SaaStr

JULY 5, 2024

What are the biggest GTM mistakes founders make? GTM Mistake #1: A VP of Sales That Can’t Sell or Demo the Product Mistake number one has always been an issue, and it’s the number one reason startups struggle in today’s world. They hire a VP of Sales who doesn’t want to sell or learn the product. Let’s jump right in.

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GTM Cross-sell X-functional Pipeline 84

Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Product training is a structured learning process that helps team members understand, communicate, and sell a product. According to Gartner, 77% of B2B buyers say their most recent purchase felt “very complex or difficult,” highlighting the importance of thorough product knowledge for anyone selling or supporting a solution.

Product 52

Product GTM Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 52

Highspot

MARCH 12, 2024

To maximize the impact of revenue enablement, you must focus on three elements: the enablement’s position in your go-to-market (GTM) engine, its strategic role, and how you measure its impact. If the enablement function is not empowered to actively shape the GTM function, you’re on the path to two major pitfalls.

Strategize 115

Strategize GTM Cross-sell Finance 115

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

General Partner Doug Pepper and General Partner and Head of Analytics at ICONIQ Growth, Christine Edmonds, share the art and science of scaling GTM at this year’s SaaStr Annual. The Early Stage — $0 to $20M ARR The early stage is crucial for GTM. But to develop a GTM strategy, you must have Product Market Fit.

Go To Market 110

Go To Market GTM Cross-sell Growth 110

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

On the supply side — GTM gets more efficient, and the cost of selling net new customers is unbelievably higher than selling to existing customers. The Logistics of Going Multi-Product GTM only exists on the back of a product that real customers need. Who is going to do the selling? What are those incentives?

Product 114

Product GTM Cross-sell Commission 114

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We remain optimistic about the prospects of cross-border SaaS. Org Building Ideas for Cross-Border Companies. Learnings on GTM. Pricing/Packaging (PP) is a key component of GTM. PP could be a strategic enabler of GTM scale up if done well. SV SaaS companies sell to other SV SaaS companies. Bundling is real.

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GTM Niche Cross-sell Contract 118

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

If selling up-market and doing higher ACV deals, most likely 90% of these are being touched by sales, marketing, and partners. Listen on Spotify or find it anywhere you get your podcasts by searching “The GTM Podcast.” Share The GTM Newsletter That’s it, that’s all. Meaning, revenue is a team sport. Have a great weekend!

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GTM Pipeline SQL UX 122

Salesforce

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Every CRO finds themselves thinking this about their original revenue engine at some point — usually after a period of growth. In this article, we’ll explain how building a RevOps team can turn a cumbersome revenue engine into a well-oiled machine. This can cause a domino effect of confusion across the entire GTM team.

GTM 98

GTM Territory Finance E-commerce 98

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

An emerging need to support multiple GTM plans across segments and regions. The director of customer success brings her Salesforce report to a cross-functional meeting with sales and marketing leadership. Creates processes to enhance cross-functional collaboration between sales, marketing, and customer success. Asia Corbett ).

Finance 117

Finance Cross-sell GTM SQL 117

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

CAC payback factors in all the health indicators of your business: GTM efficiency, ARR growth, churn rates, and gross margin. Partnering to sell to SMBs while you’re an expert in selling to enterprises. Partnering to sell in Europe, Latin America, or Asia with successful partners in those regions. Industry-wise.

Growth 19

Growth GTM Cross-sell Non-Profits 19

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Steps for developing a GTM strategy. What is a go-to-market (GTM) strategy? A go-to-market (GTM) strategy is the way in which a company brings a product to market. Each product and market are different, therefore each GTM strategy should be thoroughly thought out; mapping a market problem and solution a product offers.

Go To Market 101

Go To Market Process GTM Education 101

SaaStr

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sell to more existing customers. It’s one thing to bring the customer over the line and sell for the first time. Your selling team will 3x, and sales will become codified. When scaling from founder-led sales to another person selling the product, customers become more demanding. Being truly cross-functional.

Cross-sell 71

Cross-sell Customers GTM A/B testing 71

ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

Companies do it for a wide variety of reasons – SEO, branding, GTM strategy , etc. Upsells and cross-sells (are there additional revenue opportunities you too could be leveraging?). Most likely they’ll only remember one – your main selling point. Competitive Value Proposition Investigation.

UX 131

UX User Experience Cross-sell A/B testing 131

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Amy Appleyard is an experienced, strategic sales leader with demonstrated success in overseeing cross-functional teams to improve the customer experience, drive sales and increase retention in both Distribution as well as SaaS-based sales organizations. Joanne Black is one of the leading authorities in referral selling.

Inside sales 111

Inside sales Sales Cross-sell Consult 111

ConversionXL

JULY 11, 2016

Stop selling the way you want to sell, sell the way people want to buy. Product Page (Option to buy, product information, cross-selling). Check out the GTM Container of TNW. Mercer presented the best ways to use GTM like a top marketer: Use built-in tags as often as possible. That’s your job.

E-commerce 79

E-commerce A/B testing Drivers/motivators GTM 79

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. The total addressable market continues to grow and is ripe for selling to, but very few startups reach unicorn status. Why Should You Sell Into Startups? – Robert Conrad, Head of Engineering, Crunchbase. trillion worth of funding. And so on.”.

Sell 105

Sell Minimum Viable Product Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 105

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 25, 2023

Now that we’ve officially combined The Sales Hacker newsletter with The GTM Newsletter, we’re almost 60K strong! Thanks for being part of the GTM community. As always, you can catch up on past articles, podcasts and newsletters all in one place at the new home of Sales Hacker: GTMnow.com Thanks for reading The GTM Newsletter!

GTM 53

GTM Contract Cross-sell Account management 53

Sales Hacker

MAY 26, 2021

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. Run cross-company initiatives and build a performance-based culture. Problem-solving skills are also a must.

Territory 71

Territory Objectives and Key Results Finance Cross-sell 71

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2025

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ to scale their companies and careers. GTMnow highlights the strategies, along with the stories from the top 1% of GTM executives, VCs, and founders behind these strategies and companies. Culture becomes the engine. This phase is the most transformational.

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GTM Cross-sell Pipeline Strategize 108

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 7, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Fred Viet serves as the Chief Sales Officer at Aircall, overseeing global sales and playing a key role in scaling the company’s reach over the last four years. As always, you’ve got your host, Scott Barker.

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GTM Sell Customers Cold Call 117

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ to scale their companies and careers. GTMnow highlights the strategies, along with the stories from the top 1% of GTM executives, VCs, and founders behind these strategies and companies. Heres why: Content that’s evergreen. Pain-point explainers.

B2B 81

B2B GTM Cross-sell Education 81

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

You can rise within a company selling your ideas, or you can go off on your own and be your first salesperson. Anita Nielsen is a best-selling author and sales performance coach. Best-selling author of Embrace Your Edge, Hang is a global speaker on sales, leadership, and diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Anita Nielsen.

Sales 137

Sales Up-sell Start-ups Cross-sell 137

Hubspot

AUGUST 21, 2023

To have a successful product launch, you need to craft a thoughtful, actionable, effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy framework. You can create a GTM plan for a new service, a new branch of your company, or even an entirely new business. Distribution: Through what mediums will you sell the product or service?

Go To Market 69

Go To Market Process GTM Launch 69

Salesforce

JULY 28, 2022

Elyse Archer , founder and CEO of She Sells, said this should start with the customer need: “What can you change in your processes, systems, and delivery to serve them best now?” Upskill and cross-train your teams. Also be sure this training is cross-functional. Be seen as the company that’s still there and ready to assist.”.

Cross-sell 98

Cross-sell GTM Quota Contract 98

Highspot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Marketing done right is a pipeline engine – agile enough to adjust as markets, buyers, channels, and trends shift, and targeted enough to unlock revenue generation opportunities at accounts throughout the sales funnel. Social selling is a popular sales methodology that most businesses use, and see a great impact on their conversion rate.

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Pipeline GTM Non-Profits SQL 52

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Prior to joining the world of venture, Karen was a Senior Director at Apple and before Apple, Karen spent an incredible 9 years at Box as a founding member of the executive team, where she was responsible for defining and leading Box’s Industry GTM strategy. How can we begin to have people talk on our behalf? It’s time consuming.

Strategize 87

Strategize Pitch Growth Networking 87

Sales Hacker

APRIL 8, 2025

Jeff Perry is a truly iconic revenue leader and the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Carta, responsible for core software revenue across New Business, Upsell, Cross Sell, and Customer Success. Why and when to build a solutions engineering team. The post GTM 141: Timeless Growth Tips From a $7.4B

GTM 68

GTM Growth Cross-sell Account management 68

Highspot

MARCH 24, 2025

Key Takeaways GTM operational excellence improves efficiency, aligns sales and marketing operations, and enables your teams to close complex deals faster. Companies with strong GTM enablement see 49% higher win rates on forecasted deals. What is GTM Operational Excellence? What is GTM Operational Excellence?

GTM 52

GTM Cross-sell Pipeline CRM 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 11, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Cassie Young is a General Partner at Primary Venture Partners, a $1B AUM early-stage venture capital firm in New York that has backed category-defining companies such as Chief, Alma, K Health, Latch, Alloy, Dandy and Vestwell. Preaching that gospel.

GTM 80

GTM Growth X-functional Referrals 80

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 28, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Kraig Swensrud is the Founder & CEO of Qualified where he provides crucial experience and entrepreneurial energy to create the future of enterprise sales tech. GTM 131 Episode Transcript Scott Barker: Hello, and welcome back to the GTM podcast.

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GTM X-functional Price Pipeline 101

Sales Hacker

APRIL 15, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Udi Ledergor served as CMO during Gongs rise from new SaaS startup to industry dominance. If you missed GTM 141, check it out here: Timeless Growth Tips From a $7.4B 00:01:00] Sophie Bounassisi: Hello and welcome to the GTM podcast.

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GTM B2B Follow-up Campaign 64

Sales Hacker

APRIL 11, 2025

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ to scale their companies and careers. GTMnow highlights the strategies, along with the stories from the top 1% of GTM executives, VCs, and founders behind these strategies and companies. The future of GTM is AI-powered. SEO wont help with that.

GTM 89

GTM E-commerce Cross-sell Referrals 89

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Casey Woo is the Founder and CEO of Operators Guild, an invite-only community for professionals in strategic finance and operations roles. 18:13 The role of cross-functional communication. GTM 132 Episode Transcript Scott Barker: Hello.

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GTM Finance Cross-sell X-functional 86