SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2024

For the subsequent ten years in software, we’ve optimized every little bit of how we sell it. But today, it’s different because the kinds of software we sell aren’t the same. In 2020, we transitioned from a physical selling universe to a virtual selling universe. It isn’t predictable.

Go To Market 133

Go To Market Quota GTM Price 133

Martech

JULY 11, 2024

Unless you understand a buyer’s personality, which would give you real insight into their behaviors and motivations, and you can observe this over time, you can not assume that they are “actively searching” for what you are offering because they have “purchase intent.” Email: Business email address Sign up now Processing.

B2B 133

B2B Cross-sell Drivers/motivators Pipeline 133

SaaStr

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The meta point is after a tough late 2023 and into 2024, SaaS, Cloud and more is back: In some cases, AI is the driver (Databricks, Palantir). Will Be Cash-Flow Positive Next Quarter This is pretty impressive, and sets Databricks up for a strong IPO whenever it’s ready. But close enough for purposes of this post.

Cross-sell 116

Cross-sell Drivers/motivators Up-sell Growth 116

Sales Gravy

MARCH 18, 2025

If youve ever hired a sales class or tried to ramp up new hires in an industry with complex products or strict guidelines, youll relate to Gaiuss dilemma. By the time theyre ready to sell, theyll be way behind on prospecting and might even lose that day-one enthusiasm for building relationships. And yes, theres a risk of mis-steps.

Cold Call 85

Cold Call Commission Appointment Pipeline 85

Cerebral Selling

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The issue with these questions is that they fail to provide a sense of depth and insight into arguably the most important motivation behind the customers decision to even look at solutions; their problems! But the truth is customers dont wake up thinking about products or processes. What type of solution are you looking for?

Customers 130

Customers Objection handling Strategize Negotiate 130

Search Engine Land

JULY 16, 2024

The prospect of earning rewards motivates customers to choose a particular brand over competitors, especially when they are close to reaching a reward threshold. Moreover, loyalty programs can incorporate tiered membership levels, where increased spending unlocks premium benefits, motivating customers to spend more to reach the next tier.

Cross-sell 72

Cross-sell Drivers/motivators Strategize Promote 72

Sales Pop!

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The global economy is constantly evolving, so students must stay active to keep up with life’s ups and downs. School may take up a lot of your time. Your work may include converting Excel spreadsheets, transcribing audio, simple data entry, setting up meetings, etc. Flip Websites And Sell. Don’t waste time.

Transportation 196

Transportation Drivers/motivators Networking Commission 196

Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 4, 2024

What causes you to keep it up? It’s always been this, “I get up every morning and do my hobby. And they also make very good money, but that’s not the driver of the work. Selling has never been an easy job! You certainly don’t need the money, but you continue to be one of the busiest people I know.

Sports 127

Sports Drivers/motivators Growth Promote 127

Hubspot

JANUARY 14, 2025

Theyre someone who takes initiative, inspires their fellow salespeople, and drives revenue growth through an innovative approach to prospecting and selling. And, just as I mentioned, thats exactly where sales champions shine theyre not just deal-closers but dynamic professionals who go far beyond the basics of selling. You know this.

Negotiate 78

Negotiate Cross-sell Drivers/motivators Strategize 78

Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Showing up daily, sticking to your routines, and doing the small things consistently makes a big difference over time. Success in 2025 will be about maintaining that focus, even when motivation dips. Showing up daily, sticking to your routines, and doing the small things consistently makes a big difference over time.

Conversion 97

Conversion Pitch Sales Trust 97

Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

If you are driving in your car, looking at your phone, fiddling with your radio, looking at people on the sidewalk, weaving in and out of traffic or speeding because you’re in a hurry, you are probably not a very good driver and bad things will happen. Pretty amazing, isn’t it? The same concept derails salespeople too.

Drivers/motivators 114

Drivers/motivators Sales Quota Pipeline 114

SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2025

I really liked this one and wanted to write up a few more learnings. Balance Structure with Founder Knowledge When Graham joined, he discovered the founders had “unconscious competence” in selling to certain customer segments (particularly financial services).

GTM 97

GTM Territory Pipeline Growth 97

Martech

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

When this CEO first said it, I thought, “Someone doesn’t just come up with that.” I mean, you can’t run a business that can’t sell your products, and there’s a basic threshold expense that’s required, and it’s usually not a trivial amount. Email: Business email address Sign me up! I knew he had it. But what about the rest?

GTM 105

GTM Drivers/motivators Legal Finance 105

SaaStr

MARCH 25, 2025

In SaaS, its easy to assume that virtual selling has completely taken over. But if you listen to many top CROs in SaaSlike Jonathan Vassil of Toast, Christian Smith of Splunk, Loren Padelford of Slice, and Sam Blond CRO emeritus of Brextheyll tell you that in-person selling is far from dead. Slice does much of the same.

Conversion 76

Conversion Territory Referrals Inside sales 76

Sales Gravy

MARCH 9, 2025

They are already motivated. Welcome to the Sales Graveyard The sales graveyard is full of former Presidents Club winners who: Came home with a trophy and were fired because they quit selling. Confident, I walked right up to my second shota short pitch into the greentasting a birdie and then. They are already motivated.

Pitch 97

Pitch Drivers/motivators Up-sell Engineering 97

Veloxy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This includes having up-to-date info about what they’re selling and being equipped with technology that aids their sales pitches. This allows them to focus more on selling and less on administrative tasks. If needed, consider partnering with a digital learning provider to keep training materials up to date for new hires.

Objectives and Key Results 279

Objectives and Key Results Territory Inside sales Cross-sell 279

Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Breaking Up with Prospects: One challenge for sellers is recognizing when to disengage from prospects who show little progress. Find strategies for professionally and respectfully "breaking up" with prospects to avoid wasting time on deals that are unlikely to close.

Pipeline 98

Pipeline Launch Sales Up-sell 98

Iannarino

JULY 21, 2021

These problems, he concluded, should motivate me to fire my current partner and switch to his company. His main goal, though, was to sell his solution, something his email made perfectly clear. Any conversation about your competition takes up time that would be better spent in a conversation that creates value for the client.

Cold Call 301

Cold Call Cross-sell Gaming Clients 301

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.

Intrinsic 79

Intrinsic Sell Objectives and Key Results Technique 79

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.

Sell 86

Sell Negotiate Healthcare Drivers/motivators 86

Veloxy

JANUARY 2, 2024

While you may want your sales team to focus on selling, they also spend much time on administrative tasks. In doing so, you can give your reps more time to sell while helping them reach more qualified leads. Invest in Quality Sales Training and Coaching A crucial part of selling is reaching the right people with a great offer.

Product 246

Product Territory Objectives and Key Results Sales 246

Hubspot

AUGUST 7, 2024

SaaS startups need to choose a CRM that meets them where they're at now and can keep up with projected growth over the next five and 10 years. This can be big-picture, like revenue planning, or in the minutia of your day-to-day, like letting you know that a lead opened your email and telling you when to follow up. Growth Potential.

CRM 81

CRM Price User Experience Customer Relationship Management 81

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

But I urge you to think of a third aspect — motivation. Example: Sell $10,000 monthly, calculated from the first to the last day of the month. The employee begins asking for further help and clarification — for example, to have the stranger draw a map, or look up the phone number of the business. Waterfall goals.

Retail 126

Retail Gaming Drivers/motivators Commission 126

Martech

MARCH 5, 2025

But this thinking misses a key point brick-and-mortar is not just about selling. Email: Business email address Sign me up! This might seem out of step with its digital-first model, but it isnt opening stores just to sell more subscriptions. In todays digital world, its about branding and customer engagement. Processing.

Retail 79

Retail Drivers/motivators Launch Up-sell 79

Martech

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

When this CEO first said it, I thought, “Someone doesn’t just come up with that.” I mean, you can’t run a business that can’t sell your products, and there’s a basic threshold expense that’s required, and it’s usually not a trivial amount. Email: Business email address Sign me up! I knew he had it. But what about the rest?

GTM 94

GTM Drivers/motivators Legal Finance 94

Martech

JANUARY 23, 2023

Using psychological approaches in your email campaigns can motivate customers to act instead of making do with hastily written copy and a “Buy now” mindset. Using psychology to address your ecommerce customers’ motivational drivers will be one of those approaches. It’s a cognitive bias many of us share.

Drivers/motivators 123

Drivers/motivators Profit margin Price Campaign 123

Veloxy

MAY 25, 2021

Product or service confidence means that the salesperson honestly believes that what they are selling can make life better somehow…even if just in a small way. A personable salesperson is respectful, patient, easy to talk to, and picks up on social queues (just to name a few). Here are 9 sales statistics just on following up: .

Referrals 290

Referrals Quota Cold Call Contact 290

Veloxy

APRIL 19, 2021

With a motivated, well trained team, you have more calls made, emails sent, prospects converted and much more. Heck, why not find out what keeps them up at night while you’re at it? Keep in mind that you will have multiple buyer personas depending on the products you sell and their appeal. Plan Your Outreach and Sell Away.

Teamwork 245

Teamwork Outside Sales Cold Call Sales 245

Veloxy

JUNE 23, 2021

What Positions Make Up an Inside Sales Team? How to Empower, Develop, and Motivate Your Inside Sales Team. This is often why many companies don’t end up with rockstars and new teams miss the mark. One way to select between outside and inside sales hires is by analyzing the type of product you’re selling.

Inside sales 232

Inside sales CRM Sales Pipeline 232

Sales Pop!

OCTOBER 18, 2021

People ‘buy yours’ first before they seriously consider the products and services you are selling. Punctuality and follow-up are essential for building credibility and trust. Being faithful to a CRM system that keeps you up to date and alert is vital for your future success. Accept The Curves and Twists.

Referrals 211

Referrals Sales Repeat business Drivers/motivators 211

STAR Results

JUNE 3, 2020

Even though we are still social distancing and face to face selling may not resume until 2021, you are still responsible for sales results. What can you do to jump-start your sales and make up for any lost sales during the last several months? Your salespeople have had to adapt to selling via Zoom or telephone.

Closing 247

Closing Objectives and Key Results Sales Follow-up 247

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 8, 2022

It’s just fascinating to watch, learn about the teams, drivers, cars. The ability to provide data to the drivers to help them understand their own performance and how they might improve was a critical aspect of what they sought to discover. No driver is favored. No driver was “unprepared.”

Drivers/motivators 133

Drivers/motivators Hospitality Engineering Up-sell 133

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2022

So what can founders, CEOs, and VP of Sales do to motivate the sales team after a few bumps? . Everyone sells more immediately. Because you reroute their leads to better reps, who close more deals, and revenue almost automatically goes up. Ask your team how to sell better. Focus on driving NPS up this quarter.

Drivers/motivators 118

Drivers/motivators Promote Up-sell Sales 118

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The top of the page is set up to deliberately guide the visitor to the flashing blue dot on the left side. Studies show that interactive content can be up to twice as effective at engagement as static content. Memberstack has loaded up on reviews, most of which can’t be read without clicking through to another page.

Drivers/motivators 156

Drivers/motivators Objectives and Key Results A/B testing Start-ups 156

Veloxy

DECEMBER 28, 2023

However, if you’re considering a transition to outside sales or simply want to elevate your field selling game, you’re in the right place. and embark on this journey to master the art of field selling together! Get Your Free Ebook Key Takeaways Outside sales is the practice of selling through direct, in-person interactions.

Outside Sales 242

Outside Sales Cold Call Represent Objectives and Key Results 242

Sales Pop!

APRIL 26, 2022

With two years gone since the beginning of the pandemic crisis, I’ve been pondering what’s changed in selling behaviors. To truly understand what’s changed, I contacted Markku Kauppinen , who knows more about selling behaviors than anyone I know. They have accepted virtual selling is the present reality and have adapted to it.”.

Sell 245

Sell Finance Represent Legal 245

Veloxy

MARCH 23, 2023

Encourages salespeople to perform better Sales quotas provide salespeople with a specific target to hit, motivating them to perform better. By setting achievable targets and motivating sales teams to hit these targets, businesses can increase their sales revenue and profitability. 3 Strategies for meeting sales team quota 1.

Quota 246

Quota Profit margin Non-Profits Teamwork 246