The Lost Book of Sales

AUGUST 15, 2021

🌪 Book summary #1 (long): Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore Outtake: -> What is the “Chasm”? The gap between these two markets, all too frequently ignored, is in fact so significant as to warrant being called a chasm, and crossing this chasm must be the primary focus of any long-term high-tech marketing plan.

Cross-sell 98

Cross-sell Gambling GTM Territory 98

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

Director of GTM Ops, Sapphire Ventures. 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. Panel: Colleen Kapase, VP of WW Partner & Alliances, Snowflake.

Cross-sell 78

Cross-sell Finance Strategize Technology 78

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? Back then, in 2011, Lyft was a small Series-A startup called Zimride with under 50 employees.

Sell 78

Sell Minimum Viable Product Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 78

Gong.io

JULY 21, 2021

GTM leaders are demanding reliable and predictable growth. Done well, RevOps means higher revenue and a smoother go-to-market (GTM) process. When those GTM execs ask you, “What is RevOps?” Once you’ve moved your org beyond ‘ What is revenue operations ”, they’ll know that it’s more than hosting a few cross-functional meetings.

Growth 62

Growth GTM Cross-sell Pipeline 62

SaaStr

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Let’s look at the pros and cons Founder-led Sales Pros: Flexibility as a founder in terms of how you craft messaging, pricing, etc. Early first-hand knowledge leads to rapid fixes to the product, pricing, and packaging. Founder-led Sales Cons: It can make it difficult to sell to larger clients. How do you do it?

GTM 80

GTM Cross-sell Price Sales 80

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

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

When sales made a list of logos they wanted to sell, or the list of ‘dream customers’ to close. The concept remains the same today with modern ABM—we want to sell to a list of ‘dream customers’ more commonly referred to as target accounts. If you’re selling B2B, you know it’s a wide and competitive market.

GTM 98

GTM CRM Cross-sell Cold Call 98

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 130

Sales Start-ups Up-sell Cross-sell 130

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

One of the keys to growth in today’s business model is to identify the most effective and efficient GTM model using a variety of sales and marketing channels. The challenge is that organizations are primarily looking at the result, not using metrics to measure effectiveness and efficiency of each GTM strategy.

Growth 88

Growth GTM SQL Strategic partnership 88

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 97

Go To Market Process GTM Education 97

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 do you think about where maybe your strategic insight is most impactful?

Strategize 71

Strategize Pitch Growth Networking 71

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). Display pricing plans in the right manner. Recommendations are made for Products (Speed, Convenience, Price & Coverage) and Emotions (Brand & Culture).

E-commerce 79

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