SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We’ll share the answers in today’s brand new episode of CRO Confidential, where our host Sam Blond, partner at Founders Fund, sits down with Toast CRO, Jonathan Vassil to talk about their proven customer acquisition strategies that led to its record-breaking growth. Jonathan joined Toast as the SVP of Sales in 2017.

Growth 106

Growth Territory Referrals Customers 106

Pointclear

JUNE 26, 2012

But, when I attended the recent Leadership Summit put on by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals (AA-ISP), I was reminded that sometimes questions can just lead to more questions. So I attended this event expecting to find out more about how and when resources would be flowing to inside sales teams.

Inside sales 65

Inside sales Gaming Territory Government 65

SaaStr

JUNE 9, 2021

What I knew of HackerRank: a good startup that didn’t yet have great sales execution. About 6 months ago Vivek asked me to come in to HackerRank (I was consulting a couple days a week) fulltime to be interim VP of Sales. The mandate: Put HackerRank on a growth trajectory that rivalled the fastest growing SaaS companies in the world.

Territory 113

Territory Sales Growth Inside sales 113

A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 5, 2012

For sales leaders, this means identifying and executing on a new set of sales strategies to make our new number. Unfortunately, for most sales organizations there is very little strategy and a whole lot of goals. And most of the goals surround growth. Establish new sales processess and procedures (Tighten the ship).

Territory 116

Territory Growth Inside sales Sales 116

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

To do this, Lucid invested in a growth team tasked with iterating on all aspects of pricing, packaging, click pathing, and CTAs. It also required them to: Negotiate their first Enterprise customer contract Undergo deep security reviews Once you land your first Enterprise customer, it might be time to build that first sales team.

Territory 122

Territory GTM Price Cross-sell 122

A Sales Guy

JUNE 21, 2012

hire a two new sales reps. redo the sales process. change the sales strategy. promote a new sales manager. establish new territories. create a sales operations function. establish and inside sales team. build an outside sales team. You can’t just. go after new customers.

Commission 118

Commission Inside sales Territory Outside Sales 118

Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2018

This will then help you diversify your revenue, make your business more resilient to economic setbacks and help you plan for growth. Setbacks of using a 2-Stage inside sales organization. 1) Across regions. Regions often respond with a 1-2 year delay to the US Market. 4) Inside sales. Inbound-centric.

Go To Market 97

Go To Market GTM X-functional Territory 97

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 8, 2018

If you missed episode 27, check it out here: PODCAST 27: How Former HubSpot CRO Built a Predictable Sales Machine w/ Mark Roberge. Staffing a team of field sales, inside sales, and sales engineers in lockstep. Incorporating MEDDICC and MEDDPICC to build a value sales methodology. What You’ll Learn.

Growth 82

Growth Territory Inside sales Sales 82

SalesLoft

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The Revenue Methodology & Mastery track focuses on tactics around innovation and efficiency to nurture deeper client relationships and accelerate revenue growth. Speaker : Kevin Dorsey, VP of Inside Sales at PatientPop. Objections come with the territory when making cold calls. 3 Must-See Sessions.

Inside sales 95

Inside sales Cold Call Territory Drivers/motivators 95

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 14, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we talk to Amy Appleyard , the recently appointed SVP of Global Inside Sales at CarbonBlack. . Amy walks us through her background from being an SMB entrepreneur to leading large sales teams and why sales emerged as her true calling. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

Inside sales 76

Inside sales Sales Quota Territory 76

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Without these partners, we can’t achieve the growth and market penetration we expect. We need to think of our channel partners in very much the same terms as we think of our own sales people–whether they are field direct or inside sales. We invest in tools, process, methods, programs for our own people.

Territory 105

Territory Manufacturing Inside sales Strategize 105

Hubspot

MARCH 21, 2018

Inside vs. Outside Sales. Inside sales reps often sell remotely, from an office base, while outside sales reps travel, brokering face-to-face deals. 47% of all salespeople work in inside sales, with 53% representing outside sales. Outside or inside sales? It’s all sales.

Outside Sales 101

Outside Sales Inside sales Quota Sales 101

Hubspot

JULY 20, 2020

Other pieces in the series include HubSpot's Chief Customer Officer on Why We Need to Talk About Growth and our VP of Marketing's Content Marketing Playbook for Times of Crisis. And as growth has slowed for many companies, their digital transformation has accelerated. The COVID-19 pandemic has produced a plethora of paradoxes.

Go To Market 101

Go To Market Territory Inside sales A/B testing 101

Veloxy

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In addition to improving overall performance of your sales team, it also provides curated data for management. For marketers, AI allows for driving revenue, scalable growth, and a personalized customer experience. But how exactly does AI help with sales management and enablement? What is AI Sales Assistant Software?

Sales 223

Sales Non-Profits CRM Pipeline 223

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

Inside Sales Rep. In an increasingly digital world, inside salespeople are the go-to for prospecting, nurturing, and converting leads remotely. They rely on email, phone calls, videos, and virtual meetings—instead of face-to-face interaction—to build relationships and move people through the sales funnel. Image Source.

Commission 94

Commission Territory Finance Inside sales 94

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Thanks to the rise of email, social media, and web-conferencing tools -- not to mention, a growing desire to talk to salespeople virtually and on the phone rather than in-person -- outside sales roles are becoming increasingly less common. You’ll be moving around constantly: Around the city, region, state, country, or even world.

Territory 101

Territory Commission Outside Sales Account management 101

Pointclear

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Lead nurturing and initial qualification calls to prospects may lie with marketing automation or inside sales qualification specialists (unless it is outsourced). The responsibility for addressing prospects’ needs remains a major part of the sales job. They are too far out of my territory.

Territory 97

Territory Sales Contact Follow-up 97

Martech

MAY 15, 2023

Sponsored by: Kim Davis, editorial director at MarTech and Chris Garza, regional vice president, field and inside sales at Dun & Bradstreet, discuss how the buyer’s journey has transformed significantly in recent years, forcing marketers/sellers to reach customers in new ways.

Inside sales 78

Inside sales Territory B2B Pipeline 78

Score More Sales

MAY 9, 2014

example: instead of “Account Manager” list how you help others in the geographic territory, such as “Data Specialist for Multi-Location Companies, Atlanta” This helps anyone scanning to better understand what you do, and is entirely searchable in Google.

Territory 88

Territory Referrals Inside sales Sales 88

Hubspot

APRIL 5, 2023

Inside sales reps are tasked with nurturing leads and converting them into customers. Glassdoor estimates that inside sales reps often have a take-home pay of $70,000, including commission and bonuses. Outside sales representative positions include some travel time to meet with buyers and pitch products.

Cold Call 90

Cold Call Commission Inside sales Territory 90

Hubspot

JULY 7, 2020

This retrospective takes a deep dive into buyer interest, marketing and sales outreach, and sales outcomes (spoiler alert: there's a lot of engaged prospects out there, but sales teams have work to do in capturing that interest). All regions have demonstrated overall positive momentum since the week of April 27.

Construction 101

Construction Territory Manufacturing Entertainment 101

Search Engine Land

MAY 15, 2023

Sponsored by: Kim Davis, editorial director at MarTech and Chris Garza, regional vice president, field and inside sales at Dun & Bradstreet, discuss how the buyer’s journey has transformed significantly in recent years, forcing marketers/sellers to reach customers in new ways.

Inside sales 67

Inside sales Territory B2B Pipeline 67

Hubspot

AUGUST 15, 2013

Inside Sales Experts, by The Bridge Group. Some awesome recent posts: Does Grit Matter in Sales? [an Rethinking Sales Territories. The Center For Sales Strategy. Some awesome recent posts: Ten Ways to Increase a Sales Rep’s Productivity. Sales and marketing alignment reality check for marketers.

Elevator Speech 78

Elevator Speech Cold Call Inside sales Objection handling 78

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Or a regional VP of Sales? Inside sales works fine, if you adjust for time differences. ARR in a geographic area, if you can hire someone strong to be the GM of that geo, or a hands-on regional VP of Sales, make the hire. Who do you hire? Someone from here? Or there? A GM / jack-of-all trades?

Territory 87

Territory Referrals Inside sales Up-sell 87

Hubspot

DECEMBER 12, 2017

And The Bridge Group , an inside sales consulting firm, calculated the average base salary for a SaaS inside sales rep to be $60,000 -- with on-target earnings of $118,000. As with most sales jobs, commission is commonly added on top of the base salary and varies per individual compensation plans.

Commission 101

Commission Contract Sales Price 101

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 25, 2016

Hire a bunch of people, give them territories with goals and turn them loose to sell. There were variations of that theme, sometimes we used indirect sales organizations, like manufacturer’s reps, resellers, channel partners, and others to sell for us. Underlying this, sales executives are driven by “cost of selling.”

Territory 62

Territory Account management Sales Manufacturing 62

Salesforce

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The best sales managers operate the same way, inspiring, educating, and guiding their teams to maximize revenue. Consistent sales growth and a happy team, not to mention sizable commissions and happier, more loyal customers. Once the right people are on board, managers should invest in their growth. The result?

Objectives and Key Results 111

Objectives and Key Results Sales Technique Inside sales 111

SalesHandy

JULY 15, 2018

which is a platform that helps you track all your sales activity & the communication between your salesperson & the prospect. He actively writes blogs about cold calling, sales, inside sales & everything related to sales. He has over 15 years of experience in Marketing, Business Development, and Sales.

Inside sales 76

Inside sales Consult Cold Call Sales 76

Score More Sales

MAY 9, 2014

example: instead of “Account Manager” list how you help others in the geographic territory, such as “Data Specialist for Multi-Location Companies, Atlanta” This helps anyone scanning to better understand what you do, and is entirely searchable in Google.

Territory 71

Territory Referrals Inside sales Sales 71

Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2017

I read an article in which the position was put forth, “Inside sales does not have the responsibility for creating pipeline, only the responsibility for selling. A terrific strategy for driving product line growth. Enter the realm of account management/territory. But for a moment, I managed to contain myself.

Sell 53

Sell Territory Assembly Line Manufacturing 53

Hubspot

AUGUST 8, 2019

Year-over-year growth. Percentage of sales reps attaining 100% quota. Revenue by territory. Activity Sales Metrics. Rather than solely focusing on acquiring the customer (the "first sale"), Skok explains you must also focus on keeping them (the "second sale"). Sales KPIs by Team Type. SaaS Metrics.

X-functional 101

X-functional Quota Cross-sell Contract 101

Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The show is less than 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities. Achieving your sales target is really not optional.

Pipeline 70

Pipeline Territory Sales Healthcare 70

Sales Hacker

JUNE 2, 2020

We help them put in place the right talent, the right sales infrastructure, and also the back office, boring stuff that you need to get done, payroll and legal contracts, all of that good stuff, which can be a bit of a hurdle for a lot of companies coming to Europe. And for that, you really need information on the ground from the sales team.

Pharmaceutical 80

Pharmaceutical Territory Cold Call Networking 80

Pointclear

JUNE 15, 2016

My point is this—you need a Sales Lead Manager to pull all of the competing departments and managers together to obtain the best revenue per lead for your company. If no one is completely responsible, the company’s revenue suffers from wasted leads, misused high marketing costs, and uncontrolled sales expenses.”. Sales Operations.

Territory 58

Territory Inside sales Lead generation CRM 58

Lead Fuze

JUNE 28, 2023

Differentiating between Outside and Inside Sales Roles Sales reps , also known as field warriors, spend their days meeting potential clients face-to-face. On the flip side, we’ve got the inside sales positions where the action happens over the phone or through email. Plus, they get to travel.

Negotiate 52

Negotiate Territory Contract Technique 52

Hubspot

AUGUST 27, 2012

Yes, and I think inside sales is a great place for anyone to get involved in sales. Every single one of them is in sales, too. And best of all, when women see other women in sales they realize that it’s something they can do, too. And, we supported each other’s growth. It’s a wonderful career opportunity.

Quota 78

Quota Sales Territory Government 78

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 25, 2019

It’s just 30 minutes long, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. We cover a wide range of topics, with a focus on sales development and inside sales priorities. Jamie: Well, the growth, it absolutely feels like a war of inches.

Pipeline 83

Pipeline Sales Up-sell Quota 83