Martech

OCTOBER 20, 2022

He accounts the exponential growth to the massive adoption of martech that is happening across organizations of all sizes. They provide technical and strategic support for marketing software tools, workflows and processes. Seven years ago, Brinker came up with a list of six primary marketing technologist roles.

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X-functional Objectives and Key Results Technology Technology 101

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2022

SaaS accounting and finance has gotten pretty complicated, and the impacts of getting it wrong have gone up substantially. Last year, I met with the founder of a start-up I really, really liked. She has worked with numerous start ups in Bay Area and Europe (Virgin Mobile USA Inc., Things have changed a lot.

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Finance Contract X-functional Start-ups 127

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Ask yourself, how often do you get a great idea, learn a new skill, or start a new affiliate project, and you never see it to completion? Let’s start by diving into goal-setting frameworks to help bridge the gap between what we intend to do and what we actually do. What are goal-setting frameworks?

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Objectives and Key Results Drivers/motivators X-functional Clients 116

Martech

APRIL 8, 2022

Not long ago, marketing operations was the “clean-up-on-aisle-13” squad. But, as businesses digitized their customer experiences, marketing operations became strategic advisors to not only the CMO but also key cross-functional partners in product, IT, customer service, etc. I’ll start with a playful quiz.

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X-functional Technology Technology Strategize 121

SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2023

People mislead because they’re afraid of being bludgeoned, or they don’t have a functional relationship with the Board, so it’s seen as something to survive. Someone could present the data here, stand up, and say we had a good quarter. stabilizer called starting ARR to dampen out fluctuation and plan performance. 4: Rat-holding.

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X-functional Trust Presentation Drivers/motivators 117

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

How CI works — and how to apply it Getting value from Conversation Intelligence How Conversation Intelligence helps teams outside of sales The CI feature trap: why some organizations miss the red flags How to get started with Conversation Intelligence from Salesloft What is Conversation Intelligence?

Conversion 52

Conversion Objectives and Key Results X-functional Technology 52

SalesLoft

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

How CI works — and how to apply it Getting value from Conversation Intelligence How Conversation Intelligence helps teams outside of sales The CI feature trap: why some organizations miss the red flags How to get started with Conversation Intelligence from Salesloft What is Conversation Intelligence?

Conversion 52

Conversion Objectives and Key Results X-functional Technology 52

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Building and leveraging a differentiated brand as a growth amplifier [22:29]. He talks about the journey of a marketer leading the entire revenue function on the path to CEO. So I gave the boiler plate on you, president of MetaCX, but it’s always good for us to start with a baseball card, where we contextualize your expertise.

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Growth Contract Pipeline B2B 63

Lead Fuze

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s highly competitive digital landscape where every click counts and conversions are king; understanding how best to utilize these two key aspects of online growth can give your business a significant edge over competitors. So let’s dive right in! and implementing them within Bing setup can yield positive outcomes too.

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Click Through Rate Lead generation CTR Campaign 52

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Machine learning and artificial intelligence can handle them: analyze tons of data and make strategic predictions, cover multiple communication channels, provide valuable advice, and automate most of your routine tasks. So hurry up and learn how to stop wasting your time on inefficient routines and redirect your efforts to selling!

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Process Objectives and Key Results X-functional Sales 52

Hubspot

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Ask follow-up questions. Buyer personas describe business pain, job function, and other firmographic data that sum up who a prospect is and what they care about. Your company probably already has demographic information on who makes up your customer base. Laughter is the best way to start a call.

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X-functional Sports Prospecting Follow-up 101

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Bring up your objections, respectfully. Roughly, once you (x) have an established brand, and (y) have a marketing engine that is working, and (z) most importantly, once demand gen has finally become somewhat routine … you’ll need a CMO. You may be right. Quietly do it your way as much as you can. Maybe a VP of Marketing.

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X-functional Growth Follow-up Strategize 26

Salesmate

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With inaccurate forecasting, you end up putting your job and reputation on the line. Accurate forecasting can help a sales team function more efficiently and achieve as well as excel sales expectations. A company’s success can be measured by how well the sales team meets the sales forecasts and contributes to revenue growth.

Territory 96

Territory X-functional Pipeline Appointment 96

Hubspot

JUNE 5, 2018

Whether you’re at a networking event, a party, a conference, or an office function, walking up to a stranger and introducing yourself can be terrifying. That means starting emails with, “My name is Aja Frost, and I’m an account executive for Zone,” will send my recipients straight to snoozeville. My name is … ”. I work for … ”.

X-functional 101

X-functional Territory Prospecting Contact 101

Hubspot

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In fact, the company I currently lead, Spotted Media, used these tactics below to acquire our first set of customers before we even had a fully functioning web site. and start asking yourself in-depth, meaningful questions about these professionals’ motivations. Send a follow-up. Create an ideal customer profile.

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Customers Manufacturing X-functional Strategic planning 75

ConversionXL

AUGUST 31, 2017

AB Tasty is a reasonably priced and simple to use tool that serves as a good starting point for companies just starting in conversion optimization. Here’s an anonymous review talking about some things they liked about Apptimize: It’s easy to set up and track tests. Omniconvert. Optimizely. Sentient Ascend.

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A/B testing E-commerce X-functional UX 129

ConversionXL

JANUARY 24, 2017

Sure, there are some core skills that seem foundational and everlasting, but year to year there are also some new skills that crop up. The future seems to belong to those moving far past myopic CRO practices and into the strategic and universal realms. Similarly, conversion optimization moves quickly. What should they learn today?

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Conversion UX A/B testing SQL 87

SaaStr

JULY 24, 2019

Hopefully, you could leave this session enabled with a handful of action items or ideas that you can take back to your organizations in order to start to move the needle on net retention. We are the largest young company to be shaking up that industry. First up, hiring well.

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X-functional Engineering Clients Start-ups 53

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 11, 2019

Late in 2015 we started Sales Pipeline Radio , live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Derek says Marketing has to be forward leaning into the revenue discussion and held accountable for holding up their part of the revenue bargain. “We I didn’t want to start off on negativity. By Matt Heinz, President of Heinz Marketing.

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Pipeline B2B Sales X-functional 64

SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

How do they set up the process from there? * Harry Stebbings: Well I would love to start though, with a little bit about you. So for the people that made the cardinal sin for missing our round one, tell me Dave, how did you make your way into the world of SaaS and what was that starting point for you? IOIs are the next step.

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Strategize Quota Non-Profits Price 55

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2020

Listen to the start of the episode for a promo code to our upcoming events! Harry Stebbings: I love that energy to start with. So I started my career out actually on the venture side of the table. ” I thought this was a particularly interesting one to kind of pick up on. Loving our podcast content? This is awesome.

X-functional 52

X-functional Start-ups Drivers/motivators Go To Market 52

Heinz Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

To start I ask Lisa how she decided editing is what she wanted to do? And if you like what you hear today and you’d like to hear a other episodes of Sales Pipeline Radio, you can find everything we’ve done past, present and future, up at salespipelineradio.com. Selling Power started the Sales 2.0

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Pipeline Sales Cross-sell Up-sell 65

Heinz Marketing

JUNE 4, 2018

Start-up advisor. – Building high performance sales teams that are metrics focused and scaling for growth. You have been in deep in B2B sales throughout the west coast, in the valley, up here in Seattle for a long time. I think your customer base grows by two X it seems like every month these days.

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Pipeline Sales Drivers/motivators X-functional 55

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Listen to the start of the episode for a promo code to our upcoming events! What are the core differences when comparing marketing functions at the likes of Salesforce to smaller companies like G2? Here’s what Romain talks about: How to build a growth machine. I started my career about 10 years ago. Missed the session?

Start-ups 51

Start-ups B2B A/B testing Pipeline 51

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. There are only about 10–15 books in each discipline, so you can easily read up on the books you’re likely to need or want. The New Strategic Selling. Start with Why. No one rises to the top of their game without intentional growth and learning.

Sales 141

Sales Technique Objectives and Key Results Non-Profits 141

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2020

David Sacks, General Partner at Craft Ventures joins the New New in Ventures to discuss The Cadence and how to structure around it while building a start-up. When you start growing above 50 employees, and certainly get to 100, things change, you now have teams, which means you have functional leaders. billion dollars.

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Finance X-functional Launch Objectives and Key Results 108

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. Decline: New user sign-ups and revenue begins to decrease. But the path from introduction to growth (and beyond) isn’t a one-way street.

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Launch Product Non-Profits GTM 96

Hubspot

JUNE 13, 2018

Explicit needs are specific features or functions. Do you have a strategy in place for X? Who’s responsible for X? What happens if you’re not successful with X? Has a problem with X ever negatively impacted your KPIs? Would X make it simpler to achieve [positive event]? How do you do X? Implication.

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Sell X-functional Objectives and Key Results Up-sell 101

SaaStr

JULY 13, 2023

Startups come in all shapes and sizes on various stages of a timeline, yet it’s not surprising how many have the same questions and concerns about how to scale from x to y to z, the right time to hire and fire, and how to keep a team motivated during hard times. But since startups came into the mainstream, normal people started coming in.

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X-functional Closing Growth Contract 73

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Think of this as a sneak-peek of what’s coming up at Unleash ‘19! Lauren is an email marketing wiz and always has a trick or two up her sleeve to share with her sales colleagues. We love her even more, because she also wrote up some timeless advice in her article, 6 Horrendous Ways to Begin Your Sales Call (And What to Do Instead).

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Cold Call Inside sales Sales B2B 12

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 12, 2021

Productivity: The growth pillar you should always manage [14:41]. So the place that we like to start is with your baseball card, which is where we contextualize your expertise. We started in the pure just rating and review capture point. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher. Show Agenda and Timestamps. Show Introduction [00:10].

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Product X-functional Retail Technology 59

ConversionXL

AUGUST 4, 2020

Follow this 90-day plan to get the right things in place and start delivering results. Your backstory might be that you’ve recently taken up yoga and you need to buy some yoga pants to wear to a class. Start by researching your options on Google and follow the paths presented to you. Have you bitten off more than you can chew?

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A/B testing Objectives and Key Results Education SQL 117

SaaStr

AUGUST 30, 2019

Listen to the start of the episode for a promo code to our upcoming events! When is the right time for founders to start looking for their first COO? From team to vision to metrics to funding and more, these principles provide the framework for high-growth, high performing SaaS companies. Pssst Loving our podcast content?

X-functional 51

X-functional Drivers/motivators Start-ups Engineering 51

ConversionXL

APRIL 3, 2018

CXL Live is our flagship conference about growth and optimization. Amazon built its growth on top of these 4 pillars: Customer Centricity. Hana Abaza – Thriving on Change, Driving Growth and Lessons Learned at Shopify. No more puking up unicorns and rainbows. Fastest fish wins. Marketing can polish a turd.

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A/B testing Objectives and Key Results Growth X-functional 106

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

These can become complicated, but start creating only three levels. Here’s a simple example to begin with that covers the SDR, AE and Customer Success Manager (CSM) functions: Table 1. Before you can decide base pay or commissions, you need to start by deciding On Target Earnings or OTE. Step 2: Establish Role Levels.

SQL 103

SQL Commission Customers Non-Profits 103

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Byron Deeter and Elliott Robinson, partners at Bessemer Venture Partners, offer macro trends in the public and private cloud markets, strategic advice to cloud founders, and insights into why entrepreneurs should feel auspicious about the future. We’re going to start with some dates that predated COVID and really go to prior SaaStrs.

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Non-Profits Strategize Trust Growth 62

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

Open it up if I can help in any way, or I can make it up, but anyone got a question they’ve got to start? Sometimes we’re not as founders, sometimes founders sell their company because they don’t end up being deeply passionate about what it does. So crossover completely frozen, late growth semi-frozen.

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