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Don’t Fear Business Process Change. It’s (Usually) a Good Thing.

SaaStr

A while back I was having a discussion, not quite a debate, but a discourse with an extremely smart VC — far smarter than me — who was relatively new to SaaS, having spent more time in B2C. Like a lot of folks tip-toeing from B2C to SaaS, his first stop was in freemium. Most SMB SaaS apps are really ERP 2.0

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The State of SaaS Marketing in 2022: Mutiny & SaaStr CMO Panel (Pod 575)

SaaStr

Koehler emphasized the similarity in pain points across multiple customer segments: “It doesn’t matter if you’re an SMB…or a large enterprise: You’re trying to figure out, ‘How do I create a better customer experience? How do I engage my customers? Varni weighed in from a different market perspective, particularly B2C.

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PODCAST 53: Transitioning to Move Upmarket from SMB to Enterprise w/ David Katz

Sales Hacker

He also gives us a framework for how to move upmarket, and the requirements for taking a company from the SMB space all the way to the enterprise. Strategies for moving upmarket, and how to transition from SMB to enterprise. Strategies for moving upmarket, and how to transition from SMB to enterprise. What You’ll Learn.

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How Community-Led Growth Drives Product-Led Growth with Notion’s CRO (Video and Transcript)

SaaStr

Don’t write rules as to how the community should engage, make it as fluid as possible. It has truly been beautiful to see how our customer success team engages so fluidly with the champions in each of these companies and the consultants that are out there really helping us advocate and to create value for the product.

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[Q&A] B2B SaaS Benchmarks: How Does Your Company Compare to +1,500 of Its Peers?

ChurnZero

Q: It’s generally well accepted – not always true – but if you’re focused on SMB, you’re naturally going to get lower gross revenue retention and it will have an impact on your net revenue retention. Is the bar across the same for a SMB-focused company versus an enterprise-focused company? Rarely are folks doing both.

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Driving Success for Small to Middle-Market SaaS Companies

OPEXEngine

Business to Consumer (B2C). SMB customers will want high-touch sales engagement and service delivery but SMM SaaS companies will likely not have the budget necessary to justify providing this level of sales support. These market and product characteristics make this GTM strategy best suited for B2C SaaS companies.

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Building a Global SaaS Empire: 5 Bets That Paid Off with Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham

SaaStr

They released many more products, with Freddy AI in 2018 and, as of last month, launched the Freshworks Customer Service Suite, which is an omni-channel for B2C to engage with customers on Instagram and other places. The average SMB customer would buy 4-5 seats of Freshdesk. Inbound isn’t just about SMB customers.