Software Platform Consulting

MAY 28, 2019

This is the third in my series on SaaS Metrics for Enterprise-Driven B2B Networks. Often, as with P2P, payments, Order to Cash, and EDI networks, there may be a significant time lag between: the bookings or cash—if any—coming from one side, and. the eventual bookings or cash coming from the other side of the platform. (And

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Totango

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The contract renewal stage of the customer lifecycle is a critical component of driving retention for SaaS products. Knowing how to use technology to optimize your contract renewal process can increase your retention rates and your revenue. First, we’ll review what contract renewal is and what it means to automate the process.

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Baremetrics

JUNE 28, 2021

Accuracy is an issue when it comes to financial metrics. Keeping track of all of your different sources of income, and doing so to the extent where you can say “this is the correct MRR for the entire business”, is nearly impossible. Another major question is deciding which financial metrics are worth tracking for your business.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

Jake, Head of Customer Success for Sideways 6, explains that the current trend is to measure their success through the customer’s success, with CS being an integral part of impacting the entire business. Jake Dipple 4:40 Of course, so, Sideways 6 we’re ID management platform, and we exist to bring good ideas to life every day.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In SaaS, you need to calculate the growth rate for a handful of different metrics. For example, you need to calculate the growth rates for monthly recurring revenue (MRR), active customers, average revenue per user (ARPU), and more. What are the most important growth rates in SaaS? What is a Growth Rate?

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Software Platform Consulting

JUNE 3, 2019

Welcome to the last, and most important, in my series of posts on metrics unique to Enterprise-Driven B2B Networks. The last metric, buyers per supplier, is easy to calculate if your platform is architected as a network. (If If you did not architect your platform so suppliers have one account for all buyers, shame on you.).

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SaaSOptics

JULY 12, 2021

Like with Revenue, ASC 606 has changed the way companies must account for certain types of Expenses. . Our goal in developing this product enhancement is to deliver the same stress-free experience our customers enjoy when accounting for Revenues to the Expense side of the house as well. Why Expense Recognition? . How does it work? .

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 9, 2020

In this third installment of our blog series ‘React, Adjust, Recover – Strategies for Professional Service Organizations During the COVID-19 Outbreak’, we focus on strategies to help businesses recover faster as restrictions begin to lift. So, what are some of those strategies for professional service organizations?

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BrightBack

JANUARY 17, 2022

Factor in the huge uptick in global demand for online subscriptions services that arose through the pandemic, and we see that succeeding at retention has never been more important, and becomes a key differentiator for those who do it.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 18, 2022

There are now an estimated 213 million registered companies globally, each competing with one another on the basis of service, customer care, and pricing. Price is one of the largest determining factors for consumers in terms of which products and services they buy. Table of Contents. What Is Price Localization?

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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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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

Prior to Kustomer, Vikas spent over 20 years implementing, consulting, marketing, and selling CRM and ContactCenter solutions with companies like LivePerson and Oracle. 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. * What is a good payback period? *

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ProfitWell

JULY 8, 2020

Tax laws are complex and, for businesses operating in the United States, every state has their own set of laws that must be followed in addition to federal tax laws. In some states, SaaS companies are required to collect and pay sales tax for their products. How is a SaaS product/company defined in the US?

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Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

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. Dictionaries and founders alike can’t agree on the definition of what it means to bootstrap a business. Bootstrapping purists insist on only using revenue from customers to fund the business.

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CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

If your company has a platform to understand the health of the account, then your life is sorted. Depending on the internal processes at your company and their maturity stage, you might also be using a Customer Success Platform. If your company has a platform to understand the health of the account, then your life is sorted.

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Valuize Consulting

AUGUST 17, 2020

This is why you should stay away from unsustainable hail-mary tactics to reduce churn in your business. Deferred payment terms on subscription renewals, additional discounts, free professional services—these offers might work now, but can you afford to keep applying them next quarter or next year?

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

AI has been a buzzword for a while and many businesses jumped onto the bandwagon by integrating AI into the customer journey, but customers still want to deal with a human, particularly if they need advice or help with something complex that they cannot solve on their own (i.e. Increases self-service for customers across all segments.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 5, 2021

This is especially the case in the SaaS world. Especially with monitoring your metrics. Sign up for the Baremetrics free trial and start seeing more into your subscription revenues now. Gartner found that 70 percent of customer service employees hope to have work-from-home options in the post-pandemic world.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

AI has been a buzzword for a while and many businesses jumped onto the bandwagon by integrating AI into the customer journey, but customers still want to deal with a human, particularly if they need advice or help with something complex that they cannot solve on their own (i.e. Increases self-service for customers across all segments.

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User Pilot

MAY 14, 2021

Growing numbers of SaaS companies are adding an onboarding survey to their customer sign-up flows. But what distinguishes a good onboarding survey from other types of business intelligence? But what distinguishes a good onboarding survey from other types of business intelligence? What is an onboarding survey? Survey Templates.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Small tweaks to your SaaS billing practices can make a huge impact on the customer experience. For example, Jon Torres — a digital marketing consultant specializing in SaaS commerce — noticed that, for some of his clients, refund requests spiked around renewal time. “It 7 growth hacks from the SaaS experts.

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Outseta

JANUARY 9, 2019

I hope this is a useful barometer of progress for other bootstrapped SaaS start-ups with equally ambitious projects. Let’s get right into it starting with how much we’ve spent on the business. we spent on consulting services was primarily design related expenses, as James Lavine began working with us. The $11,123.75

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In Dave’s words, “What is it about your product or service that the users say in their own words they love ?” I think SaaS businesses and subscription businesses are particularly bad at having vague, waffley headlines on their homepages,” he states. Stream the entire conversation or read the highlights below.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

I’ve worked at multiple high growth SaaS businesses as a growth leader, and the data we’re seeing right now … This is from … is that CAC is increasing both in B2B and B2C, and you’re going to see how that relates, right? What’s the essential marketing stack every SaaS should have regardless of size?

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Monthly recurring revenue is one of the least exciting topics to take on in 2020. And if you still feel some questions remain unanswered, you can always reach us at marketing@chartmogul.com or on our Twitter account to ask your burning question about MRR or anything SaaS metrics-related. MRR stands for Monthly recurring revenue.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

SaaS is about creating long-term value for your customer, and being compensated appropriately for that value as a business. Learn actionable monetization tips from a Product/Growth operator turned VC. Built out a bunch of the orb across product, data, analytics to do much of the same work, to drive retention and monetization.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Enter the platform company. This is Zach from Plaid and I guess … well, it’s interesting because you’re not a SaaS company, we’re at Saastr … but we’ll talk about what it’s like to not be a SaaS company at SaaStr. Zach : SaaS-ish. Ari : SaaS-ish. That’s pre-Plaid.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

An exceptional thought leader and a brilliant coach to thousands of executives, Allison Pickens, is a leading expert on recurring revenue growth. Her blog posts continue to serve as a valuable resource for people who seek to understand and master customer success processes. Allison Pickens. Amarachi Ogueji. Annette Franz. Ashna Patel.

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Outseta

MARCH 18, 2019

Wes Bush is a SaaS marketer who has quickly developed a reputation as “the free trial vs. freemium guy.” He helps SaaS leaders launch and optimize free trial and freemium models via his consultancy, Traffic is Currency , and is also the founder of the Product-Led Summit. Geoff Roberts: Got it, makes sense.

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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. But there’s also revenue churn, which is arguably even more important. of his customers. What is churn?

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User Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2023

With more players entering the SaaS market and the growing use of digital technology in marketing, traditional marketing alone cannot sustain your business. You need to know what in-app communication to implement to attract, engage, and retain a bigger customer base while maximizing revenues. moment ) and experience it.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Monthly recurring revenue is one of the least exciting topics to take on in 2020. And if you still feel some questions remain unanswered, you can always reach us at marketing@chartmogul.com or on our Twitter account to ask your burning question about MRR or anything SaaS metrics-related. MRR stands for Monthly recurring revenue.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The ASC 606 outlines a five-step model for revenue recognition. Recognize revenue when or as the entity satisfies a performance obligation. These rules are now enforced for both private and public businesses. These rules are now enforced for both private and public businesses. What is revenue recognition?

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Software Platform Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

This company apparently provides SaaS pricing consulting and analysis, so they have reviewed the SaaS pricing pages for many companies–B2C and B2B. The blog is quite well written and demonstrates good knowledge of SaaS pricing issues. Platform Economics and Strategy. Openview Labs. PMNTS.com B2B Site.

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SmartKarrot

JUNE 22, 2020

To grow exponentially, what must a SaaS company do once it has established its customer base? And for successful and sustainable growth, one needs to increase revenue per customer. Now, upselling is essential for any SaaS company’s long-term growth and revenue generation. How does one do this? ” .

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

This dynamic trio of SaaS experts share how to stay customer-centric and set yourself apart in today’s rapidly changing environment. Nick Mehta: On a boat in Rhode Island and then our second guest Jay Snyder, who just recently took over as Chief Customer Officer of New Relic, publicly traded SaaS company. So it starts there.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Pricing is a SaaS company’s most efficient profit lever, but it’s also one of the easiest things to screw up. Nailing your SaaS pricing strategy requires more than just picking the optimal price and forgetting about it. It includes the latest and greatest SaaS pricing resources, as well as some timeless staples.

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