SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Make sure you know how your customers buy and tailor your go to market strategy and messaging to that. Pricing is always evolving. Be willing to iterate and push the envelope on pricing, and make sure your pricing lines up with your sales process. Get great at list building.

Non-Profits 130

Non-Profits Price Contract Start-ups 130

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Jason discusses two successful cold emails that he received and then funded – one from Mapistry that summarized the opportunity, customers, and growth profile, and one from Talkdesk that highlighted metrics, case studies, and go-to-market strategy when they were at $1M in ARR. But Not Lower Prices, Usually. Integrations 6.

Price 115

Price Contract Territory Quota 115

Sales Hacker

JULY 29, 2019

Today he’s discussing how to go to market with an enterprise solution. He has a deep background in enterprise sales, and it’s an incredible conversation about how you go to market with a true enterprise solution. Ed is the co-founder and President of Seismic, where he leads the company’s go-to-market efforts.

Go To Market 61

Go To Market Electricity Healthcare Education 61

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Add to that, the company had previously signed a three-year contract with Slack for several thousand users, and five months later, it had blown past that allotment. Their contract was originally in our mid-market segment, but they outgrew our segment lines, which brought them into our enterprise team. see what's new.

Closing 98

Closing Contract Legal Cross-sell 98

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

OEM licenses are significantly larger deal sizes than direct to end-user contracts because the licensee is usually pushing out the software to their entire customer base or a large portion of their customer base. One OEM contract can give thousands or tens of thousands of end-users access to the licensor’s software. Exclusivity.

GTM 89

GTM Negotiate Profit margin Contract 89

CloserIQ

APRIL 8, 2019

Most startups spend more time thinking about the color of their logo than how to price their product. This might sound harsh, but here’s the truth: The color of your logo will not save you if you price your product wrong. Pricing is one of the most important parts of a startup’s sales strategy, but it’s often overlooked.

Price 59

Price Finance Sales Contract 59

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It’s up to the CRO to keep a company’s marketing and product strategy in the kind of lockstep that drives it to produce the revenue it needs. For example, over the years, Angolia’s go-to-market strategy has tied together every part of its company, from finance to legal. . The life of a CRO is all about results.

Drivers/motivators 126

Drivers/motivators Trust Legal Finance 126

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 11, 2021

The contracts are often non-standard and you may need sign-off from several teams and stakeholders. Deal desks create efficiency, speed, and greater visibility across go-to-market teams. However, a certain small subset of companies do run pricing of standard deals through the deal desk as well. What is a Deal Desk?

Legal 91

Legal Contract Price Negotiate 91

SaaStr

MAY 12, 2022

Offering its services as a freemium-based model, CircleCI recognizes driving trials as the cornerstone of a go-to-market strategy for any developer tool. . Jim Rose, CEO of CircleCI, leverages his experience marketing to software developers to discuss the merits of moving from a subscription-based to a usage-based business model.

GTM 105

GTM Product Price Contract 105

Gong.io

JUNE 11, 2021

Rapidly evolved into a strategic, go-to-market function. They continue, “What was once the responsibility of product marketing, sales operations, or of a single sales trainer, sales enablement is now supported by dedicated teams founded within the sales organization” (bold is mine). Unique differentiators.

Objectives and Key Results 103

Objectives and Key Results GTM Price Territory 103

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2019

What you need to know about go-to-market models in SaaS. B2B SaaS go-to-market (GTM) models range from no-touch, transactional approaches to highly specialized, consultative strategies. Average Selling Price (ASP). Average Selling Price is defined as the average value of your closed won deals. Infographic).

GTM 85

GTM Education Sales Contract 85

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

This funding generally gives the company a couple of years to further develop its products, team, and begin to tackle its GTM (go-to-market) strategy. Be sure to offer growth-friendly plans in the form of tiered pricing models (usage or rolling seats) to accommodate their future growth. It’s no longer just an idea.

Sell 108

Sell Minimum Viable Product Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 108

SaaStr

APRIL 5, 2024

How to Deal with Pricing in a Hyper-Competitive Environment If you’re in a crowded space, it can feel like a race to the bottom on pricing, but it doesn’t have to be. Do you need to discount to match competitors or buy them out of contracts to compete in this space? Instead, they’re pricing based on the value they provide.

Sell 95

Sell GTM Price Up-sell 95

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Average Contract Value. Average Sale/Selling Price. AB Testing (or Split Testing) is an experiment involving two variants, usually for measuring and comparing market response to each. Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) is the value of contracted, often subscription-based revenues normalized for one calendar year. Gatekeeper.

B2B 105

B2B E-commerce Cold Call Represent 105

Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Marketing to connect what your product does to how it solves customer problems with compelling promotions and campaigns. Ensuring they have the same basic understanding of key differentiators, pricing, company offers, different sales techniques, and GTM strategies enables them to drive sales just as well as your direct sales team.

Product 52

Product GTM Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 52

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2023

Some other strategies for creating a more efficient go-to-market are: Adjusting pricing and contract terms with customers. Companies are giving price breaks this year to reduce churn and increase retention, with the caveat that it might go up next year. The Takeaway There’s only so much you can cut.

GTM 72

GTM Growth Profit margin Contract 72

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Pricing/Packaging (PP) is a key component of GTM. The former CRO of a successful prosumer SaaS company shared how they gave away free annual licenses for all new users over and above the ones contracted. This community accelerates learning, shortens feedback cycles and helps build a world-class org. Proximity to customers helps too.

GTM 119

GTM Niche Cross-sell Contract 119

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2022

We changed our product, evolved our marketing programs, and transitioned the sales team. This was all in an effort to increase our average contract value (ACV). The ICP determines decisions across the company from the go-to-market to product strategy. Pricing and Packaging. Product usage. Revenue number.

Cross-sell 104

Cross-sell Legal Contract Price 104

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

There are three clear tell-tale signs; INCREASE IN PRICE – Instead of $24,000 in ARR you start winning clients at $48,000 ARR. EXECUTE THE GO TO MARKET PLAN. To meet the growth potential a Go To Market (GTM) plan is imperative. Pursue new accounts for example from SMB to Mid Market to Enterprise.

Growth 101

Growth GTM SQL Strategic partnership 101

Martech

MAY 28, 2024

With the rise of AI-generated content across all markets, Originality.ai Why it’s valuable Let’s say you’re contracting in some content or your team has to use AI to keep up with the ideal output required for success. So much of what we marketing folks focus on in demand generation relies on creative and visual elements.

GTM 121

GTM Drivers/motivators B2B Campaign 121

Hubspot

MARCH 25, 2024

First, A Refresher What we’re discussing here don’t include enterprise contracts, where you get paid millions a year by big clients. If you look at a list of the “fastest” growing SaaS companies, besides having a great product and great go-to-market skills, they’re usually B2B sales-led products. Can I Afford To Be Patient?

Niche 77

Niche Price Contract B2B 77

Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2025

Ray breaks down why the rise of AI agents is a tectonic shift, how businesses are already seeing ROI, and what it means for SaaS, team structure, and go-to-market strategies. Why traditional SaaS pricing models (like per-seat) dont work in the agent era. I’ll give you this agent. So we’ll see that focus.

GTM 70

GTM X-functional Start-ups Relationship building 70

Martech

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

4 Defend marketing efficiency and effectiveness above budget In challenging times , CEOs and boards can look to scale back go-to-market efforts, leaving marketing in a defensive stance when it comes to budget. Price and product are only two of many operational GTM levers.

GTM 129

GTM Market share Growth Technology 129

SaaStr

DECEMBER 7, 2020

With the right tools, you can leverage product-led growth, a disruptive go-to-market strategy, that’s been adopted by the most successful companies in the subscription business, including Slack, Dropbox, Twilio and Shopify. No need to wait for your existing eSignature contract to end, you can switch to Conga Sign today!

Contract 76

Contract Growth Start-ups Closing 76

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

If you have a product that is absolutely crushing it in SMB/mid-market, you may be tempted to dive straight into the Enterprise market. Who could avoid dreaming of those seven-figure deal sizes, 3-year contracts, and trophy logos? Related: The SaaS Executive’s Guide To Building A Winning Go-To Market Strategy.

Product 68

Product Contract Cross-sell Account management 68

SaaStr

MARCH 22, 2023

You need to marry your go-to-market strategy to specific commercial structures that you, as a SaaS company, decide to offer your customers. At VMware, they priced based on physical CPUs customers chose — a hugely transactional service that constrained growth. This changed the conversations with customers.

Growth 104

Growth Cross-sell GTM Up-sell 104

Sales Hacker

JUNE 17, 2019

With Conga, you can simplify documents, automate contracts, and execute e-signatures so you can focus on accelerating sales cycles and closing business faster. Essentially, what we do is we present each traveler with a price to beat. If they go below that price, they keep half the savings and the company keeps half the savings.

Contract 84

Contract Drivers/motivators Sales Price 84

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Pricing is available upon request. Prices start at $25 per user each month. The best thing about this enterprise tool is the pricing part, which is more reasonable than other CRMs in the market plus the features are amazing, no less than the overpriced tools. Prices start at $12 per user each month. Aviso Predict.

Pipeline 87

Pipeline Price CRM Quota 87

SalesHandy

MAY 4, 2020

With the current economic landscape in view, you’ll probably need to redo your offerings and pricing structure to suit the needs of your new customers. While the targets might be met, you could end up sacrificing short term cash flow from selling products with delayed payments and lower pricing. Stay Safe and Healthy! Best, XYZ.

Pipeline 81

Pipeline Campaign Price Up-sell 81

Sales Hacker

MAY 27, 2019

How to assess your go to market strategy. With Conga, you can simplify documents, automate contracts, and execute e-signatures so you can focus on accelerating sales cycles and closing business faster. What’s my organization, what’s my go to market model? The Flip Between Sales and Marketing.

Product 81

Product Objectives and Key Results Up-sell Contract 81

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

Rico Mallozzi: So marketplaces are fundamentally changing, go to market motions for a lot of enterprise technology companies. And with that being said, today we’re going to discuss how you assess that, how you become successful on these. You need to get those transactions to kind of get that high velocity movement going.

Cross-sell 105

Cross-sell Finance Strategize Technology 105

SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2021

Because the packaging and pricing and thinking of the product will radically influence how successful you can be. Marten Mickos: We heard here that the cloud business has a combined market cap already of over a trillion dollars. In the 2000s, we turn into software licenses where we sold support contracts on top of them.

Customers 66

Customers Price Contract Objectives and Key Results 66

SaaStr

JULY 29, 2022

And it became a massive capital sink, as the company changed its go-to market around five million in revenue. Because it is viral, but is viral like Dropbox as you noted, it is viral like DocuSign and Adobe Sign were when we built it in the early days, when by signing a contract, someone else inherently saw the product.

Price 111

Price Product Start-ups Niche 111

Lead Fuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

There are many different go-to-market models in SaaS. Average Selling Price (ASP). The average selling price is the value of all closed deals. For recurring revenue businesses, ABSD is more cost-effective when the product or service has a higher price point. Target Addressable Market (TAM).

GTM 52

GTM Price Contract Sales 52

Lead Fuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

Who currently have job openings for marketing help. Understanding OEM software Pricing Models. OEM licenses are larger than direct to end-user contracts because the licensee is usually pushing out software to their entire customer base or a large portion of it. Pricing models. With the role of HR Manager. Exclusivity.

Negotiate 52

Negotiate Profit margin Contract Price 52

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

In that case the amount of money a customer pays you is low, but you sell at a higher volume so you sell more but at a lower price. The way you sell & market will be different. In this scenario, the customer is paying a few hundred thousand ($100,000+) but you have a low volume, high ticket price + addons.

CRM 98

CRM GTM Cross-sell Cold Call 98

SaaStr

JUNE 2, 2021

It’s the opaque pricing, but hopefully the customer gets exactly what they need at the end. Is pricing on the website? It’s typically self-served, through to pricing’s opaque, you have to pay for the product. Enterprise sales is probably where SaaS started out. It’s the wine and dine. Is it a PayK?

Sales 98

Sales Up-sell Price Start-ups 98