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How to Build a Community to Grow Your SaaS Company

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This was a fairly easy case to make — when we analyzed won deals, there was a strong correlation between sales prospects that had met our team in person, and the deal closing. We also made a firm decision to ban our sales team from the community. Recruitment. 10 more are currently in active sales conversations.

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Market Gaps: 10 Ways to Spot Untapped Customer Needs

User Pilot

How do you recruit your interviewees? For example, the customer support and success teams deal with customer problems on a daily basis, so they can help you improve user experience, while the sales team can give you ideas for new features that customers are looking for. Spotting market gaps: interview invite. Don’t stop there!

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From Slooooow Growth to Hypergrowth with Collibra and Insight Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It was initially compliance focus. And so again we would just have added to more kind of friction in the sales cycle and there was a whole video long sales cycle. Look, this is not just about compliance, it’s about every vertical. We opened a small sales office in Wework. Felix : Yes.

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How to Build a Community to Grow Your SaaS Company

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This was a fairly easy case to make — when we analyzed won deals, there was a strong correlation between sales prospects that had met our team in person, and the deal closing. We also made a firm decision to ban our sales team from the community. Recruitment. 10 more are currently in active sales conversations.

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How To Actually Succeed in SaaS: AMA Part 1 with SaaStr Founder And CEO Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

In this Ask Me Anything Part 1, Lemkin answers the questions: Many VCs talk about funding, yet you’re so focused on sales. Question #1: Why Are You So Focused On Sales When Other VCs Are Focused On Funding? That VP of Sales came out of Salesforce. Lemkin’s Hail Mary was hiring Brendon Cassidy when that first VP of Sales quit.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

Women in sales often have a polarizing experience. In the Sales Hacker video series Aha Moments , I asked 10 women: “What is one ‘aha moment’ you’ve had in your sales career?”. The conversations that followed were so authentic and encouraging that we decided to expand this conversation to other badass women in the sales world.

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8 Tough Lessons from Closing 12,000 Customers at WebPT (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Then I went over to the sales department. The demo is the sale and we close everybody in month. Heidi Jannenga : When we’ve again, first started going out and looking for funding, everybody wants to amplify your sales strategy. The first thing you bring in your playbook on sales. We schedule a demo in the same day.

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