Martech

MARCH 3, 2025

For decades, the marketing qualified lead (MQL) has been the centerpiece of B2B go-to-market (GTM) strategies. It’s not just an outdated metric; it represents a way of thinking that disconnects GTM teams from real business impact, misaligns incentives and fails to reflect how modern buyers behave. The consequence?

B2B 126

B2B GTM Drivers/motivators Legal 126

Sales Hacker

JUNE 3, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Rick Kelley is the former VP of Metas Global Business Group, where he led a $10B+ revenue organization and played a pivotal role in building out Metas go-to-market teams across North America and EMEA.

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GTM Territory Gaming Sales 86

SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2024

It’s no surprise that sales cycle length is the biggest driver of optimism or negativity in the ecosystem. The GTM survey shows a 10% increase in sales-qualified conversions and a 40% increase in sales-qualified conversions for the top third of these businesses. This can destabilize your business and have a big impact on cash.

Go To Market 132

Go To Market Quota GTM Price 132

Martech

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

It’s a C-suite perspective that’s not limited to GTM. That’s why our finance team is leading a combined effort to learn how to understand, forecast, prove and optimize our GTM efforts. If we are able to spend it with much better effectiveness and leverage, the swing in our opportunity cost could be a lot more than 2X.”

GTM 113

GTM Drivers/motivators Legal Finance 113

SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2025

What makes this growth story particularly fascinating is how quickly their go-to-market (GTM) organization scaled from just 3 people to 75 in less than a year. The 5 Key Elements of Codeium’s GTM Scaling Playbook 1. The first GTM hires are your most important Your initial sales team sets the culture and performance bar.

GTM 93

GTM Territory Pipeline Growth 93

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

While SaaS is an amazingly transparent community with abundant benchmarking resources, there are much fewer publicly available studies that allow an analysis of the underlying drivers of “Rule of 40.” 2 drivers stood out as notable: Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) and Churn. Rule of 40 Drivers: Field Sales vs Inside Sales.

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Drivers/motivators Profit margin Non-Profits Inside sales 127

Martech

MAY 19, 2022

“What is the right go-to-market (GTM) strategy(ies) for our business?” In B2B , GTM strategies have been a part of company planning forever. So why is GTM confounding sales, marketing and product leaders and rising to the top of the CXO agenda? Defining the role of B2B GTM strategies. Processing.Please wait.

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GTM B2B Drivers/motivators Sports 133

Martech

APRIL 30, 2025

Dig deeper: How B2B marketing is becoming a strategic growth driver How does marketing become a stronger partner in martech? Dig deeper: The hard truth about what AI will do to GTM The post B2B marketing cant hide from change forever appeared first on MarTech. If we put our heads together, we can build and prove it.

B2B 116

B2B GTM Strategize Commission 116

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 31, 2024

We have endless metrics around every aspect of our GTM performance. Too often, we haven’t taken the time to deeply understand the key drivers to our business. With all the new analytic capabilities, with all the data, and with the help of AI, we can measure virtually everything that happens in our customer engagement.

Minimum Viable Product 127

Minimum Viable Product Pipeline GTM Drivers/motivators 127

Martech

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

It’s a C-suite perspective that’s not limited to GTM. That’s why our finance team is leading a combined effort to learn how to understand, forecast, prove and optimize our GTM efforts. If we are able to spend it with much better effectiveness and leverage, the swing in our opportunity cost could be a lot more than 2X.”

GTM 102

GTM Drivers/motivators Legal Finance 102

Martech

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Hopping had recently attended an event hosted by GTM Partners (where Vajre is now CEO). One of the slides shown read: “Is GTM the new ABM?” “We’ve talked about account-based GTM [at Demandbase],” said Hopping. “Really I think it’s all about the automation and efficiency and insights of GTM.

B2B 125

B2B GTM Pipeline B2C 125

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Joe DiMento is the Head of Go-To-Market & Industry Partnerships at Bain Capital Ventures. If you’re hiring for sales or marketing roles, reach out to Pursuit at pursuitsalessolutions.com/gtm or message a GTMfund team member.

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GTM Quota Drivers/motivators Sales 92

Highspot

APRIL 28, 2025

Streamline Workflows to Drive Successful GTM Initiatives Disconnected tools and siloed teams create more than inefficienciesthey create confusion. To meet the demands of todays business landscape, high-performing teams are using AI to enhance the impact of enablement, which 84% of executives already recognize as a driver of performance.

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GTM Drivers/motivators Go To Market Sales 52

SaaStr

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Each of these companies had different GTM motions. If you only focus on marketing and their goals within the marketing swim lane, they might not look at or care about other drivers of success for the business. Obviously, this can differ significantly by segment and the GTM motion for each segment. Now, she’s the CMO at Datadog.

GTM 115

GTM Pipeline Drivers/motivators Growth 115

Martech

APRIL 3, 2023

This emphasizes incorporating digital strategies like conversational marketing into your overall B2B GTM strategy. Creating a conversational marketing GTM strategy Are you ready to take your B2B marketing strategy to the next level? The post Conversational marketing: A guide to a key B2B GTM strategy appeared first on MarTech.

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GTM B2B Conversion Objectives and Key Results 133

Martech

MARCH 7, 2023

What motivates them more than money? Curate other people’s content in your GTM Much like the AI mindset generating specific content for your GTM, you can use content that is valuable to your audience and already exists in your market. What do they fear? What makes them angry more than getting cut off on the freeway?

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GTM B2B Gaming Education 120

Highspot

APRIL 28, 2025

Streamline Workflows to Drive Successful GTM Initiatives Disconnected tools and siloed teams create more than inefficienciesthey create confusion. To meet the demands of todays business landscape, high-performing teams are using AI to enhance the impact of enablement, which 84% of executives already recognize as a driver of performance.

GTM 52

GTM Drivers/motivators Go To Market Sales 52

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The GTM Podcast Features conversations with the top 1% of tech executives, VCs, and founders – the experts who have ‘been there, done that’ to build some of the fastest-growing software companies. The post GTM 120: Avoid the AI Sales Skills Atrophy Trap with Peter Kazanjy appeared first on GTMnow.

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GTM Drivers/motivators Pipeline Sales 99

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 3, 2023

” Links & Resources Mark Cranney’s LinkedIn: [link] The Hard Thing About Hard Things , a book by Ben Horowitz What You Do Is Who You Are , a book by Ben Horowitz The GTM Podcast Don’t miss The GTM Podcast dropping every Tuesday discussing true stories and experiences including trials and tribulations in the Go-To-Market world.

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GTM Drivers/motivators Go To Market Start-ups 122

Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 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. Motivate with gamification and incentives.

Cold Call 68

Cold Call GTM Objection handling Sales 68

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 22, 2023

GTM Leader Perspectives Highlighting 25 GTM perspectives on what is working and career advice “What’s one tactic or strategy that’s working for you?” Not doing things that don’t come from the right motive. We had a blast going through the perspectives of GTM leaders to compile this list for you.

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GTM Construction Consult Promote 110

Force Management

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

One of the most critical ways to align customer-facing teams on a new GTM approach is by ensuring the entire sales organization has a consistent understanding of the business value their solution provides and their competitive differentiation in their marketplace. This alignment starts with the executive team.

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Growth GTM Cross-sell Drivers/motivators 167

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 3, 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. 7 CRO tips for smarter annual planning 1.

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GTM Objectives and Key Results Quota Real Estate 67

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

Martech

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In this article, we will: Sprinkle in knowledge gained from a recent roundtable with B2B marketing leaders on the data, tools and processes used in sales and marketing account-based go-to-market (GTM) motions. What is the number one value proposition of intent in today’s GTM efforts?

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GTM B2B Strategic planning Drivers/motivators 127

Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Hayden Stafford is the President and Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Seismic, where he oversees the global go-to-market (GTM) organization, including pre-sales, sales, customer success, services, partners, and more.

GTM 63

GTM Up-sell Start-ups Gaming 63

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2023

Links and Resources Justin’s Linkedin: [link] Justin’s Twitter: [link] Justin Welsh’s Website: [link] The GTM Podcast Don’t miss The.GTM Podcast dropping every Tuesday discussing true stories and experiences including trials and tribulations in the Go-To-Market world.

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GTM Drivers/motivators Strategize Growth 80

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 128

Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Product training techniques like gamification keep teams motivated. By aligning go-to-market (GTM) teams under one shared knowledge base, you equip each functionsales, marketing, customer support, and others to seamlessly collaborate, maintain a consistent brand voice, and deliver outstanding customer experiences.

Product 52

Product GTM Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 52

InsightSquared

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

At Winning by Design, we help implement Sales as a Science by applying the scientific method to all areas of the customer journey which is, in many ways, the kaizen approach to GTM (go-to-market). So what does the Japanese manufacturing philosophy have to do with modern GTM strategy, you ask?

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GTM Assembly Line Manufacturing SQL 73

Sales Hacker

JULY 23, 2024

How to motivate and guide reps who are facing a challenging selling environment. The post GTM 104: Winning with Systems and Relationships in Sales Leadership with Ralph Barsi appeared first on GTMnow. The value of staying in touch with former colleagues and playing the long game in relationships.

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GTM Construction Networking Contact 74

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

A go-to-market (GtM) strategy is an action plan that specifies how a company will reach target customers and achieve a competitive advantage. Before we dive into which SaaS GtM strategies might work best for your business, you need to take four elements into account: Battle environment (i.e. The sales-led GtM strategy.

Go To Market 289

Go To Market GTM Profit margin Education 289

Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Challenges Specific to DACI: Driver vs. Approver Confusion and Bottlenecks One of the main challenges with DACI is distinguishing between the “Driver” (who leads the work) and the “Approver” (who gives the final yes/no). The Driver may feel they lack the autonomy to execute tasks without constant oversight.

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Drivers/motivators Consult Go To Market Launch 89

SaaStr

MAY 22, 2022

SaaStr 556: 7 Drivers in Building to a $7 Billion Company with 1Password CEO Jeff Shiner and 1Password Advisor Carilu Dietrich. SaaStr 554: The Builders and Sellers Playbook: Proven Models that Help GTM and Product-led Teams Scale with CircleCI CEO Jim Rose. Co-Founder Lloyed Lobo.

GTM 120

GTM Drivers/motivators Engineering Growth 120

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 109

Go To Market GTM Cross-sell Growth 109

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 27, 2024

Understanding the Silo Problem One of the main drivers of silos within organizations is the misalignment of incentives and goals. However, if you have misalignment in your GTM teams, this is the place to start looking. Ensure all GTM teams are having regular conversations with customers.

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GTM Growth Customers X-functional 59

Martech

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Dig deeper: How to develop a winning B2B ideal customer profile Formula 2: The catalyst has to become integral to the way you go to market Your ICP must also be embedded in every aspect of your go-to-market (GTM) strategy. Deliver personalized value to decision-makers and influencers, showing them a compelling future vision.

GTM 80

GTM B2B Drivers/motivators Manufacturing 80