SaaStr

JUNE 4, 2025

The Numbers That Haven’t Moved in 20 Years Rangan dropped two statistics that should haunt every go-to-market leader: 25-35% The percentage of time sales reps spend actually in front of customers. But here’s the kicker: this isn’t a new problem. It’s been this way for decades. All time-consuming.

CRM 89

CRM Follow-up Pipeline Territory 89

Sales Hacker

APRIL 30, 2024

6:31 – Upwork’s challenge of the status quo in hiring contract talent. 34:33 – Aligning multiple go-to-market motions across market segments. 46:18 – One thing that is working for Eric in go-to-market right now. 9:40 – How Eric chooses the right companies to work for.

GTM 116

GTM Customers Contract Go To Market 116

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This is where a sales rep physically meets a potential customer to discuss needs, budgets, volumes, prices, requirements, timelines, and other contract details. Companies with small customer counts (10-100) and large annual contract values ($100,000+). That kind of contract size almost always requires an in-person meeting!

Inside sales 130

Inside sales Cold Call Contract Price 130

Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

And what I really wanted to do was help marketing professionals understand that they need to gain influence and trust inside their own organization in order to be really successful. We’re helping customer success keep those customers, especially if it’s a B2B or a multi-year contract. Christina: Sure.

Pipeline 117

Pipeline Go To Market Sales Technology 117

Sales Hacker

JULY 29, 2019

Today he’s discussing how to go to market with an enterprise solution. He has a deep background in enterprise sales, and it’s an incredible conversation about how you go to market with a true enterprise solution. Ed is the co-founder and President of Seismic, where he leads the company’s go-to-market efforts.

Go To Market 59

Go To Market Electricity Healthcare Education 59

Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

B2B decision-makers in the market for software, including marketing technology solutions, have less patience with vendor interactions and increasingly look to buy from third-party marketplaces and re-sellers. Over 90% of buyers said ease of implementation was a critical factor when it came to the decision to renew a contract.

Contract 98

Contract B2B Technology Technology 98

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

This often overlooked and sometimes under-appreciated department uses data to drive strategy, best practices to guide training, and technology to hack success. Technology. Selection of Enablement Software and other Technology Tools. Contract Lifecycle Management. Contract Management. Contract Lifecycle Management.

Territory 104

Territory Non-Profits Contract Quota 104

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 117

Contract X-functional Objectives and Key Results Legal 117

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2023

It’s no secret that this has been a tough year in the software and technology industry. Most often, it comes down to go-to-market (GTM) execution. This new integration with Microsoft Word allows contract review professionals to streamline contract analysis, right in the environment where most redlining is done.

GTM 114

GTM Contract Represent CRM 114

Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

4 Defend marketing efficiency and effectiveness above budget In challenging times , CEOs and boards can look to scale back go-to-market efforts, leaving marketing in a defensive stance when it comes to budget. Winning marketing organizations self-regulate. ” Here’s the problem with that mindset.

GTM 135

GTM Market share Growth Technology 135

SaaStr

JUNE 22, 2023

Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. At Rattle , we are redefining the way revenue teams and leaders interact with their go-to-market systems! We empower companies of all sizes to pay and manage full-time and contract workers around the world.

Contract 97

Contract Engineering Trust Technique 97

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Make sure you know how your customers buy and tailor your go to market strategy and messaging to that. When building a list, try to define your potential customer as granularly as possible – size, location, industry, ideal buyer, sales process, technology stack, etc. Get great at list building. Pricing is always evolving.

Non-Profits 126

Non-Profits Price Contract Start-ups 126

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 28, 2023

By Payal Parikh , VP of Client Services at Heinz Marketing Most of us marketers have a generic idea of who our ideal customer is, and it’s crucial to communicate this information to everyone in the go-to-market (GTM) teams. When was the last time you defined your business’s Ideal Customer Profile (ICP)?

GTM 111

GTM Contract Clients Consult 111

Martech

JUNE 28, 2022

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.

B2B 122

B2B GTM Cross-sell Cold Call 122

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

This article was written for technology professionals who would like to learn more about OEM deal strategies and structures. CRM application licenses a natural language search technology. ERP system licenses graph database technology. There are a multitude of variables involved when putting together an OEM contract.

GTM 85

GTM Negotiate Profit margin Contract 85

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

25x’d Revenue and Crossed $100M ARR Apollo.io, an all-in-one go-to-market platform, underwent a significant transformation in its business model that led to remarkable growth. CEO Tim Zheng came to SaaStr Annual to share the deep dive on the journey from SLG to PLG here: Initial Challenges and Market Position In 2019, Apollo.io

Growth 59

Growth Product A/B testing Strategize 59

Martech

MAY 28, 2024

With the rise of AI-generated content across all markets, Originality.ai Why it’s valuable Let’s say you’re contracting in some content or your team has to use AI to keep up with the ideal output required for success. Originality.ai A tool like Originality.ai

GTM 129

GTM Drivers/motivators B2B Campaign 129

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 15, 2021

So the idea of selecting which tools are important to you, which vendors are going to be best for your business and for your stack is a real challenge. I ask Subbu to talk a little bit about why he decided to go down the route of creating a tool to help people make better technology decisions. Judy Ash: Thank you.

Pipeline 120

Pipeline Sales Technology Technology 120

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started. Average Contract Value.

B2B 105

B2B E-commerce Cold Call Sales 105

Salesforce

OCTOBER 12, 2021

They see how all departments can drive revenue for the company; those departments can include sales, marketing, customer success, and finance. The CRO leverages cross-functional knowledge to create a complete view of the customer lifecycle from bringing in new leads to closing deals to renewing customer contracts. Not exactly.

Gaming 98

Gaming Cross-sell Sales Finance 98

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2019

What you need to know about go-to-market models in SaaS. B2B SaaS go-to-market (GTM) models range from no-touch, transactional approaches to highly specialized, consultative strategies. B2B SaaS go-to-market (GTM) models range from no-touch, transactional approaches to highly specialized, consultative strategies.

GTM 80

GTM Education Sales Contract 80

InsightSquared

JULY 1, 2021

A revenue intelligence platform is an all-encompassing technology application made to assist your team in improving reporting, analysis, and much more. A complete revenue intelligence platform unites several key technologies and processes, and addresses the data and analytical limitations that have long hindered operations teams. .

Cross-sell 62

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. Market penetration. Percentage of revenue from existing customers (cross-selling, upselling, repeat orders, expanded contracts, etc.). Average contract value (ACV). Year-over-year growth.

X-functional 101

X-functional Quota Cross-sell Contract 101

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Have you re-negotiated current contracts given the market? —- Robert Simmons – VP of Sales Yes, at time of renewal we’ve negotiated and came to mutually beneficial terms. Brian Weinberger – SVP of Sales We have re-negotiated contracts as the renewals come in. What are you currently experimenting with?

GTM 95

GTM Negotiate Pipeline Contract 95

Gong.io

JUNE 11, 2021

Rapidly evolved into a strategic, go-to-market function. They continue, “What was once the responsibility of product marketing, sales operations, or of a single sales trainer, sales enablement is now supported by dedicated teams founded within the sales organization” (bold is mine). Design-driven. Value-centric.

Objectives and Key Results 103

Objectives and Key Results Price GTM Territory 103

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

Jessica Alexander, Senior Director Cloud Technology & OEM Partnerships, Crowdstrike. And IDG just recently released the 2020 Cloud Computing Survey that showed over one third of IT budgets are spent on cloud computing technologies. Panel: Colleen Kapase, VP of WW Partner & Alliances, Snowflake. Rico Mallozzi, Sr.

Cross-sell 102

Cross-sell Finance Strategize Technology 102

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

Proliferation of marketing and sales technology. It may take days before the rep can actually send a contract for signature. The marketing team ran a super successful campaign and generated hot leads. Assist the CEO and sales leadership team with go-to-market planning. Unified data problems.

Finance 114

Finance Cross-sell SQL GTM 114

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.

GTM 65

GTM X-functional Start-ups Relationship building 65

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

If you have a product that is absolutely crushing it in SMB/mid-market, you may be tempted to dive straight into the Enterprise market. Who could avoid dreaming of those seven-figure deal sizes, 3-year contracts, and trophy logos? Related: The SaaS Executive’s Guide To Building A Winning Go-To Market Strategy.

Product 65

Product Contract Cross-sell Account management 65

Sales Hacker

APRIL 29, 2021

With the advent of sales engagement platforms (SEPs) and other tools which make it easy to scale outbound sales communications, Rolodexes and spreadsheets are things of the past, with technology taking over many formerly manual steps. Not to mention, you run the risk of some pretty “interesting” content going out with your brand on it.

A/B testing 114

A/B testing Sales Quota Promote 114

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Marketing, sales, and customer success departments are all aiming for a common goal: to drive revenue. Despite this, these teams are often siloed off from one another, causing inefficiencies, data inconsistencies, and misaligned technology and objectivesall of which hinder revenue growth.

E-commerce 52

E-commerce Objectives and Key Results Contract Pipeline 52

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 6, 2019

Many companies today invest in more technology than they have the resources or maturity to justify. That said, as a company’s account based efforts mature, they often recognize opportunities to scale or improve process, and that can lead to incremental technology investment. ERIC : No, it really doesn’t.

B2C 77

B2C Drivers/motivators Account management B2B 77

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

While reading a book called “ No Forms, No Cold Calls & No Spam ” by Latané Conant, I came to the realization that many vendors try to position ABM as a $40,000 technology stack problem. So what’s the difference between sales and account-based marketing? ABM is outbound with marketing support.

CRM 98

CRM Cross-sell GTM Cold Call 98

SalesLoft

JUNE 21, 2022

If you had to guess, what percent of your sellers are actively using the sales technology you’ve purchased? . Most of the teams I talk with need technology to help create, close, and keep business. There are over 1,000 sales technologies today; shiny bells and whistles abound. Multiple technologies to learn and use.

Negotiate 52

Negotiate Legal Finance Technology 52

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. Take control with the DocuSign agreement cloud, a suite of tools that automates sales contracts and quotes ,all right in your CRM.

Contract 81

Contract CRM Consult Cross-sell 81

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2022

We changed our product, evolved our marketing programs, and transitioned the sales team. This was all in an effort to increase our average contract value (ACV). We started to close some serious enterprise deals with the major players in the technology industry including Slack, Pinterest, Flexport and more. Product usage.

Cross-sell 101

Cross-sell Legal Contract Price 101

Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2019

With Conga, you can simplify documents, automate contracts, and execute e-signatures so you can focus on accelerating sales cycles and closing business faster. Before we go, we want to thank our sponsors. With Conga you can simplify documents, automate contracts, and execute esignatures. About Katheen Roberge: An Introduction.

Contract 78

Contract Drivers/motivators Sales Price 78