Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 10, 2022

With lockdowns preventing in-store experiences, shoppers have gravitated towards brands that can provide the best online experience possible. And, as society reopens, it is vital to maintain ease of movement between in-store and online channels – not just for your customers, but for your teams.

Payment Methods 209

Payment Methods Technical Review Payments Payment Solutions 209

Totango

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Customer success tools extend the functionality of your CS platform, multiplying its value. By connecting data from other success tools to your CS tool, you can view and manage all your customer data from one place instead of leaving it isolated in separate information silos. CRMs: Salesforce and HubSpot.

Payment Solutions 87

Payment Solutions Payments Customer Success Payment Methods 87

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

In this piece, we offer seven case studies from SaaS companies — small tweaks they made to reduce churn and increase customer LTV. We also show you how to personalize your billing practices with advice from our experience working with thousands of SaaS businesses. How My Marketing Concepts upsells annual payments during trial.

Merchant Services 118

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 118

FastSpring

MAY 25, 2023

Pricing your software as a service (SaaS) can be hard enough even during the best of times, but figuring out how to dial in the right pricing to drive more revenue in times of stagflation can be even more challenging. Optimizing your SaaS Pricing Strategy for new MRR vs. net revenue retention. Inflation isn’t flat: Vary your strategy.

SaaS Payments 144

SaaS Payments Pricing Payments Merchant Services 144

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Get the latest from FastSpring’s Support leaders about important tax updates, fraud and chargeback strategies, our new Changelog, and more. Fraud, Chargebacks, and Mitigation Strategies Need FastSpring support? Fraud, Chargebacks, and Mitigation Strategies Need FastSpring support? Visit our Support page. Continual monitoring.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Customer Support Merchant Services Payments 78

Blulogix

MARCH 25, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Navigating Financial Process Complexity in B2B Subscriptions The financial backbone of B2B subscription models rests on efficiently managing complex processes spanning billing, payments, revenue recognition, and reporting.

Payment Services 94

Payment Services Payment Features Payments B2B 94

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Get the latest from FastSpring’s Support leaders about preparing for Cyber Weekend, refund policies, strategies to decrease customer churn, and more. FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, and digital products businesses, including VAT and sales tax management, payment localization, and consumer support.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Customer Support Payments Payment Services 78

User Pilot

APRIL 3, 2024

TL;DR Product-led innovation emphasizes improving the product to attract customers, reducing reliance on marketing for growth. Product-led innovation focuses on developing a personalized product that naturally attracts and retains customers. A diagram showing how product-led growth works for product-led innovation.

Innovation 84

Innovation Payments Strategy Payment Solutions 84

User Pilot

APRIL 24, 2024

In this article, we’ll share everything you need to know for increasing customer renewals. TL;DR SaaS renewals includes the process of renewing a subscription to an online-hosted software service. Proactively managing SaaS renewals and customer engagement reduces both involuntary and voluntary churn.

SaaS Payments 82

SaaS Payments Retention Payment Services Payment Solutions 82

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Wherever you are in your revenue journey, adopting certain growth strategies can help you keep growing fast. Build your sales, marketing, customer success, and product development efforts around the needs of your ideal client.”. Spotlighting the success of an ICP-focused strategy . Delight customers.

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Payments Payment Methods Embedded Payments Scale 190

User Pilot

MARCH 25, 2024

While acquiring new customers is important, it’s more expensive than customer retention. In this article, we explore what customer attrition is, why it matters, and 15 effective strategies for strengthening customer relationships, boosting loyalty, and driving long-term growth. What causes customer attrition?

Underperforming Technical Team 82

Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods 82

User Pilot

JANUARY 11, 2024

As with every digital product, the first few minutes on your app will determine whether the user sticks with it or abandons it. A seamless onboarding experience , thus, creates the right first impression, setting you up for success. Offer multichannel support through chat, email, phone, etc., to assist customers at all times.

Onboarding 96

Onboarding Payment Services Customer Success Payment Solutions 96

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

As difficult as SaaS companies can be to build, that can go double for things like setting up billing systems and automating revenue. Maybe your billing system is not ready, your invoicing is a patchwork, or your reconciliation and invoicing have to be done manually. The explosion of low and no-code solutions.

Payment Features 201

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

TL;DR Customer communication encompasses all interactions between a business and its customers, while customer communication strategy is what you’ll use to improve these interactions amongst new and existing customers. Personalize customer communications based on user expectations.

Communication 95

Communication Outsourcing Services Strategy Payment Solutions 95

User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

Customer segmentation enables teams to better understand customer needs and pain points and deliver personalized product experiences t o accommodate them. This improves satisfaction, retention, and brand loyalty , and improves the performance of marketing strategies. Book the demo to find out more!

Payment Solutions 84

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 84

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The ability to follow up on failed payments without putting customer retention at risk is a delicate task that must be handled carefully. Dunning emails tend to be the most effective way to remind customers about a failed payment and speed up the payment process by offering alternative options.

Payment Methods 82

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 82

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. are what we like to have in an online forum. As a business person yourself, you know how it works.

SaaS Payments 133

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 133

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

According to Havard Business Review, customer acquisition requires 5 to 20 times more resources than customer retention. Thus, it only makes sense that you work hard to retain any customer that makes a purchase. TL;DR Customer retention is a measure of a company's ability to keep its customers over a period.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Strategy Payments 52

Totango

JANUARY 2, 2024

In an era when customer success (CS) has become pivotal, it’s no longer enough to have a team dedicated to CS. More importantly, you need an organizational strategy that ensures your customers don’t just come to you but stay, thrive, and become your biggest promoters.

Payment Services 99

Payment Services Merchant Services Customer Success Business 99

Totango

JULY 13, 2021

Strategy for customer success growth has changed as commerce has gone digital and big data has made marketing and sales customer-centric. Tell people about your business, get them in the store, sell them things, then look for more customers. Setting foot in a physical store has become completely optional.

Customer Success 100

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User Pilot

JULY 20, 2023

But you can turn all that around with the right strategies. TL;DR Voluntary churn happens when customers cancel or downgrade their subscriptions while involuntary churn happens when a customer can’t continue using a service for reasons that are partially or entirely out of their control, most of the time related to payment processing issues.

Churn 82

Churn SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 82

User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Wondering how to increase free trial conversion for your software product? Free trials can impact cash flow and revenue generation, especially if a significant portion of trial users don’t convert into paying customers. This article explores 15 strategies to help you achieve that. Trials can be tricky. Book a demo to learn more.

SaaS Payments 79

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Strategy Payment Solutions 79

ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

At ChurnZero, we’re humble enough to admit that Customer Success software can’t do it all, and quite frankly, it shouldn’t. We stick to our circle of competence and focus on our area of expertise: Customer Success software. It’s Customer Success for us. What is customer support software?

Payments 87

Payments Payment Solutions Customer Success Software Review 87

User Pilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Customer insights provide intelligence and analysis about customer experience, activities, and preferences. Therefore, they are vital for effective product strategies and ensure resource allocation aligns with customer needs. Then use the insights to create targeted flows for onboarding, in-app guidance , and support.

Payment Methods 81

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services 81

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Looking for an effective in-app messaging tool and wondering if Lou Assist is the best option for your SaaS company? In this article, we’ll delve into precisely that – helping you determine whether Lou Assist is the ideal choice for your in-app messaging needs. Looking for a Better Alternative for In-App Messaging?

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Software Review Pricing Payments 52

User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

Mastering SaaS renewals’ best practices can transform a routine administrative task into a strategic opportunity to drive customer success and propel your business toward sustainable growth. TL;DR The SaaS renewal process involves a series of actions on/before the renewal date that lead to a customer’s renewal.

SaaS Payments 77

SaaS Payments Business SaaS Payment Solutions 77

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

They focused on building a payment platform that empowers international talent and independent contractors to get paid on time in a compliant way while also ensuring that companies can hire international talent and make payments efficiently. The path to success is filled with challenges at every milestone. Listen to your team.

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Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Scale 233

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. This wasn’t the case.

SaaS Payments 237

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 237

Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

In this way, customer journey B2B touchpoints serve as a powerful tool for increasing the effectiveness of your customer success strategy. In this article, we’ll cover what you need to know about B2B customer journey touchpoints and how to plan them out to deliver tremendous customer success.

B2B 115

B2B Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments 115

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2020

They all used sustainable strategies to reduce churn while also growing their business. In this guide, we’re going to go over seven strategies to reduce churn, with real-life examples from SaaS companies that have successfully done it. Here are seven strategies to reduce churn for the long-term.

Churn 145

Churn Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 145

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

No matter the specifics of how your company adapts and grows, it’s crucial to be aware of how your pricing strategy relates to other aspects of your business. It’s all too easy to make the mistake of adopting a pricing model that is ill-suited to other aspects of your company, such as the go-to-market strategy or sales strategy.

Business Model 195

Business Model Scale Pricing Payment Methods 195

Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Customer Success is transformative. Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. … The Customer Success Book.

Customer Success 136

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 136

Totango

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Other factors include the customer’s financial situation, their perception of the value they derive from their subscription, how easy it is for them to renew their subscription and whether they’re considering any competing products. One strategy for increasing your contract renewal rate is effective automation of the renewal process.

Outsourced Development 93

Outsourced Development Payment Services Payment Solutions Retention 93

FastSpring

APRIL 1, 2021

In this piece, I will walk you through a few strategies you can use to increase your free trial conversion rate. Tracking your free trial conversion rate is important because it gives you a concrete way to optimize the way you acquire customers. Most software companies rely heavily on free trials for customer acquisition.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Strategy 98

Totango

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Customer success is the key to building strong customer relationships. When your brand helps your customers succeed at their goals, they want to continue your relationship. Customer success nurtures the positive experiences of your brand, promoting repeat business and retention.

Customer Success 111

Customer Success Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 111

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

With more customers expecting a hyper-personalized, real-time experience, the demand for AI technology in marketing has never been greater. It makes sense, then, that so many marketing AI tools and software are targeting the conversion funnel. Here is a deeper look at nine of the top AI tools for successful marketing funnels.

AI 139

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Paddle’s Senior Product Manager, Allissa Chan, and Chief Strategy Officer, Patrick Campbell, share their experience of scaling a bootstrapped startup. Remember, your cancellation flow should strive to offer customers full control over deciding whether to unsubscribe. Some customer churn is unavoidable.

Payments 130

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Venture Capital 130