FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). In the language of SaaS, I churned. In part two, we’ll cover five churn-prevention strategies that have been successful in other SaaS businesses. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks. Is There an Ideal Churn Rate for SaaS?

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Frontegg

AUGUST 19, 2021

Instant gratification is now a mandatory aspect of SaaS application usage. Users don’t want to write emails or engage with support teams anymore. Companies are shifting towards Product-Led Growth strategies and self-service features are making it all happen. Related: Top 10 PLG Tools for Your SaaS Application.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model?

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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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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Before reading through yet another “Top-29 SaaS billing platforms” feature comparison post, decide how you want the billing tool to play with the rest of your operations stack. This post is part of an ongoing series for SaaS founders and CEOs on setting up their financial stack in a scalable manner. You want the right tool for the job.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 28, 2020

If you’re running a subscription or SaaS business, you know that at the end of the day your chief metric is monthly recurring revenue (MRR). MRR gives your company that forward looking measurement and predictive revenue to actually grow your business. You may be thinking, “How bad can it be?” Let’s be real.

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Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Asking “what’s the typical commission for SaaS salesperson?” is like asking “how expensive should I price my SaaS product?” what factors to consider before defining your SaaS sales commission percentage. We will share 8 ideas on how to increase your sales team’s productivity and help them close more deals. See below!

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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.   "When you land on the Paddle Studios homepage, you’re welcomed with a Netflix-esque streaming service vibe. Tough question. "  2.

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Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Asking “what’s the typical commission for SaaS salesperson?” is like asking “how expensive should I price my SaaS product?” what factors to consider before defining your SaaS sales commission percentage 4. and finally figure out how much that SaaS sales salary should be. In the end, a bonus section is waiting for you!

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User Pilot

JANUARY 31, 2023

In SaaS, you can grow your revenue only if your churn rate is low, so retaining at-risk customers is crucial. The main factors contributing to at-risk customers include poor onboarding process , lack of product value perception, lousy customer support, unfixed bugs, and no learning materials, resource center, and FAQs.

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User Pilot

JUNE 20, 2023

It is also one of the central goals of the user experience design process. TL;DR User trust is a form of faith users have that your product or service will match their needs without compromise. Performing usability tests at different phases of your design process to help you identify and fix design problems.

Payment Methods 98

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Services 98

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is part two of a three part series on sequencing business models. Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. A business is SaaS or SaaS-like if it sells anything else software-related.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

The subscription-based economy boom has brought with it more competition than ever before, raising the bar for companies trying to offer recurring products or services to their customers. To tap into the market, companies need to gain an edge over their competitors in all aspects of their business. Payment processing.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains. How you should think about building a sellable business. Jump to highlights.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is part three of a three part series on sequencing business models. In part two of our Sequencing Business Models series , we talked about the different types of marketplaces and what needs to be built to be effective in each of them. Integration platforms are ubiquitous in SaaS. Integration Platforms.

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

Existing customer renewal is a high priority for 59% of SaaS companies and a medium priority for 27%. This obsession with getting new customers is natural: the more customers you convert, the more revenue you will make. How to calculate this metric and what’s the average SaaS churn rate?

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

If you’re looking the best online payment processor, you've likely come across options including Stripe and Zuora. Both power a wide range of companies, but which is the best for your business? Wide Range of Payment Options Stripe helps companies take their business international, with support for over 135 currencies.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Technical Review Merchant Services 75

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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Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

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.   "When you land on the Paddle Studios homepage, you’re welcomed with a Netflix-esque streaming service vibe. Tough question. "  2.

B2B 57

B2B Technical Advisors SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 57

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 Set up a demo or try it out for yourself. Jump to video.

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

Ryan Austin had VP-level experience in training when he decided to start a consulting business to help enterprise-level companies with their corporate learning and development initiatives. Ryan and his team noticed so many inefficiencies across the L&D workflows. “It How are we going to do this? How are we going to do that?

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Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 111

FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

With years of experience at managing customer success (CS), Jake Dipple knows how important it is to foster collaboration between businesses and their customers. But the support team are responsible for first response times, for things like NPS, whereas what we’re responsible for is, ultimately, outcomes.”

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 17, 2022

How unfortunate is it to see a subscriber canceling their recurring payment! Product analytics is the process of evaluating how your customers or users engage with your product. This enables your product team to identify and track engagement data and optimize the product. Customer retention saves a SaaS firm from sinking.

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Churn SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team Payment Features 52

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%. We knew if we wanted to keep our business growing, we needed to figure out why so many customers were leaving, and provide the value-add they need to stay.

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Churn SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 71

ProfitWell

MARCH 2, 2020

Guiding people effectively through that journey helps them see the value your service provides at each step of the way. Customer success is the process behind helping customers achieve their intended goals. What’s the difference between customer service/support and customer success? Let’s dive in. What is customer success?

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Customer Success SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Services 72

Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. Understanding which stage your SaaS business is in can help determine the appropriate time to scale to the next phase—and do so successfully. The four major SaaS life cycle stages we’ll cover: Pre-startup.

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Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

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. Attract Attracting customers is a two-step process. Table of Contents.

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Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 98

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.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

To date they have raised over $113m in financing from some of the best in the business including Tiger Global, Battery Ventures, Boldstart, Canaan, Cisco, and Redpoint, just to name a few. 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. *

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SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Scale 132

ChurnZero

APRIL 15, 2022

Bad timing sticks out a mile.”. If your Customer Success (CS) teams doesn’t possess ESP, you need tools to identify a customer’s buying signals, usage behavior, and ROI to break the endless cycle of trial and error with your expansion outreach. As the team expanded, so too did the need for automated, scalable processes and engagements.

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Payments SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services 98

Chargify

MARCH 25, 2019

Recurring subscriptions are becoming the norm in the business world, and for good reason. Subscription services give the end user control over costs and employee access, without the cumbersome contracts. But some software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies struggle with how to sell subscriptions.

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User Pilot

MARCH 25, 2024

What will you give to reduce customer attrition rate and drive business growth? TL;DR Customer attrition or customer churn is the loss of a customer(s) by a business. Reduce churn with proactive customer service. Customer attrition is the loss of customers by a business. Why does customer attrition matter?

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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. First, what is continuous customer development? What is the process to do it efficiently? Loving our podcast content?

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 11, 2021

“A customer is a King”, an age-old business mantra that emphasizes the importance of customers or would-be customers in every business. The same is true for companies who are dealing in SaaS products. The lifeblood of the SaaS business is its customers. Fewer features in your SaaS product.

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SaaS Payments Churn Underperforming Technical Team Payment Methods 19

Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

Every business is funded, it’s just a matter of how it’s funded. Company C was funded by pre-orders from customers, a friends and family round, and then through revenue-based financing for a period of time. Every business, every founder, and every market is different and requires a unique approach. What do I need funding for?

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The Angel VC

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In that post, I looked at how long it took publicly traded SaaS companies to get to $100M in ARR and concluded that if your goal is to reach $100M in ARR, you should try to get there within 7-9 years after launch. Meanwhile, a few SaaS companies have shown even more spectacular growth. eight years.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. They’ve built a new process of guided selling, which Neil discusses during the show.

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