SaaStr - Sales Strategy

JANUARY 24, 2019

Many call it “Churn and Burn” or other variants. Your brand and reputation is damaged at least a tiny bit everytime a paying customer churns out because they were mis-sold a feature set. But the cost to onboard, close, manage, and market to a customer that churns almost immediately is almost always higher than the short-term revenue.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 8, 2022

Your go-to-market actions are only as good as the data they run on. You can hire the best sales and marketing talent and outfit them with state-of-the-art CRM and automation tools , but without high-quality data, their efforts will fall short of your targets. What is the impact of bad data on sales and marketing?

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Data Outsourcing Services Churn Buyer Persona 130

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Traditionally, marketing plans layout these steps, but we need to dig a little deeper. This is where a go-to-market (GTM) strategy comes in. What is a Go-to-Market Strategy? Evaluating the resources used on customers (old and new) within marketing and product development teams will help with overall GTM execution.

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Ideal Customer Profile Strategy Top of Funnel Marketing 147

DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 23, 2016

Even if you’re the three-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton of Sales, you still need a top-performing vehicle, or in this case, a serious set of tools, to help you close. Sales departments are becoming technology buying centers and beginning to rival their marketing and IT counterparts. 3 Datasets to Win the Race.

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Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

While these are encouraging signs that indicate a strong labor market, other trends indicate economic weakness — making it hard to agree on a cohesive narrative about where the economy is headed. It could be that the gains we’ve seen in the labor market are self-perpetuating. However, in August, average hourly wages rose 0.3%

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Face-to-face Marketing Cost Per Click Automotive 130

Nutshell

JULY 22, 2020

Sales and marketing professionals are constantly slinging around new buzzwords, complex terms, and confusing abbreviations. Well, here’s another important term for you to memorize: the marketing flywheel. Well, here’s another important term for you to memorize: the marketing flywheel. What Is a Marketing Flywheel?

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Top of Funnel Lead Rank Marketing Churn 119

Zoominfo

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Artificial Intelligence—or AI—has become an increasingly hot topic in the marketing world as of late. The reason for this is simple: AI technology can automate tasks, simplify complex processes, and organize complicated data sets just as a real marketing professional would—only faster and more accurately. Keep reading!

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Lead Rank Churn Analysis Lead Scoring 272

Close.io

APRIL 8, 2020

Even here at Close, we’ve gone through every department and asked what tools or services we can remove or negotiate a lower price for. What do their marketing channels and social media look like? Try to understand how they think of your software within the landscape of essential and nonessential tools they’re currently paying for.

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Cancellation Churn Customer Software 118

Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 8, 2019

SMBs must be willing and able to create highly connected, personalized experiences to stay relevant amid the churn. With more opportunity than ever to market and sell to a global audience, SMBs are also exposed to a customer base whose expectations are continually shifting. 4 Keys to Consistent High-Quality Engagement for SMBs.

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PeopleSoft Social Media Customer SalesForce 254

Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Paid Content Lead Rank Top of Funnel Marketing 52

Highspot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A comprehensive sales and marketing plan sets up organizations for long-term growth and success. In this guide, we’ll dig into the differences between sales and marketing plans, how to create your plan, and templates to get the ball rolling. What is a Sales and Marketing Plan?

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Paid Content Lead Rank Top of Funnel Marketing 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. A chance to tour (and maybe even race on?) Austin’s F1 track.

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Lead Rank Referrals Lead Scoring Ideal Customer Profile 93

Zoominfo

MARCH 6, 2019

There are more answers to that question than ever before, thanks to the variety of tools and channels at a modern marketer’s disposal. We touched on this phenomenon in a recent blog post about word-of-mouth marketing. Keep reading and learn everything you need to know about referral marketing! What Is Referral Marketing?

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Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If there’s one thing of value that hasn’t been changed due to the current market downturn, it’s data. That’s why making full use of data via a high-functioning sales analytics program is vital to ensure your business’s safe passage through an uncertain market.

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Analytics Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Marketing 114

Crunchbase

MARCH 13, 2023

These bootstrapped sales teams are faced with a unique problem: an outsized pressure to produce more with fewer resources. Consequently, some may be finding that their leaders are focused on buzzwords like “efficiency” and “effectiveness;” asking them to maintain lofty quotas, even as they wrestle with reduced resources and fewer hands.

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Territories Churn Face-to-face SME 59

Crunchbase

MAY 18, 2022

Imagine your marketing and sales team working in tandem, seamlessly pursuing and closing on the kinds of businesses your company exists to serve. That’s the premise behind account-based marketing (ABM). Topics covered in this article include: What is ABM marketing? What is account-based marketing (ABM)?

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Account Based Marketing Account Marketing Sales Qualified Lead 72

Zoominfo

AUGUST 24, 2021

Whether it’s to access fast customer support, resolve a technical issue, or simply connect to a sales representative, more and more companies are adopting chatbots and conversational marketing platforms to their websites. Chatbots are the perfect tool to improve your website conversion rates while seamlessly fitting into your demand engine.

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Demand Generation Demand Generation Targets Engineering Top of Funnel 130

Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Gross and Net MRR Churn Rate. The Gross and Net MRR Churn Rate are effective for evaluating business revenue. Helping with this analysis is the primary job of the Monthly Recurring Revenue Churn Rate. It has two types — Net and Gross MRR Churn Rate. Subscriber Churn Rate. Net MRR Growth Rate.

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Churn Scale Government Sales Qualified Lead 96

Chorus.ai

MARCH 18, 2021

That’s why making full use of sales data via a high-functioning sales analytics program is vital to ensure your business’s safe passage through an uncertain market. Activity per sales rep There are few things you can control in business — and with a market in chaos, that list gets smaller still.

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Analytics Top of Funnel Buyer Persona Marketing 62

Appbuddy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Email is one of the most powerful tools in any marketer’s arsenal. Your send frequency, subject lines, list segmentation, email copy, and CTAs are just a few of the many things that can impact the performance of your email marketing campaigns. . However, this metric is losing favor with marketers for a few reasons.

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Webinar Metrics Email Marketing Marketing Campaigns 52

Pipeliner

DECEMBER 4, 2023

With the rise of video content, it’s crucial to focus on producing high-quality videos that showcase expertise rather than simply churning out content for the sake of it. He emphasizes the importance of building a personal brand and diversifying marketing strategies. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM.

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Video Strategy Face-to-face Small Business 52

LeadFuze

JULY 7, 2023

Knowing how to set sales goals is a crucial skill for any business owner, sales manager or marketer. It not only drives revenue growth but also helps in managing customer churn and acquisition costs effectively. “Set sales goals to drive revenue, reduce churn, and lower acquisition costs.

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Sales Goal Churn Incentives Incentive 52

Chorus.ai

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Market downturns are troubling times for any business — but the concerns can suddenly hit home if you find out that your company needs to cut your sales department’s budget. One moment your team is flying high in a bull market, with productivity and conversion rates at a peak. are they still interacting with it now?)

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Scale Top of Funnel Churn Buyer Persona 114

SBI

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The Smart Selling Tools community knows about our weekly Executive Interview Series. Sitting between the marketing automation and CRM platforms, it takes marketing qualified leads, then sales qualifies them, then passes them onto the CRM for pursuit. Are you always aware when your customers are going to churn?

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Ideal Customer Profile VanillaSoft Sales Qualified Lead Account Based Marketing 116

Zoominfo

JULY 25, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has become an increasingly hot topic in the marketing world. AI technology can automate tasks, simplify complex processes, and organize complicated datasets just as a real marketing professional would — only faster and more accurately. The reason? 73% of businesses believe AI will help them grow.

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Lead Rank Churn How To Analysis 100

DiscoverOrg Sales

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Two words: finite resources. And as a savvy business professional, you want to ensure that your resources are allocated to those prospects who will deliver the best return. You can’t market to everyone. Better fit prospects and opportunities won turn into better fit customers who have a lower churn rate. How do you rally?

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Customer 150

Highspot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Determine Profitable Customer Markets Knowing where your most substantial sales come from enables you to capitalize on those markets. Support Team Decisions By closely examining your sales performance data, you provide your sales and marketing team with insights into their strengths and weaknesses.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Churn Top of Funnel 59

Smooth Sale

MARCH 11, 2024

Using tools to block distracting websites during work hours. Lack of Proper Breaks image source The myth of the perpetual motion worker, who can churn out work without pause, is just that—a myth. Combating this requires a proactive approach: Setting specific times to check emails.

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Energy Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 104

SugarCRM

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Most AI applications, however, revolve around facilitating sales and marketing operations. For Marketing, generative AI is the future. For Marketing, generative AI is the future. Below are some ways marketers can tap into the power of generative AI in their marketing endeavors. However, the opposite is often true.

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Ideal Customer Profile SugarCRM Marketing Lead Rank 26

Salesmate

JUNE 26, 2020

Besides, new players are entering the market and doing all that it takes to prove their mettle. The modern tools allow you to create email sequences for putting your follow-up on autopilot. You’ll find many sales tools that act as an extra pair of hands for SaaS sales reps. Here are a few of the sales tools that can help you.

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Ideal Customer Profile Buyer Persona Churn Sales Qualified Lead 126

Mereo

APRIL 25, 2024

Why did subscription customers churn / renew? But seeing into the future is becoming all the more possible with stronger datasets and more-powerful data science tools — and with these you can start to practice predictive data analysis. What explains this good / poor performance of a new product? Why did YoY sales numbers drop / rise?

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Data Lead Rank Analysis Lead Scoring 41

Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

A Gartner study reveals that 77% of sales organizations use digital tools to boost performance , with 66% using AI for personalized training and coaching. Predictive Analytics: By leveraging historical data and machine learning algorithms, AI can predict future sales trends, customer behavior, and potential churn.

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Sales Coaching Coaching Training Exercises 52

Zoominfo

APRIL 17, 2019

But, sales and marketing organizations must resist this instinct in order to constantly adapt to changing markets, new technologies, emerging trends and so on. Marketers structure their entire strategy around moving prospects through the funnel, towards the ultimate goal of winning a new customer. The result?

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Top of Funnel Funnel Lead Rank Sales Qualified Lead 228

Nutshell

MAY 5, 2023

You’ll want to monitor the impact on customer engagement that your customer relationship management (CRM) platform has by: Tracking customer interactions Analyzing customer data Measuring customer loyalty You can do each of those things within your CRM to save time and resources. Keep reading to learn how. Why segment your customers?

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CRM Software Software Customer 115

Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Two words: finite resources. You can’t market to everyone. By creating a general profile of an organization’s best accounts sales and marketing teams can develop measurable strategies that convert these top buyers. Additionally, the majority of sales and marketing professionals agree referrals close faster.

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Ideal Customer Profile Lead Rank Lead Scoring Customer 100

Zoominfo

JANUARY 13, 2021

This data functions as a roadmap to maximizing productivity and reducing resource waste. Use these equations to get more technical with your report: Sales opportunity score(s) , Customer lifetime value (CLV), Churn rates , Lead to opportunity ratio, and Opportunity to win ratio. Metrics to Track in Sales Reports.

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Report Sales Qualified Lead Top of Funnel Lead Rank 162

Salesmate

JULY 9, 2020

Your success rate for closing deals will depend on your target market, your niche, the products you sell, and the area you serve. Maybe they’re targeting potential customers in the wrong industry or trying to sell in a territory that is a captive market for another brand. Customer Churn. Opportunity Win Rate.

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Pipeline Sales Qualified Lead Churn Lead Rank 121