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#70: 12 Signals EVERY sales rep should monitor (without a fancy tech stack)
Florin Tatuleaopen.substack.com
3 signals before paywall
Teardown of an emotionally powerful ad
Growth Newsletter #176 from Demand Curve
Three of the most common, and consistently publicly available, metrics to measure efficiency include:
Mostly Multiples 5/5: The End of an Era
(growth vs efficiency) CAC payback period, Rule of 40, Revenue per employee
Back in the day, we at Airtable were kind of roasted on Twitter for our billboards, which weren't super specific about a particular problem; they were just there. Everyone was questioning the sense in it, wondering why we would do this if it wasn't clear. However, those billboards were actually super effective for us, but for a different reason
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How Airtable discovered its early adopters is a great example of Product Led Sales
The challenge with Airtable is that it's incredibly versatile—you can use it for virtually anything. It's applicable in every department within an organization and even for personal projects. Essentially, you're building your own software, which can be tailored for
How Airtable used Swag to drive micro-virality, focused on their early adopters or what they called champions
the other one that we did was dated to this Champions at scale was we spent a hilarious amount of money on really fancy swag I know this sounds silly but like branded airpods level of fancy swag admittedly more people are in the office back then now they are more remote and this would not work as well but back in the day if you gave people something really good like not a pen or a sticker really good they would show enough to absolutely everyone that they talked to because they were so excited they got branded airpods people would ask about it walking by their desks it sounds so like trivial but for that like you know a couple hundred bucks that we spent knowing like hey this person's already a champion and if someone asks them they're going to give a really good pitch totally worth it sometimes better to not skimp on swag hard to measure very effective
How Airtable connected customer service to content marketing:
From a process perspective, if you're planning to heavily invest in customer success, which I highly recommend, it’s crucial to also establish a system for capturing and leveraging the insights generated by your customer success team. Here's how we approached it: We engaged deeply with
“I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard,” she once said.
Faster Than Normal™ • Estee Lauder, domain dependence, & moats
Estée Lauder
A guide for founders and CEOs on building and managing a B2B sales team, covering selling, building, managing, renewing/expanding, marketing, partnering, and planning.
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