Software Platform Consulting

MAY 20, 2019

Fiverr, a marketplace for freelancers just joined the parade of software companies going public. The Fiverr filing sets up a comparison of Fiverr versus Upwork, the grand-daddy of freelancer marketplaces. Upwork Versus Fiverr: A Different Approach to Services. We call this the Service-as-a-Product (“SaaP”) model.

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Marketplace as a Service Software Review SMB Web Development 40

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A recent Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Intercom, Drive Conversational Experiences For A Future-Ready Customer Support Strategy , revealed that 54% of teams can’t personalize support with their tech stack and 50% waste time jumping between tools. Subscription payment and management: Stripe.

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Technical Review Customer Support Payment Methods Payment Solutions 249

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is one of the transformative services in the modern digital landscape. If you think about catching up with one of the biggest tech trends in recent years, this list will provide you with IT service providers working in different industries, with different tech stacks, and from different countries.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A lot of companies use time tracking software to streamline payroll and invoicing. By integrating with services like Quickbooks and PayPal, these tools can handle the job in a few clicks. Whenever you generate an invoice or make a payment, there’s a clear record of the work that was done. Monitoring.

Payment Solutions 140

Payment Solutions Software Payment Methods Payments 140

Navint

JANUARY 29, 2019

Highlight Video: Explaining the Subscription Economy: Why Your Company’s Future May Depend On It. The topic, of course, was the subscription economy and Tien’s new book, Subscribed. As the leading consulting firm that has a practice dedicated to subscription and recurring revenue businesses, Navint sponsored the event.

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Subscription Payment Features Marketplace as a Service Scale 53

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Like numerous users, I first became aware of Miro via a consultant and this channel has been really important to their growth story. Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends. Embracing professional services as a distribution channel. Andrey: We bet on consultants.

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Neil Patel

JUNE 22, 2021

It includes: Facebook Ads Business Pages Facebook Marketplace Facebook Groups. As a result, the campaign generated 15,540 new subscriptions, which was 10 times more than its average monthly subscription numbers. Join the Facebook Marketplace. If you sell products online, check out the Facebook Marketplace.

Social Media 145

Social Media Marketing Marketplace as a Service Advertising 145

Navint

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The topic, of course, was the subscription economy and Tien’s new book, Subscribed. Being one of very few consulting firms that has a practice dedicated to subscription and recurring revenue businesses, Navint sponsored the event. The customer will guide your subscription business — put them in the center.

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Subscription Payment Features Marketplace as a Service Scale 40

Software Platform Consulting

MAY 6, 2019

There are also great resources for metrics specific to marketplaces (see here ). Invoicing and payment (e.g., Enterprise versions of Upwork or other labor marketplaces. In some markets this strategy means large enterprise buyers get subsidized software and services and their supply base pays. Order to Cash (e.g.,

Payments 60

Payments Enterprise SaaS Payments Metrics 60

Neil Patel

APRIL 16, 2021

You don’t need to sell products on Amazon to use this service, either, which makes it accessible for more businesses. You need to spend at least $15,000 per month on Amazon audio ads to use the service. Secondly, ad-supported streaming subscriptions aren’t going anywhere any time soon. Contact an Amazon Ad Consultant.

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Totango

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Overdue Payments and Outstanding Balances. Whether you’re a subscription SaaS company, a management consulting firm, or a hardware company that sells annual contracts for support services, you’ve likely found yourself in a situation where a customer misses a payment.

Payment Solutions 62

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services Marketplace as a Service 62

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. And I just started a consulting business, it was a service business. Ryan Austin 15:53 Yeah, we don’t do any service whatsoever.

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. Consulted - people who are consulted about the project and asked for input. Network effects (marketplace). Subscription business model.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Neil Patel

MARCH 2, 2021

The more (positive) reviews and testimonials you have, the more likely prospective customers are to put their faith and money in your services. Instead, pursue the ones best aligned with the services you offer and your target audience. B2C” businesses sell goods and services directly to consumers. Let’s start with B2C.

Software Review 127

Software Review Technical Review Scale Merchant Services 127

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. If a product or service is being sold online—regardless if the sale itself happens through a sales-rep assisted process, online shop, or platform—it’s considered B2B ecommerce.

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Stax

JANUARY 17, 2024

As such, an ACH payment facilitator is simply a PayFac that allows users to accept payments through an electronic bank-to-bank network. PayFacs typically partner with a payment processor or a bank to provide merchant services. This is pretty much similar to the service that PayPal offers.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Facilitation 88

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many start by following self-service distribution models as a route to market, which have served as the de facto standard for helping cloud businesses grow. With customers coming to their (virtual) doorstep, these cloud companies are free to scale at their own pace, expanding sales and their reach in the marketplace.

Outsourcing Services 111

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

An established marketplace is a sign that you’ll have the integrations you need in the future. What makes HubSpot Sales Enterprise stand out is that it was built from the ground up with natively integrated features to support the sales, marketing, and service operations of a large company. 10 best enterprise CRM solutions for 2021.

Payment Solutions 84

Payment Solutions Enterprise Scale Payments 84

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Leading a team of innovators and experts in their Customer Success, Professional Services, and Support organization, Amanda’s goal is to ensure that every customer optimizes the business impact of Lucidworks search and analytics deployments. “My Under her direction, marketplace utilization grew 39% in one year.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success Scale Marketplace as a Service 53

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

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. This builds on the first essay in the series of how there has been an increase in interest of SAAS-like models interested in becoming marketplaces over time.

Payments 56

Payments Business Model Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 56

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Whereas Facebook’s overall vision relies heavily on third-party developers having access to user data, Workplace wants to be the app that’s connected to all your other apps and a highly curated marketplace that has the best SaaS applications in the world. Different visions for different products. We do have integrations with some apps.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Mobile Sales Hiring 151

SaaSHolic

DECEMBER 2, 2021

BigCommerce is so focused on providing a robust onboarding experience that they even offer one-on-one consultation for their clients. You might think that you have a relatively easy-to-use service because you know what it is meant to do. There are plenty of tools in the marketplace for this specific exercise. Product Tours.

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SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

However, back in 2013, in my previous career as a strategy consultant, I was doing a lot of work with telecoms companies in South Africa. The challenge, however, is that because of the limited disposable income that both consumers and businesses have, you can’t charge a lot of money for services there.

Scale 161

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 161

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 4, 2020

How do you stand out in such a highly-competitive marketplace? Find an Amazon marketing consultant. 3 Ways an Amazon Marketing Consultant Can Help Grow Your Business. Most Amazon consultants focus on one goal: getting you more customers. Here are the main ways that a consultant can help. Use them for these areas.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

The critical nature of software for business growth is a key reason for the exceptional growth of Software as a Service (SaaS) companies in recent times. BugHerd provides top-notch services for bug tracking and website feedback. Campaign Monitor offers a subscription-based pricing model. Headquarters: Sydney, Australia.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 10

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

He even managed to help pivot the company from a programmatic transactional revenue model to a subscription model over the course of, not just the last three months during COVID, but over the course of the last few years. We’ve got two sponsors, including a new one called Sapper Consulting. Sales enablement is easy.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

With an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Rodrigo Baer launched a successful career in consultancy and entrepreneurship, and today is among the top figures in venture capital for early-stage tech companies in Brazil. Eduardo then served as the CEO of Oversea Consulting, helping companies in the U.S.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

268: Ryan Bonnici is the CMO @ G2, the company that allows you to get the right software and services for your business with over 897,000 user reviews to help you make smarter buying decisions. And that was around the time that I left and then since then HubSpot has built an invoice generator and a bunch of other things.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 131

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2021

Devon Rutherford, Managed Services Program Manager & Pre-Sales Manager @ Leaseweb. Matteo De Renzi, Global Marketplace MD @ GT Gettaxi (Gett). Dave Kellogg, Principal @ Dave Kellogg Consulting. Suzanne Xie, Head of Invoicing @ Stripe. Matteo De Renzi, Global Marketplace MD @ GT Gettaxi (Gett).

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VP of Engineering Technical Cofounder CTO Coach CTO Hire 264

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 23, 2020

HubSpot CRM – Best free marketing CRM Really Simple Systems – Best free sales CRM Agile CRM – Best free customer service CRM Flowlu – Best for SMB finance Apptivo – Best for basic business management. Some of the better free products also include: Live chat Invoicing VoIP calling Limited sales automation.

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Payment Solutions Software Review Software Payments 139

Software Platform Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2015

How much can a B2B Marketplace or Multi-Sided Platform charge for its services? B2B Marketplace Services. What the B2B marketplace can charge depends, of course, on what services the B2B marketplace, or commerce platform, provides its participants. Apps on the Ends. Matchmaking, and. Rules and Rails.

Marketplace as a Service 40

Marketplace as a Service Payment Services B2B Merchant Services 40

ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2022

Amir will lead all post-sales functions, helping customers use the full scope of their products and services to unleash the power of CentralSquare in their communities. In her expanded role, Ellen will continue to lead global system engineering and enablement and will add professional services and customer support to her team.

VP of Engineering 98

VP of Engineering Customer Success Outsourcing Services Technical Review 98

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Other advanced ecommerce features include: Email marketing integrations Memberships and recurring payments Gift cards and discount codes Partial payments or payment plans Shipping and fulfillment management Product variations Product categories. Think carefully about what you need and what would be nice to have.

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Payment Methods Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 143

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“Think of pricing along a continuum with self-service pricing at one end and enterprise at the other” As you scale and evolve your business, there are a few key questions to ask as you determine your pricing strategy: Do you anchor off competitors (if any exist) or substitutes? Entry level application (<$5,000 p.a.).

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Business Model Scale Pricing Payment Methods 195

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Dave Kellogg, Principal @ Dave Kellogg Consulting. Suzanne Xie, Head of Invoicing @ Stripe. Devon Rutherford, Managed Services Program Manager & Pre-Sales Manager @ Leaseweb. Matteo De Renzi, Managing Director, B2B Marketplace @ GT Gettaxi (Gett). Director of Professional Services @ OneLogin.

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VP of Engineering Technical Cofounder CTO Coach CTO Hire 271

Unbounce

JUNE 16, 2020

These are often built with agencies, consultants, and managed-service-providers (MSPs) in mind. These partners resell your product and benefit from offering ongoing services, usually on a retainer basis. In the end, we found a fit with PartnerStack , which meets our needs and understands the subscription-based business model.

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Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting Scale SaaS 131

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The interface allows you to bring unconnected sources together, like data from spreadsheets or online services, and turn them into rich, interactive reports. Power BI service: With the Power BI cloud service, you can view reports created in the Power BI Desktop service and share them across the company. What Is Power BI?

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Marketing Social Media Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service 114