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10 Things That Would Have Helped Me Go From $1m to $10m Faster with Less Stress

SaaStr

I thought it would be worth drilling down deeper into each of them, and sharing the learnings and mistakes: 1/ Spending less time fixing things, more time recruiting senior folks to own them. No one spends enough time recruiting as it is, after $1m ARR or so. Yes, you can manage the sales team yourself. You can do this.

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7 Tips For Using Customer Feedback To Build Rabid Fans And Make More Money (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Here’s a little bit of my marketing experience, but I need to back up a little bit and go off slide to tell you about my pre-marketing experience. I actually worked in sales for five and a half years and that’s probably why I have tended to gravitate to B2B marketing. Worked as an AE and then a sales manager.

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How LinkedIn Has Transformed The Businesses of These 3 Entrepreneurs

Buffer Resources

Especially if you’re a small business owner whose personal brand is closely linked to your company mission, LinkedIn shouldn’t be ignored as part of your social media strategy. “With LinkedIn, I am personally connected to huge CPG founders and people who are running brands I really admire,” she says.

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15 Sales Statistics That Will Change How You Think About Revenue In 2021

Sales Hacker

B2B sales is always changing, but nothing could’ve quite prepared us for the wild ride that 2020 ended up being. While most of us have settled into the new normal and the challenges that come with it, sales leaders are looking ahead with uncertainty. Best Sales Statistics to Know in 2021. Short on time? What this means for you.

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Working With a Digital Marketing Agency Vs. Hiring In House

Neil Patel

Specialty – Most agencies specialize in one or two things, such as content marketing or performance advertising. Brand Familiarity. Building an in-house team comes with the benefit of your employees being fully immersed in your brand. Customer insight – Better brand familiarity means better customer insight.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

403: Sam Taylor is the VP of Sales and Success @ Loom, the startup that helps you get your message across by making it easy to record instantly shareable videos. As for Sam, prior to Loom, Sam spent over 4 years at Salesforce following their acquisition of Quip, a startup Salesforce acquired for $750M where Sam was also the 1st sales leader.

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Six Reasons You Should NOT Create a Category

SaaStr

One of the realities you’ll have to embrace in category creation is imperative to educate the market through your various marketing channels. What’s a sample job description that I can use to recruit talent? How can I convince my CEO that CATEGORY X is important? Do I need to build a team to take on a CATEGORY X program?

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