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What sales enablement changes do we need to make as we shift focus from selling to SMB and mid-market to selling to enterprise?

Our sales team is used to selling to SMB and mid-market.
Mary Margaret
Grafana Head of Solutions Marketing | Formerly HubSpot5y
Great question! Core things to keep in mind: 1. You will be selling to a committee, versus one person/one core contact 2. Due to that, you'll want to really understand t...
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Jeff Beckham
Gem VP of Marketing & Partnerships | Formerly Mixpanel, Slack, BlueJeans, Cisco6y
It’s exciting that your company is making the shift up-market! The first question to ask is whether you have the right people in place to sell into enterprises. Promoting...
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Daniel Kuperman
Jellyfish VP of Product Marketing5y
Some of the big differences you will see include: Longer sales cycle A bigger group of buyers and influencers More focus on security, certifications, and customer proof ...
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Roopal Shah
Guidewire Software Vice President Product Marketing6y
While there are some common themes regardless fo the segment, there are some unique things down market: - Volume is much higher - reps have a 1000s of accounts versus han...
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Hien Phan
TigerData Head of Marketing6y
This is a tough question to answer because this problem isn't all a PMM problem. This problem is also a sales organization problem. An SMB/Mid Market rep isn't an enterpr...
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Amit Bhojraj
Orkes Head of Marketing5y
As you go upmarket, third-party influencers become crucial in the sales process—specifically, analysts such as Gartner and Forrester. Enterprises are lower tolerance for ...
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Rajendran Nair
Medallia Vice President Product Marketing4y
I am assuming here that you have already created stories/collateral that will be required to sell into the enterprise. FWIW, here is a framework I use to develop stories...
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