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Recurring revenue: drive business growth with simple metrics

ProfitWell

Recurring revenue is the lifeblood of subscription companies, and for good reason. Finally, recurring revenue gives the company a sense of predictable revenue and compounding growth. Throughout this article, I’ll unpack what recurring revenue is, some examples of different models, and revenue metrics you need to track.

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Subscribing to the future with Zuora’s Carl Gold

Intercom, Inc.

But there’s another reality that businesses now have to contend with: the brief is getting harder and harder to nail. Customer acquisition costs are rising , churn is every company’s poison pill, and the competition is relentless. To navigate the current minefield of growth, businesses need to shift their focus. Over the last 7.5

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SaaS Conversion Funnel: How to Track and Optimize Your Funnel

Baremetrics

It’s most helpful to organize your efforts using a well-constructed SaaS sales conversion funnel. When marketing a subscription business, you face even more challenges, like balancing retention and acquisition efforts, identifying new features that your customers are interested in, and working to maximize customer lifetime value.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

What is the process to do it efficiently? How does Krish think your customer acquisition and GTM strategy has to change with the movement from SMB to enterprise? Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. Does it have to be in person? What questions reveal the most?

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Contract terms & conditions and why they matter to marketers

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

That obligation being met, the vendor expects payment from the customer. I can't tell the Globe that my payment is contingent upon my reading the paper to see if it satisfies my own requirements. For one, allowing for an "acceptance period," or any other terms and conditions that delay payment, has significant cash flow implications.

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Guest post: Using Facebook retargeting to increase conversion and feature adoption

Hull

On external platforms, like Facebook. Different post-payment feature adoption strategies you can use on Facebook. Product-led growth (PLG) is the term used when your product is the primary driver of customer acquisition. In this post, we are going to learn: The essential pillars of user adoption of your product.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Fmr. CEO of Host Analytics and CEO of Namely — Jun 14, 2019

SaaStr

In his most recent role, Dave was the CEO @ Host Analytics where he quintupled ARR, halved customer acquisition costs and increased net retention rates before selling the company to a private equity sponsor. Before that Dave was SVP/GM of Service Cloud @ Salesforce where he led the $500m line of business for customer service applications.