Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Platforms can create an immense amount of long-term value for companies, or be a minor component of their product strategy to maintain product/market fit. But as we try to define platform as a business model strategy separate from any other, we can see that this quote is incomplete as a definition. The Types of Platforms.

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FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

As an experienced sales and GTM leader, John Eitel has more than witnessed how product-led growth (PLG) has affected the tech and SaaS space in the last few years — he and his teams have been up close and personal with how PLG increased in popularity as a sales strategy. “I Set up a demo or try it out for yourself. Jump to video.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 2, 2020

That’s what makes a customer success strategy so important. Building a solid customer success strategy is easy, too, as long as you focus on how different types of customers move through their journey, from discovery to purchase. The benefits of a clearly defined customer success strategy. Easier customer acquisition.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

This is when the good stuff starts to happen within a subscription business In this post I’m going to share the strategy and steps we followed to reduce our monthly customer churn by over 70%, and explain how we positioned Nudge Coach for efficient, long-term growth. Table of Contents. Let me tell you how we did it!

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Whatever marketing strategy you choose, use Baremetrics to monitor your sales data. Your SaaS company likely uses a CRM and/or payment processing software, and the data required to compute these core metrics can be all over the place. To do this right, you’ll need to really define your ideal customer profile (ICP).

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OpenView Labs

APRIL 11, 2019

I was born in Bombay, but grew up in New Jersey and was acutely aware of the juxtaposition of those two places in terms of economic development, politics and culture. I started the growth team and scaled Dia&Co’s customer acquisition and retention strategies. The Four Growth Levers – Foundational Building Blocks.

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User Pilot

MARCH 25, 2024

In this article, we explore what customer attrition is, why it matters, and 15 effective strategies for strengthening customer relationships, boosting loyalty, and driving long-term growth. Some effective strategies for reducing customer churn include: Personalize the onboarding for new customers to shorten the time to value.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

Payment processing. Almost half (49%) of American consumers switched companies in 2019 due to poor customer service. You can send targeted email, in-app, and push messages to customers, all to maintain an open line of communication at all times. From an internal standpoint, the software is a valuable training tool.

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OPEXEngine

AUGUST 9, 2022

A Bain survey of sales operations executives, in partnership with Research Now SSI, found that only 43% of sales organizations develop plans for a recession well in advance of it. Yet too many sales teams use outdated practices in making account and territory assignments. Few accounting systems can easily report profitability that way.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

The much-discussed pricing strategy took over the SaaS world and helped fuel the phenomenal success of SaaS pioneers like Dropbox, Evernote, SurveyMonkey and Hootsuite. They also better understand how to measure the success of freemium and strategies to convert free users into paying customers (hint: product qualified leads are your friend).

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The Angel VC

DECEMBER 12, 2018

It’s an important question, as your target growth rate determines your hiring plan, budget, and fundraising strategy. UIpath, the wildly successful robotic process automation solution out of Romania, is on a similar trajectory. The main reason is that your customer acquisition costs are highly front-loaded. eight years.

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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. * First, what is continuous customer development? Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings.

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Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. You may also hear this stage referred to as discovery , vision/mission , or problem/solution fit. and ‘Does my proposed solution solve it effectively?’ Spending too much on customer acquisition before product/market fit.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Building a strong pricing strategy starts with hiring a professional team to conduct a pricing audit. Conducting a pricing audit goes through five factors—acquisition, monetization, retention, pricing strategy, and discounts. Acquisition. Pricing strategy. It’s the center of your business. Monetization.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

Prior to Kustomer, Vikas spent over 20 years implementing, consulting, marketing, and selling CRM and ContactCenter solutions with companies like LivePerson and Oracle. How does Vikas see the space play out in the coming years when it comes to acquisitions? Here’s what Eyal and Megan talk about: How to develop software faster.

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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. Finally pre-Salesforce, Dave was CEO @ MarkLogic where he grew the team from 40 to 240 and revenues from $0 to an $80m revenue run rate.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

Develop a Business Plan. Your marketing plan should include your marketing budget, overall marketing strategy, and plan for tracking metrics. There are a few costs to consider, including packaging costs and monthly outlays like software and accounting fees. Marketing Plan. It could be a few months before you can work this out.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

the stuff that Customer Success teams are really meant to do). One customer success trend I’m seeing is the need to develop more repeatable customer education programs. The biggest trend I see emerging in Europe, which started at the end of 2018 is Customer Success Plans becoming a staple asset of Customer Success teams.

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 11, 2021

SaaS, or software as a service, is a subscription-based model where customers pay subscription fees for services such as Dropbox, CRM, or perhaps Mailchimp, and this is how the companies earn monthly recurring revenues (MRM). And nearly 60% switch companies based on poor customer service. Payment Method may not work.

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User Pilot

APRIL 15, 2024

In-app support strategies to eliminate them. Collect passive customer feedback to improve the in-app experience and more. Analyze customer data and improve in-app communication with interactive guides. This could mean they’re unable to get answers, troubleshoot app issues, or learn about product updates on time.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). & The second constituent there is the developer. Why do developers love SaaS products? Customer acquisition. Customer acquisition is basically how much do you spend in terms of sales people, sales team, and in terms of marketing to acquire a new customer. Transcript.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. Some solutions, like Slack or Microsoft, are useful for any kind of business. But not all SaaS products are alike.

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Point Nine Land

DECEMBER 12, 2018

It’s an important question, as your target growth rate determines your hiring plan, budget, and fundraising strategy. UIpath, the wildly successful robotic process automation solution out of Romania, is on a similar trajectory. The main reason is that your customer acquisition costs are highly front-loaded. eight years.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

the stuff that Customer Success teams are really meant to do). One customer success trend I’m seeing is the need to develop more repeatable customer education programs. The biggest trend I see emerging in Europe, which started at the end of 2018 is Customer Success Plans becoming a staple asset of Customer Success teams.

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SaaS is a global software solution created by different businesses in order to improve human activities in a matter of clicks. SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. In this saas marketing strategy guide, we are going to tell you everything about saas marketing. What is SAAS marketing?

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Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

Choosing the right combination of funding for your business is just as fundamental as choosing the right co-founders (or not), the right market, the right product, and the right team. After seriously considering an acquisition offer, Wistia decided to take on $17.3M What do I need funding for? Buffer spent $3.3 Reilly Chase of HostiFi.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. What is inside sales?

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Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2020

They all used sustainable strategies to reduce churn while also growing their business. In this guide, we’re going to go over seven strategies to reduce churn, with real-life examples from SaaS companies that have successfully done it. For example, a churned user on a $50/mo plan isn’t nearly as bad as a churned user on a $500/mo plan.

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Outseta

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Before we get into the interview, a bit of background - I have hired Soren’s team at Working Planet multiple times. Even further up market and in my past engagements with Working Planet, there are a number of challenges related to paid search management that I’ve felt first hand and still don’t see a great solution to.

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Outseta

MARCH 18, 2019

Wes Bush is a SaaS marketer who has quickly developed a reputation as “the free trial vs. freemium guy.” I caught up with Wes to talk about his free trial vs. freemium framework, our own customer acquisition process, and the start-up scene in Waterloo, Canada. When does it make sense to ask for payment information upfront?

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OpenView Labs

AUGUST 10, 2020

Marketing in the age of the new normal —yes, we’re tired of the phrase “new normal,” too—means taking a good look at our current strategy and seeing where it can be better. COVID-19 derailed many companies’ plans and campaigns, causing mass layoffs and pushing everyone to pivot their strategy. Provide solutions for customers’ concerns.

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User Pilot

MAY 9, 2024

The article will teach you how to design an onboarding strategy for your SaaS. Develop educational content, like webinars or courses, to help users discover new use cases and features. Like a customer profile template or an in-app survey template. Reduce the workload of the customer success team. Jobs-to-be-done.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Renaud Visage, Co-Founder of Eventbrite, and Romain Huet, Head of Developer Relations at Stripe, know what it takes to effectively evolve your offering into a platform without losing what made offering appealing in the first place. Romain Huet | Head of Developer Relations @ Stripe. Want to see more content like this?

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Point Nine Land

JUNE 18, 2023

Everything you always wanted to know about cohort analysis (but were afraid to ask) Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post titled “Know your user cohorts” , which began like this: “One of the most important tools to better understand the usage of a web application — or a service, a game or a mobile app, it doesn’t matter — is a cohort analysis.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

The New Solution Selling. Strategy and Process. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Here are the best books on selling (and related disciplines) that can help you hit your goals and develop your career. The Little Red Book of Selling. Spin Selling.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. Zach : And so as we were having this conversation, we did, of course, raise a little bit more money in that round in order to enable the acquisition.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team. Yes, Dropbox started off with no traditional sales team. billion in revenue) so it’s safe to say Jeanne and her team have helped do exactly that.

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