SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2024

When Marc Benioff started Salesforce, he codified the sales playbook. 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. Bottom-up PLG and very top-down are relatively healthy.

Go To Market 132

Go To Market Quota GTM Price 132

Hubspot

MARCH 12, 2025

SNAP Selling is designed to help you cut through the noise and make buying easier for prospects. Lets take a look at the basics of SNAP and how you can start using it in your sales cycle. Table of Contents What is SNAP selling? The 3 Decisions SNAP Selling Terms to Know How to Start SNAP Selling What is SNAP selling?

Sell 61

Sell Objectives and Key Results Pitch Sales 61

Martech

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

ecommerce sales were up 9.6% And, not only have they started earlier than previous years, but many are comparison shopping and looking to take advantage of the best deals. Understanding where your customers fall within these pricing and buying trends will help your brand make the most of this prosperous season. 1-24, up 11.4%

Sports 121

Sports Retail Start-ups Up-sell 121

SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2024

Dear SaaStr: I Have Some Shares in a Successful Start-Up I Worked At, But the Company Won’t Let Me Sell Them. And while it mainly impacts ex-employees, it also impacts angel and seed investors who are often blocked from selling as well. Why do scale-ups and startups do this? Personally, I’ve lost here.

Start-ups 115

Start-ups Up-sell Sell Cross-sell 115

ClickFunnels

JANUARY 30, 2022

The post 4 Proven Marketing Strategies For Selling A Product appeared first on ClickFunnels. And what is the most common unscalable thing that founders have to do when they are just starting out? Here’s a follow-up strategy that LeadFuze has seen a lot of success with: QVC Email. It is ultimately up to you. Case Study.

Product 222

Product Sell Promote Launch 222

ClickFunnels

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The post How To Sell Anything – A Practical Guide To Better Sales appeared first on ClickFunnels. Jordan Belfort and his blockbuster movie, The Wolf of Wallstreet, popularized the idea of being able to sell anything to anyone, a la “sell me this pen.”. Who is the target market that you’re selling to? Impossible, right?

Sell 215

Sell Up-sell Sales Negotiate 215

Veloxy

JANUARY 7, 2025

Presenting: Showing the value of what you sell. How to Remove Salesforce CRM Friction Learn how to remove friction points tied to Salesforce, helping your sales team sell easier and faster. Having theappropriate qualifying criteria, like budget, authority, need and timeline ( BANT ), is a good place to start.

Objectives and Key Results 130

Objectives and Key Results Negotiate CRM Sales 130

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

So few having been doing M&A and acquiring start-ups for longer than Steve Mitzenmacher. In His 20+ Years Acquiring Startups, He’s Never Called Up a Founder to Acquire Them “Out of The Blue” Never. The Price Won’t Be Great, But Just Do It. The price may be low, the terms may be rough.

Price 103

Price Start-ups Up-sell Process 103

Salesforce

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Some retailers may be missing out on opportunities to rev up sales through the end of October. While shoppers have been price-conscious and deliberate in their spending so far in 2024, seasonal goods have been the one category where they’ve been willing to splurge. You can focus on inventory that will sell. billion on candy.

Retail 105

Retail Promote Sales Follow-up 105

Iannarino

JUNE 29, 2021

You might still start this pitch by sharing information about your company, but follow up by extolling the tremendous value in your products and services. Later Advantages: Pricing, Service, and Solutions. The third strategy was competing on price, often by asking clients, “why would you pay more for the same thing?”

Clients 344

Clients Price Technology Technology 344

Martech

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It feels like all the business coaches are saying the same thing, “You’ve got to have an irresistible offer, or you’ll never sell anything, die and be buried in a pauper’s grave.” The high cost of marketing to the wrong crowd What seemed like an obvious marketing win ended up causing massive instability and nearly sinking the company.

Customers 124

Customers Price Up-sell Start-ups 124

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 16, 2023

It’s around pricing and discounting. This doesn’t mean price. Yet, sellers don’t understand this, instead of balancing each of the elements outlined, sellers make it all about the price of their solution. Sellers make it about the price, not the deal. Let me dive into this.

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Price Gaming Negotiate Represent 26

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 83

Sell Negotiate Healthcare Drivers/motivators 83

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

PandaDoc

MARCH 27, 2025

If youre looking to increase revenue without acquiring new customers, cross-selling is one of the best ways you can do that. Effective cross-selling helps customers find new products they genuinely need, so theyll leave more satisfied with your business and remain more loyal, too. What is cross-selling in sales? Lets dive in.

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Cross-sell Sell Customers Legal 52

Partners in Excellence

APRIL 1, 2024

Most of the time, we and our customers think of value in terms of the price/cost. We present a solution, we define the price, the customer evaluates it against alternatives and it’s budget, then chooses to go forward or to do something else. Where we are lower priced, we compete solely on that low price.

Price 139

Price X-functional Presentation Represent 139

Veloxy

JUNE 17, 2021

To calculate your company’s sales velocity, start by separating small, mid-market and enterprise pipelines as defined by your organizations nuance of what constitutes each of the segments. Drive Up Your Average Deal Size. If it were up to either the customer or the sales reps, both would prefer the process to be as quick as possible.

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Pipeline Non-Profits Sales Quota 306

Martech

AUGUST 6, 2024

The benefits The DOJ said Google exploited its dominance to strong-arm other companies and set prices without having to worry about what competitors might do. This one focuses on the company’s adtech business and is scheduled to start in September. Email: Business email address Sign me up! Processing.

Commission 118

Commission Market share Engineering Launch 118

ClickFunnels

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Want to get clarity on how to effectively sell online? Entrepreneurs who are just starting out are often hesitant to use paid advertising because it costs money. Also, remember that just because your lead magnet is free, doesn’t mean that you don’t need to “sell it”. We recommend sending at least six follow-ups.

Lead generation 289

Lead generation Process Cross-sell Up-sell 289

SaaStr

DECEMBER 9, 2024

It’s not 2021 again, but so much has changed as the year ends: Many top SaaS and Cloud stocks are up +40%-60% or more in the back half of the yea r. Many SaaS leaders are now benefitting from selling AI. Not everyone has benefitted from selling AI to their base. Now not everyone is up. That SaaS was Dead.

Growth 120

Growth Up-sell Pipeline Start-ups 120

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Well, first, let’s be clear — it’s tough if your core goal is to get acquired for a big price in most cases. And start early. So if you raise money at a $40m valuation … then selling for $50m becomes structurally hard on the start-up side. > 2x, worst case.

Price 106

Price Up-sell Start-ups Sell 106

SaaStr

MARCH 25, 2025

The numbers are staggering: they’ve gone from zero to processing billions of conversations, partnered with Zoom as their primary transcription provider, and penetrated Fortune 500 companies through a brilliant bottom-up strategy. built their own AI stack instead of relying on APIs, making this pricing sustainable.

Meeting 95

Meeting Price Strategize Growth 95

ClickFunnels

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Here’s what we are going to discuss today: The #1 mistake people make when selling online. Continue reading… Table of Contents The #1 Mistake People Make When Selling Online What Is a Sales Funnel? The #1 Mistake People Make When Selling Online. You can start with just: The lead magnet. Buy my $257 online course” ).

Sales 255

Sales Up-sell Follow-up Price 255

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Time Available For Selling is a critical issue for everyone in sales. But before I go into a further discussion about time available for selling, let me first define how I look at time available for selling. There are review meetings-ideally to help improve their selling performance.

Sell 152

Sell CRM Technique Up-sell 152

ClickFunnels

JULY 2, 2021

Now it’s time to start thinking about how to maximize them. Table of Contents #1 Set Up a Value Ladder Sales Funnel #2 Add Cross-Sells, Upsells, and Downsells #3 Use the Hook, Story, Offer Framework #4 Optimize Your Marketing To Attract More Dream Customers #5 Be Proactive About Getting Social Proof Keep Optimizing Your Sales Funnel!

Cross-sell 246

Cross-sell Sales Niche Price 246

ClickFunnels

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We believe that the most effective way to sell online is the Value Ladder sales funnel. The Value Ladder sales funnel works so well because it allows you to: Start the relationship with that person by providing free value. Here’s how Russell explains it: Note that you only need a lead magnet + a frontend product to get started.

Price 241

Price Sales A/B testing Pitch 241

SaaStr

MARCH 14, 2024

That’s way up from 60% in 2023. Mobile Subscription Pricing is Flat, Not Up This is interesting. I suspect it’s because of the huge friction in mobile of moving beyond organic price points like $9.99 a month to pricing, especially for the existing base. #3. You really need to be in the upper quartile.

Price 128

Price UX Up-sell Start-ups 128

Veloxy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Salesforce Adoption Pain Point #1 : Sales representatives report spending 66% of their day performing tedious, non-selling activity in Salesforce. This is a conundrum for most sales managers, as sales productivity is one of the common selling points of the Salesforce CRM platform. The key is Salesforce automation. Table of Contents.

Territory 342

Territory Represent Sales Lead generation 342

ClickFunnels

AUGUST 17, 2021

Sales prospecting starts with: Clearly defining the criteria that qualify someone as a sales prospect. Pricing: Free 1-month trial Starting from €79.99/month Pricing: Free trial with 25 free lead credits. Starter plan: Starting at $132.30/month. Scaling plan: Starting at $447.30/month. Pricing: Free.

Prospecting 244

Prospecting Price CRM Pitch 244

ClickFunnels

AUGUST 8, 2021

Instead, they focus on just one element of it, e.g. landing pages, pop-ups, etc. Our co-founders, Russel Brunson and Todd Dickerson, each had over a decade of experience selling online via sales funnels. The reason we are bringing this up is that all that extensive funnel building experience went into our software. Integrations.

Lead generation 246

Lead generation A/B testing X-functional Price 246

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The news was picked up by TechCrunch , BetaKit , and many others. Raising a fund, securing capital for a startup, or even selling into the enterprise all share a common foundation: relationship-driven sales. Another way to think of this is that we were moving from selling to SMBs to selling into the Enterprise.

GTM 80

GTM Sell Pipeline Networking 80

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While there as been a certain amount of hand wringing and “how to we fix this” in the selling community, and with me and many of my peers, I can imagine the majority of sellers quietly cheering!!! They start/stop, wander all over the place, shift priorities! It makes the job of selling so simple!

Customers 127

Customers Sports Up-sell Start-ups 127

SaaStr

JANUARY 8, 2025

It was started in 2014 when founders Daniel and Jonathan were working together at a delivery startup and experienced firsthand how slow background checks were slowing down worker onboarding. Lindsey took that specific incentive out and started spiffing compensation on revenue realization, which is better for the customer.

Objectives and Key Results 117

Objectives and Key Results Growth Engineering Quota 117

Sales Pop!

AUGUST 1, 2023

Amazon is by far the largest e-commerce in the US, making up more than 37% of the US e-commerce market. If you aren’t already selling on Amazon, you’re missing out on a lot. Sell a great product This seems like a trivial first, but many people fail at the starting point. The price, offers, reviews, variants, etc.,

E-commerce 211

E-commerce Price Sales Up-sell 211

SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2024

So we’ve covered HubSpot more than any other SaaS leader on this 5 Interesting Learnings series, in part because so many of us use HubSpot ourselves, and in part because its metrics and use cases are so like many of the apps we build and sell ourselves. Because even more start smaller than ever. It still works, when it works. #7.

CRM 125

CRM Launch Price Up-sell 125

ClickFunnels

JULY 7, 2021

But these are the starting techniques; the scientific principles if you will. Start With a Sales Funnel. The Tripwire Funnel for selling products…. To learn more about identifying and finding your dream customers online, pick up Russell Brunson’s bestselling book, Traffic Secrets , for free. 9 of them, to be exact.

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Technique Conversion Sales Trust 312

ClickFunnels

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Tony Robbins, Dan Kennedy, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Grant Cardone are just a few of the rockstars who’ve used our software to sell stuff online. Mike Tyson’s sales funnel starts with a $47 offer he calls, 12 Rounds With Tyson. The headline of the page starts with what is probably the biggest objection his target market will have.

Price 244

Price Up-sell Finance Start-ups 244