SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Jonathan joined Toast as the SVP of Sales in 2017. A Glance at Toast’s Hypergrowth Journey When Jonathan joined Toast as the SVP of Sales, the company was Series B with $20M in ARR. That means they still have 85% of the market left to tackle. Jonathan says around 75-80% of their sales team are field-based sales reps.

Growth 77

Growth Territory Referrals Customers 77

Lead Fuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

But international markets are difficult to enter. Need Help Automating Your Sales Prospecting Process? Go through a variety of filters to zero in on the leads you want to reach. Elements of Successful Global Sales Expansion. Be honest with your sales reps about what the company is willing to invest in their training.

Territory 52

Territory Pipeline Sales Launch 52

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

After the sales team returns home, they unpack their bags and hit the streets, energized and excited to hit the ground running. Sales faces a revolving door of change. When the plan is in alignment with execution, your territories remain optimized and sellers are focused on the best opportunities. stuff happens !

GTM 85

GTM Territory Commission Strategize 85

SaaStr

APRIL 25, 2023

In last week’s Workshop Wednesday , President Sales & Field Engineering Chris Donato and SVP Business Development & Ecosystem Shelli Vivona shared how to scale out a go-to-market org. Another step Chris has taken was to simply Celonis’ regional structure by reducing nine regions to five.

Engineering 73

Engineering GTM Territory Management Consulting 73

Veloxy

MAY 3, 2022

As you already know, there are actual sales resources , and then there are promotional tools disguised as sales resources. If you Google sales resources, you’ll be inundated with a wide variety of helpful content and content that will quickly become cold calls and emails. Sandler Sales. Sales Calculators.

Sell 182

Sell Cold Call Tradeshows Cross-sell 182

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 20, 2022

Strong sales reps are the lifeblood of your business and how you choose to invest in them matters. For frontline sales managers, attributes like competency, quality of work, ease of execution, and length of contribution indicate reps’ overall job success, but you can’t rely on those inputs to tell you if they are personally satisfied.

Territory 100

Territory Sales Finance Drivers/motivators 100

Salesforce

OCTOBER 22, 2021

If you’re running a successful B2B company, your sales operations (sales ops) crew is likely the unsung hero of your sales process. Business leaders sometimes make the mistake of seeing sales operations (increasingly known as revenue operations) as a cost instead of a potential revenue driver.

Territory 98

Territory Strategize Sales Healthcare 98

Openview

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Scaling a sales organization is both exciting and a little terrifying. Having been in sales for thirty-eight years, I know there’s a lot on the line, and a lot of things that can go wrong if you don’t know what you’re doing. How do you manage year-to-year territory adjustments as your company grows?

Territory 72

Territory Healthcare Retail Sales 72

Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

It’s a driving factor for how the world gets work done and where future sales potential lies. Expansion to new territories is never easy, but the coronavirus is providing a wakeup call for enterprises and established companies to start looking at how customers say they prefer you to sell to them.

E-commerce 67

E-commerce Territory Transportation B2C 67

Highspot

JANUARY 27, 2021

Highspot connected more than three million salespeople, channel partners, services reps and customers in modern, digital sales experiences last year, representing a 100 percent increase in platform usage from 2019. The remote reality has accelerated the pace of digital transformation and changed the way go-to-market teams engage buyers.

Growth 98

Growth Customers Territory Strategize 98

Gong.io

MARCH 30, 2020

How do you build a healthy sales culture? Why is it important to create balanced sales territories? On a recent episode of the Reveal podcast, we connected with Michelle Benfer, VP Sales at HubSpot, for answers to these and other questions that are top of mind for revenue leaders. Building a Healthy Sales Culture.

Territory 62

Territory Sales Appointment Manufacturing 62

Lead Fuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It has an effect on where future sales potential lies. Companies are learning that expansion and growth to new territories is never easy, but the coronavirus has provided a wake-up call for them. The rise in eCommerce sales means there are both risks and opportunities for companies expanding to this region.

E-commerce 52

E-commerce Territory Transportation Retail 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

What is the secret to aligning go-to-market teams and finance teams? This may look like moving from a mid-market business to an SMB, and eventually to an enterprise. Another strategy we often see is moving from a PLG model to a sales assistive model with a more established sales team that can sell the product to the customer. .

Finance 80

Finance GTM Government Territory 80

SaaStr

OCTOBER 20, 2023

OpenAI’s Head of Sales, Aliisa Rosenthal, joined OpenAI a year and a half ago — before ChatGPT launched. She joined a team of two, and there was a lack of product-market fit beyond small groups of researchers. A friend joined Jasper as president and asked her to run the sales team. AI is rapidly changing the way we work.

Growth 94

Growth Launch Territory Legal 94

Gong.io

JUNE 11, 2021

Rapidly evolved into a strategic, go-to-market function. That’s how Gartner describes the importance of sales enablement. . In short, sales enablement is critical to the success of a revenue organization. A winning sales enablement strategy must include the following 5 components: . Design-driven. Value-centric.

Objectives and Key Results 103

Objectives and Key Results GTM Price Territory 103

Sales Hacker

JULY 28, 2021

After spending many quarters creating sales forecasts, you should have the process down and deliver precision accuracy. Unfortunately, sales forecasting is not that straightforward. Fortunately, sales forecasting tools are available that can do a lot of the heavy lifting by using algorithms to create more accurate forecasts.

CRM 113

CRM Pipeline Territory Sales 113

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 52

Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Click Through Rate Lead generation 52

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 52

Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell Click Through Rate Lead generation 52

Xant

JUNE 16, 2021

Revenue operations are the behind-the-scenes happenings in a sales org. Operations (ops) define processes, implement strategies, enable sales teams to do their work, and ultimately drive results. Without a revenue operations role, marketing and sales teams would have no strategy and no process. What is Rev Ops?

CRM 105

CRM Territory Sales B2B 105

Heinz Marketing

APRIL 11, 2022

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Well, welcome everyone to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

Pipeline 105

Pipeline B2B Go To Market Sales 105

SalesLoft

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Today’s top-performing sales reps use data, intelligence, and productivity tools 30% more than average performers. Whether you need to gain visibility into pipeline activity, manage deals, or decrease rep ramp time, Sales Engagement tools can help you improve efficiency, leading to sustained growth and profitability.

Territory 105

Territory Sales Technology Technology 105

SBI

JANUARY 31, 2020

TechTarget Priority Engine Email Alerts Help Sales Teams Take Immediate Action on the Best Opportunities in Their Territory. ndrew Gilman, Head of Marketing, NWN Corporation. Accurate and actionable data is the lifeblood of high-performing Go-To-Market organizations,” said Andrew Gilman, Head of Marketing, NWN Corporation.

Territory 29

Territory Engineering Strategize Technology 29

InsightSquared

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The sessions will offer sales and sales operations professionals with case studies, lessons learned and the tactical takeaways needed to become even more strategic within their organizations. Avra Lazear, Senior Manager of Global Sales Operations and Strategy at Bazaarvoice. – 12:10 p.m.,

Drivers/motivators 66

Drivers/motivators Territory Sales CRM 66

Hubspot

JULY 11, 2019

Your sales team is working harder than ever to differentiate your product or service and close new business. Enter, the sales operations manager. Sales operations exists to help the team use technology effectively, implement training exercises, align sales and marketing, set territories, evaluate compensation plans, and more.

Commission 78

Commission Territory Quota CRM 78

SalesforLife

JULY 28, 2019

Over the last couple of years, many of our customers have been asking us to identify the go-to-market strategy, and specific execution points, around selling in teams. This round table should include a representative of every sales function that touches the customer: The top of funnel with SDRs.

Pipeline 93

Pipeline Objectives and Key Results Territory Teamwork 93

InsightSquared

MARCH 6, 2018

Sales operations has been around for quite some time, but lately the function has been gaining momentum. Instead of behind-the-scenes sales support, sales ops now acts as a strategic partner for sales VPs and leadership. Start building out your sales operations department by hiring someone to own your CRM.

Contract 119

Contract CRM Territory Sales 119

Hubspot

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 Why Sales Performance Management Matters.

Territory 87

Territory Quota Commission Construction 87

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

If you hear "ABC" and "Always be closing" pops into your mind, a sales career may be the perfect match for you. You've come to the right place to learn what it's like to have a career in sales, and it's about much more than the close. Sales seems like a fast-paced, hardball kind of career. What's a typical sales career path?

Commission 76

Commission Territory Finance Inside sales 76

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2021

Social media has created new channels for sales reps to conduct research on prospective customers, connect with leads, and build relationships. This new sales strategy is known as social selling, and the numbers show that when it works, it works. What is LinkedIn Sales Navigator? How much does LinkedIn Sales Navigator cost?

Territory 99

Territory Networking Sales Contact 99

InsightSquared

APRIL 14, 2021

CROs, and sales leaders alike, often walk into their new role blind. They work tirelessly to assess the funnel quality, sales process adherence, and the overall go-to-market strategy. The key is identifying the sales metrics that matter most and getting ahead of pitfalls with actions like managing dashboards correctly. .

Contract 62

Contract Territory Cross-sell Pipeline 62

Highspot

AUGUST 31, 2021

If sales strategy was a puzzle, then your sales model would be a corner piece: it helps frame your approach to businesses and determines how the other pieces of your strategy will fit together. The keystone nature of sales models makes choosing the right one all the more important. Why do you need a sales model?

Sales 94

Sales Cold Call Territory Customer Relationship Management 94

Highspot

JULY 31, 2020

Proactively thinking through how and why your sales organization is set up a certain way ensures that you are not only making strategic hiring decisions but that you’re putting your reps in position to thrive. What does a sales department do? What are the types of sales organizations? How do you structure a sales team?

Assembly Line 72

Assembly Line Territory Strategize Education 72

Salesforce

JULY 28, 2022

Fortunately, sales leaders can work to avoid these hardships by acting now. To ensure your company is recession ready, develop a game plan for your sales organization that focuses on investments in tools, training, and effective sales tactics. A resilient sales org can nimbly respond to market changes whenever they arise.

Cross-sell 98

Cross-sell GTM Quota Contract 98

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

What is Sales Operations? Sales operations refers to the unit, role, activities and processes within a sales organization that support, enable, and drive front line sales teams to sell better, faster, and more efficiently. But perhaps more than anything else, sales operations brings a system to selling. Technology.

Territory 89

Territory Non-Profits Contract Quota 89

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It’s true: I once fell asleep during a sales kickoff. When I came to, I made a solemn vow: When I became a sales leader one day, I’d never throw a boring sales kickoff. Today, I’m Head of Sales at Slack, and I’ve made good on that promise (or so my team tells me). Same goes for sales kickoffs.

Cross-sell 64

Cross-sell Presentation Sales Up-sell 64

A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2016

But there ain’t no growth without a highly functioning sales team. This series is gonna break down how to scale a sales team in today’s modern sales world. I’m not sure how many parts it’s going to be, but I do know that it wasn’t worth it to squeeze it all into one post.

Education 126

Education Growth Sales Territory 126

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This week we are peeling back the layers and digging into which marketing channels have been driving the strongest ROI. First, the very important disclosure that marketing spend effectiveness is highly dependent on company stage, industry, ideal customer persona, sales cycle, etc. There is no one-size-fits-all!

GTM 101

GTM Growth B2C Territory 101