User Pilot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

According to Havard Business Review, customer acquisition requires 5 to 20 times more resources than customer retention. Customer retention can help you drive recurring revenue, reduce customer acquisition costs, and drive customer loyalty. Provide great customer service to improve customer experience and make your products stand out.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There are many ways to classify SaaS companies, but differentiating companies based upon who their customers are presents the best approach for measuring performance and driving success for SaaS businesses. SMM SaaS Company Overview & Market Dynamics. SMM SaaS Company Overview & Market Dynamics.

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User Pilot

APRIL 3, 2024

Product-led innovation focuses on creating the best product for your customers. Read on to learn all about this product-led growth model. TL;DR Product-led innovation emphasizes improving the product to attract customers, reducing reliance on marketing for growth.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Conversion rate is one of the most important metrics to track in SaaS, and that’s why conversion rate optimization is an essential focus for growth in any business. TL;DR A SaaS conversion rate refers to the percentage of visitors who take a desired action on the website or in-app. What is the SaaS conversion rate?

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User Pilot

JUNE 28, 2023

Sustaining user engagement throughout the entire onboarding process can feel like a task only large teams can achieve. Kommunicate drives sales-less product adoption through product experiments and tracking adoption rates with Userpilot. Create a multimedia onboarding flow with product screenshots and videos.

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User Pilot

JUNE 14, 2021

Are you looking to build a solid marketing automation strategy and don’t know where to start? In this article, I’ll cover what marketing automation is, how to set up an effective strategy for it, and go over some examples of how to use marketing automation at each stage of the user journey to drive product growth.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

Just six Cloud companies listed on the Bessemer Nasdaq Cloud Index each are valued at over $100B, and together currently represent a market capitalization well over $1trillion. We’ve talked to dozens of our SaaS customers, as well as investors to learn more about what is happening with these key metrics.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

There is no shortage of options when it comes to building your marketing technology stack. Pauline Fumeron | Marketing Automation Manager @ OpenC lassrooms. Guillaume : And today we’re going to talk about how to build your marketing stack. So data analytics, marketing customer analytics, and technology and acquisition.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

There’s a little bit of work to do still, but you know, tonight the title of my talk is how to make user acquisition practically free. At LendUp, it was because we were in the subprime lending space and we were trying to not screw people over, unlike the rest of the market. Who has heard of Lambda School, out of curiosity?

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Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

We found ourselves asking this question in a marketing meeting not too long ago. There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. Understanding which stage your SaaS business is in can help determine the appropriate time to scale to the next phase—and do so successfully.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 9, 2019

From the rise of SaaS to the sudden glut of subscription boxes, the subscription business model has never been more popular. So much so that Gartner research predicts that in 2020, all new entrants to the software market and 80% of existing companies will offer some sort of subscription package. Determine product-market fit.

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SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Also last year, of the 10 fastest growing Internet penetration markets in the world, 8 of them were in Africa. Most African markets never had a banking infrastructure the like of which we used to here. Finally, and importantly, the market size is tiny. Between now and 2050, another 2.4 billion humans will enter the Earth, and 1.2

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Krish made his way into the world of SaaS and came to found one of India’s fastest growing SaaS companies in Chargebee?

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

Anyone managing a SaaS or subscription business is aware of customer churn. The benchmark customer churn for SaaS for SMBs is 5%. Transitioning to SaaS On January 1st 2020, we transitioned the company out of a strategic partnership (we were operating the platform under a non SaaS business model!).

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This builds on the first essay in the series of how there has been an increase in interest of SAAS-like models interested in becoming marketplaces over time. In that essay , we also talked about how a more common route for a SaaS business is to become a platform. Integration platforms are ubiquitous in SaaS.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It’s the question on every SaaS founder’s lips: Is my churn rate too high? Worse, comparing average churn rates across different markets and industries will leave you mired in confusing statistics and contradicting studies. So how do you know what a healthy churn rate is for your SaaS company? Let’s find out.

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wepay

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

SaaS business growth isn’t always that different from non-SaaS business growth. For traditional businesses the focus is more on Convert and for SaaS it tilts a bit more toward Retain due to the prevalence of the subscription model. There are three three critical stages for doing that: Attract, Convert and Retain.

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SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

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.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). & So the first question is what made SaaS so successful. If you kind of that question, thinking about the stakeholders and the decisions and companies of using SaaS products, there’s kind of three types. Customers love SaaS products and tools because it simply works.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

What GTM metrics should you track as a product marketer? On your way to building a go-to-market strategy to launch a new product, you might wonder the former question a lot. GTM metrics are pieces of data or indicators that help product marketers like you keep track of the success of their strategy.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Your core is a lot like pricing in SaaS companies. A pricing audit assesses your subscription business’ pricing process to ensure consistency across similar accounts, maximize profitability, and benchmark against other companies. Acquisition. Are your tiers set up for monetization or acquisition? What is a pricing audit?

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User Pilot

APRIL 18, 2024

If you’re struggling to convert your website visitors into customers, your marketing conversion path may need optimization. Read to find out what a conversion path in marketing is, why it matters, and its elements and stages. To attract the right audience, tailor your marketing resources and channels for the personas.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 1, 2019

Over the past few years, the term “Growth” has been one of the most frequently used buzzwords in the SaaS world, especially at product led growth businesses. Recently I surveyed over 350 SaaS companies and found that 43% of B2B software companies already have a dedicated growth team and 27% are looking to fill a growth role.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 3, 2020

Then, we hear from Kyle Poyar over at OpenView on bringing sales into a self-service business. And finally, the evolution of B2B SaaS billing. What’s the next milestone disrupting the market? Sales in a product-led initiative: feat. What role should they play amid the madness? How should CEOs address Coronavirus?

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User Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

Are you struggling with creating an effective growth marketing strategy? With more players entering the SaaS market and the growing use of digital technology in marketing, traditional marketing alone cannot sustain your business. Therefore, leveraging growth marketing is crucial to stand out among your competitors.

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ProfitWell

JUNE 15, 2020

Salesforce released its “State of Marketing Report,” offering trends from 900 marketers. This report is a quick but mighty read, jam-packed with data and trends to help you optimize your DTC marketing strategies. Tracking your conversion rate will reveal if the marketing dollars spent are resulting in a positive ROI.

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Hull

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

moment of your product through Facebook. Different post-payment feature adoption strategies you can use on Facebook. User adoption is the process of making your trial or new customers addicted to your product. It essentially teaches them how to solve problems and make your product an essential part of their lives.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 13, 2018

You can spend months working on a great idea, pour tons of time and energy into crafting the perfect marketing, but without customers your business will cease to exist. All future growth hinges on one thing – customer acquisition. Mobilize your influencers to drive customer acquisition. Want more advice like this?

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User Pilot

AUGUST 30, 2021

Which product analytics tools should you be using? And what type of analytics really matters for a product marketing manager? Some analytic tools are confusing, some are difficult to use, and some are downright irritating, making it hard to access the product growth insights you need. What are product analytics tools?

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 10, 2021

Where market competition is fierce, the buyer has a lot of choices and significantly less patience? It is especially true of SaaS products – where the value in an intangible implication that adoption could lead to better practices and revenue growth. The key to building successful service/products is data.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 17, 2022

This is an especially important stage, especially for SaaS startups. This is the stage where you identify an existing problem and understand how your product or service solves the problem. As a SaaS startup, your biggest task would be to land your first customer. This is the stage where the following things happen –.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The SaaS industry is constantly evolving, and for many companies in the space, that means having to evolve their business model. The classic example sees a company move from niche startup to mainstream scale-up, but it can also see companies hone their product-market fit by focusing on a more specialized, and yet more lucrative, user base.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

Her blog posts continue to serve as a valuable resource for people who seek to understand and master customer success processes. A star in the world of Customer Success, Amarachi Ogueji is known for her exceptional skills in retaining B2B and B2C SaaS clients. Amarachi Ogueji. Anita Toth. Annette Franz. Caroline Andreola.

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User Pilot

JULY 24, 2023

What is SaaS marketing? We’re all familiar with the basics of SaaS product marketing such as attracting users to a SaaS product with a subscription business model. That said, there are key differences between a SaaS marketing strategy and standard digital marketing.

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Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

I’m pretty jaded when it comes to the financial numbers that get thrown around in start-up land—I don’t care what TechCrunch says, I don’t care what your market cap is—I think it’s clear that the world of technology start-ups is pretty screwed up when it comes to financial valuations. How the hell does that happen?

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User Pilot

AUGUST 15, 2023

A product launch marketing plan is more than a simple press release announcing your product. It is the process that guides you to a successful product release. With several product launches occurring every day, you need something special to ensure your announcement doesn’t get lost in the noise.

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In a previous post , I talked about how product work post-product/market fit shifts from zero to one innovation to features, growth, and scaling work. I highlight six different types of product expansion, in increasing levels of difficulty based on these vectors. You can read parts 1 and 2 here and here.

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