New XaaS Study: Evolving the Tech Buyer Journey
Tech companies continue to grow their “as-a-service” (XaaS) revenue streams as they simultaneously face changing buyer preferences and engagement habits. The rapid rise of XaaS has created a new buyer journey paradigm, which follows five core stages, as depicted from the perspective of the vendor: 1) identify prospects, 2) land new logos, 3) drive customer adoption and deliver the solution’s value, 4) expand through upselling and cross-selling, and 5) renew customer contracts (ILAER).
Navigating this new buyer journey creates significant challenges for both legacy and relatively new tech arrivals. Established tech companies must evolve, often by abandoning traditionally successful practices that will ultimately hinder revenue growth in a XaaS environment. Newer, “born-in-cloud” companies must focus on expediently driving to scale and profitability by employing the right roles and enablement across the elements of the buyer journey. Both challenges are particularly daunting in the midst of increasing competition and empowered customers.
Companies need to adopt new sales strategies across the emerging buyer journey phases:
In response to the rapidly shifting sales environment, Alexander Group has launched its 2018 XaaS Sales Strategy Survey to provide actionable insights for leading technology companies.
- The study has three main benefits for participants: Trends, insights and frameworks on XaaS expansion growth and coverage across the ILAER model
- Your company’s go-to-customer data benchmarked against a set of peer companies
- Recommendations for increasing sales performance and growth in a XaaS environment
As a participant, you will receive an individualized report with industry trends, best practices and benchmarks comparing your company’s summarized data findings to the industry.
Join the Alexander Group’s XaaS Sales Strategy Survey today!
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Davis Giedt is a manager in Alexander Group’s Atlanta office.
