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What The Downturn Will Probably Look Like in SaaS

SaaStr

So, despite SaaS multiple and the public markets being at near record highs, we’ve seen things start to … wobble a bit overall in tech: The WeWork IPO simply failed , and the Peloton and Direct Smile IPOs were broken. One of the greatest SaaS companies of all times, but still, it turned out to be mortal. Slack is mortal.

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Which is Better — Annual or Monthly Pricing? It’s a False Choice. The Answer is Yes.

SaaStr

With SaaS sales, annual price or monthly price that’s billed annually? This removes friction from the sales process, leading to a higher and faster close rate. It may be the most successful SMB-focused app of our current generation. Yes, nominal churn may seem lower by removing a monthly option.

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With SaaS sales, is it better to have an annual price or a monthly price, billed annually?

SaaStr

This removes friction from the sales process, leading to a higher and faster close rate. It may be the most successful SMB-focused app of our current generation. No hiding the monthly option, no pricing confusion: In fact 26% of Zoom’s customers still pay monthly, even at $500m+ in ARR: More here: 5 Interesting Learnings From Zoom.

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Customer Churn Rate: How to Calculate and Improve Churn

User Pilot

Tracking your customer churn rate will help you keep tabs on business growth. You will have data sets for analyzing your churn/retention history, which will better position you to make intelligent business decisions. Types of churn rates you should calculate: customer churn rate, revenue churn rate , and involuntary churn rate.

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5 Interesting Learnings from SurveyMonkey. As It Crosses $300m in ARR.

SaaStr

SurveyMonkey is one of the Old School SaaS companies that has followed an interesting path. days, for years it was run by a tiny team and dominated the self-service side of surveys. Price Increases Do Work at Scale. SurveyMonkey increased prices, which resulted in a big chunk of growth. A few learnings: 1.

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Top 4 SaaS Valuation Metrics at Different Growth Stages

OPEXEngine

We’ve talked to dozens of our SaaS customers, as well as investors to learn more about what is happening with these key metrics. SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace.

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How Nudge Coach reduced customer churn by over 70%

Baremetrics

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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