IN THIS ISSUE

This week's Driven brings you 3 hot topics for senior revenue leaders in B2B SaaS companies:

  • Should you jump on the bandwagon to hire a chief revenue officer (CRO)? If so, how?
  • Business development models are broken in many SaaS companies. Use of inexperienced business-development reps (BDRs) has lots of drawbacks. The practice can be especially bad for companies that sell high-ticket SaaS. Read the article for ideas how to avoid or fix the problem.
  • In highly competitive markets, SaaS companies must differentiate both their products and their brand. But doing so is hard, and few companies invest enough effort. Many common differentiation strategies don't offer long-term advantages. But 9 strategies can work, provided you do them right.
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REVENUE | OPERATIONS

MARKETING | PRODUCT | BRAND

SALES & SELLING | OPERATIONS

WRAP UP

That's it for this issue.

Driven continues to evolve through experimentation and your feedback.

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See you next on May 8.

Best,

Dave Vranicar

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ABOUT DRIVEN

Driven is a fortnightly digest for busy revenue leaders in business-to-business (B2B) SaaS.

It's likely to be most useful if your company sells higher-ticket products that require moderate to heavy involvement of professional sellers.

Driven is here to help you:

  • Achieve your revenue goals
  • Overcome your obstacles and challenges
  • Fix expensive problems
  • Be the best version of yourself.

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