Today’s leading technology companies face many challenges in the new era of XaaS. As XaaS adoption accelerates, the question on every sales leader’s mind is, Are we keeping pace? As hybrid companies move towards XaaS, they face bookings and cost challenges due to smaller deals and an increased need for specialized sales roles. XaaS organizations face stiff competition from startups and hybrids and invest heavily in sophisticated post-sales models to retain and grow customers.
Alexander Group’s recent 2018 XaaS Sales Strategy Market Study reveals that, despite growing impact from post-sales investments, both Hybrids and pure XaaS firms struggle to optimize sales organizations to fit emerging XaaS buyer journeys.
Based on findings from 50+ XaaS executive interviews, the study details five critical XaaS leadership priorities for XaaS model optimization:
The study also presents key XaaS benchmarks such as:
How do you measure against your competitors? Are you keeping pace? Schedule time to review the study findings and benchmark yourself against your peers.
Read subsequent parts to the overview of this series:
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Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
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