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5 Interesting Learnings from BigCommerce at $180,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

It’s done it by going more upmarket, and better monetizing partners and services. Having said that, the average ACV here is $14,615 … so that’s at the high end of a traditional SMB spend, which probably accounts for the high NRR. Services and partners are also a big part of their growth story.

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5 Interesting Learnings from HubSpot as It Approaches $1 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

We might call them SMEs (vs SMBs). 140%+ for Slack, Zoom and Pagerduty’s SMB customers), they do have to work harder. 40% of their revenue comes from partners and the channel. Like Atlassian, Hubspot gets significant revenues from partners that deploy their products to the end customers. So can you.

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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. For SMBs, this is a pivotal decision: Do you hire an in-house sales development team or work with an outbound partner? What does it cost to get all of this from an outbound sales outsourcer?

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How To Actually Succeed in SaaS: AMA Part 1 with SaaStr Founder And CEO Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Sam went on to become a CRO at Brex and is now a Partner at Founders Fund. SMB is more transactional, and Enterprise reps need to be subject-matter experts, know the industry, the workflow, the competition, etc. Folks who do mediocre outsourced content or a boring podcast won’t move the needle. It always works.

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The Most Successful SMB SaaS Acquisition Channel Ever Built

Tom Tunguz

Channel distribution represents one of the biggest and most important changes in customers acquisition for SMB SaaS startups in quite a while. As many of these channel partners move to newer distribution models, the brokerage channel model in particular, they represent an efficient and leveraged customer acquisition channel.

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The Ultimate Guide to Outsourcing Sales Development and Lead Generation

Sales Hacker

When it comes to business outsourcing, I have been on both sides of the table. I have, since 2009, hired 20+ outsourced resources from all over the world for tasks such as data research, web design, translations, voiceover talent and more. That means that some of our clients, are outsourcing to us. Extreme, right?

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Don?t Hire the Wrong Outsourced Sales Professionals: 6 Handy Tips

Sales Hacker

A viable and proven option is handing over some or all of your sales efforts to outsourced sales professionals. It’s true that outsourcing your sales to a third-party provider can yield favorable results. There are many outsourcing companies, but which of them can actually hold a sales quota and get results?