SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

Rico Mallozzi: I kind of want to talk about and help frame this conversation. So for the audience, cloud giants are turbocharging startup sales, and the predominant reason for this is because they’re fundamentally changing IT budgets at the customers that we’re all selling to. Crowdstrike.

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Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

It's important for this role to educate prospects and follow up once a sale is closed to maintain customer satisfaction and encourage repeat buyers. Nearly half of their time is spent selling remotely (i.e. As a result, inside sales reps typically have a hybrid compensation package that includes a base salary and commission.

Commission 77

Commission Territory Finance Inside sales 77

Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Hence, every business that wants to grow needs direction in the form of a go-to-market strategy. . A go-to-market strategy framework is a blueprint for growth. Whether it’s your first time creating a go-to-market strategy or your tenth, this article will teach you everything you need to know to be successful.

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Heinz Marketing

MAY 16, 2022

I’ve had this conversation many times with CFOs, and I think the long term value of companies, the valuations, profitability in the long term, is far more dependent on creating and sustaining a remarkable customer experience and making your customers promoters of your brand, than the new logos that you pick up along the way.

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SBI

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Beta or early-adopter customers logically represent the tip of the arrow of your go-to-market efforts, but only if that’s been planned. acquired a company and wants to ramp up cross-sell opportunities. It’s the low hanging fruit of Marketing, and it’s always harvest season.

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Customers Strategize Cross-sell B2B 49

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

So, here’s my step-by-step guide to building your own go-to-market strategy using the strategies I’ve implemented to build multiple companies throughout the years. But first, what is a go-to-market strategy? What is a go-to-market (GTM) strategy? But first, what is a go-to-market strategy?

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Go To Market Process GTM Education 97

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. According to sales educator and expert Jeff Hoffman , a wide-brim champagne glass is a better metaphor. How to Build a Sales Pipeline.

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SalesHandy

JULY 12, 2022

is a common misconception amongst many salespeople and marketers believing they should serve everyone. If you are selling to the wrong individuals, then your sales team will most likely struggle to connect with them and their pain points. Low CLV and high churn rates indicate that you are selling to the wrong people.

Customers 59

Customers Cross-sell Represent Contract 59

Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

So excited for this conversation today. So that you can go and close more deals. It’s been happening since the dawn of someone selling something. That’s what we did for large corporations, to help their salespeople sell stuff, as simple as it gets. Matt: No, go for it. Keep going.

Pipeline 52

Pipeline Sales Niche Start-ups 52

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

We hear his best practices on developing a sales team, measuring rep productivity, why companies should lead with their product first, and what the sales team’s responsibility is inside of a product-led go-to-market strategy. He went to Holy Cross. Boom, there I go. What You’ll Learn. Outreach has your back.

Product 52

Product Pipeline Engineering Cross-sell 52

SalesLoft

JUNE 25, 2019

Don’t miss the (very entertaining) part of the conversation where they determine the right pitch for having milk delivered… in the early 2000s. In general, how does social selling work in the UK? What advice does James have for a US company seeking to go to market in the UK? Jeremey: Another question for you.

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SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

Neha Sampat: I learned a lot about wine, so I launched some products around wine education, and that series of ventures eventually led me to where I am today, running a world class software company for enterprise companies. We were not spending a ton of money on marketing. That eventually led me to building products.

Non-Profits 82

Non-Profits Teamwork Start-ups Engineering 82

InsightSquared

JULY 1, 2021

And there’s no better driver of great decisions than information and education. . Revenue operations is a methodology that drives cross-functional collaboration in order to close gaps in the customer experience and maximize revenue for the business. Conversational Intelligence . Guided Selling. Cross-Selling.

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Cross-sell Contract Objectives and Key Results Quota 62

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Without the luxury of specialization and the clearly defined process that comes with it, conversations can get muddled and deals can be lost. Account Execs (AEs) and Account Managers (AMs) can track multi-threaded conversations across channels, so they always have the complete context for every conversation.

Objectives and Key Results 52

Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Territory Legal 52

Highspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Suddenly, your business has gone from a single salesperson to a team of hundreds, each of whom has a different approach to selling — and not all of them right for your business. But to succeed, you’ll need your team to execute your go-to-market strategy in a single, unified motion. Transactional Selling.

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Cross-sell Consult Sales Strategize 85

Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 13, 2022

And as marketing programs become more complex, it’s far more important to create seamless cross-channel campaigns that break through siloed teams. None of these reach the bar of a true, integrated account-based go-to-market motion. An equally coordinated approach across the seller’s go-to-market teams.

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B2B Objectives and Key Results Campaign Cross-sell 135

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world. Every industry needs sales so the education you receive working in this role can be immense. Anita Nielsen is a best-selling author and sales performance coach.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

I’ve pulled together the top 97 books from a range of sales disciplines to give you the information you need to stay relevant, lead conversations, understand the trends — and of course, improve your game. The New Solution Selling. The Little Red Book of Selling. Unbreakable Laws of Selling. The New Strategic Selling.

Sales 141

Sales Technique Objectives and Key Results Non-Profits 141

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

The director of customer success brings her Salesforce report to a cross-functional meeting with sales and marketing leadership. For our example, we’ll cover what a RevOps manager does on a daily basis: Makes decisions on sales and marketing strategies to drive business revenue. 2+ years experience leading teams.

Finance 100

Finance GTM Cross-sell SQL 100

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2020

Why do founders have to sell the product themselves at the start? Peter Kazanjy: So at TalentBin, that was kind of like my first training wheels, SaaS business, and also the place where I started to learn and appreciate go to market. It’s an 18,000 person pure education community.

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Cross-sell Up-sell Start-ups Sell 80

Salesforce

JANUARY 3, 2022

As our recent Sales Summit revealed, the old ways of selling — aggressive quotas, in-person sales calls, nagging pipeline reviews — just don’t work anymore. Learn more: “Diversity Sells”. Create a single source of truth to empower go-to-market teams. Learn more: “Unlock Team Selling with Strategic Account Planning”.

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Growth Quota Intrinsic Cross-sell 98

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

Lara Caimi: And then phase three, which is where I came in, which is when we were transitioning into that phase with John was going from a billion to a multibillion dollar company. That is a C suite conversation at that point. For us with our go to market model, what kind of ramped reps will we need as we think about out quarters?

Customers 71

Customers Strategize Start-ups Growth 71

SaaStr

JUNE 24, 2020

And one thing I really loved about working on B2C software is that marketing could really measure what they were doing and measure the customer journey. And with the move to SaaS models, building and selling B2B software is probably more similar to B2C than it is to traditional enterprise software marketing.

Pipeline 115

Pipeline B2C Campaign Start-ups 115

The Lost Book of Sales

JULY 12, 2021

Starting to cross the chasm. How does the "D-Day" strategy help companies cross the chasm? Being sales vs. market driven when crossing the chasm. In both cases, the reason we have separate markets is that the customers could not have referenced each other. What is the "Chasm"? A war analogy.

Cross-sell 52

Cross-sell Niche Objectives and Key Results Price 52

Highspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Instead, we need to focus our attention on AI’s potential to transform how we sell. But an area of significant, untapped opportunity lies in unlocking one of the biggest problems facing salespeople and marketers — “No Decision.” Take, for example, the purchase of marketing automation software.

Cross-sell 45

Cross-sell Manufacturing Represent Education 45

SaaStr

AUGUST 27, 2019

I think that we would probably all agree that there is no one more motivated than the founder in the founder led sales stage to get sales, cross the line, and when it comes to comp design, there’s really no big comp design to be had if the founder’s the one closing the deals. But also what is my go to market motion?

Territory 54

Territory Contract Cross-sell Drivers/motivators 54

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

How does Amanda think the go-to-market has to change with every stage of development? What can be done to ensure seamless cross-functional communication across the org? And now here I am at Figma, in charge of all go-to-market, which is super exciting for me. What are the challenges with this? * Amanda Kleha: Yeah.

Customers 43

Customers Price Cross-sell Start-ups 43

SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2020

Kyle Parrish: In that time, before I was even really focused on the impact of UI/UX or the design world at large, I started to realize we were selling against companies like Google and Microsoft and Box, and a lot of our sales pitch was around how intuitive the product was. It wasn’t just engineering, product, and design roles.

Sales 79

Sales Price Quota Start-ups 79

Sales Hacker

MARCH 10, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Nicole Wojno Smith , the VP of Marketing at Tackle.io. Nicole is the VP of Marketing at Tackle.io, a company that helps ISVs sell their software through the cloud marketplaces. This is our go-to-market strategy and about 99% of our deals are close to the marketplace.

Cross-sell 73

Cross-sell Objectives and Key Results Pitch Start-ups 73

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Growth of Omni-Channel Sales Strategies & Social Selling. The Continued Emphasis on Alignment of Sales & Marketing. Amazon is your new competitor – They now sell everything and dominate every product category. – Jeffrey Gitomer , Best-Selling Author, The Little Red Book of Selling.

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Sales Cross-sell Up-sell Pipeline 96

SaaStr

JUNE 28, 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. If ACV increase is a core focus for our startup, should we hire a sales rep solely selling to enterprise? Missed the session?

Price 47

Price Cross-sell Up-sell Start-ups 47

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. It’s like recruiting for a VP today. Maverick.

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Quota Growth Product Closing 78

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2020

If you’re going to lower your revenue forecast, perhaps you need to be cutting your OPEX aggressively now in anticipation of some of this lost revenue. I think you should have conversations with your investors early. As one of my mentors used to say, in a strong market, even turkeys can fly. What are key considerations?

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Finance Government Price Contract 79