User Pilot

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

There’re four phases for user adoption: 1) The AHA moment; 2) The activation stage; 3) Secondary onboarding; 4) Brand advocacy. Here are four steps for building a user adoption strategy: Do customer research and create user personas. It starts from the moment a user has their AHA moment and continues until they become brand advocates.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

There’re four phases for user adoption: 1) The AHA moment; 2) The activation stage; 3) Secondary onboarding; 4) Brand advocacy. Here are four steps for building a user adoption strategy: Do customer research and create user personas. It starts from the moment a user has their AHA moment and continues until they become brand advocates.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Companies don’t just invest in new programs to benefit random business people on the internet; they do it because it serves their own business in some way. And yes, having a successful online community is a great way for FastSpring to expand its brand recognition and maybe even bring in some leads once in a while.

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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. And he wanted in.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

I spoke to leading B2B content marketers (an in-house content director, agency owners, top freelancers, and thought leaders) to find out what they think B2B brands can do to create good content in 2024. " Short thinks brands need to spend more time and resources understanding their audience. Interview them. Listen intently.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s not the first time I’ve tried out LinkedIn Premium — but it is the first time I’m approaching the platform’s paid subscription as a creator.  I landed several interviews thanks to the service and would highly recommend it to those looking for a new opportunity. 

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 4, 2021

However, lots of opportunities exist for marketing on the channel , so it can be a great place to build a follower base and get the word out about your products and brand. What if you could take passive interaction to the next level and actually buy and sell directly from the platform? That’s possible with Instagram shopping.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2023

Relational NPS surveys are designed to gather information on the health of your brand identity and customer relationships. How to use relational and transactional NPS data to drive business growth: Segment detractors and reach out to them to offer personalized help. Invite passives to interviews to learn more about their expectations.

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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.

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Buffer Resources

JUNE 22, 2023

Welcome back to Creators Unlocked , a series where we interview creators about their best practices and advice for other creators. Diversify your platforms in anticipation of change The Internet is always changing, and staying ahead of the curve is a must for any creator. Make sure any revenue generation aligns with these elements.”

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Thousands of businesses are willing to spend unbelievable amounts of money to rank at the top of search engine results pages (SERP) and in the most relevant places for their users around the web. In 2019, small businesses spent between $9,000 and $10,000 per month on PPC , with Google making an average of $116.5 Retargeting.

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GetUplift

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

spoiler alert, I’m going to go deep into the “all-in-one” messaging problem the B2B industry has, but first let’s review those common tactics I mentioned above) #1 Copying competitors — without making it fit your messaging strategy There’s no sense in denying it: Everyone does this. You do too (probably). It’s a hard sell.

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Chart Mogul

JULY 28, 2021

Jenna Wyer, VP of Partnerships and Head of Payments at Recurly, joins me on this week’s episode of SaaS Open Mic. Jenna Wyer , VP of Partnerships and Head of Payments at Recurly , joins me on this week’s episode of SaaS Open Mic. We discuss what it takes to build a successful partnership program.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s not the first time I’ve tried out LinkedIn Premium — but it is the first time I’m approaching the platform’s paid subscription as a creator.  I landed several interviews thanks to the service and would highly recommend it to those looking for a new opportunity. 

Technical Review 63

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

About My First 16 Our new video podcast series My First 16 features interviews with founders and CEOs of fintech companies about how they acquired their initial customers and the hard lessons they learned along the way. And so the MVP really was an API to initiate and reconcile payments, specifically, ACH and wires is what we started with.

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Chart Mogul

JULY 28, 2021

Jenna Wyer, VP of Partnerships and Head of Payments at Recurly, joins me on this week’s episode of SaaS Open Mic. Jenna Wyer , VP of Partnerships and Head of Payments at Recurly , joins me on this week’s episode of SaaS Open Mic. We discuss what it takes to build a successful partnership program.

Payment Solutions 52

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

I spoke to leading B2B content marketers (an in-house content director, agency owners, top freelancers, and thought leaders) to find out what they think B2B brands can do to create good content in 2024. " Short thinks brands need to spend more time and resources understanding their audience. Interview them. Listen intently.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 17, 2022

Free newsletters are great to build brand credibility, nurture and retain customers, but they can use resources like time and money without generating revenue. But if they succeed, they may connect with leads better and get a considerable extra replenishing of the revenue. What’s the difference between free and paid newsletters?

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 31, 2022

Most e-commerce store owners have no idea how to effectively market their business. They either try to use the same strategies they use for their brick and mortar store (which will fail) or use strategies meant for blogs: not e-commerce stores. The same strategies local businesses use just aren’t as effective.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I interviewed him for insights into how to build a global growth strategy, especially when it comes to localization. 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.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

More than integrations and features and quarterly reports, back in August, Intercom turned 10. It’s been 10 years since co-founders Eoghan McCabe , Des Traynor , David Barrett , and Ciaran Lee sat in a small Dublin coffee shop and dreamed of making internet business personal, and we’re still every bit as excited. What’s the sequence?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Streamline your marketing strategy using customer intelligence analytics. Userpilot is a product growth platform that can help you collect and act on your customer data. These insights usually are gathered through surveys and interviews. Filter all of your data into a customer relationship management platform.

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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. I say profitable as we are using our client's’ financial data to determine what to pay, or often not pay, in the digital advertising platforms we manage. Geoff: Someone once told me. Soren used to be a rocket scientist.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 16, 2019

We gathered in Boston to discuss all things subscription—kicking off with our Pricing and Monetization Workshop. Jeremey Donovan , SVP of Sales Strategy at SalesLoft—an expert in data-driven prospecting—imparted wisdom on building a pipeline with a facts-first approach. Transparency throughout the entire interview process.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Today, we have the world’s largest list of branded podcasts and video shows , a fresh drop for Webflow users, and more sports entering the subscription space. The World's Biggest List of Branded Podcasts and Video Shows. According to Jay, they define a "brand" as companies that sell products as their primary revenue source.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 11, 2018

What we really want to talk about are resolutions that will make your digital business better than it was last year. That means looking at past failures and victories to create a better marketing strategy for 2019. In order to understand what customers are experiencing, be sure to go through the conversion process yourself.

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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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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

What ratio of revenue is healthy for professional services to account for? Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Vikas Bhambri. I do want to break the interview today up into a couple of different parts really. What sort of terms make them less beneficial for the vendor? * Eyal Manor. Megan Lueders.

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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., How after that payment was processed or that service order was signed, you set your sights on cloning that customer. But sales is the one thing founders cannot oversee — without it your startup will die.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Full Interview: Audio Only Full Interview: Video 3 CRO Insights From Dave Gowans Why Full Funnel CRO Is Especially Important for SaaS and Subscriptions “The easiest and most straightforward bit of CRO is what you can do on the website,” Dave says. But I’m not going to know if it ultimately resulted in revenue.

Payment Methods 178

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 178

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

CRM platforms. The mix of inside vs outside sales that you will use in your organization will depend on your products, your organization, and your sales strategy. You usually want to see how it works in person, have the product customized for your brand, and shake a person’s hand as you make the deal. The Strategy.

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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. Finally pre-Salesforce, Dave was CEO @ MarkLogic where he grew the team from 40 to 240 and revenues from $0 to an $80m revenue run rate. How much of a role does their brand and reputation play?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

TL;DR Customer communication encompasses all interactions between a business and its customers, while customer communication strategy is what you’ll use to improve these interactions amongst new and existing customers. Collect customer feedback to improve your customer communication strategy. Consistent branding.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Enter the platform company. Happy post lunch interview. Or if you’ve ever gotten a 2 cent and a 4 cent deposit into your account as you’re trying to set up direct deposit or payments transfers, that’s a pre-Plaid world. People ask if we had an acquisition strategy, we definitely don’t.

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers. In this saas marketing strategy guide, we are going to tell you everything about saas marketing. Most of the saas businesses are based on the subscription model.

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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., How after that payment was processed or that service order was signed, you set your sights on cloning that customer. But sales is the one thing founders cannot oversee — without it your startup will die.

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Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Startup 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

How does Krish think your customer acquisition and GTM strategy has to change with the movement from SMB to enterprise? Below, we’ve shared the full transcript of Harry’s interview with Krish Subramanian. How do you think about services revenue streams today in SaaS, especially when scaling into enterprise? Harry Stebbings.

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