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 82

Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Ray Smith is the VP of AI Agents at Microsoft. GTM 139 Episode Transcript Scott Barker: Hello, and welcome back to the GTM podcast. Previously, he was the Global VP of Product for SAP, CRM and Sales Cloud. tool selection.

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GTM X-functional Start-ups Relationship building 69

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.

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Strategize GTM Cross-sell Finance 115

SaaStr

JULY 22, 2021

But then it will add $200m in 2 years to cross $700m ARR shortly. 15,580 customers, up 20% year-over-year — or $40,000 per customer per year on averag e. 1000 partners are key to their GTM strategy. If you are selling to SMBs, you have to be very efficient. They mark the services up about 2x.

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Cross-sell GTM Commission Up-sell 132

Martech

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The growing impact of B2B internal disconnects is limiting our customer relationships, affecting our revenue results and hamstringing our go-to-market (GTM) teams’ productivity. Disconnect 1: Fragmented marketing, sales and customer tactics versus unified GTM strategies. Review, refresh and optimize your GTM strategy continuously.

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B2B GTM Customers Cross-sell 122

Sales Hacker

JUNE 14, 2021

An e-commerce tech firm learned that there should not be a hand-off between sales and marketing once selling conversations begin. Despite having a team-to-team call and seeing a demo, the executive buying team at the healthcare product firm was still hung-up on what to do with the rental business. Create margin growth.

GTM 112

GTM E-commerce B2B Profit margin 112

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.

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Go To Market GTM Cross-sell Growth 108

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

For Lattice, you maybe onboarded the company, set them up with goals, and do 1-on-1s with a manager to go through a quarter and get feedback. On the supply side — GTM gets more efficient, and the cost of selling net new customers is unbelievably higher than selling to existing customers. Who is going to do the selling?

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Product GTM Cross-sell Commission 112

SaaStr

MAY 30, 2024

It’s a growth model and GTM strategy. They prioritize direct selling and relationships over allowing customers to go and buy directly. The first screenshot is a signup for a product where the individual can go through a self-serve motion, sign up for a free trial, not even with a credit card, and start seeing value right away.

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Cross-sell Customers Pitch Drivers/motivators 118

Martech

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Product-led growth (PLG) is all the rage as a go-to-market (GTM) strategy for B2B software companies looking to increase adoption and grow revenue. Profitability, efficiency and precision are today’s expectations for both vendors and the organizations they sell to. So, why PLG now?

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Growth GTM Product Cross-sell 104

SaaStr

MARCH 22, 2023

But it also defines your GTM efforts. Instead of selling products, they were selling aspirational concepts and business value. Take Your Company Global If you haven’t read Crossing The Chasm by Geoffrey Moore, you should, especially if you want to take your company global. It’s warmed up, prepared, and ready to go.

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Growth Cross-sell GTM Up-sell 102

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter – read by over 52,000 revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date and scale their companies and careers. Others are “strategic partners” involved in long-term initiatives like co-selling and co-marketing. This is no longer news to go-to-market leaders.

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GTM Strategize Pipeline Launch 113

Martech

JUNE 28, 2022

Marketers play a large, proactive role in the buying-selling process to generate revenue across the entire buyer lifecycle – from generating a new customer, to contract renewal, to solution expansion and cross-sell/upsell. Drive the shift from push to pull marketing. It doesn’t have to be over complicated.

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B2B GTM Cross-sell Cold Call 115

Highspot

MARCH 7, 2025

Key Takeaways RevOps frameworks streamline your technology stack, clean up CRM data, and get sales reps using sales tools. Revenue Operations , or RevOps, is all about aligning your GTM teams (sales, marketing, and customer success) to drive growth. 80% of companies with real-time analytics outperform peersRevOps makes this possible.

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Growth GTM Objectives and Key Results CRM 52

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Those three little letters that can stir up so much debate in the marketing and go-to-market world. We asked ourselves: ‘Would you rather have your competitor work remotely or be all huddled up in an office together?’ Listen on Spotify or find it anywhere you get your podcasts by searching “The GTM Podcast.” Our unanimous pick?

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GTM Pipeline SQL UX 123

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We remain optimistic about the prospects of cross-border SaaS. Many of them will get gobbled up by the large platforms. Org Building Ideas for Cross-Border Companies. That means showing up in every quadrant of your category, hiring A players, putting yourself out there. Learnings on GTM. That’s too tactical.

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GTM Niche Cross-sell Contract 116

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 27, 2023

For example: Cross-reference your customers with their connections, and have your happy customers directly reach out to them. Don’t be afraid to ask for support from the executive team Invite them to an event (not just any event) Nobody needs more time booked up on their calendar – inviting prospects to an event must add value to them.

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Pipeline GTM Cross-sell Sports 124

SaaStr

MARCH 15, 2024

This is how Adam ended up at Vimeo. They sell a lot into internal video, which is employee engagement. One of the strategy changes is to say, “Hey if we turn up the innovation and actual product quality, can we ultimately get around having to spend all this money on advertising?” There is a lot, yet more to do. It doesn’t.

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GTM Cross-sell Start-ups Growth 108

Highspot

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

It’s typically a cross-functional initiative between sales and marketing. At its core, sales training teaches sales reps how to sell, imparting essential skills and techniques for engaging customers. On the flip side, sales enablement provides the tools to sell better. Are new reps ramping up faster?

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Pitch Sales Technique Cross-sell 52

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

PST for those of you who want to connect with SaaS experts — Growth Advisor at FastSpring and Director of Growth at Planday, Frederic “Fred” Linfjard shares his insights on how to evolve from a sales-led to product-led GTM strategy constructively. Keep optimizing your current GTM. Sign up HERE ! link] Every Wednesday at 10 a.m.

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Go To Market Growth GTM X-functional 97

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

SaaStr

MARCH 9, 2022

For example, you could either verticalize the GTM or consider a broader horizontal play. Find another SaaS company whose brand or product works together well with yours that sells to the same persona. Evidence of Crossing the Chasm. Dive Deeper or Go Broader. Extend Your Reach Through Efficient Channels.

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Cross-sell GTM Price Growth 104

Salesforce

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A revenue operations – or RevOps – team unites all data, communication, tools, systems, and people across your GTM team and ensures they’re joined in lockstep towards the same set of clearly defined revenue goals. This can cause a domino effect of confusion across the entire GTM team. Sign up now Thanks, you’re subscribed!

GTM 98

GTM Territory Finance E-commerce 98

Highspot

APRIL 9, 2025

At the same time, the systems your team relies on often slow things down instead of speeding them up. With one unified platform for GTM enablement , your team gets instant access to current and approved materials. Clients today want more than a standard brochure or templated follow-up. Rely on training and manual audits.

Government 52

Government Relationship Management GTM Clients 52

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

How the numbers add up. 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. To meet the growth potential a Go To Market (GTM) plan is imperative. What is required is a more modern GTM model that has layers of revenue.

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Growth GTM SQL Strategic partnership 101

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2021

On Linkedin alone, a search for “revenue operations” in the US brings up almost 20,000 results. Traditionally businesses roll up their operations teams under the organization that they serve, resulting in siloed processes, software systems, and often, conflicting goals. Interned for Experian developing an international GTM strategy.

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Finance Cross-sell GTM SQL 117

Highspot

OCTOBER 14, 2024

If they spend more time on administrative tasks than selling, it’s a sign that responsibilities, technology, and processes may need a closer look. Delayed or No Follow-up Are leads slipping through the cracks because of slow or non-existent follow-ups?

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Teamwork Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Follow-up 52

SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2023

At the time, they were less than a billion or two in revenue, and now, they just crossed over a $30B revenue run rate. They’re selling from SMBs, especially with Workspace, all the way through some of the largest Enterprises in the world. So, they’re set up where you don’t have only one model to choose from.

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GTM Cross-sell Territory Retail 122

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2022

As start-ups begin to accumulate success and ?generate generate momentum, they will inevitably need to scale up. You’ve identified a persona to sell to and a problem you solve for buyers. Or, perhaps, you’ve secured a new round of funding and want to live up to the hype. Mistake #1: Premature GTM acceleration.

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Cross-sell GTM Finance Growth 102

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. Whether or not you are taking an account-based approach to your GTM motions, your customers expect a consistent message and experience across teams. Who do you sell to?

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B2B Objectives and Key Results Campaign Cross-sell 137

Martech

DECEMBER 26, 2023

So John Murphy, partner development manager at HubSpot, looks to remove barriers to cooperation between the vendor’s direct sales reps and the channel partner, for example, consulting with partners on lead generation and educating them on successful co-selling methods. It’s the job of the vendor to provide product knowledge to their partners.

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B2B Cross-sell Hospitality Healthcare 110

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.

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Go To Market Process GTM Education 101

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. Follow up with her updates on Twitter at @bridgegroupinc.

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Inside sales Sales Cross-sell Consult 111

The Lost Book of Sales

AUGUST 15, 2021

You’ve probably signed up for this newsletter thanks to my post called Age of distractions , which seems to have gone “viral” after I shared it with the great audience on Hacker News. 🌪 Book summary #1 (long): Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore Outtake: -> What is the “Chasm”?

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Cross-sell Gambling GTM Territory 98

SaaStr

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Founder-led Sales Cons: It can make it difficult to sell to larger clients. At some point, you have product market fit, and you’re ready to scale and cross that chasm into the longer tail of customers. More often than not, sales and GTM are the limiting factors for growth. How do you do it? What do you look for? Laura’s secret?

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GTM Cross-sell Price Sales 109

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Understand HOW to tactically sell against specific competitors. In fact, 60% of buyers prefer to connect with sales during the consideration stage , after they’ve researched the options and come up with a short list. Understanding how to sell tactically. Understanding the competitive landscape. Today’s buyer is educated.

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Objection handling GTM Cross-sell Sales 90

ConversionXL

MAY 11, 2017

You won’t know until you figure out what your competitors are up to. Companies do it for a wide variety of reasons – SEO, branding, GTM strategy , etc. How does user experience on my website stack up to the competition? What results show up? When your competitors make mistakes, it makes winning so much easier.

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UX User Experience Cross-sell A/B testing 131