Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This is a special edition of The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by over 52,000 revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date on go-to-market and scale their companies and careers. The State of Sales Jobs From week to week, it can feel like sales roles are up, and the next down. Help your team close more deals.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 4, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Jessica Gilmartin has nearly 20 years of go-to-market leadership experience, most recently serving as both the Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Calendly. We’re both really passionate about it. We were fortunate.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He was one of the first few reps hired at Yammer to sell into the Fortune 500, responsible for closing some of their largest, 7-figure contracts. Prior to Klaviyo, Sean served in enterprise sales roles at Localytics, Yammer (acquired by Microsoft for $1.2B) and SuccessFactors (IPO & acquisition by SAP for $3.4B).

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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. It’s a C-suite perspective that’s not limited to GTM. I knew he had it. That would be bad.

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SaaStr

MAY 28, 2024

If you’ve read SaaStr or have been around for the last decade, you might be familiar with some of the repeated GTM mistakes founders tend to make, but the world of hiring, people, scaling, and workplace expectations are significantly different today than they were before March 2020. The same is true for your first 5-10 reps.

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Martech

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Marketers are expected to set up, integrate and manage the system themselves. Given the complexity of these platforms, many companies underestimate the time and resources required to get them up and running effectively. They unlock an account-based approach to marketing, which is the right GTM for any business selling to an account.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2025

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter by GTMnow – read by 50,000+ to scale their companies and careers. GTMnow shares insight around the go-to-market strategies responsible for explosive company growth. GTMfund hosted an inaugural event called The GTM Workshop x Founders this week (some photos here ). Cold calling.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2025

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Ray Smith is the VP of AI Agents at Microsoft. Which skills will matter most in an agent-first world (hint: think like a GM or growth hacker). GTM 139 Episode Transcript Scott Barker: Hello, and welcome back to the GTM podcast.

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Gong.io

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you don’t break your GTM model, your growth will. When that model succeeds in driving rapid growth early on, it gets validated and often solidified in the minds of company leadership as the enduring formula that will guide the company through multiple phases of growth. . Good companies build a strong GTM model.

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Martech

APRIL 3, 2023

If your B2B go-to-market strategy doesn’t prioritize delivering a personalized and engaging experience for your audience, you could be missing out on potential customers and growth opportunities. Up to 80% of B2B sales interactions between buyers and sellers will be happening in digital channels by 2025, according to Gartner.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 22, 2023

That’s exactly what we aim to do by sharing insight through GTMnow from some of the best operators: help you build and grow faster and better, level up, and get wherever you want to go. GTM Leader Perspectives Highlighting 25 GTM perspectives on what is working and career advice “What’s one tactic or strategy that’s working for you?”

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Martech

MAY 10, 2024

I’ve experienced every way of defining the individuals we attempt to communicate to, engage with and sell to from both an individual and brand level. This means demo requests, free trial sign-ups, account creations, etc., Whichever it is, it’s great insight when refining your entire GTM program.

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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. It’s a C-suite perspective that’s not limited to GTM. I knew he had it. That would be bad.

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Highspot

MARCH 7, 2025

Key Takeaways RevOps frameworks streamline your technology stack, clean up CRM data, and get sales reps using sales tools. Choose or blend a framework to match your growth stage for steady, predictable revenue gains. They help unite your go-to-market (GTM) teams, streamline processes, and tackle tool sprawl. The result?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

In this blueprint, we provide insight into where growth comes from and how to structure your sales approach to capture that growth. Traditional Sales Growth vs SaaS Sales Growth. Historically, growth of a sales team was based on the revenue starting with $0M on day 1 of the year. SaaS Growth Rate.

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Martech

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Product-led growth (PLG) is all the rage as a go-to-market (GTM) strategy for B2B software companies looking to increase adoption and grow revenue. The “growth at all costs” mindset where capital was cheap is in the rear-view mirror. So, why PLG now? Capital models have evolved.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In this latest episode of CRO Confidential , Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund and former CRO at Brex, sits down with the CRO of Zapier, Giancarlo Lionetti (GC), to chat about Product-Led Growth (PLG) and Go-To-Market (GTM). Everything from hiring on the GTM side to layering in a sales-led motion into PLG. At the same time?

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SaaStr

JULY 5, 2024

What are the biggest GTM mistakes founders make? GTM Mistake #1: A VP of Sales That Can’t Sell or Demo the Product Mistake number one has always been an issue, and it’s the number one reason startups struggle in today’s world. They hire a VP of Sales who doesn’t want to sell or learn the product. Let’s jump right in.

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Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 16, 2025

In selling, there is no end to the tools that claim to provide coaching, performance reporting tools, conversational intelligence, role play tools, social selling, prospecting/customer engagement, negotiation, objection handling, closing, time management. ” But coaching, at least in selling and GTM is very focused and specific.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 14, 2021

They take their eyes off the end goal, which should be revenue growth. This is why: Sales and marketing teams are getting account-based awareness vs. account-based revenue growth. Change Sephora’s buying behavior, increase margin growth, and penetrate the C-suite. But then things change.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

These two departments are a SaaS company’s most important; without their alignment, there is no growth or scale. was pretty simplified, mostly made up of annual or monthly subscriptions. We are seeing more agile packaging and pricing methods, dynamic deals, ramp-up revenue, and consumption and usage. Era 2, SaaS 2.0:

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Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Product training is a structured learning process that helps team members understand, communicate, and sell a product. According to Gartner, 77% of B2B buyers say their most recent purchase felt “very complex or difficult,” highlighting the importance of thorough product knowledge for anyone selling or supporting a solution.

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SaaStr

MARCH 22, 2023

Scaling Early-Stage to Hyper-Growth Companies With Ed Lenta, SVP and GM of Databricks Back in the early 2000s, people didn’t entirely accept that a virtual machine could be as good as a physical one. Is there a recipe or formula that will predict the success of a pre-growth, high-potential company? But it also defines your GTM efforts.

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SaaStr

JULY 21, 2022

Find out how the steps they took not only helped nurture a company’s success, but also allowed its leaders to retain a growth mindset long after they hit the $1B milestone. The foremost topic on every founder’s mind right now: how to weather the ups-and-downs of an unpredictable economy.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

General Partner Doug Pepper and General Partner and Head of Analytics at ICONIQ Growth, Christine Edmonds, share the art and science of scaling GTM at this year’s SaaStr Annual. The Early Stage — $0 to $20M ARR The early stage is crucial for GTM. The Early Stage — $0 to $20M ARR The early stage is crucial for GTM.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

75% percent of CMOs are facing increased pressure to do more with less and to deliver profitable growth in 2023. Thanks for reading The GTM Newsletter! Kathleen Booth (SVP of Marketing & Growth, Pavilion) notes “event-led growth” as a key growth motion for Pavilion. There is no one-size-fits-all!

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Since the start of 2022, the focus of SaaS leaders has changed from growth at all costs to sustainable growth and being default alive. Often, leaders struggle to choose between increasing the runway for their companies and pursuing growth. Unlock non-linear growth by leveraging partnerships. But why not both? .

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Go-to-market (GTM) design and efficiency are sometimes overlooked, but they’re a critical driver of any SaaS business. Magic Number is your growth in ARR over a quarter divided by the sales and marketing spend in the prior quarter. This goes to show that efficiency is what gives you the ability to double your growth.

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SaaStr

JULY 20, 2024

It’s essential to take a step back, slow down in terms of consecutive hiring, and ensure you’re working with third-party providers to find the right talent, especially on the GTM and technical side. Aligning and Scaling the GTM Engine One of the core functions when hiring talent is engineering, product, and design. How do you do that?

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Heinz Marketing

JULY 25, 2023

By Sarah Threet , Marketing Consultant at Heinz Marketing At Heinz Marketing, we value continuous improvement and growth and we care about being in-the-know about the latest marketing strategies and best practices so we can deliver the best work to our clients. It can be difficult to know what the right next move is in your company’s growth.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

So you’ve heard that product-led growth is all the rage, and now you want to transition from a sales-led motion to a product-led one. But you have to take a step back because you might underestimate what it means to implement product-led growth. Keep optimizing your current GTM. Some companies go really hard,” he shares.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2022

If you haven’t already, sign up here for tickets before we sell out. Find out how the steps they took not only helped nurture a company’s success, but also allowed its leaders to retain a growth mindset long after they hit the $1B milestone. Take a look at just some of the most popular sessions (so far!)

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 12, 2024

This week, we’ll dissect two areas that sales authenticity derives from and how to embrace it to – well, sell. As Arlen Plaister (GTM Operator & Advisor) explains, “Seller authenticity comes through most clearly at the point of sale. In short: to sell the way you buy. Let’s get into it. It doesn’t stop – at all.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Hello and welcome to The GTM Newsletter – read by over 52,000 revenue professionals weekly to stay up-to-date and scale their companies and careers. Others are “strategic partners” involved in long-term initiatives like co-selling and co-marketing. This is no longer news to go-to-market leaders.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Whether it’s a convoluted sign-up process, unclear feature exploration, or a steep learning curve, measuring this metric pinpoints areas that may need optimization. Wes Yee (Head of Growth at Flex ) provides examples: If they mention a recent trip to NYC – send them Levain cookies. At Demandbase, data wins every time.

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Highspot

MARCH 12, 2024

To maximize the impact of revenue enablement, you must focus on three elements: the enablement’s position in your go-to-market (GTM) engine, its strategic role, and how you measure its impact. If the enablement function is not empowered to actively shape the GTM function, you’re on the path to two major pitfalls.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Every company moves through different growth phases, and eventually, the focus, strategy, and motions for growth must change alongside the business. Find the People: Find the team that is equipped to help you build your product, sell it, and run company operations. Rule #1: The Phase Shifts of Growth Companies.

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