SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2024

They discuss Sam’s learnings at Founders Fund, what the 2024 playbook looks like, hiring and motivating sales teams, and a handful of audience questions. On the sales side, people hired way too much. More salespeople do not equal more sales. Sam just finished 18 months at Founders Fund after joining in mid-to-late 2022.

Sales Hiring

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

They talked about product adoption, sales alignment, freemium models and lessons they have learned throughout their successful SaaS careers. As two CEO who love the art of sales and scaling, this one really was special. Recruiting is easier, but the things that don’t change are customers don’t care.

Sales Recruiting

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 28, 2021

That idea might sound crazy, but it’s actually part of a new trend sales organizations are using to hit their revenue targets. Social selling is a way for sales professionals to use social media platforms to connect with prospects and start building relationships. LinkedIn Profile Tips for Sales Reps.

Sales Recruiting

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 13, 2024

Adriana Gil Miner is CMO at Iterable, the AI-powered customer communication platform. Passionate about customer engagement, her leadership has contributed to Iterable’s success in helping brands like Redfin, Priceline, and Volvo deliver individualized, harmonized and dynamic communications at scale. Brought to you by IPS.

AI Search

Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2022

Here’s the thing about driving a car — and about running a sales org: Bumps in the road are inevitable. One of the best ways to ensure every part of your engine is running smoothly is to build sales performance dashboards for everyone on your team. What is a sales performance dashboard? What is a sales performance dashboard?

Sales Recruiting

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

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.

Sales Hiring

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Our mission is real – online communication today between businesses and customers is impersonal. Intercom exists at the intersection of some of the biggest trends and shifts in technology today: Messengers becoming the dominant way humans connect and communicate. You’ll work on something with many exciting themes.

Sales Recruiting

ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2023

However, it’s tough to predict the future alone — so we asked Customer Success leaders across the industry to share their top trends for 2023. Here are 12 predictions and trends your team can take advantage of now to make a big impact this year. It’s about time CS gets the same attention as sales.

Trends

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Sales compensation planning can be a tricky beast to tame — but know that you’re not alone. I asked 12 incredible sales leaders across the SaaS industry to share their biggest challenges with comp planning and how to overcome them. Related: New to sales compensation planning? Top 10 sales compensation challenges.

Compensation

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As the president of Sales Xceleration, a firm specializing in assessing and implementing sales strategy , sales processes, and sales execution to drive growth, I’ve seen how job hopping can affect otherwise stable sales teams. Sales organizations experienced 58% higher voluntary turnover in 2021 than in 2020.

Sales Hiring

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Building a sales team that can go from $0-$50M (Video + Transcript). Gaetan Gachet | SVP of Sales @Algolia. It’s an honor to be here with this mythical creature, this sales leader that goes from zero to 50 million in the same job. He has a whole French sales team and office that only speaks English in Paris.

Scale

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

If you’re looking to move up the ladder into a sales leadership role, your resume is key to getting your foot in the door. Related: 8 High-Paying Sales Jobs (And How to Get Them). Instead, respect recruiters’ time by showing them only enough information to secure the interview. Identify market trends. Manage pipeline.

Leadership

Sales Hacker

APRIL 19, 2022

In this article, I’ll outline the principles of compensation design , how to build sales compensation plans , and include resources to set OTEs and quotas that keep your reps happy and hungry for more. Why Sales Comp Planning is Key to Rep Retention. Who should be responsible for sales compensation planning?

Compensation

InsightSquared

AUGUST 14, 2019

For sales professionals, AI is not only impacting your personal life, but it will soon influence your professional work too if it hasn’t already done so. Many of today’s forward-thinking companies have already begun using AI in their sales strategies. Strengthens Communication With Sales Leads.

Artificial Intelligence

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. Hiring guide.

Sales Hiring

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.

Scale

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Byron Deeter and Elliott Robinson, partners at Bessemer Venture Partners, offer macro trends in the public and private cloud markets, strategic advice to cloud founders, and insights into why entrepreneurs should feel auspicious about the future. They’re giving us the connectivity to communicate with our colleagues, friends and family.

Sales Hiring

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

JUNE 26, 2018

Today, everyone working in and around sales and marketing knows that bots are hot, in vogue and quite simply, of the moment. In my role leading sales enablement at HubSpot in EMEA, we deliberately carve out time to think about ways to leverage tools, technology and software that will make sales reps more effective.

Sales Enablement

OpenView Labs

APRIL 4, 2019

The proliferation of AI-powered tools, software systems, and devices is also dramatically transforming the way that recruiters source top talent. Recruiting technology can bring fresh hiring strategies to life. Modern tools hold the key to tackling areas of recruiting that have historically presented obstacles.

Sales Hiring

FastSpring

MARCH 16, 2023

Listen or watch our full interview for Andrew’s advice on portraying a company’s value and culture through video, reusing pre-existing content, and what trends he’s seeing in the world of video marketing. So we were working on a recruitment piece recently for a fortune 500 Equipment Company. That’s what customers recruits.

Sales Recruiting

Totango

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In some companies, customer success managers may play an active role in the sales process, helping sales representatives elicit customer goals and persuade buyers of product benefits. At other companies, CS managers may be assigned to follow up on sales during the customer onboarding phase. Persuasion Skills.

Sales Hiring

yoursales

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sales Stack 2023 Sales Tools for Professional B2B Sales SALES STACK 2023: Sales Tools for. Professional Sales SALES STACK. 2022: Sales Tools. Sales share this with your network S ales tools and figuring out what your sales stack 2023 should look like is as challenging as ever.

Scale

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

Instead, they're accountants working in Finance, recruiters working in HR, or sales managers trying to hit their quota. Or if you sell into a particular vertical market, they might be property managers dealing with tenants, consultants working with clients, or dentists treating patients.

Sales Recruiting

User Pilot

MARCH 21, 2024

SaaS companies utilize a variety of customer profile templates, including: The Simple Customer Profile Template focuses on key customer details, aiding in tailoring communications and strategies for impactful, personalized interactions. Send in-app messages with modals to recruit interview participants.

Sales Recruiting

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 19, 2021

By capturing more data, enabling you to spot trends and opportunities, and improving the customer – and agent – experience, conversational support can be a game changer for every facet of your business. Teams that benefit: Sales, marketing. Conversational support helps you to identify trends for better business decisions.

Underperforming Technical Team

Neil Patel

APRIL 13, 2021

Is it worth your time, or should you leave the influencer trend behind? While I’m not suggesting you should rely solely on influencer-based marketing, the trend is here to stay, and it’s worth trying. For sales-based companies, influencer marketing could be a promising alternative. You want to build hype and increase sales.

Marketplace as a Service

Totango

JULY 19, 2021

It may be wise to look for applicants coming from diverse backgrounds, such as those with customer relations, sales or other service-orientated backgrounds. Be sure you look for the skills and qualities that will allow a customer success manager (CSM) to truly connect with customers. 1: Recruit the Right People.

Customer Success

User Pilot

JULY 25, 2024

Their job usually involves close collaboration with other teams, including customer service, marketing, product, and sales. Customer satisfaction and loyalty – A CX manager is responsible for identifying ways to eliminate friction from the user journey, improve satisfaction levels, and build a community of loyal brand advocates.

Sales Recruiting

ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

For the customer, this rapid growth has created two powerful trends: 1) An increased opportunity to switch to competitor for the same product at a reduced risk. For businesses, these two consumer trends can either be viewed as a detriment or opportunity. Older, slower-to-respond companies will likely view these trends negatively.

SaaS Payments

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Plus, you’re going to have mountains of data to back up your decisions, which will get you better results, a higher ROI, and more sales. No complaining, recruiting, or training required. The tool can lower your churn rate, create stronger relationships, and drive more sales. The best part?

Artificial Intelligence

Mucker Capital

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The crux lies in understanding the fundamental essence: positioning is the bedrock of all communication endeavors. Context: To fully understand the market landscape, which includes the latest trends, evolving behaviors, and language changes, it's important to consider the context. What is positioning?

Branding

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Often abbreviated to CLV or LTV, this is the amount of revenue generated by a customer as long as they have an account with your SaaS company. Customer acquisition cost.

Scale

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 12, 2018

I think that’s been a 90% good trend, but there are maybe 10% of cases where the founders really shouldn’t be running the company anymore, and they don’t have the self-awareness to realize it. If you really hate sitting through a dozen sales comp meetings, maybe you should find somebody who can really fulfill that role.

Sales Hiring

User Pilot

JULY 14, 2024

UX/UI Design and Research Teams Can Use Userpilot to: Recruit Users for Usability Tests with Usage Analytics and Segmentation Collect User Feedback with In-App Surveys Understand Product Usage with Product Analytics Get a Demo 14 Day Trial No Credit Card Required What is a business intelligence analyst? Book a demo to see it in action!

Artificial Intelligence

ChurnZero

JANUARY 10, 2022

If you’ve gotten customer feedback , for example, and you want to look over it to identify pain points, recruit a cross-functional team to help you review the data. One cross-functional relationship that absolutely cannot be ignored when it comes to SaaS customer onboarding is the relationship between Sales and Customer Success.

Onboarding

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

You need a range of disciplines working together in a cross-functional team to make sure various product development processes go to plan, including product managers , developers, marketers , sales, designers , senior leaders , and more. Tools like Google Trends and other industry publications can help point you in the right direction.

Development

OpenView Labs

JUNE 16, 2020

The best companies are tweaking sales systems, adjusting their go-to-market strategy and rediscovering customers’ needs as they evolve. Pivoting sales to meet buyers. Regardless of how busy you are or slumping sales, now is the time to have a laser focus on your customers. What you do now in sales, marketing, product, etc.—and

Sales Hiring