Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

We have intentionally chosen not to go up-market and serve enterprise customers, but rather we are committed to helping small businesses and ambitious individuals grow their brands on social media. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc. Stripe payments make up 98.5

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This builds on the first essay in the series of how there has been an increase in interest of SAAS-like models interested in becoming marketplaces over time. In that essay , we also talked about how a more common route for a SaaS business is to become a platform. The Types of Platforms. Integration Platforms.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

FIS Global reports that in Norway, Sweden, and other Scandinavian countries, more than 90% of transactions processed at point-of-sale (POS) in 2023 were cashless. The writing on the wall is clear—businesses need to start accepting digital payments and software providers need to start offering payment services one way or another.

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 8, 2022

Facebook and Slack used to be the best community platforms for online businesses: they are free, everyone is using them, and they are easy to use. However, new online community platforms emerged to offer better interface, more customization opportunities, and the chance to create your own mini social network.

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Incredo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Precisely – about SaaS affiliate programs… SaaS partner programs entice both software providers and affiliate partners for various reasons: 1) SaaS products are usually low-cost. 3) Almost any business in the world needs this or that software for its own needs. 5) Everyone minds his own business.

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Software Platform Consulting

JULY 1, 2019

My last post was partly about healthcare payments in the form of Change Healthcare’s Intelligent Healthcare Network. I did not set out to write another post about healthcare payments, but reading Phreesia’s S-1 compels me to. Phreesia Threat #1: SaaS Applications. and collect your payment information.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

Jake, Head of Customer Success for Sideways 6, explains that the current trend is to measure their success through the customer’s success, with CS being an integral part of impacting the entire business. But really around that, that idea of getting customers that love your brand and love your product. I’m David Vogelpohl.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Highlights from Our Conversation Where Should SaaS Companies Localize [2 min clip] David walked through a step-by-step process to assess where SaaS and software companies should consider localizing. Start with your existing sales and see where there’s interest from existing buyers. Watch the two minute clip for more details.

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Buffer Resources

JULY 11, 2023

This was all achieved while also running the operations for my family's traditional business as my nine-to-five. Deciding to launch this endeavor was a multi-year process of procrastination, fear, and doubt. I want to share more about my journey of building a creator business while working full-time.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 9, 2020

In this third installment of our blog series ‘React, Adjust, Recover – Strategies for Professional Service Organizations During the COVID-19 Outbreak’, we focus on strategies to help businesses recover faster as restrictions begin to lift. So, what are some of those strategies for professional service organizations?

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BrightBack

JANUARY 17, 2022

Factor in the huge uptick in global demand for online subscriptions services that arose through the pandemic, and we see that succeeding at retention has never been more important, and becomes a key differentiator for those who do it.

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SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Giraffe is a mobile job matching platform that helps medium skilled workers get access to opportunities and helps businesses to recruit staff faster, and easier, and more affordably than any other way. Our first MVP was actually an SMS based app where job seekers would send six SMSes in order to register on our platform.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

AI has been a buzzword for a while and many businesses jumped onto the bandwagon by integrating AI into the customer journey, but customers still want to deal with a human, particularly if they need advice or help with something complex that they cannot solve on their own (i.e. Increases self-service for customers across all segments.

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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. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Vikas made his way into the world of SaaS and came to be at the rocketship that is Kustomer. * What is a good payback period? *

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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. What is the process to do it efficiently? Loving our podcast content? How does Krish think about purely serving the SMB market?

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FastSpring

JANUARY 9, 2023

Most Stripe alternatives fall into one of two categories: (1) payment processors, or (2) a billing solution that covers payment processing and other aspects of billing such as fraud detection, checkout, and more. can provide payment processing, order fulfillment, financing options, and more. Table of Contents.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

AI has been a buzzword for a while and many businesses jumped onto the bandwagon by integrating AI into the customer journey, but customers still want to deal with a human, particularly if they need advice or help with something complex that they cannot solve on their own (i.e. Increases self-service for customers across all segments.

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ProfitWell

APRIL 16, 2020

Listen wherever you get podcasts: Top B2B SaaS news. Calling all remote workers—both the OGs and those new to the business. Demand shock: What makes a business equipped? The article quotes Zuora’s Tien Tzuo , who knows the recurring revenue model provides a much-needed reprieve during times of economic turmoil. “If

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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.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In Dave’s words, “What is it about your product or service that the users say in their own words they love ?” I think SaaS businesses and subscription businesses are particularly bad at having vague, waffley headlines on their homepages,” he states. Stream the entire conversation or read the highlights below.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 5, 2021

This is especially the case in the SaaS world. Sign up for the Baremetrics free trial and start seeing more into your subscription revenues now. Gartner found that 70 percent of customer service employees hope to have work-from-home options in the post-pandemic world. Especially with monitoring your metrics. Table of Contents.

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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. But what distinguishes a good onboarding survey from other types of business intelligence? But what distinguishes a good onboarding survey from other types of business intelligence? What is an onboarding survey? Survey Templates.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

To help you choose between Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack.

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Outseta

JANUARY 9, 2019

I hope this is a useful barometer of progress for other bootstrapped SaaS start-ups with equally ambitious projects. Let’s get right into it starting with how much we’ve spent on the business. we spent on consulting services was primarily design related expenses, as James Lavine began working with us. The $11,123.75

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

I’ve worked at multiple high growth SaaS businesses as a growth leader, and the data we’re seeing right now … This is from … is that CAC is increasing both in B2B and B2C, and you’re going to see how that relates, right? What’s the essential marketing stack every SaaS should have regardless of size?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Enter the platform company. This is Zach from Plaid and I guess … well, it’s interesting because you’re not a SaaS company, we’re at Saastr … but we’ll talk about what it’s like to not be a SaaS company at SaaStr. Zach : SaaS-ish. Ari : SaaS-ish. That’s pre-Plaid.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Between hiring, training, and helping new employees excel, iterating on customer feedback, building brand awareness, et al., SaaS founders and operators need help structuring and understanding the importance of sales basics. And now, some on the how and the who : How is sales involved in that process? Or jump right into it!

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

An exceptional thought leader and a brilliant coach to thousands of executives, Allison Pickens, is a leading expert on recurring revenue growth. Her blog posts continue to serve as a valuable resource for people who seek to understand and master customer success processes. Allison Pickens. Amarachi Ogueji. Annette Franz. Ashna Patel.

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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. But there’s also revenue churn, which is arguably even more important. of his customers. What is churn?

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yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

When it comes to sales technology quite often sales tech isn't picked based on what YOU need, but based on what your network have been using for their sales process. What you should be making decisions based on is, which sales processes generates the best outcomes you're after - and for your customers. Sales Stack Graveyard.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Between hiring, training, and helping new employees excel, iterating on customer feedback, building brand awareness, et al., SaaS founders and operators need help structuring and understanding the importance of sales basics. And now, some on the how and the who : How is sales involved in that process? Or jump right into it!

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

This dynamic trio of SaaS experts share how to stay customer-centric and set yourself apart in today’s rapidly changing environment. Nick Mehta: On a boat in Rhode Island and then our second guest Jay Snyder, who just recently took over as Chief Customer Officer of New Relic, publicly traded SaaS company.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

With more players entering the SaaS market and the growing use of digital technology in marketing, traditional marketing alone cannot sustain your business. You need to know what in-app communication to implement to attract, engage, and retain a bigger customer base while maximizing revenues. moment ) and experience it.

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All that Saas

MAY 1, 2021

In this roundup, we are going to have a look at some of the best Influencer Marketing Platforms that you can use to connect with the right influencers, manage campaigns, measure analytics, and a lot more. Influencer marketing platforms are a great solution to engage with your audience in the right way. dollars in 2018. Influence4you.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Pricing is a SaaS company’s most efficient profit lever, but it’s also one of the easiest things to screw up. Nailing your SaaS pricing strategy requires more than just picking the optimal price and forgetting about it. It includes the latest and greatest SaaS pricing resources, as well as some timeless staples.

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Hull

JANUARY 22, 2019

In short, we observe that Head, Director & VP of Growth titles are becoming more abundant, as are consultants around growth hacking but the "growth hacker" title is fading away. The explosion of SaaS tools (and with it, data silos) together creates a need for a cross-functional, operations role to support go-to-market teams.

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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.

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