Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Have you ever wondered how to make money blogging about the things you love? What if I told you it’s possible to write about your passions and make money with a blog? Let’s talk about how you can make money blogging. Blogging is not dead , and it’s not too late for you to start one.

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Branding Education Revenue Engineering 80

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Let’s deep dive into how combining innovative demand gen strategies with a modern tech stack and specific team setup can provide a winning formula for scaling B2B growth, even with low budgets of greater than a 2x burn multiple. Sales-assisted, product-led growth strategies that close Enterprise leads. So, how do you achieve that?

Scale 230

Scale Sales Hiring Strategy Marketing 230

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Believe It Or Not, It’s Time for Your First User Conference One thing that always works in marketing is bringing your customers and prospects together IRL. Your Customer Success Team. Hire your first customer success manager as early as you can afford to once you have some larger customers. Or they fail.

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Over the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of growth in the Customer Success space, which means there’s now even more content out there on the web for you to research, consume and rely on. You can see this is the case by taking a look at the Google search trends for “Customer Success” and “Customer Experience” over time. Tri Tuns Blog.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At the heart of product-led growth is the user. And in this podcast, Olivia Nottebohm, CRO of Notion ($10B valuation), will delve into the more complex aspects of product-led growth, and why they’re essential for building a successful business that will thrive for years to come. Transcript. Hi, everyone.

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B2C Scale Consulting Software Review 283

SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2022

How do you build a flourishing community around your SaaS business? How can you get your audience excited enough to contribute, and how can they derive value from the community? However, avoid rushing into community-building as a way to promote your business. 2x pipeline.

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Enterprise Leadership Customer Success Startup 222

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: Your Sales Efficiency Will Probably Plummet Toward $10m ARR. SaaStr 528: Building a $5.6B company with a Product-led Flywheel with Abhinav Asthana, CEO @ Postman. Plan For It. Top Videos This Week: 1.

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User Pilot

MAY 20, 2024

Are you trying to develop a customer advocacy strategy for your SaaS but not sure how to go about it? You will find out what customer advocacy is, how it improves retention and other key metrics, and learn about different types of customer advocacy programs and how to build them. Let’s get into it, shall we?

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: 8 Signs a New VP Won’t Work Out. An updated classic SaaStr guide on how to know if that new VP you worked so hard to find, recruit and get on board … is really going to make it. And 3 Things Not to Worry So Much About.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Prashanth Chandrasekar, CEO @ Stack Overflow recently shared with our community the four key pillars he feels are necessary to propel a company to scale upward. The four key pillars he lays out are: Product market fit & expansion. Building a stage-specific team. #1 1 Product-Market Fit and Expansion. Market Fit.

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Scale Scaling Technical Review Systems Review 311

FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2024

Todd Harris knows how to leverage effective video game marketing strategies to get games in front of players. How to cost effectively leverage video game influencers in order to get access to existing player audiences. Clever ways to approach digital advertising in your game marketing.

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SaaStr

APRIL 5, 2024

How do you sell against the competition or become a market leader in a very crowded space? How did Apollo become a market leader in a hypercompetitive space? How did Apollo become a market leader in a hypercompetitive space? How do you do that? This hypergrowth platform raised $100M at a $1.6B

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Building a fast-growing business while tackling fierce competitive challenges is a formidable journey. Every successful SaaS business strategy requires a full-potential ambition aimed at sustained profitable growth. Lesson 1: Create a clear product differentiation strategy. The company culture you build.

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SaaStr

APRIL 1, 2023

Rewind The Clock — How Did We Get Here Most small businesses in pre-2010 didn’t have computers in their store or restaurant. How To Capture This Global SMBTech Opportunity There is massive market opportunity to sell to SMB businesses. There are over 400M small businesses worldwide. That’s more than 90% of companies and 40-50% of GDP.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 11, 2022

Zach Kitschke, the CMO at Canva, has been a part of this hypergrowth since the beginning, and took on v arious roles in marketing, customer service, and product management teams. After a couple of years in building out Canva’s people functions, he is now investing in growing the company as a CMO. Build communities around your product.

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Scaling Social Media Innovation Branding 216

SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2023

Sales-led vs. product-led is a hot topic right now, and Jason Eubanks, Chief Revenue Officer of Harness, shares the answer during this week’s Workshop Wednesday — held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. Everything is defined by customer interactions, from how they find Harness to becoming a customer. How do you achieve both?

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Startup Sales Sales Funnel Education 229

Totango

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

As businesses expand and customer success becomes increasingly important, companies must find ways to scale their customer relationships and strengthen connections. Higher Logic and Totango teamed up to empower businesses to do just that, combining one-to-one customer relationships with one-to-many community relationships.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Despite all the advancements in technology, creating a product with a great user experience remains challenging. Many companies believe excellent product design comes from hiring the best engineers and signing up for the latest software instead of building from the users’ perspectives.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

But how does the cloud take shape, and what can companies do to position themselves at the heart of its growing infrastructure? Emil Eifrem, founder and CEO of graph database management system Neo4j , has dedicated years to developing his insights into how cloud infrastructure has grown — and where it’s heading.

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Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Chances are, you’ve copied a link and shared it in your group chat a thousand and one times. And the ability to understand and harness it dark can provide valuable insights into what’s driving engagement, referrals, and what your audience wants out of your content. That’s dark social. What is dark social?

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Social Media Branding Engagement Strategy 108

SaaStr

MARCH 2, 2022

In the early days of SaaS, it was difficult to predict how users would interact with new products. Now, however, the focus is on product-led growth. Disrupting existing categories can be difficult, so you need to be intentional with your strategy. Market demands may force you to shift from your original idea.

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Outsourcing Services Scale Outsourced Development Marketing 210

SaaStr

MAY 1, 2021

How does a SaaS company reach enterprise buyers? Abadesi Osunsade, the VP of Global Community & Belonging at Brandwatch and Notion’s CEO and Co-Founder, Ivan Zhao, share their secrets on how to grow an enterprise audience by building a community around your brand.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MAY 18, 2022

So has the customer success industry and the content around the space! 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!

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SaaStr

APRIL 10, 2023

In this SaaStr Annual session, Zendesk’s VP of Startups, Kristen Durham, shares insights into selling to startups and lessons to build your strategy. Zendesk came of age as a company alongside some of the highly successful tech companies to date, like Uber and Airbnb, who are both Zendesk partners. Why Seek Out Startups?

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Totango

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

As a leader in customer success, who’s your friend in the C-suite? Who owns the customer community for your organization? How’s that for a few spicy thought starters? Does the answer to any of those questions put you on the edge of your seat? We hope so! At Totango Live!

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Customer Success Construction Customer Lifetime Value Leadership 98

Buffer Resources

APRIL 22, 2024

A layer deeper, we see how the events accelerated new trends that shape our world today, like the rise of solopreneurship. Unlike traditional startup founders who seek to grow headcount and scale a product, solopreneurs often are the product. How can you streamline the process? Enter social media. What should you post?

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Social Media Scale Growth Hacking Headcount 109

SaaStr

JANUARY 19, 2023

With free developer tools available, Cyclr helps you create and launch your own integration library with 400+ (and growing) connectors. With free developer tools available, Cyclr helps you create and launch your own integration library with 400+ (and growing) connectors. Grab tickets here.

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Sales Hiring Scale Cloud Churn 217

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Atlassian’s Chief Revenue Officer, Cameron Deatsch, walks us through how Atlassian grew over the course of 20 years and became one of the most successful startups today. How Atlassian does business . Atlassian Cloud Platform is a platform that all Atlassian products rely on. The Atlassian business model is unique.

Scale 228

Scale Scaling Marketplace as a Service Entrepreneurship 228

SaaStr

JULY 18, 2023

Monday.com co-CEO Eran Zinman and Jason Lemkin do a deep dive on how Monday’s business model really works. And how it really scaled to $700m+ ARR selling in large part to tiny SMBs. How AI is Changing the Way We Work with OpenAI’s Head of Sales Aliisa Rosenthal Few things are hottest than OpenAI and AI in general.

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Scale AI Scaling Business Model 206

User Pilot

JUNE 13, 2022

Are you looking for the best SaaS blogs and influencers to follow in 2022? We curated a list of the best SaaS blogs and influencers to help you learn more about SaaS and increase your revenue. We covered the best blogs on SaaS growth, product marketing , UX analytics, venture capital, and sales. Ready to dive in?

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SaaStr

MARCH 10, 2022

SaaStr Build 2022 our first digital mega event of the year, is just a few days away! Focusing on how to build better, strong faster products to $100M and beyond, SaaStr Build is a live, global digital event on Wednesday, March 16 th. Investing in a Product-Led Model to Drive Exponential Sustainable Growth.

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Scale SMB Scaling Startup 207

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The San Francisco Bay area has long been the fountainhead of SaaS, and in September India’s SaaS community arrived en masse to drink from the firehose. The path to $100 million ARR is fraught with challenges and needs more muscle building. 22 Things We Learned at SaaStr 2022. India’s founders were out in full force at SaaStr 2022.

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Scale Sales Hiring Cybersecurity Underperforming Technical Team 218

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

How To Build A High-Performing Team And Retain Top Talent. Every leader needs to have a strategic playbook to build high-performing teams and retain top talent,” says Guan Wang, Global Director of Market Intelligence for Snowflake. . People are the most valuable asset of an organization. Stage 2: Employee Onboarding .

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Acquisition Company Culture 221

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

We’re about a month away from our first digital mega event of the year: SaaStr Build. Focusing on how to build better, strong faster products to $100M and beyond, SaaStr Build will be a live, global digital event on Wednesday, March 16 th. Building Your Sales Organization for Scale.

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SaaStr

APRIL 2, 2023

After receiving my gold watch and Silicon Valley AARP card, I had a chance to reflect on a decade of community-building, cheesy music videos, and #CustomerSuccess. But much more interesting than the short list of Kodachrome-colored successes that are easy to recall are the gloomier-toned failures I try to forget.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Take a look at just some of the topics and mentors hosting Braindates: Core metrics to track for SAAS with Tarush Aggarwal, Founder & Ceo at 5X Pricing as a growth lever – How, what, why? with Yamini Jain, Co-founder at Global roots inc How to manage a SAAS startup effectively?

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VP of Engineering Technical Cofounder Outsourcing Services CTO Coach 245

SaaStr

AUGUST 10, 2022

The key to success is patience, adaptability, and commitment to customers. In this SaaStr Europa 2022 session, Matt Jacobson, General Partner at ICONIQ Growth, interviews Miro’s Founder & CEO, Andrey Khusid, to get insight into how he was able to grow the company so successfully. User Experience and Building a Durable Business.

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Sales Hiring Scale Company Culture Leadership 212