SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

Overcoming challenges by optimizing for success In the early stages of setting up your SaaS business, it’s always a good idea to invest time thinking about the direction you want to take. Deel scaled the sales team from two to 250 account executives, but issues with productivity and enablement of the account executives cropped up.

Cross-sell 91

Cross-sell Account management Clients Growth 91

PandaDoc

MAY 9, 2024

Let’s look at the elements that make up the sales velocity definition. Number of opportunities Sales velocity opportunities do not equal the total number of leads. Opportunities are those prospects that have been qualified by your sales team. More opportunities don’t necessarily mean a higher sales velocity.

Pipeline 52

Pipeline Legal Objectives and Key Results Lead generation 52

Highspot

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A digital sales room is necessary for several reasons, as it addresses key challenges in the modern business landscape and provides numerous benefits that can significantly impact a company’s sales strategy and overall success. Here are some key benefits of a digital sales room.

Objectives and Key Results 59

Objectives and Key Results Objection handling Teamwork Sales 59

Salesforce

DECEMBER 12, 2023

How to build a customer-obsessed culture in 7 steps Unleash growth now with the #1 CRM See how Sales Cloud speeds up the sales cycle with data and AI, making you more efficient at every step. From there you can automate account-based research within Sales Cloud, using built-in AI that pulls in relevant data from the web.

Teamwork 59

Teamwork Customers Cross-sell Strategic planning 59

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. Breakthrough moments and experiences can be done through: Product-led growth (PLG).

B2B 108

B2B GTM Cross-sell High impact 108

Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Sales Planning They develop sales plans, strategies, and tactics to meet or exceed sales goals. This involves identifying target markets, segmenting potential customers, and positioning products or services. Recruitment and Training Building a competent, successful sales team is crucial.

Objectives and Key Results 59

Objectives and Key Results Quota Technique Construction 59

The Lost Book of Sales

JULY 12, 2021

If you enjoy what you read and would like to receive a very occasional, hand-crafted update from me into your inbox, feel free to sign up below. 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. A war analogy.

Cross-sell 52

Cross-sell Niche Objectives and Key Results Price 52

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

This post details the freemium and free-trial models and considers the key questions—about your business, your market, and your product—that guide you toward the best option. If your onboarding experience is terrible or your product uninspiring, you’re wasting time with the “freemium vs. free trial” debate. Loss aversion.

Customers 119

Customers Cross-sell Referrals Networking 119

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

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. Jessica Alexander: Sure, absolutely.

Cross-sell 80

Cross-sell Finance Strategize Technology 80

Sales Pop!

AUGUST 20, 2021

The sales process in B2B is not self-sufficient. In addition to the sales team’s efforts, certain tools are also required to achieve the main goal. These can be a unique selling proposition, recommendations, business launch questions, success stories, demonstrations, and presentations. SaaS B2B Sales.

Inside sales 98

Inside sales B2B CRM Price 98

Hubspot

AUGUST 1, 2022

A sales operator works to enable your salespeople to focus on selling. Therefore, hiring the right person for the role is crucial, as such a hire will handle ‘backend’ stuff like lead management, data analysis, process optimization, and even sales strategy. Flexibility is a must-have soft skill for sales ops people.

Cross-sell 79

Cross-sell Technique Sales Drivers/motivators 79

A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Here are five ways companies fail their sales teams – Poor or Weak Value Propositions: Too often companies think sales people should be able to sell anything. Give them a product and show them the door. What most companies miss is sales people sell what is given to them. The SPD gets in sales way.

Commission 128

Commission Cross-sell Sales Up-sell 128

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

Due to the role's responsibilities, the best SDRs have strong interpersonal communication and organizational skills, understand the ins and outs of the products or services, and make a lasting impression. Once the SDR has determined the prospect is ready to be contacted by the sales team, they send the person over to a closing rep.

Commission 76

Commission Territory Finance Inside sales 76

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. We’re often encouraged to hide, toughen up, and bury our emotions. Your sales career project has ups and downs. Every industry needs sales so the education you receive working in this role can be immense. The expectation is that we can “do it all.”

Sales 130

Sales Start-ups Up-sell Cross-sell 130

The 5% Institute

JUNE 8, 2023

What is a sales process, and why is it important? Whether you’re selling products or services, having an effective sales process in place is crucial for driving revenue and achieving business growth. It encompasses everything from prospecting and lead generation to follow-up and after-sales service.

Process 52

Process Objectives and Key Results Represent Sales 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 13, 2019

You have actually found great product market fit and you are looking to go upstream. So most of the SaaS organizations really find it pretty difficult to scale up. Why is it very difficult to actually scale up? You’re trying to figure out how to sell to them. Congratulations. There you go. Why is that the case?

Cross-sell 60

Cross-sell Sales Support Growth Up-sell 60

PandaDoc

MARCH 7, 2023

Many that work in sales choose the field because of the flexibility and edge-of-your-seat experience that implementing a sales strategy involves. Salespeople quickly adapt to consumer needs and switch up tactics whenever necessary. What is a sales workflow? Wondering how to streamline the sales process ?

Process 52

Process Objectives and Key Results Pitch Legal 52

ConversionXL

JUNE 26, 2017

Elite Camp 2017 had an enviable line-up of heavy hitters and rock stars. Websites selling different things are different and even if they sell the same products, their target audience might be different. So we want to come up with a bunch of radically different ideas & test them. Websites are contextual.

UX 85

UX Cross-sell A/B testing Government 85

criteria for success

DECEMBER 31, 2019

A sales process is to selling as a recipe is to a cake. Without the proper steps in a particular and strategic order, you will fail at both selling and baking a cake. This depends on the type of solution you sell and who you sell it to. The Value of a B2B Sales Process. Product Development.

Process 59

Process B2B Territory CRM 59

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

With the buyer’s journey becoming digital, partners are increasingly offering a mix of services that cross cloud platforms and apps. In this light, high quality business training becomes as critical as product training. Are their clients matching up with ours? Economic factors. These 3 forces are important for partner strategy.

Strategic partnership 84

Strategic partnership Objectives and Key Results Strategize Cross-sell 84

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

With the buyer’s journey becoming digital, partners are increasingly offering a mix of services that cross cloud platforms and apps. In this light, high quality business training becomes as critical as product training. Are their clients matching up with ours? Economic factors. These 3 forces are important for partner strategy.

Strategic partnership 77

Strategic partnership Objectives and Key Results Strategize Cross-sell 77

Sales Hacker

APRIL 24, 2018

In larger organizations, it might make sense to appoint a member of each team to be in charge of the data from the marketing, sales, support, product and other teams. This cross-departmental team can then collaboratively solve any challenges that arise. 2) Streamline Your Sales Process.

A/B testing 53

A/B testing CRM Cross-sell Sales 53

A Sales Guy

JUNE 18, 2013

Sales people are supposed to come prepared and take care of themselves. The A **e will provide a modicum of sales support, but he/she determines what the team needs. They are completely resistent to sales team feedback. They see sales people feedback as an excuse for not being able to sell or make quota.

Sales 113

Sales Cross-sell Commission Quota 113

Hubspot

AUGUST 21, 2023

To have a successful product launch, you need to craft a thoughtful, actionable, effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy framework. Ultimately, you want to create a plan that sets the product apart from the competition and generates leads and customer retention. Take Apple, for example.

Go To Market 69

Go To Market Process GTM Launch 69

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Depending on the organization, that may mean identifying and reaching out to potential good fits, answering requests for more information, following up with prospects who downloaded content, prospecting on LinkedIn and other social networks, and more. Once an SDR has determined the lead is qualified, they pass the opportunity to a sales rep.

Territory 93

Territory Commission Outside Sales Account management 93