Sales Pop!

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Similarly, in pursuing a prospect, sales teams work diligently to show responsiveness, attention to detail and follow-up in every transaction, hoping to enhance their reputation. In serving major accounts, most selling organizations are built to react to new opportunities and to fix problems. Account retention is not a noun.

Customers 183

Customers Contract Networking Up-sell 183

Salesforce

AUGUST 6, 2024

To jumpstart growth, Sandstone has expanded its product portfolio, and has decided to break into the more lucrative commercial real estate market. Market more effectively with AI Now that Sandstone has started to tackle costs, the next move in its transformation is finding new sources of revenue. But Sandstone needs to act fast.

Real Estate 128

Real Estate Non-Profits Click Through Rate CRM 128

Martech

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

ecommerce sales were up 9.6% retail site visits across 18 product categories. And, not only have they started earlier than previous years, but many are comparison shopping and looking to take advantage of the best deals. Here’s the breakdown for top-selling and high-growth categories ahead of Black Friday. 1-24, up 11.4%

Sports 120

Sports Retail Start-ups Up-sell 120

Salesforce

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Some retailers may be missing out on opportunities to rev up sales through the end of October. There’s a vast range of products to juggle, and sales can be unexpectedly impacted by quick-changing external forces like cultural phenomena and weather. It can be difficult to predict which merchandise will sell well and which could flop.

Retail 105

Retail Promote Sales Follow-up 105

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. But heres the catch: If new hires only focus on product and system knowledge for months, their pipeline remains empty. And yes, theres a risk of mis-steps.

Cold Call 85

Cold Call Commission Appointment Pipeline 85

SaaStr

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The bar has gone up, and it’s not just in AI. Buyers are expecting much more from a product, and yes, AI is accelerating those expectations. So yes, while it’s true that challenges are real for those in the right-hand column above – overall cloud spend is still up 20%. Crowdstrike is up and still grew 35%.

B2B 128

B2B Legal Cross-sell Growth 128

Martech

OCTOBER 25, 2024

You can use them to promote events, keep leads engaged, follow up with customers and much more. Instead, set up a sequence to do it for you, making sure people don’t forget about your event and increasing attendance. Example: Start with an initial invite highlighting what they’ll learn and why it’s worth their time.

Appointment 115

Appointment Follow-up Contact Start-ups 115

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I’ve now worked with or invested in ~35 successful start-ups beyond my own companies and I’ve watched a lot of VP hire train wrecks. The other huge benefit is it forces the VP to actually sort of start working before they start. Do it in Google Slides or Powerpoint, probably ideally. A little bit.

Start-ups 116

Start-ups Up-sell Consult Engineering 116

Veloxy

JUNE 17, 2021

The results of the equation reflect the health of the business, the overall effectiveness of the sales teams as well as where your sales team can increase sales productivity to impact revenue goals. Drive Up Your Average Deal Size. Bring In More Leads : Most of the best sales opportunities start as a humble lead.

Pipeline 306

Pipeline Non-Profits Sales Quota 306

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If selling reduction in admin time/tasks represents a few percent of their overall expenses, they may have bigger fish to fry. That doesn’t mean our solutions aren’t important or that we should give up, we have to focus on the people the solution impacts the most, getting their support to invest in those solutions.

Represent 124

Represent Up-sell High impact Gaming 124

Search Engine Land

AUGUST 14, 2024

Digital advertising has evolved quite a bit since I started working in paid media. If you haven’t been keeping up with the role of automation and AI in lead gen advertising, this article includes advice and experiences on: Managing your ad strategy. AI tools to help you level up fast. Optimizing your landing page experience.

CRM 116

CRM Campaign Niche Negotiate 116

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

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 123

Customers Price Up-sell Start-ups 123

SaaStr

DECEMBER 31, 2024

So I caught up the other day with the CTO of a leading SaaS company with tens of thousands of customers, growing quickly. But it mostly is enhancing the classic product, near as I can tell. Even the best CTOs are just getting started here. The post Most SaaS Apps Are Just Getting Starting With AI. How will you get ahead?

B2B 132

B2B Start-ups Up-sell Sell 132

Sales Gravy

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In this episode of The Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount sits down with Andy Matheou from RHM Staffing to dive deep into the challenges and triumphs of selling in the staffing industry. In many cases, individuals who start as contributors in sales work their way up to leadership roles by consistently showing dedication to their work.

Cold Call 103

Cold Call Clients Trust Up-sell 103

SaaStr

JANUARY 9, 2025

Many that are self-serve and SMB-focused can start off without a sales team … for a while. But it had and has a very large channel that sells its product into the enterprise, and a lot of internal resources that support the channel. But its just third party selling instead of first party.

Cross-sell 111

Cross-sell Outside Sales Sales Up-sell 111

ClickFunnels

AUGUST 2, 2021

You need to be able to effectively promote your products online if you want your company to thrive in today’s fiercely competitive marketplace. In this step-by-step guide, we will show you how to get started with digital marketing. The same principle applies to all kinds of products: Physical products.

Niche 290

Niche Follow-up Up-sell Start-ups 290

Highspot

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Key Takeaways Product training is essential for anyone responsible for taking a product to market. 77% of B2B buyers found their most recent purchase very complex or difficult, emphasizing the need for in-depth product knowledge. Product training techniques like gamification keep teams motivated. What is Product Training?

Product 52

Product GTM Objectives and Key Results Cross-sell 52

Cerebral Selling

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

product-centric) messaging. Most sales reps start with product or process-focused questions like What are you doing today? But the truth is customers dont wake up thinking about products or processes. Its problems and challenges that keep them up at night! or What are you looking for in a solution?

Customers 130

Customers Objection handling Strategize Negotiate 130

Sales Gravy

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Relentless Prospecting Wins Deals: The deals you close tomorrow start with the work you do today. Consistency Is King: Talent might get you started, but consistency is what keeps you winning. 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

Partners in Excellence

JANUARY 23, 2025

Anyone entering into selling immediately sees the obsession we have with numbers. They create revenue models, bow ties, and related models reducing selling to a math equation. Despite ramping up the numbers, increasingly we are not achieving our goals. What if we started thinking of selling as a human game?

Gaming 122

Gaming Up-sell Quota Pitch 122

Iannarino

JULY 3, 2021

Do not target the companies that already buy what you sell or are highly likely to start doing so. The primary ingredient in phone spam is the fact that what you sell has no relevance for the person receiving the call. Pitch them right away, even if your product, service, or solution requires a complex sale. Step Three.

Cold Call 325

Cold Call Pitch Retail Meeting 325

Veloxy

AUGUST 6, 2021

Unfortunately, closing calls depend on who you’re selling to and could take you tens of hours. So you’ll either come out on top by establishing an authoritative relationship, or you’re stuck playing catch up the entire time. Time wasted on unqualified leads quickly adds up to hours in dead calls. What is a Discovery Call?

Cold Call 328

Cold Call Pipeline Prospecting Follow-up 328

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. Learn more: “9 Creative Ways To Effectively Promote A Product Online”. Typically, this process is automated, the selling is done via a follow-up email sequence.

Lead generation 289

Lead generation Process Cross-sell Up-sell 289

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. Whereas in usage-based you have to be laser-focused on making sure that your customers are going live, adopting, and using the product as intended.”

Objectives and Key Results 119

Objectives and Key Results Growth Engineering Quota 119

Hubspot

AUGUST 20, 2024

Those choices add up to something like 35,000 total decisions in a day. There might be variables that don’t really add up, or maybe you’re comparing apples to oranges. When we have too many choices, we end up less satisfied, even if the product is perfectly tailored to our needs. Set clear priorities and goals.

Conversion 78

Conversion Customers Gambling B2C 78

Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Growing up, my parents constantly reminded me to finish things, “Eat everything on your plate…… Make sure you finish your homework… You haven’t finished putting things away… ” That bad habit has persisted for decades. There’s that Adrenalin rush that comes from starting something new.

Start-ups 118

Start-ups Consult Up-sell Technology 118

SaaStr

JANUARY 15, 2025

She loved the product so much, that she offered to work for free in sales in the beginning until she could earn her own slot. So literally showing up with food, that made sense to them. Every team member must be a product expert. Everyone needs to know the product. Find the one that has felt the pain.”

Contract 111

Contract Sales Cold Call Trust 111

Iannarino

JUNE 29, 2021

Early Advantages: Reputation and Products. The second strategy was to compete based on products and services. 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.

Clients 344

Clients Price Technology Technology 344

Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The leader held this individual up as a high performer. But when I started looking at the performance, I realized, despite consistently meeting the goals, the number of qualified leads this person was developing was about the same as his peers. ” I started listening to the calls this SDR was making.

Gaming 121

Gaming Contract Pipeline CRM 121

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I’m imagining the end game of all the productivity and efficiency hacks I see filling my feeds. How we reduce our selling cycle. And AI has amped it up to another level. We are even seeing AI Agents conducting the meetings for us, so we don’t even have to show up. It’s stunning how much time we free up!

Objection handling 126

Objection handling Technology Technology Up-sell 126

Martech

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

It’s an overwhelming number that no one can keep up with. Even the Wild West, however, had to grow up and mature. Integrating more features naturally drives customers to the platform and the core CRM product. Dig deeper: Martech’s moment of truth: Why product excellence beats slick sales pitches Who will be the losers?

Technology 105

Technology Technology CRM Campaign 105

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 get them interested in your product. The Value Ladder Sales Funnel.

Sales 255

Sales Up-sell Follow-up Price 255

Veloxy

AUGUST 6, 2021

He was just too tied up to respond to everyone. To deal with this issue, reps need to act as a kind of editor on behalf of the prospect and slice up the info as follows: -Take the executive summary or conclusion of your best whitepaper and ebook. Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean starting off with small talk.

Sell 317

Sell Cold Call Pitch Prospecting 317

Veloxy

JANUARY 19, 2022

Start with basic results. Gone are the days where I could start a cold call with, “ My name is Samir and I co-founded Veloxy. How much money are we losing because of these productivity inefficiencies? When a B2B buyer picks up a cold call, they instantly think you got their name and number from a list. I know I could.

Cold Call 358

Cold Call Territory Quota Up-sell 358

ClickFunnels

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Send emails, create and sell courses, build an eCommerce store, brand and customize your website, start a membership program, take payments, buy domains, and tons more. In case you want more specifics, we’ve compiled tons of charts and feature explanations below to show you how ClickFunnels stacks up against other popular tools.

A/B testing 52

A/B testing Niche CRM Up-sell 52

Search Engine Land

JULY 22, 2024

On top of that: Hanukkah starts on Christmas, and Kwanzaa is on the day after. Media will matter and markups haven’t started because many people haven’t realized it’s a short year yet, so you can get solid deals by reserving space now. With fewer days until free shipping and time to publish, now is the time to line up the lists.

Niche 98

Niche Retail Promote Follow-up 98