SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2025

I really liked this one and wanted to write up a few more learnings. Balance Structure with Founder Knowledge When Graham joined, he discovered the founders had “unconscious competence” in selling to certain customer segments (particularly financial services). In hypergrowth, every week matters.”

GTM 95

GTM Territory Pipeline Growth 95

Martech

DECEMBER 2, 2024

By comparing sales performance in the test regions against the control regions, you can assess the incremental impact of your marketing activities. Context) You are a business analyst for a direct-to-consumer line of beauty products that also sell in some regional retail chains. Email: Business email address Sign me up!

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A/B testing Territory Technique CTR 115

Sales Gravy

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Our conversation ranged from the impact of AI to the growing importance of a consultative selling mindset in modern selling. Below, youll discover practical insights you can leverage to sharpen your competitive edgeregardless of what industry or region you sell intoand take advantage of these emerging trends.

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Consult Territory Appointment Pitch 79

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Graduating from college, I went right into a high-pressure sales job selling newspaper advertising for The Dallas Times Herald in the burgeoning Dallas, Texas marketplace. Because if I was not and the ad showed up in The Dallas Morning News, here is what happened…

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Territory Sales Up-sell Sell 265

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.

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Territory Represent Sales Lead generation 342

Martech

JULY 19, 2024

It is often easier to sell something when no one has it but many people need it. The bad news is that growth in a mature market becomes more focused on a few strategies, including cross-sell, upsell and competitive displacement. When you change the apps at the center of the stack, you end up making changes throughout the stack.

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Cross-sell Growth CRM Up-sell 114

Veloxy

JANUARY 2, 2024

While you may want your sales team to focus on selling, they also spend much time on administrative tasks. In doing so, you can give your reps more time to sell while helping them reach more qualified leads. Invest in Quality Sales Training and Coaching A crucial part of selling is reaching the right people with a great offer.

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Product Territory Objectives and Key Results Sales 246

Martech

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Geographical location If your business focuses on a specific geographic region or offers country-specific offerings, prioritize leads from those areas. Existing customers Take note of existing customers to identify opportunities for up-selling and cross-selling, which can be beneficial for improving lead scoring.

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Cross-sell Lead generation GTM Territory 119

Veloxy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This includes having up-to-date info about what they’re selling and being equipped with technology that aids their sales pitches. This allows them to focus more on selling and less on administrative tasks. If needed, consider partnering with a digital learning provider to keep training materials up to date for new hires.

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Objectives and Key Results Territory Inside sales Cross-sell 279

SaaStr

MARCH 25, 2025

In SaaS, its easy to assume that virtual selling has completely taken over. But if you listen to many top CROs in SaaSlike Jonathan Vassil of Toast, Christian Smith of Splunk, Loren Padelford of Slice, and Sam Blond CRO emeritus of Brextheyll tell you that in-person selling is far from dead. Slice does much of the same.

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Conversion Territory Referrals Inside sales 73

Veloxy

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Today, field salespeople have had to pivot to a hybrid approach consisting of inside, remote, and virtual selling. Field sales is the selling strategy that prioritizes the creation and nurturing of in-person customer relationships. Sales managers typically assign field salespeople to specific territories, such as cities and states.

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Territory Inside sales Outside Sales Pharmaceutical 244

Veloxy

DECEMBER 21, 2021

One of the most popular sales resolutions for 2022 will be a commitment to reduce non-selling activity. Did you know that most salespeople spend over 60% of their time not selling. How much more could one of your reps sell with an additional 300+ selling hours a year? How Does Salesforce Automation Development Work?

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Tradeshows Contract Sales Contact 348

Veloxy

JANUARY 18, 2023

Offering in-person meetings, performing product demos in front of prospects, attending professional events, and engaging in door-to-door selling can help your sales team stand out in this increasingly digital environment. Field sales refer to selling outside of a traditional office setting. What is field sales software?

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Territory CRM Represent Lead generation 246

Sales Gravy

APRIL 2, 2025

Dennis from Chesterfield, Missouri, wants to know if sales coaching truly moves the performance needle, especially when shifting from transactional approaches to more consultative selling. A coach helps each individual absorb and adapt those lessons to their unique style, role, or territory. Thats where coaching comes in.

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Objectives and Key Results Territory Appointment Technique 65

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.

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Sell CRM Technique Up-sell 152

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

From your first paying customers to enterprise domination, here’s how successful SaaS companies level up their pricing game to maximize growth and profitability at every turn. Users could sign up for free and get 2GB of storage, which could be expanded by referring friends.

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Price E-commerce Cross-sell Profit margin 112

Tibor Shanto

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Think of it as being multilingual, they only speak one of the three languages spoken in their territory. The 20% who are recognized as eagles continue to sell the future, but future is not singular. Clearly for Decision, it is here and now, “we need to be up by year end…?”.

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Cross-sell Territory Contract Start-ups 287

Search Engine Land

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

These include internal linking, cross-selling and upselling, regional searches and volumes, filtering and trust builders. The tables would be the shoe names with a photo of them and the selling points about who it is for. This is similar to how we would place “ships anonymously” for stores that sell embarrassing items.

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UX Retail Sports Cross-sell 84

SaaStr

JULY 6, 2023

Dear SaaStr: How Should You Set Up Territories For Your First Few Sales Reps? Some day, in the end, you are probably going to end up with territories, along with other types of segmentation (by vertical, by customer size — which you should do as early as practical, etc.). I suggest: start with round-robin (i.e.,

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Territory Sales Up-sell Start-ups 103

Search Engine Land

AUGUST 22, 2024

When setting up Performance Max or Shopping campaigns, structure and segmentation are often among the first considerations. Prioritize promoting top-selling products and limit spending on those that don’t perform well. Business email address Sign me up! This approach is common when you have enough conversion data.

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Campaign Objectives and Key Results Non-Profits Territory 85

Iannarino

JULY 5, 2021

That said, in some industries or territories, clients may expect some personal rapport building before getting down to business. Moving these conversations up improves the value you create for your contacts and improves your ability to win their business. Increasingly, how you sell is the primary variable to your success.

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Contact Clients Territory Conversion 342

Veloxy

MAY 3, 2022

Helps your sales team spend more time on the selling activities that produce revenue. Helps perfect your sales process in order to sell more. In addition to helping sales team’s accelerate sales, Veloxy also helps optimize sales enablement by maximizing selling efficiency. Helps perfect your sales process in order to sell more.

Sell 182

Sell Cold Call Tradeshows Cross-sell 182

Cerebral Selling

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Maybe they seemed distracted, low energy, or disconnected from the product they were selling. The way sales reps show up matters to buyers. This means showing up authentically as yourself, a human being, in a way that transcends the business conversation. Open self-expression improves confidence , and confidence sells!

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Sell Cold Call Territory Up-sell 147

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

During my time as a sales rep, building a lead list was one of my first activities when I took on a new sales role, territory, or industry vertical. MQLs that your sales team has vetted and identified as worthy of direct follow-up. Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs). Opportunity. Evangelist.

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Territory Cold Call SQL Campaign 83

Veloxy

JUNE 17, 2021

Drive Up Your Average Deal Size. Some businesses calculate the qualified leads with the amount of overall opportunities or break it down by rep, territory and solutions offered. If it were up to either the customer or the sales reps, both would prefer the process to be as quick as possible. Number of Opportunities.

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Pipeline Non-Profits Sales Quota 306

Search Engine Land

AUGUST 14, 2024

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. As you implement or level up your comfort with AI, remember that ad accounts are not always your biggest lever for improvement.

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CRM Campaign Niche Negotiate 116

Veloxy

JUNE 13, 2022

Making up for lost time and revenue is no easy task. Managers can optimize territory management and prioritize field rep travel plans to shorten the sales cycle. We use it for territory management and visualizations. Go beyond zip codes when planning territories. So what’s the solution? Add-on Pricing.

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Territory Price Appointment Technology 182

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.

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GTM Sell Pipeline Networking 80

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Land and expand” is a selling tactic that starts with landing a small deal with a new account or organization. Through a strong relationship and proven results, that first deal turns into more sales and increased revenue as you continue to sell across the company. The next step is to carve out “land and expand”-friendly territories.

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Cross-sell Sell Territory Up-sell 116

Veloxy

DECEMBER 28, 2023

However, if you’re considering a transition to outside sales or simply want to elevate your field selling game, you’re in the right place. and embark on this journey to master the art of field selling together! Get Your Free Ebook Key Takeaways Outside sales is the practice of selling through direct, in-person interactions.

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Outside Sales Cold Call Represent Objectives and Key Results 242

Salesforce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Making a selling machine — a defined sales process fit to match your customer and your product, with tools and data to make your sellers more productive and efficient. Plan faster to sell more What is a sales strategy? Are they selling enough to hit your forecast? Are there red flags showing up in conversations?

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Territory Sell Pipeline Objectives and Key Results 102

Veloxy

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Such a solution helps kickstart the effort to maximize face-to-face meetings weeks, if not months before a territory visit. Once you’re in your territory with a calendar full of meetings, you’ll likely still have 15 to 45 minute chunks of free time. Don’t forget to read our 10 Field Sales Tips for Social Selling.

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Territory CRM Sales Contact 246

Highspot

APRIL 1, 2025

Traditional onboarding can take up to 26 weeks at the executive level; AI role-play cuts this time dramatically. They are all waiting for you to screw up your script so they can tell you about it. This resulted in a 23% increase in quota attainmentproof that when managers use AI sales coaching, their teams sell better.

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Objectives and Key Results Sell Objection handling Negotiate 52

Martech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Dig deeper: Why buyer groups matter in B2B demand gen and how to target them Companies are inconsistent when making buying decisions If you’ve ever tried to sell to large enterprises, you’ll quickly realize that they rarely act as a single, homogenous unit. However, they still play a crucial role in the decision-making.

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Objectives and Key Results B2B CRM Territory 101

Sales Pop!

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

As home values decline, you’ll also earn lower commissions, which makes it hard to keep up with inflation. And offering 3-D digital tours can open up your business to people from outside your region. It’ll also help you sell houses when competitors have difficulty attracting clients. approaches a recession.

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Real Estate Transportation Commission Territory 223

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 5, 2021

Gaining an understanding of the culture you’re selling into matters, not only for the benefit of your bottom line and your clients but for your internal teams, too. Experts in selling internationally ask themselves the following three questions before they start speaking to customers in other cultures. In the U.A.E.,

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Sell Territory Negotiate E-commerce 120

Hubspot

JANUARY 14, 2025

Theyre someone who takes initiative, inspires their fellow salespeople, and drives revenue growth through an innovative approach to prospecting and selling. And, just as I mentioned, thats exactly where sales champions shine theyre not just deal-closers but dynamic professionals who go far beyond the basics of selling. You know this.

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Negotiate Cross-sell Drivers/motivators Strategize 78