Kellblog

AUGUST 7, 2019

I’ve been asked about this a few times lately, less because people value my accounting knowledge [1] but rather because people are curious about the CAC impact of such deals and how to compensate sales on them. The question on my mind is how do I look at this from a new ARR bookings, ending ARR, CAC, and sales compensation perspective?

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 19, 2016

At the outset, when the business prices on a monthly basis, the startup is looking for as much information about the strength of their product market fit as possible. Monthly payment plans minimize the friction associated with new users signing up and using the product, while still testing their willingness to pay.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

A great sales compensation plan needs to accomplish quite a lot. It needs to provide fair compensation to employees in customer-facing roles. And of course, a strong sales comp plan needs to motivate reps to hit goals that grow the company while still maintaining a profit margin. Example Compensation Plans.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In SaaS, #1 most common misfire, with a bullet, is the VP/head of sales. It goes something like “You’ve Got to Get Past the Carcass of Your First VP of Sales” or “It’s The Second VP of Sales When You Really Start Selling” or variants thereof. Because in SaaS start-ups, it seems like the majority of first VP Sales fail.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

SaaS is about creating long-term value for your customer, and being compensated appropriately for that value as a business. Learn actionable monetization tips from a Product/Growth operator turned VC. Built out a bunch of the orb across product, data, analytics to do much of the same work, to drive retention and monetization.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JULY 8, 2020

In this challenging time, try to retain as much revenue as possible but more focus should be on retaining the customers. Andrew concluded by saying that those customers who are not in our ICP should be allowed to churn so that you can spend our time on the customers for whom you can make an impact. Can non-payments be a risk?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

And so I’m so thrilled to welcome back Krish Subramanian, founder and CEO at Chargebee, the startup that lets you go beyond payment, billing, and recurring invoices to delivering subscription experiences that wow and what they’re doing now in the world of rev ops, trust me, it’s pretty mind blowing.

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SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Role: Vice President, Customer Success Location: Alpharetta, GA, US (On-site) Organization: Global Payments Inc. As a Vice President of Customer Success, you will be responsible for building and sustaining the strategic relationship with our customers and the revenue. Hire, train, and retain a team of account managers.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 31, 2023

The purpose of customer acquisition is to expand and make more revenue. Teams from Marketing, Demand Generation, Growth, Sales, Media Buying, and Customer Success are in charge of customer acquisition. The purpose of customer acquisition is to help companies expand and make more revenue. Book a demo now to learn more.

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Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Do you want to grow your SaaS sales team and improve your processes? maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, . build smoother connections both with your prospects through optimized sales process. SaaS Sales Models.

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Point Nine Land

MAY 22, 2020

Doing so generally requires building in additional trust, workflow tools and, in some cases, a shift away from traditional commission based monetization models. This emphasis results in entrenched supplier-buyer relationships that are difficult to disrupt, longer sales cycles and, in some cases, reluctance to interact online.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 27, 2019

How to Design a Sales Comp Plan to Get You to $100M with Work-Bench, Movable Ink, MongoDB and Concert Finance. Depending on size and stage, variable compensation can be one of a company’s highest expense items, and a thoughtful approach is key. Meghan Gill | VP of Sales Ops @ MongoDB. Want to see more content like this?

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

Leveraging survey data from 66+ enterprise SaaS companies, Matt Garratt, Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures shares the landscape of how businesses are shifting their sales & GTM strategies to react to today’s uncertain times. Adnan Chaudhry | SVP of Sales @ Salesforce.

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ChurnZero

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Whether Customer Success or Sales should own the renewal, expansion, and upsell is a hot-button issue in today’s SaaS sphere. That was followed by the undecided (24%) leaving only 13% of participants who voted against the motion (believing that Sales should own the renewal). If you don’t fully understand these cases yet, that’s OK.

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

That’s never been truer for software businesses in particular than in the past 10-15 years, with the internet stimulating an explosion in the number of viable revenue models. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular revenue models used today — why they’re popular, why they work, and why they will (or won’t) work for you.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each year, Comparably releases a list of the best companies to work for—in regard to items like compensation, career-personal balance, perks, and happiest employees. Some noteworthy findings from the report: Business services and manufacturing industries experienced the lowest churn rates across all sectors, with 16.2%

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ChurnZero

MARCH 22, 2019

Did you know: For every 1% increase in revenue retention, a SaaS company’s valuation increases by 12% after five years? You should view this webinar on-demand to learn: How your company ranks in terms of net and gross churn compared to companies with similar ACV’s and ARR. How to measure the impact of churn on your company.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Salesforce sells CRM seats based on an aggregate ROI of increased sales productivity for example. To be effective, a startup’s pricing strategy must align with its marketing case studies, website messaging, PR releases and sales pitches. This keeps morale high and creates a very predictable revenue forecast.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 14, 2020

There was a time when product based companies used to depend only on fresh sales to grow their business which was decided by the number of customers they acquired. Since it is a shift in the delivery model from one-time sale to subscription based, the most defining aspect for this model to succeed is the customer retention.

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Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

In 2016, I co-authored a book for Wiley called “ Customer Success: How Innovative Companies Are Reducing Churn and Growing Recurring Revenue ” ( Também está disponível em português! ) Sales Process Engagement. Metering / Billing / Payment Process. Post-Churn Follow-up. Functional Support.

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