big companies.

Pipeline 58

Pipeline Manufacturing Up-sell Cross-sell 58

Martech

JUNE 27, 2023

In this fast-moving world, I propose a rethink for your website, from the strategic to the tactical. Sell, close. Ecommerce is perfect for selling low-margin replacement parts, financing solutions and warranties. Make sure they review copy for needed updates or strategic changes. When was your website built? Let’s begin.

B2B 90

B2B Customers Cross-sell Price 90

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

Sometimes we’re not as founders, sometimes founders sell their company because they don’t end up being deeply passionate about what it does. So sell your product. I’m not great at it, but most folks they’re aggressive without crossing the line. First is strategic, and then the tactical.

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Quota Growth Product Closing 79

SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 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. So we were really selling on the intuitiveness of the design, and in tandem with that, we were hiring these kind of rockstar designers. Harry Stebbings. Kyle Parrish. Kyle Parrish: No, it really isn’t.

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Sales Price Quota Start-ups 74

SaaStr

MAY 24, 2019

Here’s what Andy talks about: *Selling the way your customers want to buy. If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. You want to hire a sales rep that can potentially sell seven figures but you shouldn’t rely on that as a main selling motion.

E-commerce 56

E-commerce Start-ups Technology Technology 56

SaaStr

JULY 19, 2019

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How did Peter make his way into the world of enterprise SaaS with the founding and selling of 6 companies and how did InCountry come about? Why is it no longer to come into large enterprises with a small contract and expand? When is the right time to sell a startup? Do they really mean anything?

Cross-sell 51

Cross-sell Up-sell Start-ups Engineering 51

ConversionXL

MARCH 1, 2016

A “Conversion optimization consultant” is usually someone who a business contracts for a short period of time to evaluate a particular workflow. The reward is why we do A/B testing in the first place – through consistent and strategic testing, we discover and verify which designs are converting the most customers.

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UX Conversion A/B testing User Experience 66