FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

But the support team are responsible for first response times, for things like NPS, whereas what we’re responsible for is, ultimately, outcomes.” Product teams can better improve and develop products when customer success has helped identify what customers need. I had poison ivy really bad.

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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!).

Churn 71

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User Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

For most SaaS businesses, a product satisfaction survey can be the heart of a user research process. TL;DR A product satisfaction survey is a type of survey that measures your customer’s overall satisfaction with a product or service. Which measures the customer’s experience with a specific product, feature, or team interaction.

Scale 97

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Inbound marketing is the process of getting potential clients to find your company. 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. This can lead to some brand loyalty when they are ready to make a purchase.

Payments 98

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SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Dare I say SaaS. Our team is in Room 111.

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User Pilot

MAY 14, 2021

Growing numbers of SaaS companies are adding an onboarding survey to their customer sign-up flows. What types of questions should SaaS include, and why? They make a good impression on your customer, and the insights gathered, if filed correctly, can be useful for your product and marketing teams. What is an onboarding survey?

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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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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. We’ll look at the strengths of each type of sales, why you need both of them in your team, and how to determine the best balance for your organization. What is inside sales? What is outside sales.

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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. But not all SaaS products are alike. Other types of SaaS are relevant only to companies in specific industries.

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User Pilot

APRIL 8, 2021

Here’s a sobering truth: if you run a SaaS company and don’t use customer analytics software , you probably won’t be in business very long. Customer Analytics Software is designed to facilitate the collection, sorting and analysis of data from customers. We live in an era of big data. Well, if so, you’re certainly in a minority!

Payment Solutions 52

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Sales Hacker

MAY 22, 2020

Today’s methodologies and processes give us a lot of different types of leads. Fortunately, there’s a way to make the entire process of getting, nurturing, and closing leads simple, and it only uses one type of lead — Sales Accepted Leads (SALs). And the vast majority of people think they’re bad for business and branding.

Payment Methods 113

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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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All that Saas

JUNE 22, 2021

It doesn’t matter what the size of the team is, they can do it all, plan projects, conduct meeting, and multi-task. Teams need to collaborate for ideas, execute projects, and increase knowledge to cultivate stellar work. This is why teams and organizations prefer Ayoa because it takes online collaborative whiteboards to a new level.

Software Review 52

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

Freemium in SaaS is old news. 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. Freemium appeared to be declining in popularity and, when it was in place, drove next to zero new ACV for most SaaS companies.

Pricing 82

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Small tweaks to your SaaS billing practices can make a huge impact on the customer experience. For example, Jon Torres — a digital marketing consultant specializing in SaaS commerce — noticed that, for some of his clients, refund requests spiked around renewal time. “It 7 growth hacks from the SaaS experts. Learn more here.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Strategy and Process. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. Sales Enablement. The Sales Enablement Playbook. Enablement Mastery. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization. Integrity Selling for the 21st Century. Hacking Sales.

Scale 141

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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 : SaaS-ish. Ari : SaaS-ish. Fortunate to have a really great set of investors and the process was going quite well.

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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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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

398: Rob Gonzalez is the Co-Founder & CMO @ Salsify, empowering brand manufacturers to deliver the product experiences consumers demand at every point in their buying journey. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Rob made his way into the world of SaaS as a product manager and how that led to his founding Salsify over 8 years ago. *

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Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Do you want to grow your SaaS sales team and improve your processes? maintain healthy atmosphere in your Smarketing team, make smart choices regarding your SaaS sales model, strategy, pricing, . build smoother connections both with your prospects through optimized sales process. SaaS Sales Models.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Before Optimizely, Travis spent 6 years at Salesforce in a number of sales roles including building the first Platform Sales team. What does Travis advise founders when it comes to uniting customer facing teams? * Why does Travis believe that SaaS has upended the economic model but not the engagement model?

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Whether you created your SaaS product to help solve a problem you had or because you wanted some extra income, the truth is that your SaaS business is a valuable asset. Running a profitable SaaS business allows you to take control of your own schedule - some would even say your life! Develop a Full Marketing Strategy 2.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2020

I spent over a week speaking with different SaaS founders and marketers about how they successfully reduced churn for their business. churn by doing something every SaaS business should be doing, but most don’t. For example, a churned user on a $50/mo plan isn’t nearly as bad as a churned user on a $500/mo plan. What is churn?

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ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

Reliance told her that she would need to buy-out the remainder of her two years in one lump sum payment, plus the interest the company would lose over those two years, and she would have to pay an additional hefty administration fee too. The administration fee alone totaled nearly three of her monthly payments.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

That’s the philosophy behind SEM International , the firm he founded that specializes in multilingual internationally-based digital marketing services. Since Michael founded the firm in 2004, it has grown to over 30 offices worldwide, and they’ve worked with Intel, AWS, and Salesforce, among many other well-known brands.

Payment Solutions 141

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GetUplift

DECEMBER 12, 2021

This guide provides a detailed breakdown of my emotional marketing process. It’s a process that my team and I at GetUplift have used to 10x our clients’ conversion rates. The process for using your research to create social media ads, landing pages, and email sequences that actually convert. So, let’s dive in.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

It’s no surprise that one of the key levers for growth as you go from startup to scale-up is your sales team. How quickly you’re able to accelerate growth depends on your ability to build a nimble sales org and develop a strong sales strategy. These lay the foundation that enables your team to run as efficiently as possible.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

The Process for Creating a Sales Compensation Plan. Once you understand how to create a fair compensation plan for your sales team, you can check out some examples: Sales Development Rep (SDR) Compensation Plan Example. Here’s an example of OTE levels for a SaaS business hiring salespeople in the Bay Area: Table 2.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. What is SaaS?

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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. Offering self-service support.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 23, 2019

A literal downfall, in poor Icarus’s case, after his wings melted mid-flight. Too many SaaS companies end up in the same situation. Their success blinds them to the hidden dangers every SaaS company faces—dangers like high customer churn. Thankfully, you don’t need to end up like poor Icarus.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 15, 2023

It is the process that guides you to a successful product release. A product launch plan provides structure to your launch, enabling you to prioritize resources, prepare for every possibility, and reach potential customers. Go-to-market and pricing strategies that detail your marketing plan and preferred sales process.

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 16, 2020

Related: The Recession Planning Framework for SaaS Startups. Ask yourself: Do your communications demonstrate empathy and care for your customers? Every communication should help people feel heard and valued—even if they’re spending less. Adjust your pricing model to accept deferred payments for highly-impacted industries.

Sales Hiring 54

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 54

User Pilot

JANUARY 20, 2024

Looking for an effective event tracking tool and wondering if Userlane is the best option for your SaaS company? We’ll explore its features, pricing, and offer a comprehensive review to aid in your decision-making process. Google developed it to evaluate the quality of the user experience. Let’s get started!

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Pricing Systems Review 52

User Pilot

JANUARY 20, 2024

Looking for an effective event tracking tool and wondering if Userlane is the best option for your SaaS company? We’ll explore its features, pricing, and offer a comprehensive review to aid in your decision-making process. Google developed it to evaluate the quality of the user experience. Let’s get started!

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Pricing Systems Review 52

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Every SaaS company might be different—but almost every single one makes the same mistake that puts the company in jeopardy: it doesn't understand its pricing. Yet most SaaS companies don’t know what they’re worth to their customers or how best to communicate value. How is SaaS pricing different?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Jos White of Notion and Christian Lanng of Tradeshift team up to show you how to work within, and sometimes around, rules in the workplace. I’m an entrepreneur-turned-investor, co-founder of an early generation one, SaaS company called Message Labs that we founded in 2000. Work smarter, not harder. Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020.

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