Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The development team is often a department grab from product or IT, and they end up with task overload. Because of this, SEO tasks end up low on their priority list, so things just sit there. The same survey also mentions that technical changes can take up to three months or longer to go live and start impacting traffic.

CTR 122

CTR X-functional Profit margin Contract 122

Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2017

That is to say, if you want your salespeople to do X, reward them financially for doing X. Increase average contract length. Selling function (hunting or farming). For example, you might pay $30,000 base and $15,000 for selling X amount per year. This target can be based on revenue (X dollars) or volume (X units).

Commission 101

Commission Quota X-functional Non-Profits 101

Sales Hacker

JULY 21, 2021

That thing reps do where they call every lead every day until the customer finally picks up the phone? Let’s come up with a plan for some quick wins”. Unfortunately, optimize is not a magic word that you wave like a wand over complicated systems, hoping that they start functioning perfectly. Digitize everything!

X-functional 134

X-functional Sales Strategize Cold Call 134

Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2025

Getting entire work done or processes done in the background and only bubbling up to a human when it has an exception. So it’s kind of like coming up with something based on giving it a task or a goal, it’s going to reason on a plan on how to accomplish that. tool selection. And that’s going to be dynamic.

GTM 70

GTM X-functional Start-ups Relationship building 70

Heinz Marketing

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Listen up – the number of minutes you choose is important. If your campaigns are time specific—routing high-value leads to sales for immediate follow-up, for example—be cognizant of these prioritization rules. #2 Here’s a list of 10 simple things that you may not know about Marketo. #1 Something is broken,” they said.

CRM 137

CRM Campaign X-functional Clients 137

Martech

JUNE 6, 2023

It’s straightforward to add up licensing, managed services support and development costs and then make a choice. Outline cross-functional teams’ involvement and get their buy-in and commitment The most successful implementations are integrated into how marketers do business. But there is a lot more that goes into the actual migration.

X-functional 108

X-functional Cross-sell Contract Up-sell 108

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

Whether you’re building a sales compensation plan from scratch or re-building an old one, you should take the following steps in order: Understand the Basic Requirements of a Good Sales Comp Plan. Create a 2-Page Contract and Get Mutual Commitment [TEMPLATE PROVIDED]. Establish Role Levels. Set Targets. Experienced/Top Performer.

SQL 110

SQL Commission Customers Non-Profits 110

Salesforce

JANUARY 22, 2024

And if you work in the legal or healthcare fields, AI can help analyze and research contracts or help interpret MRIs and X-rays, respectively. ” Get articles selected just for you, in your inbox Sign up now How generative AI is creating new careers — 12 roles to consider What’s new and interesting to the AI curious?

Healthcare 121

Healthcare X-functional Engineering Technology 121

Sales Hacker

JULY 10, 2020

I followed his system, and it changed my life. What followed was almost a discovery session , similar to what we all put our clients through. Find out who can spend money, who has budget, who can CREATE budget, and who can sign the contract? What is each function’s challenge with the current environment?

Legal 130

Legal X-functional Contract Presentation 130

Search Engine Land

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Google stirred things up by shaking cushions and discreetly adjusting ad prices, and the entire industry faced a major shift with the sunset of Universal Analytics, forcing everyone to transition to Google Analytics 4. A month later, YouTube stepped up its tactics to stop its users from installing ad blocked by disabling videos.

X-functional 116

X-functional Retail Launch Non-Profits 116

SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2019

I write a blog at tomtunguz.com that focuses a lot of early stage start-ups and uses a lot of data in order to illuminate different topics. Contract length. How long should a contract be in order to maximize conversion rate? A multi-year contract, a month-to-month contract, an annual contract.

Contract 101

Contract Price X-functional Conversion 101

Hubspot

MAY 17, 2018

Follow these steps to make the process smoother for both you and your new freelance partner. Before you jump into the hiring process, make sure you can define everything up front. It’s bad for the freelancer because they were working on a specific set of criteria that now is expanded upon or blown up. Do you have a design?

Contract 78

Contract X-functional Negotiate Start-ups 78

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

The licensee embeds the third-party software into its application to improve it by adding new functionality or features, or enhancing existing functionality or features. One OEM contract can give thousands or tens of thousands of end-users access to the licensor’s software. Licensing OEM software. OEM deal structure.

GTM 89

GTM Negotiate Profit margin Contract 89

Sales Hacker

JULY 18, 2019

Having well-defined and accurate sales stages for your business is critical, particularly if you plan to leverage the weighted pipeline functionality. 75% Contract Negotiation. Upside – the AE is feeling good about the deal; however, they haven’t ironed out pricing, contract terms, etc. An example might be: 15% Demo Scheduled.

X-functional 73

X-functional Pipeline Contract Quota 73

Sales Hacker

JULY 2, 2019

For this model, you’ll need the following metrics: Leads per month for the previous time period. If your CRM doesn’t have this reporting functionality, you can export the data into an excel file and quickly get the average sales price from there. 2,000 x 10% = $200/lead. Contract Sent (90%). Average sales price by source.

Price 101

Price X-functional Sales CRM 101

Hubspot

AUGUST 4, 2015

But not all couples are functioning like a belt and suspenders. Then it’s up to you just to become a football player.”. If Montana was your marketer firing qualified leads your way, Do you have a documented sales process to follow? Do you follow up quickly with leads? Mac and cheese. Taco Tuesdays. Tango and Cash.

X-functional 78

X-functional Sales Teamwork Follow-up 78

PandaDoc

APRIL 24, 2020

While the free plan won’t be a great fit for power users, all you need is a DocuSign account to sign up. Most competitors follow DocuSign’s lead here by offering equivalent plans at no charge, but PandaDoc takes free plans to a new level with our Free eSign Plan. Competitor highlights. Personal plans.

Price 59

Price X-functional CRM Follow-up 59

Hubspot

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Whatever you’re looking for, a sales prospecting tool will help you do one or more of the following: Identify high-quality prospects. When each stage of the prospecting process is automated (whether in part or fully), your tea can speed up the discovery, qualification, and outreach process. Prospect monitoring functionality.

Prospecting 90

Prospecting X-functional Contact CRM 90

Sales Hacker

JUNE 20, 2019

And following this rule of thumb I went DEEP on my target persona. Doing that, you end up learning things that aren’t immediately obvious to everyone else. Shored up our weaknesses by adding tech. I was responsible for onboarding hundreds of salespeople, training the entire BDR, AE, CS, and Support functions.

Quota 84

Quota X-functional Strategize Start-ups 84

SaaStr

JANUARY 21, 2020

So you might be wondering who am I and why am I up here talking about sales culture? I think it’ll become clear why Jason asked me to come up and talk about this very specific topic. In the last year, I ended up working directly for the CEO doing special projects. Well, let me give you a little bit of my background.

Quota 132

Quota Sales Healthcare Territory 132

Hubspot

MAY 12, 2023

Whether you’re applying for a virtual assistant or a traditional executive assistant role, you can expect some form of the following 20 questions in your hiring process. Why it matters : This question is often the first one asked and can trip up candidates. When answered well, it can set you up as smart and ambitious.

X-functional 90

X-functional Pitch Follow-up Clients 90

Heinz Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2018

Listen up – the number of minutes you choose is important. If your campaigns are time specific— routing high-value leads to sales for immediate follow-up, for example—be cognizant of these prioritization rules. It’s up to you what you decide to enter as your default values but choose something you could easily report on later.

CRM 75

CRM Campaign X-functional Clients 75

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

We have heard a lot of sessions today around ramping up your lead gen, accelerating marketing. You want them to follow. You need to be able to do that for a second reason, which is you want to sign up customers who are passionate about what you do, that believe in what you do. Second or third is referrals. How do you do that?

Prospecting 96

Prospecting Customers Promote X-functional 96

PandaDoc

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

If they agree, the deal is finalized by the signing of a contract. That process of negotiating with a prospect is one PandaDoc can help you streamline and speed up. Pre-built, customizable templates and real-time reporting and notifications on proposal activity free up your sales team to hone their craft.

Closing 52

Closing Contract Technique Referrals 52

Lead Fuze

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is crazy specific, but you could find all the people that match the following: . The company offered me $X,000. LinkedIn is the best place to find up-to-date information. If you use a CRM like Hubspot or Salesforce, email functionality may already be built in. Be careful about how you set up your CRM.

Appointment 52

Appointment X-functional Sales CRM 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. We’ve invested in over 300 companies at Salesforce Ventures and have partnered with both of you closely and it’s been amazing to see this story up close and personal over the years. Matt Garratt.

Price 86

Price Retail X-functional Healthcare 86

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

I remember in my first week or two at Talkdesk I had one of the sales leaders come up to me and say, “Hey, we’re going to need a reference for this customer that we’re trying to close to help us help sell the deal.” Let’s say we messed something up in the implementation. Are you willing to sign up?”

Clients 75

Clients Service Customers Start-ups 75

PandaDoc

APRIL 12, 2022

To get the most out of NPS, do the following: Place your NPS survey in a location where it will receive a high response rate. Follow up with respondents. To gather the data, you’ll need to ask the following question: How satisfied were you with your experience today? 08 x 100 = 8%. How do they use your software?

Customers 52

Customers X-functional Promote Price 52

Search Engine Land

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

But mixed in with those are projects for decommissioning product X, launching product Y, and migrating sections from one website to another – a real Frankenstein dashboard. This enables you to follow up with others while the discussion is fresh in their minds. So, the root cause is not that there are many 301 redirects.

X-functional 115

X-functional Territory Launch Follow-up 115

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The whole thing falls apart if you have a vision as a founder or functional leader and the people underneath you don’t believe the same things. You have to lead the team, live up to the values, hit quotas and targets, and make money. Almost everyone grew up in the company. It’s hard to ramp up new teammates in CSM and PS.

X-functional 113

X-functional Contract Quota Growth 113

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Your value will go up insanely in the IPO or acquisition. If your competition signs folks up to 3 year contracts, “buy out” their contract by not charging them for overlapping time periods. But pay-up if your reps can get a deal ripped out of the competition. New competitors always pop-up.

Real Estate 136

Real Estate X-functional Contract Healthcare 136

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 7, 2025

I remember, and this is maybe outdated because I haven’t ran BD teams in many years now, but back in the day, if it didn’t look like we were going to hit our number that month, we would set up Aussie hours where my team would cold call into Australia. I don’t think they’re as against cold calling as maybe the U.S.

GTM 118

GTM Sell Customers Cold Call 118

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin. I actually just got off the boat, Nick, and scurried up to make sure that I was ready to go for the presentation. So, you teed it up really well. One, it starts high up in the sales process, right?

Retail 107

Retail Start-ups Drivers/motivators Up-sell 107

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

Before diving into your questions, you’ll want to head over to the link below and sign up for an exciting event coming up this week. On Wednesday, March 27th, SaaStr is hosting AI Day, you can sign up for free at this link. Many folks in CS don’t want to hear that their outbound emails are horrific or that they don’t follow up.

Price 119

Price X-functional B2B Growth 119

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

What are you doing up so early? What’s the failure rate for a Series A start up? What’s the failure rate of a Series C start up? We are screwing up the scale. Awesome revenue growth on the X axis, awesome revenue retention on the Y. It was all about getting the contract. SaaStr, good morning.

Growth 106

Growth Cross-sell Contract X-functional 106

Hubspot

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Checking out what other people have come up with can be a great way to kick your own thought process into gear. Ask everyone to come prepared to discuss a certain product category or question, such as, "What's your favorite type of X and why?" It's functional enough to satisfy early customers and get a sense of what you should improve.

Minimum Viable Product 101

Minimum Viable Product Legal X-functional Networking 101

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

As we gear up for SaaStr Europa 2023 in London on 6-7 June and SaaStr Annual 2023 in the SF Bay Area on 6-7 September , we wanted to take a look back at some of our most iconic speakers and sessions from over the year, that we can still learn from today. OK, so straight up. Next up, we’ve got Nicolas Dessaigne.

Price 109

Price Start-ups Up-sell X-functional 109