SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Selling to developers and technical audiences requires a different approach than traditional B2B SaaS sales. In a recent SaaStr Workshop Wednesday , Komodor CRO Jim Hunnewell who also previously led sales at companies like GitHub, shared his first-hand experience and insights for successfully selling to engineering teams.

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Engineering Sell Technical Sales B2B 116

Sales Pop!

JANUARY 7, 2025

The tipping point is the extra effort we go to reveal knowledge concerning their latest company updates and follow up with related questions. Informal Questions of Importance Most representatives are too focused on making the actual sale, but Telling-Selling rarely works well. Dont give up find a better way!

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Appointment Clients Represent Follow-up 298

Sales Pop!

JANUARY 25, 2025

Selling online isnt what it used to be. Weve spent years helping businesses boost their sales by standing out online. Below, youll learn how to identify your unique selling points, communicate them effectively, and turn them into real sales advantages. Dont require lengthy sign-ups or excessive personal information.

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Product Customers Real Estate Trust 257

Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 15, 2025

When I was growing up there was a well-traveled road with eight gas stations next to each other, and there were non-stop price wars with prices ranging from 17.9 Wouldnt it be easier for everyone if the prices were rounded up to the next full cent? This is my recollection of how the first-ever sales call went. cents to 19.9

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Engineering Price Follow-up Pitch 127

Iannarino

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

What is the best sales approach for B2B sales? Is it "Solutions Selling" or perhaps "Spin Selling?" Is it some seemingly new approach that is really an old pig with touched-up lipstick? Challenger?

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Sales B2B Up-sell Clients 332

Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with Andy Matheou from RHM Staffing to dive deep into the challenges and triumphs of selling in the staffing industry. Competitiveness and resilience are essential traits in both sales and personal life, helping individuals push through challenges and setbacks. –

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Hubspot

JANUARY 8, 2025

Youre selling something to someone who just wouldnt budge. If I just described a familiar struggle one you might know all too well Im here to share a solution that might be the answer to your prayers: Gap selling. Truthfully, gap selling takes patience, practice, and persistence to master. Lets get into it.

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Intrinsic Sell Objectives and Key Results Technique 79

Hubspot

MARCH 12, 2025

Buyers face the same challenge every day, making simplicity a superpower in sales. SNAP Selling is designed to help you cut through the noise and make buying easier for prospects. Lets take a look at the basics of SNAP and how you can start using it in your sales cycle. Table of Contents What is SNAP selling?

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Sell Objectives and Key Results Pitch Sales 61

Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 11, 2025

When I was in the hospital for a week in February, my discharge was delayed by two days because each time they asked me to walk up a flight of stairs, my blood pressure crashed. Good salespeople know that the key to a sales process that will result in a sale, is uncovering their prospects compelling reason to buy.

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Hospitality Sales Prospecting Up-sell 125

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 21, 2022

In fact, three-quarters of surveyed buyers prefer virtual sales over traditional sales. If virtual selling is already part of your business strategy, you might want to ramp your efforts up. Here are 5 proven tips to help you increase virtual sales. Many people prefer purchasing things online nowadays.

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Sales Up-sell Sell Process 326

Sales Pop!

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Regular trips to the supermarket can quickly add up, no matter how carefully you plan. Sales periods offer a prime opportunity to maximize your grocery budget, but without a clear strategy, they can just as easily lead to overspending. In this article, you’ll find practical tips to help you make the best out of supermarket sales.

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Price Sales Promote Up-sell 130

Search Engine Land

OCTOBER 2, 2024

However, Amazon’s advertising ecosystem has expanded significantly, now offering options for service and local businesses that don’t sell physical products on the Amazon marketplace. Both of these display ad types are available for businesses not selling goods on the marketplace. Business email address Sign me up!

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Customers Sell Campaign Engineering 103

Veloxy

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The new year is upon us, and along with it comes new sales resolutions. One of the most popular sales resolutions for 2022 will be a commitment to reduce non-selling activity. Did you know that most salespeople spend over 60% of their time not selling. Streamline sales processes tied to Salesforce, and save time.

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Tradeshows Contract Sales Contact 348

SaaStr

MAY 1, 2025

Your first few sales reps have to be … different. "That early sales team … they have to be product gurus. Selling a $100/month product is very different from selling a $100,000/year solution. Do They Know How to Sell Without a Big Brand? And Have They Sold Somewhere Where Sales Is Hard?

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Trust Sales Up-sell Price 106

Sales Gravy

MAY 1, 2025

Here's the brutal truth: Self-awareness is the ultimate sales skill. Sales Without Self-Awareness is a Wrecking Ball Lets get honest. When you dont know how best to connect with your prospect because youre not listeningthats a dangerous place to sell from. Sales is a what s-happening-today game.

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Objection handling Consult Sales Technique 87

Salesforce

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Some retailers may be missing out on opportunities to rev up sales through the end of October. After some years of declining sales, retail’s Halloween season is now the industry’s second biggest retail holiday. Of course, Halloween sales can be challenging. You can focus on inventory that will sell. Back to top.

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Retail Promote Sales Follow-up 105

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Graduating from college, I went right into a high-pressure sales job selling newspaper advertising for The Dallas Times Herald in the burgeoning Dallas, Texas marketplace. Because if I was not and the ad showed up in The Dallas Morning News, here is what happened…

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Territory Sales Up-sell Sell 310

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

A solid social selling strategy falls somewhere between “nice-to-have” and “need-to-have” in the modern sales landscape. But navigating social selling isn‘t always straightforward. There are some common pitfalls sales reps tend to run into when leveraging social media as a sales resource. Let's take a look!

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Sell Relationship building Trust Networking 75

Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, JBJ sits down with Amy Franko, a sales expert specializing in the mid-market, to discuss pipeline velocity, qualifying deals, and the importance of asking the right questions in sales. Balancing Quality and Speed: Sales teams often struggle to balance quality with pipeline velocity.

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Pipeline Launch Sales Up-sell 98

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

So Salesforce is hiring 1,000 more salespeople to sell AI software … that is supposed to reduce the need for humans and replace them with agents pic.twitter.com/hsjlrz3mqS — Jason ✨????SaaStr Push them up the value stack? If it’s the latter, maybe AI will just create even more enterprise sales jobs.

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Up-sell Sales Sell Product 116

Martech

AUGUST 26, 2024

And smooth our selling process — their buying process — to its digital best. Marketing flies the plane and sales serves the coffee, perhaps? Statistical models can predict customer challenges that are likely to surface, giving sales teams “reasons to call” into their accounts and offer help. It’s hard to keep up!

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B2B X-functional Cross-sell B2C 136

Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Ellie in Galveston, Texas, faces a scenario that many young sales professionals know all too well: How do you earn respect and project confidence when youre selling to people who are older and more experienced than you? Ellies question highlights a universal issue in sales. Ellies question highlights a universal issue in sales.

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Sell Pipeline Prospecting Trust 84

Sales Gravy

APRIL 24, 2025

Lets kill the myth: sales coaching isnt just for newbies or underperformers. If you're in sales, you need coaching. Sales is a performance sport. Sales coaching forces you to stop guessing and start fixing. Inconsistent follow-ups? The ego stays in check, the mindset stays sharp, and the momentum stays up.

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Sports Referrals Sales Pipeline 98

Sales Gravy

JANUARY 14, 2025

Eric in Lewiston, Maine, asks how to use last years data to create and accurate sales plans and evaluate software tools (like CRMs and ZoomInfo) to make those goals happen. Sales planning is vitalwithout a roadmap, youre just hoping your revenue targets magically come to life. Success in sales is about balance across the entire funnel.

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Appointment Cross-sell CRM Pipeline 98

Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 25, 2024

In this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, take a look back at the best insights from the year. These moments arent just memorable, theyre actionable advice that sales professionals can take into 2025 to thrive in an ever-evolving landscape. Leading with empathy and emotional intelligence helps uncover the real problems you can solve.

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Conversion Pitch Sales Trust 96

Veloxy

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Let’s face it: if you’re still relying on old-school sales prospecting methods , you’re falling behind. Now, CEOs and Sales Executives need something sharper, faster, and more precise: AI for sales prospecting. At Veloxy, we believe AI is the game-changer every sales leader needs.

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Prospecting Technique Pipeline Sales 130

Sales Pop!

MARCH 30, 2025

We all know about team selling, dont we? But in engaging your selling team as effectively as possible, never neglect to focus on one of enterprise sellings top challenges team buying! As a result, the selling team absolutely must know and strategize for the buying team composition in every major pursuit. Really hurt you.

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Legal Finance Territory Up-sell 138

SaaStr

JANUARY 9, 2025

Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Successful SaaS Leaders Without Sales Teams? Many that are self-serve and SMB-focused can start off without a sales team … for a while. But almost none stay without a sales team … forever. Yes, Atlassian since well past its IPO had almost no direct sales team. Maybe on Day 0.

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Cross-sell Outside Sales Sales Up-sell 111

SaaStr

OCTOBER 18, 2024

You can talk about the roadmap or sales strategy until you’re blue in the face, but if you don’t have the team to do it at scale, there’s no point in talking a ‘big game.’ ” The best sales leaders are the ones that are even better recruiters than the CEO. We give up too early Henry explains.

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Sales Up-sell Go To Market Gaming 124

SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2025

With decades of experience as both a founder and investor, David brings a unique perspective to the often-misunderstood process of selling a company. He joined SaaStr Workshop Wednesday LIVE to do a deep dive with Jason Lemkin on his 10 Point Checklist when you sell your startup.

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Sell Negotiate Healthcare Drivers/motivators 85

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Sales teams today spend 70% of their workday on non-selling activities a massive roadblock to hitting quotas. In my experience, the biggest culprits behind this inefficiency are bloated, disconnected sales tech stacks with poor training and low user adoption. Double Sales Productivity in only 1 Minute. Lets dive in.

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Product CRM Price Objectives and Key Results 130

Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 29, 2024

As you'll learn in this Monday Money podcast episode and article, these goals are essential to helping you maintain sales discipline throughout your sales year. Whether its a house, a new car, or building up your savings, to-have goals are about acquiring something that enhances your life. To-Do Goals These are experience goals.

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Commission Sales Follow-up CRM 98

Sales Gravy

MARCH 30, 2025

It can also make life much easier if your sales plan and quota gets bigger in the back half of the year as many do. On Track If you hit your quota in Q1 and ended up right where you should be, nice job! No-one tanks their sales number on purpose.But where you are now is almost always a result of small slips in discipline tha.

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Quota Pipeline Sales Up-sell 102

Sales Gravy

MARCH 18, 2025

Gaius, who runs an insurance brokerage in Ohio wants to know how to get his new sales agents cold calling and building pipeline earlier in their training cycle, without making them feel overwhelmed and sabotaging their confidence. The question is, how soon can they start generating leads and setting up sales conversations?

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Cold Call Commission Appointment Pipeline 80

Martech

JULY 25, 2024

This approach assumed that targeting a CEO, CFO or CMO would likely result in a sale. Each member may have up to 15 interactions with each vendor under evaluation. The bigger buyer group — the influencers of the sale — do a lot of the work, and sometimes, the person signing the checks is only interested in doing just that.

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B2B Legal CRM Lead generation 133