Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

Existing customer renewal is a high priority for 59% of SaaS companies and a medium priority for 27%. This article will answer the main questions that SaaS founders and market ers have about losing SaaS customers, in other words, user churn: What is SaaS churn definition and why lowering it matt ers?

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

From leading sales at Zillow to brand strategy at Tumblr to revenue at FiscalNote (a global policy platform), Justin Scott started noticing a trend. Thanks to massive technological advances happening in big data and AI, Justin saw new possibilities for improved user experiences with a brand. What are the values of the brand?

Payment Methods 140

Payment Methods Marketing Payments SaaS Payments 140

Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

Inaccurate, packed with "filler," or completely AI-generated — bad B2B (business-to-business) content is easy to spot and even easier to find online. This article includes their advice for any B2B brand looking to get real results from content marketing , plus nine must-haves for B2B content to be considered good. 

B2B 117

B2B Technical Advisors SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 117

FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

As an experienced sales and GTM leader, John Eitel has more than witnessed how product-led growth (PLG) has affected the tech and SaaS space in the last few years — he and his teams have been up close and personal with how PLG increased in popularity as a sales strategy. “I But really excited about this interview. Jump to video.

Scale 147

Scale Sales Payment Methods Merchant Services 147

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

User adoption is essential for B2B SaaS companies, as it helps customers to learn about your product, adopt features , stick around, and nurture product growth. There’re four phases for user adoption: 1) The AHA moment; 2) The activation stage; 3) Secondary onboarding; 4) Brand advocacy. But how does user adoption impact your business?

SaaS Payments 97

SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Solutions SaaS 97

User Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2023

It’s best to send transactional NPS surveys: During the onboarding process to get insights into the customer experience. Upon a customer service call to measure customer satisfaction with the help received. Relational NPS surveys are designed to gather information on the health of your brand identity and customer relationships.

SaaS Payments 97

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Interviewing 97

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

And there’s more and more bifurcation between the ‘haves’ – the fast growers – and the ‘have nots’ of SaaS than ever before. The new data reveals a similar picture for private SaaS startups. . The first call with a candidate is no longer an interview; it instead needs to be 100% focused on setting the hook.

Payment Services 80

Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

User adoption is essential for B2B SaaS companies, as it helps customers to learn about your product, adopt features , stick around, and nurture product growth. There’re four phases for user adoption: 1) The AHA moment; 2) The activation stage; 3) Secondary onboarding; 4) Brand advocacy. But how does user adoption impact your business?

SaaS Payments 91

SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Solutions SaaS 91

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In this article, we cover the following: What customer intelligence is and why it’s essential in SaaS. It enables businesses to make data-driven decisions. Also, it helps to personalize the customer experience and boost customer loyalty. Send out personalized content to different user segments.

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services 98

FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

In this episode of Growth Stage, host and CMO of FastSpring David Vogelpohl interviews Jake about his thoughts on: What Customer Success is at a high level. We really do touch every organization in the business, which consists of product and engineering, services, sales, marketing, product, and people,” he explains. “So And much more!

Customer Success 156

Customer Success VP of Engineering Payments Payment Methods 156

Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

Inaccurate, packed with "filler," or completely AI-generated — bad B2B (business-to-business) content is easy to spot and even easier to find online. This article includes their advice for any B2B brand looking to get real results from content marketing , plus nine must-haves for B2B content to be considered good. 

B2B 56

B2B Technical Advisors SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 56

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 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. Manual processes first. Dare I say SaaS.

Scale 157

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 157

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

I’m probably the most hated person in the room right now, but please indulge me. More than half of Kenya’s GDP is now transacted through a mobile, through arguably the most successful mobile banking and payment system called M-Pesa. They didn’t have any cell phone credit. I’ll go easy on you.

Scale 164

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 164

Upscope

JULY 18, 2021

Product story telling is different to brand story telling We're focusing on product story telling so let's separate out brand vs product story telling. Does it deliver on the brand promise consistently?” ” Source. ” Source. That's what we'll focus on here. " Who is the bad guy?

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods SaaS Payments SaaS Payment Services 52

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. The exchange of value.

Scale 119

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Sales Hiring 119

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Instead of selling face-to-face, inside sales utilizes all the communication tools that modern salespeople have at their disposal: Phone. Inside sales may be used by any sales team, but it’s one of the top sales models in B2B, especially for SaaS and tech. It may be done over the phone, Skype, email, web conference….

Sales Hiring 82

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Payment Methods 82

Upscope

JULY 18, 2021

Product story telling is different to brand story telling We're focusing on product story telling so let's separate out brand vs product story telling. Definition of brand story telling: ". Does it deliver on the brand promise consistently?” That's what we'll focus on here. Who is the bad guy?

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Methods SaaS Customer Support 52

FastSpring

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Barriers are anything that stop a buyer from converting, such as website usability, solution fit, or pricing. In Dave’s words, “What is it about your product or service that the users say in their own words they love ?” And if they had taken that data point at face value, they would have taken that feature mention back off the website.

Payment Methods 178

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 178

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. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Krish made his way into the world of SaaS and came to found one of India’s fastest growing SaaS companies in Chargebee?

Scale 132

Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 132

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. Note: these methods are by no means mutually exclusive.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Software Review SaaS Payments Software 52

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2023

This is when startups were for nerds, and Ivy League grads were still going straight into investment banking instead of SaaS sales. I was the eighth hire and the first person focused exclusively on scaling the sales side of the business. He had this amazing Quora feed that he wrote under the brand SaaStr. I said yes.

Scale 62

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Payments 62

SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

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. * Why does Vikas believe that a wave of SaaS incumbents are about to be displaced or disrupted? Why is it so crucial to invest in enablement in the early days? What is a good payback period? *

SaaS Payments 137

SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Scale 137

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!

Sales Hiring 93

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Startup 93

Outseta

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Before we get into the interview, a bit of background - I have hired Soren’s team at Working Planet multiple times. Soren: My Co-founder and I met in graduate school where we were creating algorithms for processing satellite imagery. Geoff: I personally see a huge gap in the market when it comes to paid search management for start-ups.

Interviewing 40

Interviewing SaaS Payments Payments Technical Advisors 40

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Patrick went through the history of SaaS, and Neel broke down some of our latest innovations. Nick Mehta , CEO of Gainsight, and his colleague, Kate Peter dropped knowledge on how to drive customer success across SaaS businesses. We're building all these online products, electronic kiosks, automating everyday things.

Scale 41

Scale Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 41

FastSpring

JANUARY 8, 2019

But when it comes to digital businesses where all transactions and fulfillment take place online, there’s a whole new set of terms you need to know in order to keep up. But don’t worry, we’ve created an ecommerce glossary that includes all the terms and concepts you need to know to have a successful digital business. Affiliate links.

Payment Methods 65

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Outsourcing Services 65

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SaaS is a global software solution created by different businesses in order to improve human activities in a matter of clicks. SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. In this saas marketing strategy guide, we are going to tell you everything about saas marketing. What is SAAS marketing?

Growth Hacking 105

Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

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. So really well said.

Payment Methods 196

Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 196

SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

Before that Dave was SVP/GM of Service Cloud @ Salesforce where he led the $500m line of business for customer service applications. In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How did Dave make his way into the world of SaaS over 20 years ago? How many meetings is normal to have in this process? Who decides this? What are they?

Sales Hiring 146

Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 146

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!

Sales Hiring 52

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Startup 52

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. Introduction.

Payment Methods 122

Payment Methods Marketing Payment Solutions Underperforming Technical Team 122

FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2021

If you have a product or service that can be offered as a subscription, right now is the perfect time to make the transition. The post-checkout fulfillment process happens automatically. With active subscribers, recurring payments are sent automatically, giving you predictable cash flow and a steady income stream.

Payment Features 140

Payment Features Payment Services Subscription Payment Solutions 140

User Pilot

MAY 8, 2024

It gives the product a competitive advantage, improves brand reputation, and propels revenue growth. You can identify needs through surveys , interviews, social listening, competitor analysis, user behavior analysis , and customer journey mapping. Personalize experiences for different customer segments.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 105

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. *

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 257

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

Here’s a chance to look back at 4 pre-IPO SaaS leaders today, and how they were doing and what they were thinking in the run up to $10m ARR. You have a presentation online that’s called Unsexy, which you’ll have to explain to me later. web services. How did they do? All of them! Nicolas Dessaigne : Right.

Sales Hiring 233

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Payment Methods 233

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Strategy and Process. Sales Enablement. The Sales Enablement Playbook. Enablement Mastery. Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization. If you truly want to be a better leader, better salesperson , better speaker, better writer, or just a better person, you need to study the craft. Insight Selling. SalesTruth.

Scale 141

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Payment Methods 141

SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

Her blog posts continue to serve as a valuable resource for people who seek to understand and master customer success processes. A star in the world of Customer Success, Amarachi Ogueji is known for her exceptional skills in retaining B2B and B2C SaaS clients. Amarachi Ogueji. Anita Toth. Annette Franz. Christina Crawford Kosmowski.

VP of Engineering 21

VP of Engineering Customer Success Scale SaaS Payments 21