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In-House vs. Outsourced Sales: A Case for NOT Hiring SDRs

Sales Hacker

The SMB Decision: In-House vs. Outsourced Sales Development. As a high-growth SMB, your number-one focus is consistent sales. Customer acquisition drives revenue, and revenue becomes your means of growth. Let’s use the Sales Development Rep (SDR) role as an example. Salary and benefits costs. Software costs.

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The Most Successful SMB SaaS Acquisition Channel Ever Built

Tom Tunguz

IBM, Intel, Cisco and their kin generate more than 80% of their revenues through a universe of resellers and distributors. Overall, for Microsoft 95% of revenues are derived from channel. On their FY 2016 Q4 Earnings call, Microsoft announced that Office 365 revenue was up 54% year over year, with strong adoption across all segments.

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The Best Tools for Sales

yoursales

In a hyper-competitive world where a lot of selling happens remote, Sales Professionals need any edge they can get. When used right, sales processes and sales tools help save resources while increasing revenue and conversion rates. What’s my best sales tools process? Secondary Professional Sales Networking.

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How to Build Your Own SaaS Partner Program (with Landing Pages)

Unbounce

Over the long term, it can also deliver increased revenue, higher customer lifetime value (LTV), and reduced customer acquisition costs (CAC). According to Amplifinity, partner programs account for 23% of total SaaS revenues, see an average of 350% ROI, and retain customers 37% higher than non-partner channels. That’s huge!