Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. Hiring guide.

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Outside Sales Inside sales Profit margin Sales 81

Hubspot

JUNE 8, 2021

If you hear "ABC" and "Always be closing" pops into your mind, a sales career may be the perfect match for you. You've come to the right place to learn what it's like to have a career in sales, and it's about much more than the close. Sales seems like a fast-paced, hardball kind of career. What's a typical sales career path?

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Commission Territory Finance Inside sales 80

Highspot

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Push the envelope of sales enablement by driving efficiency through AI, scaling coaching with actionable insights, tying enablement efforts to business results, unifying the sales tech stack, and engaging buyers with digital experiences.

Strategize 72

Strategize CRM Government Closing 72

Xant

JUNE 16, 2021

Revenue operations are the behind-the-scenes happenings in a sales org. Operations (ops) define processes, implement strategies, enable sales teams to do their work, and ultimately drive results. Without a revenue operations role, marketing and sales teams would have no strategy and no process. What is Rev Ops?

CRM 52

CRM Territory Sales B2B 52

SalesLoft

APRIL 25, 2019

Where Will the Money Go? As the creators of the Sales Engagement category, we’ll use this investment to continue leading the innovation that has come to define the category. This means investments in our ecosystem API, the mobile application, and our AI-powered sales coaching network. It’s why we get up every day.

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Growth Commission Networking Up-sell 90

Heinz Marketing

MAY 16, 2022

If you’re not already subscribed to Sales Pipeline Radio , or listening live every Thursday at 11:30 a.m The show is less than 30 minutes, fast-paced and full of actionable advice, best practices and more for B2B sales & marketing professionals. Welcome everyone to another episode of Sales Pipeline Radio.

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Pipeline Referrals X-functional Cross-sell 84

SalesLoft

JUNE 19, 2019

Since welcoming our new Vice President of Revenue for EMEA , Ollie Sharpe, last month, we’ve done an even deeper dive into the state of sales in the UK. We caught up with Ollie to ask some key questions about his role at SalesLoft, leadership philosophy, and the profession of sales in the UK. Why did you join SalesLoft?

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Territory Education Technology Technology 40

Sales Hacker

MAY 1, 2018

On this episode of the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk with Rick Smolen , VP of Sales at Greenhouse Software about moving your product upmarket and how to sell your software to a big company. How to help a hyper-growth company move upmarket from mid-market into enterprise. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

Product 47

Product Territory Negotiate Sales 47

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

What should you look for in your next sales hire? EVP of Global Sales, Shep Maher, for answers to these and other questions. Building a Sales Enablement Team. And if you have an awesome head of Sales Enablement, then they are changing your game, and changing your company. The Evolution of Sales.

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Price Up-sell Contact Technique 48

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

And for leveling up your sales skills, nothing beats a good sales book. So what are the best sales books for helping you reach peak performance? Have been recommended by sales professionals. Here’s how you can find the sales books that are most relevant to you. Sales Models and Fundamentals.

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Sales Technique Objectives and Key Results Non-Profits 141

SaaStr

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Typically founders are the first sales people. After all it’s likely they know the product the best, and they can use customer feedback to measure market fit. However, at some point a founder needs to hire a sales team. However, at some point, you do need to hire a sales team as a founder or else I’d be out of a job.

Sales 48

Sales Intrinsic Growth Product 48

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. We’re often encouraged to hide, toughen up, and bury our emotions. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

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Sales Start-ups Up-sell Cross-sell 130

Highspot

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Ignore a rattling sound coming from under the hood for long enough, and it’s likely just a matter of time before you end up broken down. Just a single failure point could spell disaster for even the most thoughtfully designed sales teams and strategies. Inadequately forecasting the market. Failing to develop the right strategy.

Sales 97

Sales Up-sell Represent Sales Experience 97

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

Maria is one of the top SaaS leaders in marketing, just finished up the CMO Vanna plan, which IPOed. And so, she can, and Anthony just finished up basically going from the first sales hire at Gainsight at almost 100 million in revenue and has just retired. Please sign up. That’s exciting. Jason : Yep.

Growth 77

Growth Promote Engineering Up-sell 77

SaaStr

JUNE 2, 2021

Ep #401: In this session, you will learn how to make the Freemium model work while also incorporating the traditional sales-driven strategy. Olof Mathe will share how the two strategies can blend together and specific lessons he has learned from his experience. What do we mean when we talk about freemium and direct sales?

Sales 98

Sales Up-sell Price Start-ups 98

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The best sales teams don’t just sell — they keep customers happy and drive serious upsell, cross-sell, and expansion revenue. They do this by first identifying and focusing on the sales motions that are best for their product, team, and customer. Inside sales. Inside sales. Low-touch sales.

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Inside sales Cold Call Contract Price 107

Highspot

JUNE 6, 2023

Boardrooms across the globe are dialed in on sales productivity, and rightly so. Sales productivity is the backbone of revenue generation, and during a time when businesses are being forced to achieve more with less, strengthening it has never been more vital. What is Sales Productivity?

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Closing Product Objectives and Key Results Quota 52

SalesLoft

AUGUST 9, 2023

You’re well aware of the trends affecting the sales industry right now: Low pipeline Declining win rates Smaller opportunity sizes Customer churn Needless to say, this market is quite literally giving teams a run for their money. But it’s not your access to data that’s making selling difficult right now.

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CRM Pipeline Go To Market Up-sell 52

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2020

If you missed episode 137, check it out here: From Marketer to CEO: The Power of Brand as a Growth Amplifier with Jake Sorofman. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. The role experience plays in evaluating job candidates [27:25]. He now leads the sales function at a really promising and high-growing unicorn called Instabase.

Sales 98

Sales E-commerce Technology Technology 98

Highspot

JULY 31, 2020

Proactively thinking through how and why your sales organization is set up a certain way ensures that you are not only making strategic hiring decisions but that you’re putting your reps in position to thrive. What does a sales department do? What are the types of sales organizations? SALES OPERATIONS.

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Assembly Line Territory Strategize Sales 72

SalesLoft

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Maybe you’ve already adopted a sales engagement platform. The odds are that if you lead a sales team, you’re somewhat familiar with the concept of a sales engagement platform. What is a successful sales engagement platform? It increases productivity and scalability within a sales organization.

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Cold Call Sales Objection handling Prospecting 52

Sales Hacker

APRIL 21, 2022

SaaS companies tend to follow a typical path, and it almost always leads to moving up-market and enterprise sales. In the early days, most SaaS companies sell to other startups for a number of reasons. But as SaaS startups mature, they usually start moving up-market. Related: What is Complex Sales?

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Cross-sell Legal Contract Price 84

Gong.io

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

How do you level-up B-players’ performance? What are the obstacles getting in the way of your sales force’s success? Jonathan is a partner at Bain, and has over 15 years of strategic sales experience helping organizations of all types and sizes maximize productivity. They learned how to sell really well.

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Price Strategize Up-sell Cold Call 71

Hubspot

APRIL 22, 2018

Buyer personas are a crucial component of successful inbound marketing, particularly for the sales and marketing departments. After all, the marketing team needs to know to whom they are marketing, and the sales team needs to know to whom they are selling. How did they end up where they are today?

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Education Hospitality Networking B2C 100

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 5, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Megan Bowen , SVP of Business Operations at Managed By Q. If you missed episode 68, check it out here: PODCAST 68: How to Go to Market with an Enterprise Solution w/ Ed Calnan. Structuring Your Organization to Grow the Customer Experience. What You’ll Learn.

Customers 53

Customers Account management X-functional Hospitality 53

The Lost Book of Sales

JULY 12, 2021

It's one of those books that you have to read if you work in sales or technology. Because it brings you a good mental model for understanding modern high-tech marketing, as well as the importance of segmenting and understanding your customers in a manner that I haven't seen anywhere else. Basics: Markets and segmentation.

Cross-sell 52

Cross-sell Niche Objectives and Key Results Price 52

Salesforce

MAY 2, 2022

Sales people know that many of the best insights come from your peers. To help you sift through the sea of talent, we curated a list of 16 sales influencers to follow in early 2021 — but that list has grown. These are the future-makers in sales. She also started a community on LinkedIn to connect women in sales roles.

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Gaming GTM Consult Sales 98

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Sales enablement is easy, right? It’s not that easy, but Sapper Consulting has built Regie to keep the promise of sales enablement alive and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. More sales meetings, that means more money. More sales meetings, that means more money.

Growth 69

Growth Objectives and Key Results Manufacturing Start-ups 69