SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

Vikas Bhambri: We’re going to ask them to build territories, build awareness, create their own pipeline, et cetera, especially in the mid-market enterprise, which you also have to understand also takes time. It’s not an SMB where you’re getting volumes of 100 a day. Harry Stebbings: Totally get you, no, absolutely.

Finance 52

Finance X-functional CRM Engineering 52

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

If they agree, the deal is finalized by the signing of a contract. To use this promotional technique, the closer must go into the meeting anticipating objections (especially with pricing) and have a pre-approved offer ready to go. That is, “Sure, we can give you a discount but we need you to sign the contract today.”

Closing 52

Closing Contract Technique Objectives and Key Results 52

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing. Nicolas : Really, one step at a time, so we knew the first pricing was just testing the market, and we iterated a lot on it. Nick : Pretty good?

Price 93

Price Start-ups Up-sell X-functional 93

Sales Hacker

JULY 2, 2019

Average sales price by source. The Calculations: Average sales price per lead. To get your average sales price by source you simply have to look at the data set for your entire customer database and bucket them by lead source. Average Lead Value = Average Sales Price * Conversion Rate from lead to customer.

Price 79

Price X-functional CRM Sales 79

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

How does Rob think through pricing today in a way that encourages land and expand? How does Rob think about usage vs seat-based pricing in SaaS? How should sales and marketing work together on pricing? You look at the forward-looking ARR multiples on the stock price, and they were a lot lower back then.

E-commerce 102

E-commerce Manufacturing X-functional Retail 102

PandaDoc

MARCH 7, 2023

Common objections include but are not limited to the following: Pricing or departmental budget issues Inability to understand the benefits No belief in the ability to implement your product or service. Typical actions that close a sale include final quotes, agreed negotiations, deposits, and the signing of contracts and other legal documents.

Process 52

Process Objectives and Key Results Pitch Legal 52

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2019

Harry Stebbings: Can I ask, I had Ben Braverman and the CRO of Flexport on the show the other day and he said it’s wonderful to have SDRs and account managers and sales reps but it doesn’t create the best personalized buying experience when you’re continuously handed off to the separate specialized function.

X-functional 52

X-functional SQL Pipeline GTM 52

ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2019

Be careful about contracts you sign and team training you invest in. They can now deliver a lot of the same functionality, and your main decision-making factor could be the pricing model. And its data-layer functionality is versatile. Having siloed data instead of data pipelines. Stay focused. Educate yourself.

GTM 124

GTM X-functional CRM Technology 124

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

We’ve got a lot of training to do with our sales teams to get them to start to speak in these types of terms versus feature function. That doesn’t mean to say, you’re going to do away with the functions. It cannot work in the future because that isn’t how society functions. I mean, what do they do?

Retail 78

Retail Start-ups Drivers/motivators Up-sell 78

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

Awesome revenue growth on the X axis, awesome revenue retention on the Y. It was all about getting the contract. Once you had the contract, all the servers were set up, you flew in your professional services people, it took six months to set it up, it took six months to train people, and the product sucked, but it didn’t matter.

Growth 83

Growth Cross-sell Contract X-functional 83

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

X this year. You don’t have to do every single function to still get a customer. Jason Lemkin : That’s the reason there’s a thousand marketing applications, because every CMO needs to generate pipeline, awareness, leads, and they will test anything that works and shoot what doesn’t and keep trying things.

Quota 81

Quota Growth Product Closing 81