Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

No matter what you sell, you probably have customers who: Truly care about your company, products or services and content. Find your products valuable and also see your business as an extension of themselves. Most businesses don’t really think about their customers (let alone their superfans) as a marketing channel.

Niche 137

Niche Intrinsic Campaign B2B 137

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Here are the five most popular open ended sales questions we use at Veloxy: How’ve you been? So tell me, what do you like about the [current solution] you’re using? So tell me, what do you like about the [current solution] you’re using? It’s true. ” or “What is your current CRM?”

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Objectives and Key Results Sales Objection handling Follow-up 246

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Rajeev Dham and Karan Singh, Partners at Sapphire Ventures, and Jane Lee, Vice President at Sapphire walk us through how to double your “Magic Number,” a shorthand for your sales and marketing efficiency. Magic Number is your growth in ARR over a quarter divided by the sales and marketing spend in the prior quarter. Let’s find out.

Go To Market 92

Go To Market GTM Non-Profits Quota 92

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 4, 2021

We all say this, “Nothing happens until someone sells something.” ” I don’t know how many times I’ve used that expression. It’s natural for we “sales” types to think about this. But on deeper reflection, it really is very self centered, and inaccurate. Selling is about us.

Sell 87

Sell Presentation Process Service 87

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Join us for a visionary conversation about getting rid of the SDR role and doing away with commission — and what should replace them. What buyer-centric revenue really means. About Nelson Gilliat & Brantr [2:11]. The vision for buyer-centric revenue [15:38]. About Nelson Gilliat & Brantr [2:11].

Commission 89

Commission Quota Assembly Line Sales 89

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2020

This week’s show is called “How Design Thinking Can Help You Sell More.” Ashley starts us out with describing her business and tells us what design thinking means as it relates to effective sales teams. I think the more complex a sale is the more useful this approach is. There’s so much unknown.

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Pipeline Sales Up-sell Start-ups 128

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

If you’re rolling your eyes at your screen right now, just hear us out. Teamwork.com's Sales Story Who are you and what is Teamwork.com all about? They started looking for software that would help manage the client side of the business, but the product they were looking for didn’t exist. Including the selling.

Teamwork 79

Teamwork Up-sell Sales Pipeline 79

SalesLoft

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How I used AI to increase my cold email volume 20x.” “Will Google’s email restrictions kill outbound?” It’s all about who we target, how we do it, ensuring our process is both actionable and efficient and, ultimately, creating opportunities for informed coaching for our leaders. Don’t believe the hype. How do I know?

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Sales Pipeline Negotiate Prospecting 52

Gong.io

JULY 25, 2022

It sounds nice, but that doesn’t really solve our dilemma as salespeople because, obviously, it’s our job to sell to people. So, this leaves a pretty big question on the table: How can we sell to a prospect without them feeling like they’re being sold to? “People love to buy, but hate to be sold to.”. Upfront contract.

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Consult Pitch Up-sell Follow-up 117

Sales Hacker

APRIL 5, 2022

In this episode, we have Andy Paul , author of Sell Without Selling Out. Join us for a fascinating conversation about how a more buyer-centric sales process leads to more sales. The four pillars of selling. About Andy Paul [3:45]. The four pillars of selling [12:30]. About Andy Paul [3:45].

Conversion 78

Conversion Sales Cold Call Up-sell 78

Heinz Marketing

MARCH 7, 2022

The four pillars of selling: curiosity, connection, understanding and generosity. Thank you very much for joining us. If you are, in fact, joining us live here in the middle of your workday, we are here on LinkedIn Live, Facebook Live, YouTube Live, 11:30 Pacific, 2:30 Eastern. I’m your host, Matt Heinz.

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Pipeline Sales Up-sell B2B 95

Spiro Technologies

JANUARY 3, 2024

Transcript Adam Honig: I think it’s a challenge that a lot of companies face, especially when you do a really good job in one thing. On this podcast, I talk with company leaders about how they’re modernizing the business of making, moving, and selling products, and of course, having fun along the way.

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Process Hospitality Manufacturing Sales 59

SaaStr

JANUARY 23, 2021

Cloudflare is one of those iconic Cloud companies most of us use, and know about as a product and vendor … but perhaps we don’t think as much about as a public company. Over 3m+ sites and services use Cloudflare, and then 736 of them end up paying $100k+. And third, sell them more products.

Growth 106

Growth Up-sell Start-ups Product 106

Martech

JULY 28, 2021

This includes four business units: the mobility line of products (Toughbooks and related durable mobile devices); professional video and business systems (for amusement parks, exhibitions and other organizations); enterprise process innovation for manufacturing and food; and robotics and large factory equipment.

B2B 113

B2B A/B testing B2C Technology 113

Lead Fuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

7 Steps to Building Stronger Sales Relationships with Human Centric Approach of Problem Solving. Traditional selling doesn†t work anymore. It†s all about building strong relationships and showing how your product will make the customer†s life better. What is human centric approach in problem solving?

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Trust Angle Sales Price 52

SaaStr

JANUARY 23, 2021

Cloudflare is one of those iconic Cloud companies most of us use, and know about as a product and vendor … but perhaps we don’t think as much about as a public company. Over 3m+ sites and services use Cloudflare, and then 736 of them end up paying $100k+. And third, sell them more products.

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Cross-sell Growth Up-sell Start-ups 117

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Join us for an engaging conversation about the 3-step process to help sales reps unlock their empathy, curiosity, and insightfulness. True sales are about empathy. About Ashley Welch & Somersault Innovation [2:05]. About Ashley Welch & Somersault Innovation [2:05]. powered by Sounder. Sam’s Corner [27:31].

Customers 83

Customers Consult Commission Niche 83

SaaStr

JUNE 15, 2021

The first time Jeff joined us might have been the most special. If you’re on text messaging, voice calls, video calls, authentication, even now wireless capabilities inside of apps, Twilio is an easy set of APIs that developers use to embed communications into their apps. You use it all the time, you don’t even know it.

Engineering 118

Engineering Start-ups Drivers/motivators Price 118

Martech

JANUARY 4, 2022

I think about growth as three ‘Rs.’ “I started by building a strategy that was agile, entrepreneurial and – most important of all – data-centric. That’s a major metric for us.” ” Teresa Barreira was outlining her vision before meticulously describing the steps on the way to achieving it.

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Construction Growth Pipeline Consult 137

Cerebral Selling

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On one hand, he really wanted to call the customer back and tell him off! In an article for TechCrunch he talked about the importance of culture with respect to growth stating: “I used to think corporate culture didn’t matter. Discussion of vision, mission and values was for people who couldn’t build a product or sell it!

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Growth Teamwork Sales Meeting 130

Search Engine Land

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Their writer, Amanda Chicago Lewis , described us in a particularly unflattering way: “So who ends up with a career in SEO? A nihilist in it for the thrills, a prankster gleeful about getting away with something.” Instead, I’d like us to use The Verge as a jumping-off point. It’s going to be a long ride.

Engineering 125

Engineering Niche Promote Up-sell 125

Heinz Marketing

MAY 2, 2022

Tune in to hear more about how to create stickiness and effectiveness on a sales enablement platform while learning: how sales enablement requirements have evolved with the acceleration of digital. Matt: It’s all about just showing up, man. You can even ask Siri, Alexa and Google! My name is Matt Heinz. Thanks for doing this.

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Pipeline Pitch Sales Account management 91

SaaStr

DECEMBER 25, 2020

But that lasted just a few weeks, really. The CEOs and COOs of Slack, Zuora, Twilio, Cloudflare, and more joined us: Well, 17,000 of you signed up for Bridging the Gap in just 2 weeks (1) so we decided to do more , with 4 major digital events in 2020. Sign up HERE to join us for FREE.

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Up-sell Engineering Start-ups Technology 118

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 8, 2020

So we have an inherent imbalance in every selling interaction. To build trust with someone, you must give them confidence in you — confidence that you know what you are talking about, that you can do what you promise, and that you want what they want to achieve, that their assets are safe. Your goal is to make money. Risk and Reward.

Trust 98

Trust Objectives and Key Results Quota Sell 98

ConversionXL

AUGUST 12, 2020

Then, you turn up to people’s desks like an unwelcome door-to-door salesperson, trying to convince them of the virtues of customer-centricity. You’re not just adding more to their plate but also to think about new ways of working—ways that may conflict with their current priorities. Here are their top four recommendations.

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Customers Cross-sell Objectives and Key Results UX 74

Martech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Another brand with a positive approach is Frida Mom, which markets a line of products new mothers will actually find useful rather than decorative. The year is 2021. Women have careers. They have spending power. They are increasingly taking their place in professional and executive ranks. The problem is not new. Victoria’s Secret?

Niche 123

Niche Pitch Represent Consult 123

Gong.io

DECEMBER 9, 2019

And what we really need to do as companies is go join them in their story, and help their story be better. And so, bringing that back from the field as a recognition that marketing content, messaging, and sales conversations were too company- and product-centric. And they have to do more than say they’re customer-centric.

Sales 106

Sales Prospecting Inside sales Up-sell 106

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 4, 2022

Join us for a high-energy, people-focused conversation about doing a complete 180 with your outbound sales framework. What to use instead of the brute force approach. About Jason Bay & Blissful Prospecting [1:52]. About Jason Bay & Blissful Prospecting [1:52]. Tell us about Blissful Prospecting?

Cold Call 75

Cold Call Up-sell Pitch Start-ups 75

Sales Hacker

MARCH 3, 2020

Stephanie founded her executive coaching and consultancy company focused on grooming and growing innovative talent within sales centric and growth focused teams. If you missed episode 98, check it out here: PODCAST 98: The Importance of Product-Led Growth and Focus For A Startup w/ Blake Bartlett. What You’ll Learn. We’re on iTunes.

Growth 111

Growth Up-sell Consult Start-ups 111

Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2021

With Sangram’s new book, MOVE: The 4-question Go-to-Market Framework , he hopes to raise $10k for New Story to end global homelessness and do more than just sell a book. If you are joining us live on LinkedIn, joining us live on YouTube, live on Facebook, thanks very much for joining us. So thanks for joining us.

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Pipeline Go To Market Cross-sell Sales 109

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 25, 2019

Building strong sales relationships is all about trust and demonstrating how the product/solution will make the customer’s life better. But is traditional selling getting you where you want to go? If you’re looking to close more business and feeling stuck, try injecting some human-centric problem solving into your sales process.

Trust 79

Trust Angle Sales Pitch 79

Sales Hacker

JUNE 13, 2023

It often comes about like this. Company founders do a lot of the selling in the early days. Company founders do a lot of the selling in the early days. Every time, I get the same answer: “ Well, Chris, we’ve never really thought about it like that.” Then they need to decide about their budget. And I get it.

Process 87

Process Cross-sell Sales Finance 87

Martech

MARCH 10, 2022

It’s about uncovering prospect behavior and weighting sales intent/intel and brand engagement rather than “funnel lead scoring” (engagement is a better metric to forecast revenue). We will continue to see large upticks in e-commerce growth worldwide in two to three years. And that’s where ABM comes in.

E-commerce 106

E-commerce Growth Cross-sell Objectives and Key Results 106

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

The book dedicates quite a few pages to the ‘customer-centric stack’ and argues that because you’re now able to know when someone is in the market for a solution like yours [via IP lookup or 1st or 3rd party intent data], you don’t need to “spam” them. Account-Based Marketing has in fact been around since the 1940s.

GTM 98

GTM CRM Cross-sell Cold Call 98

Outreach

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As our CEO Manny Medina said in last week’s session, “The new normal has forced us to focus on what really matters.”. By the time they speak to a sales rep, they’re well-versed about the product. Selling teams need to be armed with proven data points, case studies, customer references, and evidence.

B2B 80

B2B Sales Up-sell Start-ups 80

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 21, 2017

We seem to be approaching or passing the tipping point where leading sales practitioners view successful selling as a disciplined, focused, engineered approach to engaging and creating value for customers. Stated differently, moving more toward selling as a science. Read Isaacson’s bio on him.

Sell 67

Sell Assembly Line Manufacturing Up-sell 67

Heinz Marketing

MAY 10, 2021

Join us, as Bobby shares about the idea of industry experience and how important having industry experience and industry perspective is, especially when selling in a commodity market. If you are watching us live today, hi. Hope you are having a great finish to April and thanks for joining us in the middle of your workday.

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Pipeline Sales Up-sell Growth 82