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Is There (Sales) Life Outside SaaS?

Partners in Excellence

It seems everything in my feed is dominated by “SaaS Selling.” It seems everything I read is about “SaaS selling.” We’ve created formulas for sales success in SaaS. It seems that everything new about selling, everything about sales performance really focuses on SaaS selling.

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30 Outside Sales Tips That’ll Grow Your Pipeline

Veloxy

Aim for the moon with targets and quotas In the words of the famous Michelangelo, the greater danger doesn’t lie in aiming too high and falling short. Here’s a mentality that top-tier outside sales gurus have. And while you can always push a product for the sake of selling it, you’ll only sell it once.

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Your First 5 Sales Hires to Jumpstart Pipeline Generation

SaaStr

Once they do, the founder can attend meetings and use their passion and intel of the product to sell. . This is a non-quota-carrying role that manages inbound inquiries and qualifies them for function and fit, meaning whether or not they have the money to pay for the product or service. A Quota-Carrying Sales Representative.

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Which Type of Sales Job Is Right for You?

Hubspot

Unlike a closing sales rep, SDRs don’t carry a traditional quota. AEs are held to quotas. How to know if this job is right for you: Being an AE is a natural next step once you’ve gotten some selling experience under your belt. But account managers also look for upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

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What SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin Really Thinks About AI, Sales & Lead Gen In 2024

SaaStr

If you can, the perfect time to hire a VP of Sales is when you have two scaled reps,” Jason says. Ideally, you take founder-led sales to two reps that can hit quota. When you have two reps, you have the beginning of an engine, and someone with sales experience can replicate it. As a founder, there is an offramp.

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Sales Hacker’s 35 Most Influential Women in Sales

Sales Hacker

Amy Appleyard – SVP Global Inside Sales at Carbon Black, Inc. Amy Appleyard is an experienced, strategic sales leader with demonstrated success in overseeing cross-functional teams to improve the customer experience, drive sales and increase retention in both Distribution as well as SaaS-based sales organizations.

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The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Sales

Hubspot

Once the SDR has determined the prospect is ready to be contacted by the sales team, they send the person over to a closing rep. This process means SDRs typically aren't held to traditional quotas but to the number of calls they make or qualified leads they gather. Nearly half of their time is spent selling remotely (i.e.