Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

JULY 30, 2017

Leading sales enablement programmes for over 100 sales professionals is challenging, rewarding and lots of fun. The way I see it, my role primarily is to partner with the sales organisation, so sales reps are successful, which enables sales reps and by extension, HubSpot to grow.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2021

First, how does the knowledge that Terry is married and loves eating Smarties help your reps make a sale? Our guess is that poor Polly from purchasing is gathering dust on a noticeboard in the canteen or buried somewhere deep in your internal network of folders. Your sales team. Or Mary from marketing?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Modern sales teams need competent professionals with a variety of talents, skills and abilities. But in a hyper changing landscap e, which are the most crucial sales skills and traits that reps must possess (or develop) in order to exceed targets and deliver consistent sales success? Communication/Storytelling.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2019

And as the organization grows, the work involved to get teams aligned on who you’re selling to and how you’re selling is not something to be taken for granted either. Ambient Strategy founder and CEO April Dunford on the symptoms of weak positioning. When you’re a small team, your time is everything. Speed is everything.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 27, 2021

That means thinking of the sales team as remote-at-heart, not remote-by-default. Running a sales team without face-to-face communication. Remember the sales floor when it existed in physical reality? You’ve heard it before: communication is 93% nonverbal. Reimagined sales coaching.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 10, 2023

Too often, I see sales teams thinking of their “ sales process ” as a set of stages in their pipeline and maybe a bunch of fields to complete at each stage. We were weak on some key functionality areas where the winning vendor was strong. Bad news from left field There was a change in company direction. It happens.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In sales, sellers who cite convoluted reasons to explain poor performance, rather than proactively doing something about it often remain — unsurprisingly — at the bottom of the success ladder. There certainly are a lot of things in sales that make life a tad more difficult. Our marketing team sucks. Losers make excuses.

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Whereas, those with fixed mindsets believe their talents are an innate gift and cannot be developed further. Importantly, having a growth mindset or put another way an openness to continual development, as well as an understanding of where your strengths and weaknesses lie is no longer a nice to have.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. Talk: SaaS.City Bootcamp: Sales Leadership. Thiago Gabri, LatAm Sales Manager, LinkedIn. He’s also the author of The Messenger is the Message , a book about the power of advocacy in sales.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 28, 2022

Sanj has plenty of experience scaling sales teams at growing businesses, and that’s precisely why, as of November of last year, he‘s overseeing EMEA sales at Intercom. Here are some of our favorite takeaways from the conversation: A sales organization needs a good foundation to scale.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Every day, sales managers work side by side with their reps in customer meetings, planning sessions, and team meetings. It’s easy to assume that sales coaching is accomplished somewhere in this mix. Poor sales coaching affects performance and is often a product of a cultural misunderstanding of what coaching is all about.

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User Pilot

MAY 30, 2024

PMs prioritize product development and functionality, while PMMs focus on market adoption and product desirability. Friction arises from differences in target personas , messaging misalignment, timeline conflicts, lack of clear ownership, and communication gaps. What are some key differences in priorities between PMs and PMMs?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 4, 2021

Developing a revenue operations (RevOps) strategy — and the team to implement it — is no easy task. As the VP of Revenue Operations at Sales BQ®, I saw my role develop from primarily sales enablement to sales operations as we worked to understand and get a hold of the wide variety of roles RevOps is in charge of.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 11, 2018

Budget-conscious, time-crazed and snoopier-than-normal, the stereotypical project manager seems, at most, a very distant cousin of the freewheeling, outgoing and glib sales practitioner. You see, core project management skills and sales skills aren’t all that different. 3) Discipline. 4) Time Management.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 19, 2022

The entire sales team is clear on the plan, and it’s working. And all stages of development can benefit from addressing the following scenarios: Scenario 1: It’s unclear what’s working and what’s not. Planning for change management, which includes testing, communication, and highlighting wins.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 21, 2018

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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Sales Hacker

MAY 8, 2020

Now, let’s try tackling remote sales, and some of the challenges you face as a sales professional aiming to continue hitting your quarterly goals. Key Challenges in Remote Sales: Connecting with prospects and coworkers. Communicating like a champ. Communicate Like a Champ. Follow up with your team.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 24, 2023

In this episode, we dive into this renewed trend with Tito Bohrt, the CEO of AltiSales, the one-stop shop for world-class sales development. He also shares how company culture impacts productivity and morale, primarily within sales teams. Apart from offering a tool, the AltiSales team also provides consulting services.

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SaaSX

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Plus, you’ll also be obliged to bring your entire team on board by encouraging your colleagues to roll out the welcome mat and adopt some partner-friendly best practices. Using this blueprint as your guide, make sure to evaluate each candidate and determine their overarching goals, market value, potential weaknesses, etc.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 8, 2019

Rob is a longtime sales veteran and is incredibly passionate about both the profession of sales but, more importantly, the importance of investing in your team through sales coaching and training. If you missed episode 51, check it out here: Approach Sales with Gap Selling w/ Keenan. What You’ll Learn. So I did it.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 3, 2020

How do you think sales leaders can help avoid and resolve conflict within their teams? Sales leaders at every stage of their careers need to read these responses. . Where Does Conflict Commonly Arise in Sales Orgs? Sales is a high-stress job with a lot of front-facing communication.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 3, 2021

That said, it’s never a bad idea to exercise a bit of empathy, and put yourself in the shoes of your target customer. Understanding their processes and struggles can help you and your team tweak your approach, messaging, timelines, and even product to ease the stress on the part of the buyer. Sales leaders advise to not budge on price.

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Technical Review Sales Hiring Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 108

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Managing a technical team as a non-technical person [24:13]. Sales enablement is easy. Okay, it’s not that easy, but Sapper Consulting has built REGIE to keep the promise of sales enablement alive and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. Ideas Ryan finds transformative [29:33].

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. CRM platforms.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Sales enablement’s easy. It’s not that easy, but Sapper Consulting has built REGIE to keep the promise of sales enablement and help carry the load. REGIE uses artificial intelligence to create entire outbound, inbound, and even follow-up sales campaigns faster. Sapper Consulting is the first one.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 22, 2019

Showpad is the leading sales enablement platform for the modern seller. Showpad’s all-in-one platform empowers sales and marketing teams to engage buyers through industry leading training and coaching software and innovative content and engagement solutions. They are the leading sales engagement platform.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 8, 2019

It was a touchstone moment that made us realize in very concrete terms not only the importance of pricing overall, but also the importance of a clear and detailed communication plan to accompany any pricing change roll out. The situation was this: our engineering team was constantly innovating and adding new functionality.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If you missed episode 137, check it out here: Team Selling: A Comeback Story for 2021 with Trish Bertuzzi. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Learn how modern sales teams win deals now at 6sense.com/saleshacker. The second sponsor is Outreach, the number one sales engagement platform. We’re on iTunes.

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

AUGUST 28, 2018

One of the questions I get asked most frequently is around building a sales enablement strategy and what that might look like. While each company, context and industry is different, I believe that there are some fundamentals that should form the blueprint of any sales enablement strategy.

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Sales Enablement Scale Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 122

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Never believe that doubting yourself is a bad thing. That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. What is your best piece of career advice for women in sales?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

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-. It’s usually one way, but just help that more communication, right? I’ve spent three years deploying Gainsight.

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 9, 2022

Instead of building, developing, and implementing enterprise applications, SaaS users can simply license and subscribe to them. Using remote cloud servers, users can access and utilize SaaS applications from any web-enabled device. Software As A Service (SaaS) is a cloud-based method of delivering on-demand software to users.

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 9, 2022

Instead of building, developing, and implementing enterprise applications, SaaS users can simply license and subscribe to them. Using remote cloud servers, users can access and utilize SaaS applications from any web-enabled device. Software As A Service (SaaS) is a cloud-based method of delivering on-demand software to users.

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Scale Sales Recruiting Business SaaS 10

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

So don’t just aimlessly listen to sales podcasts and never implement the lessons. Take notes, highlight the best parts, and share important takeaways with your team. Then, most importantly, take what you’ve learned and go apply the insights to your sales process. Linking Into Sales (The Social Selling Podcast).

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

The Pirate’s Guide to Sales. The Sales Acceleration Formula. Mastering the Complex Sale. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. Outbound Sales, No Fluff. Sales Engagement. Sales Engagement. Sales Enablement. The Sales Enablement Playbook.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 27, 2019

Wondering how other sales teams are working their magic? Sure, their processes and talent have something to do with their success, but so does their sales stack. Namely… What does the perfect sales stack look like? Sales Tech: a top priority for sales. Unveiling the sales stacks of 7 top sales teams.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

If you missed episode 122, check it out here: Tips for Building a Diverse Team of High-Quality Salespeople with Wesley Ulysse. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales enablement is easy. And then from 2018 to 2019, another 45% growth and broke the $100 million top line sales figure. We’re on iTunes.

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