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9 essential sales steps you need to grow your SaaS startup

Intercom, Inc.

In the early stages of most SaaS startups’ lives, the CEO or founder often acts as the initial head of sales. Despite that value, however, there’s a drawback – a lack of formal sales training and sales process can seriously undermine those initial efforts. Put a well-defined sales process in place.

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7 Key Elements of a High-Converting Sales Funnel

Sales Hacker

Building a sales funnel that aligns with your business goals is essential. I’m the head of Product at Datanyze, specializing in sourcing up-to-date prospect contact info to keep your pipeline flowing and sales funnel fresh. What is a sales funnel? And then there’s the sales funnel. The 4 stages of a sales funnel.

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The Coming Death of the Cold Sales Call (2 Reasons Cold Outreach Is Changing Forever)

Sales Hacker

Soon, there will be one more you can add to that growing dustbin of history: The cold sales call. We’re going to look at what I believe to be the coming extinction of the cold call in sales and what you should do to prepare for it. The cold sales call is a phone call made to a potential prospect out of the blue.

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Overcome The 5 Most Common Sales Objections in B2B Sales

Sales Hacker

Objections are a part of life in sales, but they can be especially difficult to deal with in B2B sales. The best thing you can do is handle objections early and often in your sales cycle. The best thing you can do is handle objections early and often in your sales cycle. Don’t shy away from them. The Price Isn’t Right.

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How to Convert Curious Customers with FAQ Pages

Neil Patel

If you have a search function on your site, you can review what people search. If people are calling your customer support system with those questions, many other people probably ask the same questions—and they might not call in. Analyze Your Customer Reviews. Customer reviews are another source of FAQ information.

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How Smart Is Your Sales Playbook?

Sales Hacker

In fact, with so many variables involved in a deal—from unique buyer objectives, to your timing in a deal relative to your competitors— building playbooks for your sales teams is more like writing a “ Choose Your Own Adventure ” novel. In sales, it’s not much different. RELATED: Sales Tools that Actually Matter: Building your Playbook.

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How to Enable Your B2B Sales Team to Convert Inbound Leads

Sales Hacker

Obtaining a ton of qualified inbound leads can be a blessing for your sales team – provided they are enabled and opportunistic enough to take advantage of them. My former Ambition colleague Dan Nice once compared B2B sales and marketing teams to Allied Forces storming Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.