Sales Pop!

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

8 Must-Have Ecommerce Tools for Rapid Retail Growth. Voice shopping is projected to grow to $40 billion by 2022. Analysts believe that more features like this will soon appear, making it easier to sell products and services to a large audience directly on users’ favorite apps. households will own smart speakers.

Retail 130

Retail Growth X-functional Cross-sell 130

Martech

MARCH 10, 2022

E-commerce has been on the rise for years but has had explosive growth during the pandemic. What was already a high-growth industry has catapulted into hyper-speed as the world adapted to changing regulations, societal norms and customer needs. We will continue to see large upticks in e-commerce growth worldwide in two to three years.

E-commerce 106

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

SaaStr

JANUARY 26, 2023

Dear SaaStr: Can Founders Still Sell Some of Their Shares in Venture Rounds in 2023? Up until say 2017–2018 or so, in SaaS, there was a rough rule: a relatively small amount of secondary liquidity ($1m-$2m) would be offered by growth investors in top VC rounds once a startup crossed $10m ARR or so.

Sell 23

Sell Cross-sell Growth Up-sell 23

SaaStr

MAY 3, 2023

It’s now at $560m in ARR, growing 23% on a constant-currency basis, and while that growth has slowed from the go-go pace of the last 2 years, it still beat Wall Street’s estimates for both revenue and adjusted profit! Freshworks turned “profitable” at least on a non-GAAP basis and hit cash-flow positive in 2022.

Non-Profits 131

Non-Profits Cross-sell B2B Growth 131

SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2024

2023 wasn’t hard for everyone: First, it was mainly hard for folks that sold into “tech”, broadly speaking : Monday sells mainly outside of tech — it crushed 2023. Asana and Atlassian, competitors who sell more to tech? ZoomInfo saw it’s non-tech customers grow 20%, but overall growth slowed to 9%.

Cross-sell 128

Cross-sell Growth Up-sell Price 128

Salesforce

JANUARY 3, 2022

Predictable growth is the name of the game in the new year, and you need the right tools, tips, and techniques to make it happen. As our recent Sales Summit revealed, the old ways of selling — aggressive quotas, in-person sales calls, nagging pipeline reviews — just don’t work anymore. Learn more: “Diversity Sells”.

Growth 98

Growth Quota Intrinsic Cross-sell 98

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Since the start of 2022, the focus of SaaS leaders has changed from growth at all costs to sustainable growth and being default alive. Often, leaders struggle to choose between increasing the runway for their companies and pursuing growth. Unlock non-linear growth by leveraging partnerships. But why not both? .

Growth 19

Growth GTM Cross-sell Non-Profits 19

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Growth has slowed somewhat as Crowdstrike approached $3 Billion ARR — but only somewhat. Some Deceleration in Growth — But Still Jaw-Dropping Growth Crowstrike is seeing growth slow somewhat from 55% to 39% Year-over-Year, but that’s still adding over $1B in net new bookings a year! #2. ” #7. .

Non-Profits 119

Non-Profits Cross-sell Growth Service 119

SaaStr

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Leaders like ZoomInfo and Paycom that combine strong growth with strong profits have seen their stock prices stay relatively high, often at 15x ARR still. Despite crossing $1.4B Wix is in a bit of a tough spot, with growth slowing to 11% on a constant currency basis, but with a struggle to get to cash-flow positive after $1B ARR.

E-commerce 115

E-commerce Cross-sell Growth Price 115

Hubspot

AUGUST 22, 2022

We surveyed over 1,000 sales professionals around the globe to find out the top sales trends of 2022, and one thing is certain – the pandemic made a lasting impact on the relationship between salespeople and their prospects. Sales Culture In 2022. Sales Rep Performance in 2021 vs. 2022. The Top Sales Trends of 2022.

Cross-sell 69

Cross-sell B2C CRM Sales 69

SaaStr

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s quietly crossed $1.2 Billion in ARR now, but like many, its growth has slowed substantially the past year, to just 17%. Still, Wall Street seemed to like its slower but efficient growth. Elastic got fitter, even as growth slowed. That’s a solid +60% logo growth at scale. Go ask your developer ?

Cross-sell 111

Cross-sell Growth Price Up-sell 111

Veloxy

MARCH 23, 2023

Jump to 2022, and Salesforce found that a staggering 72% of salespeople expected their team to miss annual quota. They are important for businesses to ensure consistent sales revenue and growth on a monthly basis. They are important for businesses to ensure consistent sales revenue and growth over a three-month period.

Quota 246

Quota Profit margin Non-Profits Teamwork 246

SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Fast forward to today, and last quarter they crossed an incredible $560,000,000 in ARR growing 20% on a constant currency basis. But in contrast to their bigger customers, the macro environment — or perhaps market saturation — has led to slowing growth in this segment in 2023. #2. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1.

Cross-sell 119

Cross-sell Contract Price Growth 119

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2023

As a result, growth has radically slowed for the first time ever, to just 15% at $4 Billion in ARR. From 48% growth to 15% in just 12 months. Twilio is the same great company it was in 2022 and 2021, but it’s also been the segment where buyers have cut back perhaps the most. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. Go Global! #5.

Non-Profits 95

Non-Profits Cross-sell Growth Up-sell 95

Martech

JUNE 28, 2022

Average subscribers paid 12% more in 2022 than in 2021. The company attributed the increase to existing customers adding capabilities to their marketing automation instances and the growth of enterprise-level customers. . Download the 2022 MarTech Replacement Survey here. Photo credit: HubSpot. Processing.Please wait.

Customers 94

Customers Customer Relationship Management Cross-sell Territory 94

Martech

MARCH 1, 2024

As buying shifts online and marketing takes on some traditional sales roles, retaining existing customers is essential for driving growth and profits. But, at last, B2B marketers are beginning to grasp the importance of retention marketing for profit growth. It didn’t even make the Sagefrog priority list in 2022.)

B2B 128

B2B Cross-sell Pharmaceutical Account management 128

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

22 Things We Learned at SaaStr 2022. India’s founders were out in full force at SaaStr 2022. Three key themes emerged: SaaS continues to be a fertile ground despite the 2022 ‘SaaS-acre’. SaaS has never been bigger, and growth is secular. Most companies expect to miss 2022 targets but it is far from a doomsday. .

GTM 119

GTM Niche Cross-sell Contract 119

Salesforce

APRIL 28, 2022

Rising inflation, geopolitical concerns, an energy crisis, and a continued supply chain disaster are plaguing the first half of 2022 and challenging retailers on many fronts. According to the Salesforce Shopping Index, global same-site sales were down 3% year-over-year (YoY) in the first quarter of 2022. The answer is complicated.

Retail 98

Retail Cross-sell Sales Growth 98

SaaStr

JULY 24, 2023

So price increases have been the name of the game in SaaS for the past 12 months, in many (not all) cases to help make up for slowing growth: Zendesk up 16% Salesforce up 9% Google Workspace up 20% HubSpot up 12% Webflow up 16% Shopify up 33% Slack up 10% And some of them like Slack and Salesforce hadn’t raised list prices in quite some time.

Price 98

Price Cross-sell Gaming Follow-up 98

Martech

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

About 91% of companies said they achieved some level of success with content marketing in 2021, according to Semrush’s 2022 State of Content Marketing Report. Most respondents said they planned to increase content budgets and hire more content talent in 2022. But this is changing. How content marketing can help marketers succeed.

E-commerce 133

E-commerce Cross-sell Drivers/motivators Prospecting 133

Salesforce

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In fact, 55% of sales leaders say they’re prioritizing low-risk initiatives with modest guaranteed growth. Sales reps spend only 28% of their week selling, down from 34% in 2018. As noted above, tool juggling is one of the reasons reps don’t spend enough time selling. Our 11 Best Business Podcasts of 2022.

Cross-sell 98

Cross-sell Gambling Quota Sales 98

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

20X year 1⃣ 12X year 2⃣ 5X year 3⃣ #deelspeed @deel [link] — Shuooo (@shuoshuooshuooo) January 23, 2023 When we look at SaaS companies’ success stories, everything looks great on their growth maps. Learnings from the growth stage Measure what you can. Trust the process. Get comfortable with the unknown.

Cross-sell 111

Cross-sell Account management Clients Growth 111

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Table of contents What is customer acquisition, and how does it support growth? What is customer acquisition, and how does it support growth? For a company selling high-ticket products, like cars, the same purchase frequency indicates repeat business instead. Education app Headway knows its followers care about personal growth.

Customers 129

Customers Retail Cross-sell Follow-up 129

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

If your business growth is constrained by the cashflow you need for inventory, advertising, or something else, Flex could provide you with an interesting growth lever. If selling up-market and doing higher ACV deals, most likely 90% of these are being touched by sales, marketing, and partners. Meaning, revenue is a team sport.

GTM 122

GTM Pipeline SQL UX 122

Veloxy

AUGUST 16, 2023

Salesforce’s revenue in 2022 was $26.492 Billion. Sales Metrics Sales metrics such as lead conversion rate, deal closure rate, and revenue growth are crucial for assessing the impact of Salesforce on sales performance. The average ROI period for a Salesforce installation is now 13 months.

Objectives and Key Results 130

Objectives and Key Results CRM Profit margin Consult 130

Search Engine Land

MAY 7, 2024

selling over 400,000 eBikes in the last four years. However, in January 2022, two years after designing their first electric bike, the site received only 37,000 sessions (Semrush) and no significant keywords ranked in the top three. The brand mentions slowed in January 2022 but increased again in June and September 2022.

CTR 83

CTR Electricity Real Estate X-functional 83

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Being consistent earns trust and cements brand status—qualities that add 10–20% to your overall growth, according to LucidPress research. Top marketers are 414% more likely to report success when they document their strategy, according to CoSchedule’s 2022 Trend Report. For example, let’s say you sell accounting software to law firms.

Campaign 149

Campaign Objectives and Key Results Launch Click Through Rate 149

Martech

MAY 10, 2023

According to AgileSherpas’ 2022 State of Agile Marketing Report, over 40% of the 513 marketers surveyed said they use some form of agile in their work. Agile marketing is a framework that uses self-organizing, cross-functional teams that work in frequent small bursts (called “sprints”). Cross-functional collaboration.

Cross-sell 103

Cross-sell Campaign Finance Technology 103

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

And during a growth phase, we become overwhelmingly growth-oriented to a fault. They tap back into sales for upsells and cross-sells. Renewals have taken priority over engagement compared to 2022, and then expansion follows. I still think it’s tough, but it’s not clear exactly who owns what.”

Customers 121

Customers Cross-sell Drivers/motivators Gaming 121

Hubspot

APRIL 1, 2024

Seller Sentiments About Inbound Lead Flow Fell Year-Over-Year Here’s some data we were looking at recently that shows the difference in seller sentiments for inbound lead flow comparing Q4-2023 to Q4-2022. Some companies with explosive growth over the past few years. 20 different sales orgs. That’s all changed now.

Cross-sell 80

Cross-sell CRM Referrals Up-sell 80

Heinz Marketing

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

This week’s show is called “ Meet the New Hybrid Salesforce: Q&A with Tiffani Bova “ My guest is Tiffani Bova , Global Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. You’re the global growth and innovation evangelist with Salesforce. So, you got to keep selling if you’re going to continue to make.

Pipeline 122

Pipeline Sales Technology Technology 122

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

I scribbled down fragments of notes and ideas as she spoke: Moving from intelligence to insights to anticipate needs and offer recommendations based on CUSTOMERS Customer connection matters because it drives growth! The Age of Intelligence Selling is more challenging than ever. Accelerate revenue growth.

GTM 78

GTM Trust Cross-sell CRM 78

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. But that’s precisely why investing into marketing for and your biggest fans is the biggest growth hack you can possibly implement. Who loves your brand the most? Sounds great, doesn’t it?

Niche 129

Niche Intrinsic Campaign B2B 129

Hubspot

AUGUST 3, 2023

Everyone’s talking about AI and ChatGPT, but despite the buzz, selling AI products presents challenges for salespeople. In this article, we’ll delve into the challenges and share expert tips for selling your AI products to an apprehensive buyer or within a competitive market. Between 2019 and 2022, AI adoption plateaued.

Product 69

Product Sell Cross-sell Education 69

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2022

How, if no one’s heard of you, do you sell to big companies? So if you’re crossing 10 million, you do not need to hire a VP of sales that’s been there at 10 million, because you’re already there. Jason Lemkin: Well, let’s break it up. And the second question is how do they not crush you?

Growth 119

Growth Cross-sell Start-ups X-functional 119

Hubspot

MARCH 19, 2022

Damon Jones, Sandler's Head of Global Strategy and Growth, says that healthy goal-driven sales environments focus on the leading behaviors of success — not solely on results. Time spent selling (measured using call times of sales calls). Lead response times (speed of reaching out to inbound leads).

Objectives and Key Results 93

Objectives and Key Results Cold Call Quota Sales 93

Highspot

JANUARY 2, 2023

A sales enablement program that’s founded on the following eight tried-and-true best practices can help build a company culture that’s designed to prioritize efficiency, inspire peak sales performance, and stimulate maximum revenue growth. Streamline sales processes cross-functionally across marketing, sales, and sales operations.

Sales 75

Sales Quota Cross-sell Pitch 75