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.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

When it comes time to book a speaker for your next panel, presentation, or podcast there’s a lot to consider. Fortunately, more organizers than ever before are consciously seeking out female sales experts for panels, presentations, and podcasts. Sales Development. Sales Growth. Sales Enablement. Leadership.

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SaaStr

JULY 13, 2023

At this year’s SaaStr Europa, Jason Lemkin, CEO and Founder of SaaStr, took the stage to answer the audience’s most pressing questions about the present and future of startups. Q: Where Should SDRs Report — Marketing or Sales? A VP of Sales might seem the logical place to have your first SDR team report. It’ll fail.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It’s so, so easy to stand out in recruiting if you’ve actually done your homework. At a C-level you are interviewing the client to identify culture fit, blockers, budget, vision and can you execute, fund and build your strategy.” I ended the interview (politely) after 10 minutes and told him to watch the video.

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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.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Jonathan Moss (EVP at Experity) showcased an Account Plan GPT that streamlines sales and marketing account research for outbound efforts. Examples of automating workflows to solve ongoing challenges: Everyone shared use cases they’re trying for sales account research and lead generation workflows. Link to GPT.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 10, 2021

There’s one thing recruiters are unanimous about. It’s that sales representatives are one of the toughest positions to hire for. The demand for sales reps is one of the highest of any job. Our recruitment team at EASI has gotten really good at this. Sales courses are largely absent from college curricula.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 29, 2019

Have you ever wondered how other sales professionals are tackling their roles? Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on the day-to-day for a sales recruiting firm owner, and for that, we talked to Amy Volas. What You Sell/Quick Pitch: Taking the cringe out of sales recruiting for startups. Structuring their days?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Welcome to Sales Hacker’s first-ever Influential Women in Sales list! In this exclusive list, we wanted to honor not just female leaders that promote their own sales platform (no shame in that!) They say “You can’t be what you can’t see,” and the sales floor is no exception.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

This is a guest article by Swati Garg , founder and CEO, Melo Associates , and Lindsay Lynch , senior recruitment consultant, Melo Associates , a recruitment firm focused on customer success hiring for SaaS and tech companies nationwide. 2+ years of experience specifically in a customer success or account management role.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 13, 2021

Although Linda started her career in sales, she has spent the past twelve years scaling post-sales teams and moving hyper-growth companies like Zendesk, Slack, and now Gong upmarket into the enterprise realm. Moving upmarket means larger customers and higher revenue, but it’s not without its challenges.

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Chart Mogul

JANUARY 9, 2025

So read on, and hopefully, your SaaS sales journey will be less about trial and error and more about steady progress toward success. Chances are, your strategy already incorporates at least one of these models. Self-service sales often (but not always) go hand in hand with product-led growth (PLG)-driven motions.

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SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2019

And can you talk a little bit about touching on the hiring point, because you did say that you focused a lot on talent, and recruiting. And coming from Brazil without a big network in Silicon Valley, un-launched, without a website, it was actually really hard to recruit the first ten people. And it’s very helpful. Anu: Got it.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Every tech company wants to be more “data-driven”, to ensure their decisions are shaped by a robust customer understanding – a picture of their customers’ past, present, and future needs that can inform long-term company strategy. For that, we rely on user research. User research is the practice of understanding people – the “why”.

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SaaStr

MAY 15, 2019

About Nick… Nick Mehta and Anthony Kennada presented on how to create a new category (customer success). From P&G, Jennifer became Chief Strategy Officer for Mincom, then President and CEO of Keynote Systems and finally CEO of PagerDuty which she has helmed since 2016. Nick Mehta Gainsight CEO.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As cross-functional leadership teams across the country clamor to prioritize and agree upon the top threats to address, many underestimate the importance of effective change management. Related: 6 Change Management Hacks for Sales and Marketing Alignment that Lasts. Map out your change management strategy.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It might be the same core product, but it’s a completely different strategy. When Yvonne joined in 2016, the business unit consisted of just 10 people across product, engineering, sales, and marketing. Turning a sales objection into a unique differentiator. So what are the learners demanding on the marketplace?

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 31, 2021

SEO can be a brilliant strategy to increase your website traffic but it isn’t always enough. You will have a toolkit full of optimization strategies to keep your business running. In this post, we’re going to look at effective strategies to grow your website traffic without SEO so you’re never left stranded by algorithm changes again.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 21, 2017

What is Sales Operations? Sales operations refers to the unit, role, activities and processes within a sales organization that support, enable, and drive front line sales teams to sell better, faster, and more efficiently. But perhaps more than anything else, sales operations brings a system to selling. Technology.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 9, 2021

By a large margin, this is the most thorough and best organized onboarding of any company I’ve worked over the span of my career” – Dannel, Sales Engineer. These are the modules and experiences that provide a fundamental understanding of our business, covering mission, vision, strategy, product, and organizational structure.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 26, 2019

when interviewing for a sales position? You answered the sales interview questions in a way that made you look like a winner. In this article, we’re going to review the 27 most common sales interview questions, PLUS the types of answers your interviewer is looking for, so you can raise the bar on your interviewing skills.

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Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

JUNE 3, 2013

Present yourself as an expert So what does that mean for software-as-a-service (SaaS) marketers? What does it mean for your messages and how you present yourselves? They'll be relying on your SaaS solution to support a key part of their business - customer management, finance, ERP, HR, whatever. There's no problem with that.

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FastSpring

JUNE 11, 2024

How to go about recruiting the RIGHT affiliates to help drive meaningful growth in your business. FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital goods businesses, including software management, VAT and sales tax management, global payments, and consumer support.

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Unbounce

JULY 15, 2020

Align Your Theme and Dates Track Your Webinar Goals Recruit a Lineup of Star Speakers Set Up Your Webinar Platform and Tools Promote the Event to Create Buzz Perform Dry-Runs Make Magic Happen on the Day Follow Through Post-Event. Recruit a Lineup of Star Speakers. Can you follow the flow of the presentation? This is a big one.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Experts believe as much as 80 percent of recruiting will remain virtual for the foreseeable future , and the early stages of the recruitment process are ideal for the online medium. With Paradox, you get a mobile-first recruitment experience that uses AI to put the candidate first. Outline Resources Needed.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2023

If you’re new to sales (or don’t have an economics degree), decoding the sales compensation plan on offer can make your head spin. There are 3 key questions you must ask your hiring manager or recruiter when offered a sales role to maximize your earnings and career potential. Variable OTE. Quota attainment.

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Kellblog

MAY 29, 2021

Someone who, when times are tense, can work as an intermediary between the differing parties, often but certainly not always, the investors on one side and founders/management on the other. Former sales leaders often perform well in this situation [6]. Someone who challenges the CEO on strategy and executive hiring.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Your product go-to-market strategy is the final ingredient for any successful product launch. It is a small but prominent element that drives every other component of your marketing strategy. This article covers all you need to know to create a solid GTM strategy for your SaaS startup or B2B business model.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 10, 2021

As a sales leader, you want your sales reps to be the best they can be. However, if 100% of your sales reps are hitting their quota every single quarter, it may not be cause for celebration. A healthy sales organization should aim for about 60% of reps hitting their quota. Even as adults, we strive for 100%.

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Incredo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

If sounds like this topic can help you generate more SaaS sales with less risk, we are starting! In reality, creating collateral for affiliates, recruiting, training and motivating affiliates takes a lot of effort. We provide sales copy, banners, keywords, etc. In our case, we needed to invest a lot in product development.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 3, 2025

Over his 15-year career at Meta, Rick was instrumental in driving international expansion, especially across Europe, the Middle East, and Africahelping to localize strategy, scale high-performing sales teams, and bring new ad products to market. Rick is the former managing director of Meta Ireland. I am from Boston.

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OpenView Labs

AUGUST 19, 2021

Sales recruiting is broken. The sad truth is that VP of Sales are turning over within 19 months —and that timeline is shrinking. . Not only that, the market has heated way back up and the VP of Sales is one of the most sought after roles. This isn’t linear and there are many shades of grey when it comes to sales. .

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

He has given his memorable presentations around the world. The company’s best-selling book, Predictable Revenue , details the hugely successful outbound process and sales created specifically for Salesforce. Starting as VP of Sales, in less than two years he became CEO. Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership.

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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?

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Rather than deliver presentations, SaaS Office Hours are meant to be casual, tactical and collaborative. How do I create the right kind of recruiting process? On November 4, we’ll chat with Kenny van Zant, the creator of high velocity inside sales techniques and flywheel business models.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 5, 2019

It was just a catch phrase we would use but became the cornerstone, if you would, of our customer retention strategy. And while every company is different, I do firmly believe that the ideas and constructs that I’m about to present might be applicable to some, if not all of you, trying to build a SaaS companies.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

Because we’re Sales Hacker (and it’s literally our job), we decided to take matters into our own hands: we talked to the experts. A made-up role so companies can hire more people to tell sales how best to do their job.” — Jason Henson , Manager, SMB Sales Development at Lytx, Inc. . They’re sick and tired of it, frankly.

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