SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2024

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Venture Backed or Bootstrapped? Just Raise One Round My Best Advice for 2024: Work Harder Beware The Overly Self-Promotional CMO (and CRO) Product-Led Growth Is Great. There’s a Third Way. Top Podcasts This Week: 1.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2024

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Look, No VC Wants to Fund a Startup With So-So Growth. In 2024, Maybe It’s Best Everyone Starts as an Individual Contributor. SaaStr 712: Is AI the Only Thing in SaaS that Anyone Cares About Anymore?

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Reaching social media, tech press, and blog posts you’d think everything was about efficiency. And for many in SaaS, especially those that sell mainly to startups and tech, it’s often been a rough 2 years. The companies that can run this playbook today are only the best of the best. Not for most of us.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The Next Best in About 5 Years. SaaStr 686: What the Future of SaaS Holds for 2024 with David Sacks, Founder & General Partner, Craft Ventures, and Jason Lemkin, Founder & CEO, SaaStr   2. SaaStr 685: Why Investors Love SaaS with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and QED Partner Amias Gerety on Fintech Beat     3.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Dear SaaStr: What are some best practices for selling a new product/service to your existing SaaS clients? So my #1 best practice is get your NPS up. Almost every SaaS founder I know and who has spoken at SaaStr has said just now hard it is to sell into a new stakeholder as a customer. First, make sure your NPS is high.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The plethora of solutions or blogs may not be useful when it comes to gaining insight and knowledge. SaaS (software as a service) companies have seen an exponential growth in the business sphere. There is some insightful content around SaaS that can be an inspiration to readers. The 20 Best SaaS Blogs You Must Follow.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: The Best in SaaS Are Just Growing Faster Than Ever. The Broken State of SaaS Sales Rep Comp. Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. I Mean, It’s Crazy.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Consume our content where you learn the best! We’ve scaled this up and you can find great sessions, insights, and more, great surveys and learnings, and tons more about SaaStr, there. The post We’re a Top Voice on LinkedIn! appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

APRIL 20, 2024

Marketing Strategies and Best Practices Successful marketing strategies are not simply replicable tactics but a combination of factors including timing and luck. Word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective channel for acquiring customers, followed by Google and the company blog.

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SaaStr

MAY 21, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: SaaS Capital: Across 1,500 SaaS Startups, Yearly Contracts Don’t Actually Increase NRR Dear SaaStr: How Long Should a CEO Continue Being the Head of Product?

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2020

If you’re eager to learn more about the Customer Success space too, we’ve compiled a list of industry blogs you should follow and bookmark that can help provide you with all the insights, strategies and guidance you need. Must-Read Customer Success Blogs. The Success League Blog. Tri Tuns Blog. SuccessCOACHING Blog.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Why Your Cost of Sales Generally Doubles As You Scale. The Challenge with SMB SaaS: High Growth Can Only Mask High Churn For Just So Long (Updated). The Best in SaaS Are Just Growing Faster Than Ever.

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CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Let’s look at the top customer success blogs. CustomerSuccessBox is an outcome-driven Customer Success software for B2B SaaS, which helps maximize retention, drive product adoption, and grow revenue for your B2B SaaS. As well as their actionable customer success platform they provide a widely respected blog.

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SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: 1. BowtiedCocoon: Top SaaS SMB AEs have $125k OTEs. But The Best Ones Make $261k. A SaaS Founder’s Guide to PR. The Private Equity Math of 1+1=3 in SaaS Acquisitions. Every Investor is Different.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 14, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Alteryx, ZoomInfo, Atlassian Have Blow Out Quarters. Dear SaaStr: What’s The Best Platform to Track My Sales Team, Pipedrive, HubSpot or Salesforce? Dear SaaStr: How Long Does It Take the Average SaaS Startup to “Exit”?

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 18, 2022

Searching for blogs in the arena is getting accessible slowly and it’s time you leverage the essential knowledge these blogs have to offer, to flourish! Here is the list of 10 Customer Success blogs to follow and save in your digital library in 2022! Suggested blog : Account Expansion: If You Want To Grow Fast, Do This….

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SaaStr

MAY 28, 2023

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Sales Reps Really Do Have to Close 4x-5x What They Take Home, and More: Iconiq’s Sales Compensation Guide What’s Really Different in SaaS in 2023 How to Raise Money from Venture Capitalists in Tougher Times My #1 Best Hack for VC Fundraising Who’s (..)

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 23, 2021

Here are the seven best sales blogs (and five bonus sales newsletters!) Best article to read: RevOps is taking over how B2B SaaS companies look at sales. How to contribute: Predictable Revenue’s blog is a place to hear new content from the CEO and senior leadership team. Sales Hacker. LinkedIn Sales Solutions.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 21, 2020

That’s especially true when you’ve already created a significant amount of content for your blog and are struggling to come up with new topics to write about. If you’re like most growing SaaS companies , you have a pretty deep catalog of blog posts, collecting traffic data just waiting to be analyzed. Table Of Contents.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 11, 2020

Every few months I take a look at the top read blog posts on OPEXEngine, to make sure I have a solid understanding of the topics that you are looking for more insight on. As a result, I decided to share with you a few of our Not-to-be-Missed blogs. Best SaaS Blog Posts You Shouldn’t Miss.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 19, 2018

At FastSpring, we’ve been hard at work not only building the best-in-class ecommerce platform, but also staying up-to-date on all of the popular trends, news, and tips that help our readers sell more around the world. Find the best business model for your product or service with this helpful blog post. Are you B2B or B2C?

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Valuize Consulting

DECEMBER 23, 2021

While these trends began to take shape in 2020, they were forced into hyperdrive this year and created a new normal for the SaaS world. . We’ve compiled our top 5 most-read CS & SaaS blog posts of the year that reflect the key priorities for the industry in 2021 and give us a glimpse into the trends that will be shaping CS in 2022.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

For years we have been reading and hand-picking the best SaaS blog posts to share with 24K+ SaaS Roundup subscribers. Subscriber or not, anyone who wants to increase their SaaS knowledge will benefit by reading the curated posts below. Only a handful of metrics really matter. I’ve tried – just ask my in laws.

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User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

If you’re interested in learning more about Marty, including his background and top blog and podcast recommendations, continue reading ahead. This best-seller remains a must-have resource for tech product managers seeking innovation and customer engagement. If you still want to explore his ideas, his blog posts are not to be missed.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: The Ultimate Guide for Hiring a Great VP of Sales. Our classic guide which packages up some of the very best SaaStr content on hiring a VP of Sales in a great, slick PDF.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Top 10 Blog Posts from 2020. In this article, we question the “Q” in QBR and if Customer Success teams are blindly following a best practice that may no longer be relevant to their customers’ success. The SaaS Debate: Who Owns the Renewal and Upsell? 31 st Fastest Growing SaaS Company on SaaS Mag’s list.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

[They also have] podcasts like "Protect the Hustle," all about B2B SaaS growth strategies, and web series like "Churning Point," diving into how SaaS companies retain their customers."   Kaur thinks that this blog post by Klaviyo incorporates all three best practices.  "  2.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 24, 2021

Q: What are the best marketing techniques for an early stage SaaS startup? But in general, most startups find that at best 1–2 channels really work for them. But they are the best marketers of all. In the end, 30%-80% of new leads for most SaaS companies come from word-of-mouth and similar referrals.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 27, 2019

I f ChurnZero were to release a greatest hits compilation of our top content, milestones, and life events in 2019, this blog post would be it. We hope you enjoy reading this best-of highlights reel; we loved making it happen. . Top 10 Blog Posts from 2019 . How Best to Create a B2B Cus t omer Survey .

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SaaStr

AUGUST 13, 2023

The blog Healthy Competition put together their favorite Top 10 SaaStr Tips for Founders & CEOs from all our content. It’s a great list and I thought I’d put it up here and add to it a bit: And a deeper dive on them here: The best CEOs respect & understand the competition cold. You never know where it could go.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 15, 2024

Will you be prepared for the SaaS AI revolution? More than 70% of SaaS companies are increasing their spending on AI, according to studies. Therefore, it’s not a matter of whether AI will revolutionize your sector; rather, it’s a matter of how you’ll use AI to reinforce your own SaaS product.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 15, 2021

In this blog, we will be focusing on common demand generation mistakes and how different types of interactive content can help. Let’s assume you are trying to segment leads for a SaaS business in the sales productivity space. Blog post brought to you by Outgrow.co. 1) Not Qualifying and Segmenting Leads.

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SaaStr

JUNE 27, 2020

A little while back we put together some of the top sales & marketing mistakes SaaS companies and founders make, especially in the early days. Yes, Box is SaaS. Only the very best folks (and very best PR) are worth it. 15k a month to be in some third-tier blogs you’ve never heard of? It’s a negative.

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2022

One only has to read Twitter or any VC blog post to know that things have changed in the funding environment. In the best-case scenario, you might have to raise at a much lower valuation that you’d like. There may or may not be an extended funding winter in the coming months, but it’s clear that something is going on right now.

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Payrix

MARCH 13, 2024

This blog is a sneak peek of what we learned. According to merchants, these are the top 4 payment innovations that every vertical SaaS provider should embrace in 2024 In the competitive world of vertical SaaS software, understanding what your users want has never been more important. For software companies that get it right?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Q: What’s the best way to get more leads right now? While everyone tries Adwords, for some reason, many SaaS companies still don’t invest in Facebook ads. An amazing blog post — the best in your industry — can generate at least a handful of great leads. A bit more here: Corporate Blogs Always Work.

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SaaStr

APRIL 21, 2023

Most SaaS companies don’t spend enough on marketing, and that’s a mistake best avoided. Most of these SaaS marketing strategies require little money, which is great for those lean, mean teams looking to get the most bang for their buck. What is the best strategy for events? But make sure you’re good at it!

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