ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

To put your SaaS in the best position to win, you need to pick a go-to-market strategy that will place your SaaS on high ground. Put Your SaaS Go-to-Market Strategy on High Ground. First off, what is a go-to-market strategy? Is your SaaS Go-To-Market Strategy at Risk? Tidal Waves. Tidal Waves.

Go To Market

Sales Hacker

MAY 13, 2025

He also co-founded WGI Group, LLC, to provide growth capital to early and expansion stage startups in enterprise software, consumer internet and digital media industries. Conversations reveal the unshared details behind how they have grown companies, and the go-to-market strategies responsible for shaping that growth.

GTM

SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2025

funding) for market intelligence Disrupting: Bloomberg Terminal, FactSet Advantage: Real-time AI analysis vs. static dashboards Legal : Harvey for legal agents, Caseflood for law firm operations Disrupting: LexisNexis, Westlaw Advantage: Natural language processing vs. keyword search 2. growth rate vs. SaaS’s 18.4%

Government

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2025

Free Cash Flow: Nearly break-even (partner payment timing impact) Toast: The Growth Juggernaut Q4 2024 Metrics: Revenue: $1.34B (+29% YoY) ARR: $1.6B (+34% YoY) Operating Income: $32M (2.4% Toast sacrificed early market share for market size optimization and is now leveraging scale to move upmarket.

Strategize

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

25x’d Revenue and Crossed $100M ARR Apollo.io, an all-in-one go-to-market platform, underwent a significant transformation in its business model that led to remarkable growth. The post Transitioning from Sales-Led to Product-Led Growth and Scaling to $100M ARR With Apollo’s CEO Tim Zheng appeared first on SaaStr.

Growth

Martech

MAY 14, 2025

.” Fortune 500 CEO, from a recent interview I recently published part of an interview with a public company CFO, which ignited a conversation among marketing, sales and finance leaders across multiple channels. One thing became exceptionally clear: go-to-market (GTM) programs are under intense scrutiny.

GTM

Martech

JULY 3, 2023

Looking forward to the second half of 2023, we are recalibrating go-to-market plans for what I call the “next normal.” Below, I share some of the strategies and tactics that were once popular in a well-funded environment, but which are no longer sustainable or deliver reduced returns.

Go To Market

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A great product, while necessary, isn’t sufficient to build a market leader and eventually a public company. Companies that win a market are just as good at Go-to-Market as they are at building great products. But to develop a GTM strategy, you must have Product Market Fit. Without it, you don’t have a business.

Go To Market

Highspot

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The round included all existing investors: ICONIQ Growth, Madrona Venture Group, OpenView, Salesforce Ventures, Sapphire Ventures and Shasta Ventures. Highspot’s hyper-growth has been driven by the critical role sales enablement plays in a company’s ability to improve the performance of their sales teams. SEATTLE, Feb.

Growth

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

In this blueprint, we provide insight into where growth comes from and how to structure your sales approach to capture that growth. Traditional Sales Growth vs SaaS Sales Growth. Historically, growth of a sales team was based on the revenue starting with $0M on day 1 of the year. SaaS Growth Rate.

Growth

Highspot

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In fact, according to Gartner, “Sales enablement grew several percentage points faster than the sales segment average, demonstrating continued enhanced interest in solutions that can increase the effectiveness of sellers” (Gartner®, Market Share Analysis: CRM Sales Software, Worldwide, 2021, 2022)*.

Growth

SaaStr

JUNE 17, 2023

In this post, we’ll share the learnings from SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin’s frontline analysis of the current state of the market in 2023, and distill down into why we’re now in the era of efficient growth in SaaS. Another example is HubSpot.

Growth

The 5% Institute

MAY 26, 2023

In today’s competitive business landscape, having effective go-to-market strategies is crucial for organizations aiming to maximize their success. By carefully planning and executing their entry into the market, businesses can gain a competitive edge, capture the attention of their target audience, and achieve sustainable growth.

Go To Market

Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

4 Defend marketing efficiency and effectiveness above budget In challenging times , CEOs and boards can look to scale back go-to-market efforts, leaving marketing in a defensive stance when it comes to budget. A note on the martech front 2023 marketing budgets grew at a 72% slower rate (from 10.4%

GTM

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The classic graph for the product lifecycle is a sales curve that progresses through stages: a sharp rise from the x-axis as a product transitions from Introduction to the Growth phase; a sustained, rounded peak in Maturity; and a gradual Decline that portends its withdrawal from the market. What is product lifecycle marketing?

Product

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In this article, we'll explain what market development is and how you can employ it to increase sales and grow your business. What is market development? Market development is the expansion of your total addressable market (TAM) and how much market share you can expect to claim. Step 4: Go-To Market.

Drivers/motivators

Martech

MAY 17, 2024

Earned media is about building brand awareness, credibility and market share through third-party validation. When you’re going to market, yes, a press release introducing your brand followed by a PR campaign to make the most of your moment is important. The type of PR your startup needs depends on your triggers and goals.

Legal

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Within each segment, they split up buckets of data in the following categories: Companies, Deal Creation, Close Rate, ACV, Market Share (which measures Gorias customer vs. competitor market share) and NRR. Lapeyre believes that you should consider your strategy as a growth engine. Measure Customer Success.

Customers

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The classic lifespan of successful products is a story in four parts: Introduction Growth Maturity Decline. However, the shape of the curve—the length of the arc and the speed of the decline—is also determined by how you market that product at each stage of its life. Growth will come mostly through word-of-mouth.

Product

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As companies scale, they evolve, so how should marketing evolve accordingly to add maximum value? Kady Srinivasan , CMO of Lightspeed Commerce, has been through every stage of marketing growth at companies like DropBox, Owlet, Klaviyo, and now Lightspeed Commerce. What are the current growth levers that can scale?

GTM

Martech

OCTOBER 14, 2022

But most often, they’re more interested in being part of a bigger solution, like go-to-market planning and execution that achieves your business growth plan. Responsibilities of a chief marketing officer. Regardless if they focus on products or services, they: Take specific actions to drive growth. Growth driver.

Non-Profits

Salesforce

OCTOBER 12, 2021

“What we learned from recent research is that ‘growth’ has a different definition than it did 10 years ago,” said Karen Semone, vice president of innovation strategy at Salesforce. Growth isn’t just describing the financial valuation of a business anymore. READ MORE: 5 Game-Changing Traits of Chief Revenue Officers.

Gaming

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2022

Recovery from COVID has taught us that adapting and learning how to thrive in new ways in the face of change, whether good or bad, can lead to exponential growth. . By looking for opportunities to adapt and support your customers, you can shift the way you go to market and maximize your growth potential.

Presentation

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 15, 2023

By developing a robust definition of your ideal customer, you are creating a more scalable and repeatable way to go-to-market. When you understand your customers on a deeper level, you can produce more effective marketing and sales strategies that drive efficiency and improve your bottom line.

Drivers/motivators

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Successful product launch campaigns have a strong value proposition, multi-channel distribution, supporting content, and other trappings common to every marketing campaign. It’s a transition point between the Introduction and Growth phases. And would “growth” entail? As KPOP Foods grew, Kim looked for ways to accelerate growth.

Launch

Highspot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

in 2022, after growth of 19.7% in 2021” (Market Share Analysis: CRM Sales Software, Worldwide, 2022, Oct. Businesses worldwide are prioritizing sales productivity, driving investment in sales enablement. According to research from Gartner® “The sales enablement subsegment grew strongly once more, rising 35.7%

Launch

Highspot

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Enablement technology has become essential At the outset of 2024, it is clear that enablement technology , like the talented, vital enablement teams who use it, has become an essential part of every successful business’ go-to-market strategy. in 2022, after growth of 19.7% in 2022, after growth of 19.7%

Customers

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

You see that both organizations embracing this cloud movement, but specifically in COVID, more and more companies turning to the cloud as their solution for business continuity or for business growth in these times when shelter in place is making on-prem solutions difficult and in many cases, impossible to use. What happens to growth?

Non-Profits

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 8, 2021

One of the first steps when you’re preparing to move into a new market is to create a cross-functional, go-to-market strategy. Gain agreement from everyone involved on market status, product, marketing, customer success investments, success metrics, and timeline. But the potential rewards are well worth the effort.

Territory

ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

We’ll also share when to transition to the growth stage in the product lifecycle so you can drive conversions and revenue off your momentum. Growth: A sharp increase in users and sales. You’re adding new product features and looking to capture more market share from your competitors.

Launch

Lead Fuze

JULY 24, 2023

Whether you’re a startup founder, a product manager, or an investor, understanding how to find total addressable market is crucial for your strategic planning. According to industry experts, the ability to accurately calculate your Total Addressable Market (TAM) can significantly influence your business’s growth trajectory.

Strategize

Hubspot

MARCH 25, 2020

Anticipation brews and a sense of optimism emerges around the prospect of a growth in market share. You can go a little more in-depth here, so explain what void this product fills in the market and what opportunity you're seizing on to expand your market share, delight more users, and expand your customer base.

Launch

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams. Where you focus product marketing will depend on the goals of the company at any given moment. Markets have probably changed since you first opened.

Product

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

ABE is more than just a marketing campaign or a sales process — it’s a mindset. Account-Based Everything is a strategic, go-to-market approach that orchestrates personal-marketing, sales, success efforts to drive engagement, and conversions at named accounts. Industry, market, and vertical. Growth trends.

Technology

SaaStr

JUNE 2, 2021

And you’re always up against an incumbent or competitor that has more market share. And I can’t make out a single logo, which of course is purposeful, just to show how crowded marketing tech is. And why do they do that? Well, hybrid matters because SaaS today, is so mature.

Sales

Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

Objectives and Key Results

Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

Objectives and Key Results