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How to Build Pipeline and GTM Alignment in 2024 with Datadog’s CMO Sara Varni

SaaStr

Each of these companies had different GTM motions. When you have a holistic pipeline model, marketing, sales, channel teams, and inside sales are all looking at targets that drive better results for everyone. Obviously, this can differ significantly by segment and the GTM motion for each segment.

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GTM 56: The Pioneer of the BDR Name with Lars Nilsson (Revisited Bonus Episode)

Sales Hacker

This is a revisited episode from the early GTM Podcast days, and our highest streamed episode. Lars Nilsson is the VP of Global Sales Development at Snowflake. Before that he was the VP of Global Inside Sales for Cloudera. So much value to take away from the Pioneer of the BDR name !

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“Rearranging The Deck Chairs”

Partners in Excellence

We were talking about organizing the GTM functions to maximize performance. Over the years, we’ve seen the development of different organizational models on the GTM side of organizations. And within each of those silos were subsilos, for example, field sales, inside sales, SDR/BDR, sales ops, sales enablement, and so forth.

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The Journey from Freemium to PLG to SLG: Key Learnings from Dropbox, Salesforce and Vimeo

SaaStr

What he shared was pure gold for any SaaS founder trying to navigate the complex world of GTM motions. The Evolution of Go-To-Market (And Why It Matters) Let’s break this down into three distinct eras: GTM 1.0: The “Golf Course Era” – Selling to CIOs over lunch GTM 2.0: Salesforce started with 2.0

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Lessons from Salesforce to Celonis: Tips to Scale Globally with Celonis COO Arsenio Otero (Video)

SaaStr

Designing the GTM model. When approaching a GTM exercise, one thing needs to be very clear: the company’s revenue strategy. Knowing GTM segmentation requires understanding the potential impact on the market and how much of that market can be captured. Establish the GTM coverage model. Sales Cycle.

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PLG: How to Turn A Free Sign-Up Into An Enterprise Logo

Sales Hacker

Thanks for reading The GTM Newsletter! Take a more hands-on approach to inside sales. Establishing an inside sales team can enhance freemium conversion rates for enterprise-level B2B products by focusing on identifying and directly engaging high-priority leads. See more top GTM jobs here.

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The SaaS Executive’s Guide To Building A Winning Go-To Market Strategy

Sales Hacker

Where you can apply this GTM strategy. How to map your GTM strategy to different customer segments. Using CAC to model your GTM strategy. Setbacks of using a 2-Stage inside sales organization. GTM Approaches as a function of Annual Contract Value. GTM models as a function of Annual Contract Value.