Martech

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Marketers are expected to set up, integrate and manage the system themselves. Given the complexity of these platforms, many companies underestimate the time and resources required to get them up and running effectively. The not-so-hidden high costs and long contracts ABM platforms are expensive. This process is far from simple.

B2B 132

B2B Contract GTM CRM 132

Martech

AUGUST 19, 2024

I’m not bringing it up to judge Robinson on his turn at this unfortunate ritual. That means there’s an increased likelihood of terminating the contract because the tool is no longer needed and/or its champion is gone. Flexible contract terms and proactive support can help too. Email: Business email address Sign me up!

B2B 125

B2B Contract Consult Price 125

Iannarino

AUGUST 1, 2021

It’s unlikely that a more recent lead is automatically better than an older lead, or even than a target that is already locked into a contract with your competitor —even if the new contact devoted two minutes to filling out a form on your website. But in more cases than not, you’ll still need to sell. Occasionally, this is true.

Intrinsic 343

Intrinsic Clients Contact Contract 343

SaaStr

JANUARY 8, 2025

Asana, strong in B2B2B and selling to tech, was perhaps hit hardest, with growth slowing to 10%. Monday.com by contrast, selling mainly outside of tech, saw growth remain strong at 34%. SaaS that sells to B2B companies, and SaaS that sells to the Rest of the World. It’s been a tale of two worlds. Will this stick?

Non-Profits 120

Non-Profits Contract B2B Growth 120

Partners in Excellence

JULY 17, 2024

It’s useful to pause to reflect on the reality that selling is a job that is 100% reliant on the support of others. Perhaps it’s trite, but selling is the ultimate team sport. We count on the systems and infrastructure that enables all that to synchronize in a way that allows us to sell, retain, expand, grow.

Sports 149

Sports Sell Legal Contract 149

Sales Gravy

APRIL 10, 2025

The Fancy Stuff Is Failing You We see it all the timesalespeople hiding behind automation tools, social selling gimmicks, and relationship-building fluff. Youre hoping your sequence will nurture your prospect into buying without you having to actually sell. Follow-up calls. Most reps send five emails and give up.

Closing 82

Closing Objection handling Cold Call Contract 82

Salesforce

JANUARY 8, 2024

” A written sales contract should accurately reflect the verbal agreements made — or else you risk the buyer backing out of the deal or having a very unhappy or potentially litigious client after the deal is done. Sales contracts are vital to completing any business transaction. What you’ll learn What is a sales contract?

Contract 110

Contract Process Legal Real Estate 110

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

You Gotta Do the Work (Of Course) Your Competition is Trying to Sell To, And Steal, Your Customers And yet, I still see so few SaaS companies doing even the most basic steps here. To buy potential customers out from long-term contracts they’ve already signed and paid for with the competition. Buy-out contracts.

Contract 130

Contract Commission Price Sales 130

Iannarino

JULY 4, 2021

Many salespeople, though, launch the sales conversation with a firm intention to secure a signed contract and an agreement to install their “solution.” Once you discover the problem, you open up the opportunity to insert your solution, solving the problem. Too Committed to Identifying a Problem. Too Focused on Answering “Why Us”.

Contract 337

Contract Contact Clients Prospecting 337

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Time Available For Selling is a critical issue for everyone in sales. But before I go into a further discussion about time available for selling, let me first define how I look at time available for selling. There are review meetings-ideally to help improve their selling performance.

Sell 152

Sell CRM Technique Up-sell 152

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Car buyers 30 years ago might have shown up at the dealership wanting a truck, a sedan, or something as vague as a “good family car,” and the salesperson’s job was to help steer them in the right direction based on their needs. That process has changed dramatically. A 2024 HubSpot Blog Survey of 422 B2B professionals in the U.S.

B2B 81

B2B B2C Tradeshows Contract 81

Iannarino

JULY 15, 2021

How you sell—not what you sell or who you work for—is your most important competitive advantage. The more unfair advantages you can stack up, the greater the odds that your prospective client will decide to buy from you. To win a deal , you are going to need someone who can sign a contract. Greater Mindshare.

Gaming 300

Gaming Clients Contract Up-sell 300

Martech

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Oracle Cloud CX enhances personalization and improves upsell and cross-sell conversions. Assisted authoring capabilities provide sales teams with AI-generated responses to contract questions, emails and summaries for quotes and proposals. Email: Business email address Sign me up! Processing.

Cross-sell 119

Cross-sell Construction Legal Contract 119

Tibor Shanto

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

At this point they may consider contracting a duct cleaner, or go ductless, (geese only). The 20% who are recognized as eagles continue to sell the future, but future is not singular. Clearly for Decision, it is here and now, “we need to be up by year end…?”. Birds Of A Feather.

Cross-sell 287

Cross-sell Territory Contract Start-ups 287

Sales Pop!

JULY 14, 2022

I taught a Selling class at Loyola University Maryland and many of the students were shocked when they saw the syllabus, which indicated that participation was 50% of their grade. I always promised my students that I would focus on what was truly important in the real world of selling, not what was chronicled in textbooks and articles.

Clients 241

Clients Contract Up-sell Growth 241

Martech

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Key proposals : Force Google to sell Chrome browser. Ban exclusive search contracts. Email: Business email address Sign me up! Following the landmark ruling that Google maintained an illegal search monopoly, the DOJ is crafting a comprehensive set of requirements to increase competition in the digital marketplace. Processing.

Cross-sell 78

Cross-sell Legal Contract Sales 78

PandaDoc

MARCH 27, 2025

If youre looking to increase revenue without acquiring new customers, cross-selling is one of the best ways you can do that. Effective cross-selling helps customers find new products they genuinely need, so theyll leave more satisfied with your business and remain more loyal, too. What is cross-selling in sales? Lets dive in.

Cross-sell 52

Cross-sell Sell Customers Legal 52

Iannarino

MARCH 2, 2023

But by rushing the deal to get to the pain points, you break B2B selling and buying. Your Buyer's Lack of Experience Because you sell your company's offerings every day, you have the experience that your B2B buyer is missing. We describe this idea as being One-Up , meaning you have greater knowledge and experience than your buyers.

B2B 286

B2B Contact Clients Entertainment 286

Sales Pop!

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

But the irony is that in selling to large accounts , sales cycles are typically long and drawn out. And as the calendar pages turn in major account pursuits, doubt, uncertainty, risk, and costs add up. And you must also be able to gauge the extent of the power of the legal and contracts teams in the process and strategize accordingly.

Legal 241

Legal Finance Contract Networking 241

Veloxy

JUNE 21, 2021

If you sell telecommunications, your cold calls could and should be different than a salesperson selling software. If you sell IT services, your cold calls could and should be different than a financial services consultant. You can use these scripts, tips, and tricks to up your cold call game. Prospect: Yes!

Cold Call 298

Cold Call Objectives and Key Results Pitch Follow-up 298

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

You’re going up against companies like Gusto who already handle payroll extremely well. How to Make Onboarding Work for SMBs While in some cases, selling to SMBs is easier than Enterprise in many ways, one way in which it’s fundamentally harder is onboarding. The expansion can only come from selling SMBs new products.

Appointment 103

Appointment Contract Commission Niche 103

Sales Pop!

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In consulting with organizations selling into the enterprise space, I’ve often encountered start-up organizations that lack healthy lists of current accounts. With clarity in those areas embedded in your organizational selling DNA, you then need a practical “Go/No-Go” process to evaluate the alignment and worthiness of opportunities.

Contract 245

Contract Up-sell Represent Clients 245

Iannarino

JUNE 17, 2021

One of the most significant changes in the way that we sell involves who we choose to engage in the sales conversation. At one time, as a salesperson, you would be told to find “the decision-maker,” the single individual who could sign a contract. The legacy laggard approach seeks the decision-maker. Part 4 | Discovery.

Contract 215

Contract Sales Clients Government 215

Sales Pop!

AUGUST 24, 2021

Now, the sun is shining again and we’ve resumed normal selling activities, as best we can. In selling, it’s all about questions. Can you sell and deliver remotely? While you may long to return to in-person selling, research shows your buyers feel differently. How about your team selling assets – your SME’s?

Transportation 239

Transportation Real Estate Healthcare Government 239

Sales Pop!

JULY 14, 2021

As a result, they often end up making costly mistakes. In some cases, people end up getting a space that is way too expensive or big for their needs. You have no idea if you’re going to be able to sell off vehicles after you’re done with them or how much residual value they will have, especially with the mileage they’ll have amassed.

Profit margin 246

Profit margin Finance Negotiate Contract 246

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Competition is Way, Way Up. Did you step up? With AI Agents that do work for people, from coding to reviewing contracts, these are brand new dollars in software spend that didnt exist before. The Ones That Cant Keep Up Are Being Left Behind The pace of innovation has accelerated. Or are you #4. Did you grab some?

Legal 90

Legal Contract B2B Growth 90

Sales Pop!

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

As the selling year draws to a close, we’re captivated by Q4 activities focused on closing the year strong in terms of winning business and, hopefully, also delivering as much value as possible to our clients. In selling, it’s all about questions. How about your team selling assets – your SME’s? Service Structure and Deployment.

Real Estate 240

Real Estate Healthcare Objectives and Key Results Government 240

Iannarino

JULY 19, 2021

At this point, you may or may not need to provide a presentation, but you will eventually have to provide your client with a proposal and a contract. It is impossible to sell every day and not recognize the things that your clients struggle with, especially if you’ve been making traditional discovery calls for years—or decades.

Conversion 334

Conversion Clients Sales Presentation 334

SaaStr

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Selling to Multiple Stakeholders If you sell into the Enterprise, you understand there are different stakeholders. So at BILL’s scale, you have to put programs into place across the company to connect employees to customers, to help you focus on all the different stakeholders vs just the contract signer. acquisition.

Customers 123

Customers Networking UX Engineering 123

SaaStr

MAY 5, 2025

I know your sales team probably hates pilots, because in a sense, it means they have to sell the deal twice. Because so many enterprise customers won’t buy from new start-ups without a pilot. Once for the pilot, and again to convert the pilot for a longer deal. But the thing is, net net it might be less work.

Customers 90

Customers Contract Clients Trust 90

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2023

How are CEO contracts typically structured? I’ll answer this from a start-up perspective, and assume you mean bringing in an outside CEO to run your start-up. Most “outside” CEOs, that are brought in to run a start-up, will be looking for 6-8% equity in the company. Maybe 4-5% if it’s mid-stage.

Contract 98

Contract Start-ups Up-sell Sell 98

RingDNA

MARCH 26, 2025

How to Use LinkedIn to Find and Engage B2B Sales Prospects While the cold call has hardly disappeared from inside sales, social media tools such as LinkedIn give you the ability to warm up cold calls with research. Would you show up to an important meeting wearing shorts and a Panama hat? Forget cold calling as your only tool.

Closing 62

Closing B2B Sell Referrals 62

ConversionXL

JUNE 14, 2021

In this guide, you’ll learn how to differentiate your business and attract your ideal customers by creating a unique selling proposition. How a unique selling proposition (USP) attracts better customers and builds your brand (and where marketers get it wrong). Their guard will be up, so be transparent about the purpose of your call.

Sell 158

Sell Objectives and Key Results Up-sell Drivers/motivators 158

Hubspot

AUGUST 26, 2024

I identified a key stakeholder with purchasing authority, reached out with a simple yet elegant email pitch, and they responded asking me for a contract they could sign right away. I woke up to my alarm clock shattering that fantasy. How to Use AI for Sales Follow-Ups 1.

Follow-up 85

Follow-up Contract Sales Technology 85

Martech

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For B2B offerings, trust is the top selling point for decision-makers, as their motivation is almost always to avoid the blame that comes from making the wrong choice. For B2Bs, trust is the top selling point for decision-makers, as their motivation is almost always to avoid the blame that comes from making the wrong choice.

Customers 128

Customers Intrinsic Trust Drivers/motivators 128

Search Engine Land

JULY 16, 2024

While some authors and news media are fighting back with lawsuits against AI, others are establishing contract agreements for fair use of content. They still make money by selling courses and books to the naïve public on “how to make easy money by mass-producing content with AI.”

Click Through Rate 110

Click Through Rate User Experience Promote Technology 110

Search Engine Land

JULY 22, 2024

Niche sites, influencers and publishers Niche sites, influencers and media companies create content for small business Saturday, have round-ups sharing the best of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, as well as listicles of the best XYZ. With fewer days until free shipping and time to publish, now is the time to line up the lists.

Niche 98

Niche Retail Promote Follow-up 98