Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2025

Why traditional SaaS pricing models (like per-seat) dont work in the agent era. 25:15 Why legacy SaaS pricing models dont work for agentsand what comes next. And it’s usually like a very detailed sort of Google doc, here’s the login for X. How enterprise teams are already deploying autonomous agents in production.

GTM 70

GTM X-functional Start-ups Relationship building 70

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Guest Speaker Links (Guy Yalif): LinkedIn: [link] Host Speaker Links (Scott Barker): LinkedIn: [link] Newsletter: thegtmnewsletter.substack.com/ Where to find GTMnow (GTMfunds media brand): Website: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Twitter/X: [link] YouTube: [link] The GTM Podcast (on all major directories): [link] Resource we Recommend: HG Insights.

GTM 102

GTM Engineering Electricity X-functional 102

Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2018

When we map the number of deals committed against a listed price (ACV), you will notice deals starting to segment around discount levels. Distribution of B2B deals as a function of price (a product of discount and list price). Distribution of B2B deals as a function of price (a product of discount and list price).

Go To Market 97

Go To Market GTM X-functional Territory 97

Hubspot

JUNE 13, 2018

Explicit needs are specific features or functions. Do you have a strategy in place for X? Who’s responsible for X? What happens if you’re not successful with X? Has a problem with X ever negatively impacted your KPIs? Would X make it simpler to achieve [positive event]? How do you do X? The results?

Sell 101

Sell X-functional Objectives and Key Results Up-sell 101

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. Trisha Price. Trisha Price: nCino is a little bit different in its background.

Price 84

Price Retail X-functional Healthcare 84

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Customers that converted in the last year that signed-up after only x touches. Customers that converted in the last year that achieved first value delivered in under x days. Customers that converted in the last year that had a sales cycle of less than x weeks. At what price level did they convert? Acquisition Efficiency.

Conversion 116

Conversion A/B testing X-functional Drivers/motivators 116

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Think of each point as a small gift to yourself this year: [Insert prospect problem + how you can solve it] ( i.e., Data entry is eating away at your time, but Company X can reduce entry time by X%. ). Insert budgetary fit + discount info for buying before end of year] ( i.e., Our price + your budget = the perfect fit ).

X-functional 101

X-functional Commission Clients Prospecting 101

ConversionXL

MARCH 13, 2019

But if your B2B ecommerce site differs on any of those elements—high prices, large quantities, or a need to serve B2C and B2B buyers—things change. B2B buyers from Gen X expected phone calls and handholding. The first ecommerce functionality served mainly existing customers—those who just wanted an efficient way to reorder.

B2B 130

B2B B2C Retail X-functional 130

Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 27, 2021

Your job is to give them the best solution that meets their needs and that could very well be a product or service that is significantly less than what they are willing to spend. Is it functionality that floats their boat? Do they buy on price alone vs. value, quality, or service? Well, we could spend up to x dollars.

X-functional 93

X-functional Electricity Education Finance 93

The 5% Institute

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

People, Process, Product – 3 x Words To Succeed. This is a methodology used to streamline a business’s functions, by saving potential wasted cost, enhancing profits, and creating a better experience for both your staff and clients/ customers. Where Does The People, Process, Product Methodology Come From? Qualifying.

Process 98

Process Product X-functional Objectives and Key Results 98

Hubspot

OCTOBER 16, 2017

That is to say, if you want your salespeople to do X, reward them financially for doing X. Salespeople are demotivated to do anything but sell, so good luck asking them to attend meetings, log notes, go to training, etc. Selling function (hunting or farming). How sales compensation should work. How many leads they work.

Commission 101

Commission Quota X-functional Non-Profits 101

Sales Hacker

MARCH 12, 2019

A list of features and functionality is easy to forget, because it lacks context. It really is as simple as “our product can do X for you.”. If all goes well, there will be additional meetings later in the sales process , and you can pitch these extra features then. Why Storytelling is So Effective in Product Demos.

Product 101

Product Sell Pitch X-functional 101

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Recently I’ve been fortunate enough to meet with a number of outstanding entrepreneurs building self-service SaaS business at the bottom of the market. The key is a combination of (x) churn and (y) value. A customer base made up of Very Small Businesses and individual business purchasers in slightly larger companies.

Service 103

Service X-functional Start-ups Up-sell 103

Hubspot

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Meeting sales quotas is a top challenge for 20% of salespeople. Pricing: A limited version is free as part of Hubspot’s Sales Hub. For more advanced functionality, HubSpot offers premium features in the Starter, Professional, and Enterprise versions of Sales Hub. Pricing: Available upon request. What Users Say.

Prospecting 90

Prospecting X-functional Contact CRM 90

Lead Fuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

Let me point out one important fact — We are all human beings, and our minds function in a similar way. Check out this amazing cold email that Dave Daily sent to Noah Kagan , and got to meet him. And why you should meet with me. Make a time-limited email campaign to offer an upgrade for your users for a lower price.

Sell 98

Sell X-functional Sales Follow-up 98

ConversionXL

JUNE 30, 2019

Companies do it for a wide variety of reasons—SEO, branding, go-to-market strategy, pricing, etc.—and Competitor X is doing Y. We should do that, too,” or “X is the market leader, and they have Y, so we need Y.” Run a functional investigation. Run a functional investigation. is probably random. Let’s do this!

UX 126

UX X-functional A/B testing User Experience 126

The 5% Institute

AUGUST 21, 2019

In this article, I’m going to share with you the 10 x important points you need to focus on to fix your business. How To Fix Your Business – 10 X Steps To Guide You. Sale price. The post How To Fix Your Business – 10 X Steps To Guide You appeared first on The 5% Institute. If your business is stalling, it’s dying.

X-functional 75

X-functional Objectives and Key Results Up-sell Clients 75

Salesmate

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Accurate forecasting can help a sales team function more efficiently and achieve as well as excel sales expectations. A company’s success can be measured by how well the sales team meets the sales forecasts and contributes to revenue growth. Changes in prices, advertising, quality of products, etc. Policy changes.

Territory 96

Territory X-functional Pipeline Appointment 96

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 13, 2021

The licensee embeds the third-party software into its application to improve it by adding new functionality or features, or enhancing existing functionality or features. All the deal structure parameters will have a direct impact on value and cost, hence price. CRM application licenses a natural language search technology.

GTM 89

GTM Negotiate Profit margin Contract 89

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2022

Quickly, though, your attention turns to initial traction, your first critical hires, and building out those early business functions. He probably lost several millions in his purchasing price because of it. Given that, the contractor is only asked to prepare for board/investors meetings and help with budget planning.

Finance 131

Finance Contract X-functional Start-ups 131

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

I don’t know if it’s 20 percent per month or did you just go 20 percent last meeting. Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing. And you said you kept the pricing on the website?

Price 107

Price Start-ups Up-sell X-functional 107

Pointclear

JANUARY 26, 2012

These are the five essential channels you can rely on for generating a steady stream of inquiries that you can then convert to qualified leads, and have a prayer of closing enough sales to meet your revenue quota.

Prospecting 93

Prospecting X-functional Lead generation Niche 93

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

Here’s a simple example to begin with that covers the SDR, AE and Customer Success Manager (CSM) functions: Table 1. Highly leveraged sales compensation plans are mostly seen in transactional sales, where the volume is extremely high at low prices. Think of these levels as: Entry level. Experienced/Top Performer.

SQL 110

SQL Commission Customers Non-Profits 110

SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

We’re going to talk about matching price to value, and I’m going to share some lessons from my time as both an operator and an investor. I was on the product team and saw this opportunity for us to work more cross functionally across the company and focus heavily on retention and monetization. Hi, everybody.

Price 45

Price X-functional Cross-sell Drivers/motivators 45

ConversionXL

JUNE 25, 2021

X demos booked in introduction, X revenue in growth). This plan is your go-to-market (GtM) strategy , which should be informed by: Market conditions and competitive positioning Ideal customers and target audience Product offer and pricing Lead generation and customer acquisition process. That’s rarely the case.

Launch 96

Launch Product Non-Profits GTM 96

ConversionXL

AUGUST 27, 2019

They can now deliver a lot of the same functionality, and your main decision-making factor could be the pricing model. And its data-layer functionality is versatile. Maybe it stems from the perceived need to meet a technology standard that replaces the focus on the results the technology brings. Consult experts.

GTM 124

GTM X-functional CRM Technology 124

SalesLoft

APRIL 1, 2014

Rather than listing specs X, Y, and Z extrapolate on what these features will accomplish and how they will help the prospect. Value (not Price). Price should never be a valid objection to any sales call. Your job as a sales professional is to demonstrate the value your product has, showing how it far outweighs the price.

X-functional 52

X-functional Price Sales Prospecting 52

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

Get best price tickets here!!! A lot of time in their mindset they want to do copy/paste from what they did in the previous company, “That worked for me at company X, it’s going to work like that in WalkMe.” If they’re not meeting those KPIs, they’re not doing their job well. That’s it.

Finance 103

Finance X-functional Start-ups Trust 103

SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2019

And on the X-axis, we broke it out by ACV, from zero to five, all the way to 150K. One of the things that we see in venture is … I was just in a board meeting where we had this conversation. The second most common actually depends, it changes as a function of the ACV. And really, that comes back to your price point.

Contract 99

Contract Price X-functional Conversion 99

Sales Hacker

JULY 18, 2019

For most sales reps and leaders, this is an important part of your role — and yet pipeline reviews are one of the most dreaded meetings on the calendar. Having well-defined and accurate sales stages for your business is critical, particularly if you plan to leverage the weighted pipeline functionality. How about pipeline reviews?

X-functional 73

X-functional Pipeline Contract Quota 73

SalesHandy

MARCH 21, 2023

All we want to know is how would that product help us I am investing X amount of money in it. Let’s connect over the phone or [Zoom/Google Meets] for a few minutes about how we can help? It was great meeting you at {{Event name}} and discussing the {{Industry}}. This would guarantee to fetch you good sales in the long run.

Closing 98

Closing X-functional Sales Follow-up 98

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

How to Get a Meeting with Anyone. It uses the formula PPVVC=S (Pain x Power x Vision x Value x Control = Sale) to help salespeople accurately gauge the probability of closing a deal. ” When we break the Laws, we pay the price. Setting up meetings with corporate decision makers has never been harder.

Sales 143

Sales Technique Objectives and Key Results Non-Profits 143

Hubspot

AUGUST 4, 2015

But not all couples are functioning like a belt and suspenders. Paranormal phenomena aside, Dana Scully’s skepticism to Fox Mulder’s “I Want to Believe” dogmatism is what made The X-Files compelling TV every week. To us, this was an X-File—as far down the explanations list as any weird light in the sky being attributable to aliens.

X-functional 78

X-functional Sales Teamwork Follow-up 78

SaaStr

MARCH 12, 2019

Awesome revenue growth on the X axis, awesome revenue retention on the Y. If you ever asked me to come to your board meetings, I want this to be the first slide. How often we run that meeting is how fast we learn. Pricing doesn’t really matter at this stage. Pricing is around commitment. That’s easy.

Growth 106

Growth Cross-sell Contract X-functional 106

PandaDoc

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Ease of implementation and use appeals to small and midsize companies, and pricing doesn’t bite either. CRMs can be hard to wrap your head around, as there are a lot of competing platforms in the market and their pricing plans aren’t always easy to compare. Lead generation X ? Social media integration X ? Free version X

X-functional 52

X-functional Territory CRM Lead generation 52

SalesHandy

JUNE 29, 2021

B2B(Short for Business to Business) sales is a function of B2B product sales(i.e. B2B sales involves selling to multiple decision makers and users within an account, higher tickets and pricing, and a longer sales cycle, depending on what you’re selling and who you’re selling it to. selling products to other businesses).

B2B 98

B2B Cross-sell X-functional Follow-up 98

Hubspot

OCTOBER 23, 2018

We’ll get into the specifics of add-ons for Google Sheets a bit later, but the increased functionality and flexibility of these additional features makes this spreadsheet tool even more versatile and powerful. The short answer is: price, collaboration, and flexibility. Google Sheets Functions & Skills You Should Know.

X-functional 76

X-functional Start-ups Follow-up Price 76