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

SaaStr

These are all full-time jobs by $1m ARR. Fixing it yourself becomes the biggest time sink and excuse for not hiring there is. You end up spending all your time backfilling roles you should have hired. And even worse, you often sort of give up trying to make the hire. And hire against it. More here.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

When is the right time to hire the first sales rep? Should you hire 2 at a time? What does one look for in their first sales hire? How does Sam think about the relationship between sales and marketing? We were hired into the same role, same start date, competed head to head. Let’s go do it.

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Top 30 SaaS Influencers to Follow in 2022

SmartKarrot

One of the top SaaS influencers is Dharmesh Shah , co-founder, and CTO of HubSpot. He is a speaker in top communities on inbound marketing, startups, SaaS companies, etc. He posts regularly on social media on SaaS vision, leadership, and product. He is active on his own blog, like a lighthouse of SaaS marketing.

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How To Build (Internal) Trust As A CMO

Outseta

That’s pretty wild if you think about it, but the source of the problem is quite clear to me: CMOs are failing to build trust with their CEOs and leadership teams. Salespeople constantly talk about the importance of building trust with buyers, and marketers reflect often on the importance of social proof and building a trustworthy brand.

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10 Companies Show you their Positioning Strategy for Marketing

Upscope

April Dunford's definition: " In order to break through the noise, companies would need to take into account their own strengths and weaknesses, then contrast them with their competitors to create a unique leadership position in the minds of customers. Positioning focuses on the perceptions of the prospect not on the reality of the brand.

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