Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Retention truly is the foundation of growth for software as a service (SaaS) companies, but oftentimes, it is overlooked and undervalued. High SaaS churn is a corollary of poor retention - but it can creep up unannounced, and rather than deal a single fatal blow, it causes death by a thousand small cuts.

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Stax

JANUARY 29, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, efficient and seamless payment processing is paramount to your bottom line. TL;DR A billing platform is a comprehensive system facilitating subscription management, recurring billing, revenue recognition, payment gateways, analytics, and dunning processes.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Step 1: Define your conversion points There are several conversion points in SaaS, each action bringing users closer to being paid customers or loyal users of your premium plans. Ensure you provide users with a robust onboarding experience and remove any friction that could negatively impact conversion.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 86

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. And the experience got me thinking: Was immediate removal of paid features the best chance to keep me from churning? When did I officially count as “churned”? Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 9, 2022

Reducing churn is the single most important thing your SaaS. By some estimates, it is up to 25 times cheaper to keep a customer happy than to onboard a new one. So how do you identify customers at risk of churn? I’ll also give you positive actions you can take to reduce and even prevent customer churn.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 9, 2021

What is churn management? Are there any two words that SaaS companies hate more than customer churn? Is there another metric on the planet that causes so much stress and headaches? If you're dealing with a high churn management rate, you're in the right place. Want to Reduce Your Churn? Table of Contents.

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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 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?

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The Angel VC

APRIL 24, 2015

When I talk to SaaS startups and take a look at their metrics, it still happens quite often that some of the numbers aren’t quite clear to me and it takes some time to clarify things. That said, I believe most SaaS companies can focus on a small number of revenue metrics which aren’t overly complicated.

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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. Another walked me through the onboarding emails he sends to retain 94.7% What is churn?

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Point Nine Land

JUNE 18, 2023

Everything you always wanted to know about cohort analysis (but were afraid to ask) Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post titled “Know your user cohorts” , which began like this: “One of the most important tools to better understand the usage of a web application — or a service, a game or a mobile app, it doesn’t matter — is a cohort analysis.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Customer lifetime value , repeat customer rate, product adoption rate, and customer churn rate are key metrics to measure alongside your customer retention rate. Provide great customer service to improve customer experience and make your products stand out. Use notification banners to prevent involuntary churn.

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Stax

JANUARY 17, 2024

Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are a type of electronic bank-to-bank payment system in the US. Unlike payments facilitated by card networks like Visa or Mastercard, ACH payments are managed by a body called the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). Let’s get started.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Facilitation 88

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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User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Types of free trial models in SaaS: opt-in and opt-out free trials, freemium , free trial after a demo, and free trial with gamified extensions. When choosing the right free trial model, there are three factors to consider: product complexity, the product metrics you’re interested in tracking, and the length of your free trial.

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Frontegg

AUGUST 19, 2021

Instant gratification is now a mandatory aspect of SaaS application usage. They want to get onboarded smoothly and just use the software. 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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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. Our Guiding Principle: Our Software and SaaS Community Must Be Good for You in Order for It to Succeed.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 133

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. Why is it not easier to predict churn?

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Baremetrics

APRIL 1, 2021

Managing performance metrics is crucial for SaaS and subscription businesses. For millions of subscription companies, Stripe has become the go-to tool for managing payments and subscribers. Stripe: A Powerhouse for SaaS Payments and Pricing At a glance, the Stripe dashboard answers loud and clear “How am I getting paid?”

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shopify is a huge opportunity for developers looking to expand into the micro-SaaS space. To get the most out of the time and money invested into their apps, Shopify App Developers need to track the core metrics of their industry. What is a business metric? Churn rate: How quickly are you losing customers or revenue?

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Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team Metrics 98

Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

Anyone managing a SaaS or subscription business is aware of customer churn. That means achieving any essence of “growth” requires replacing lost customers faster than the rate at which they churn. Managing churn is much like a constant game of plugging holes in a bucket so that you can eventually have a “rising tide” of water.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Reducing the CAC payback period can help SaaS companies boost their financial performance and drive growth. This metric helps SaaS companies choose the most effective customer acquisition channels , diagnose inefficiencies in customer retention strategies , and inform pricing decisions. Let’s get right to it!

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SaaS Payments Customer Lifetime Value Payment Solutions Acquisition 94

FastSpring

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most subscription billing platforms let you: Automate invoicing and payments. Provide a self-service portal to customers so they can manage their accounts (including payment information, seats, and more). Gather metrics and view reports on monthly recurring revenue. Offer and manage one-time add-ons, coupons, and more.

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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?

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SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Solutions SaaS 78

FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Checkout (including payment processing and gathering sales tax, GST, and VAT). Handling failed payments and customer notifications. Reconciling payment with accounts and remitting sales tax, GST, and VAT. FastSpring: All-in-One Billing Solution for SaaS. Recurly: Easily Integrates with Multiple Payment Gateways.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Most SaaS companies approach churn management all wrong. They spend huge amounts of money and time getting customers in the door but don't think about addressing churn until it becomes a major problem. The number one reason most SaaS companies struggle to lower their churn rate is simply that they aren’t being proactive.

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ProfitWell

AUGUST 6, 2019

There’s no more vital metric for a SaaS company to keep track of than churn : the rate at which customers are leaving your business and taking their subscription dollars elsewhere. What is churn analysis? Churn analysis is the evaluation of a company’s customer loss rate in order to reduce it.

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User Pilot

APRIL 3, 2024

Choose the right monetization model that aligns with your product’s value and user payment willingness. Product-led growth metrics like product qualified leads, activation rate , onboarding completion rate, and CLV define customer success in product-led innovation. Pricing model for Userpilot.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2020

Picture this: Over the past six months, your churn rate has gone from a respectable 4%, to now, over 10%. Or, you can pause, take a step back and analyze what went wrong by doing some churn analysis. Or, you can pause, take a step back and analyze what went wrong by doing some churn analysis.

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Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

Whether you are a startup owner, a manager of a growing business or the CEO of an established company, you might find yourself asking questions like “ Should our SaaS subscription model be monthly, annually or both ?” History of the subscription pricing model: From newspapers to the rise of SaaS subscription. Key finding?

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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?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Your SaaS product’s free trial conversion rate is one of the most important growth metrics to track. There are four types of free trials in SaaS: opt-in, opt-out, freemium, and reverse. An opt-in free trial allows users to experience the product for a limited time without sharing their payment details.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In this article, we are going to tell you everything you need to know about unit economics, from the basics to the key metrics of unit economics and what they can tell you about your business. What are the 13 unit economics metrics? Why should SaaS businesses track unit economics? Furthermore, be sure to track the right metrics.

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SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods Scale 91

Blulogix

JANUARY 5, 2024

Subscription Billing Definition: Subscription billing is a business model in which customers pay a recurring fee at regular intervals, typically monthly or annually, in exchange for access to a product or service. Importance: Recurring revenue is a key financial metric for subscription businesses.

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User Pilot

APRIL 23, 2021

Without exception, all the SaaS businesses I’ve ever spoken with want to keep their churn rate down. That’s because retention and activation , not acquisition, are the main drivers of profitability in the SaaS world. You’re not going to recoup all that investment with just one round of monthly payments per customer.

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Chaotic Flow

OCTOBER 8, 2013

SaaS product management professionals should always remember that there are four P’s in marketing , one being product. This is a particularly costly mistake in SaaS and is the root cause of many a SaaS Don’t. The Boundless SaaS Product. What are the boundaries of your SaaS product?

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Now more than ever, it is crucial for businesses to invest in SaaS customer journey in this era of the complete overhaul of the digital world. What is SaaS customer journey? You can improve every facet of your SaaS business with an accurate mapping of the customer journey. Naturally, though, it is never sufficient.

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CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 7, 2022

It’s undeniable that the SaaS model works differently and attracts revenue on a monthly or annual basis, unlike the on-premise software that deals with one-time payments. But with effective customer success, it’s possible to attain those extra gains from the SaaS revenue model. Stay tuned and read on to incur extra SaaS revenue.

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