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22 Sales Buzzwords You Love to Hate – and How to Use Them the Right Way

Sales Hacker

There are sales buzzwords that we love and some that we really hate. But that doesn’t mean they’re all bad. When you use sales buzzwords correctly, you’ll sound like you’re an industry insider. A strategy is how a team plans to reach their overarching goals and all of the steps to get there. ” – you’re not alone.

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SaaStr Podcast #395 with UserTesting CEO Andy MacMillan

SaaStr

What does it take to scale a sales team successfully? Should one hire sales reps 2×2? How does Andy think about hiring sales reps from adjacent companies and industries? I’ve heard so many good things from Kobie, now at Upfront, and then also the team at Openview. How does Andy think about discounting?

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BrowserStack’s Mark Rudden on hypergrowth in a global pandemic

Intercom, Inc.

And so, Mark Rudden and his team had to figure it all out by themselves. Fortunately, Mark had quite a bit of experience working and scaling teams in demanding, hypergrowth environments. In fact, in some form or another, he’s been working in sales for most of his career. Onboarding, but make it remote. Kieron: Absolutely.

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SaaStr Podcast #403 with Loom VP of Sales Sam Taylor

SaaStr

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Sam made his way into the world of SaaS with Dropbox and how that led to his leading the sales and success team today @ Loom. What was Sam’s biggest lesson from scaling the sales team at Dropbox? How does this change when selling to SMBs vs enterprise? *

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

If something bad happens, you’re going to have to cut your burn, probably. There is one thing, I love this quote and it’s a little bit of a crude quote, not that it’s bad language-. What do you do with that lightly toxic person on your team? I’ve spent three years deploying Gainsight. Aaron : No.

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Sales Hacker?s Max Altschuler on selling more with less

Intercom, Inc.

Whether you’re at an early-stage startup that’s just made its first sales hires, or part of a fast-moving sales team in a large organization, the key to success often comes down to efficiency. That means your focus should be on building the right customer profile and developing precise messaging to reach them.

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Build an Outbound Program right the first time

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

Internal Team: Hire your own Sales Development Rep (SDR) team that is 100% dedicated to outbound prospecting. Pros: No one will know your “stuff” better than internal people, it’s the best long-term solution for most companies, and begins your sales Farm Team. You build a team of four Outbound SDRs.