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The Most Successful SMB SaaS Acquisition Channel Ever Built

Tom Tunguz

Channel distribution represents one of the biggest and most important changes in customers acquisition for SMB SaaS startups in quite a while. As many of these channel partners move to newer distribution models, the brokerage channel model in particular, they represent an efficient and leveraged customer acquisition channel.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. The main target customers of Olist include online shops, retailers seeking better placement, importers and distributors, but the platform is also useful for end customers. CEO : Rodrigo Dantas. Founded : 2013.

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G2’s CMO Amanda Malko on the latest trends in software buying

Intercom, Inc.

The process of purchasing software is increasingly complex – the choices for products and services are endless, and customers have a harder time parsing which companies to trust and which product will better cater to their needs. Customers are looking more and more to their peers before considering a purchase.

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Start-Ups VS Enterprise: Which Sales Team Should You Work for? (Infographic)

Sales Hacker

The plus side of this is that it leads to a comradery at start-ups and SMB organizations that is often hard to replicate at the enterprise level. Salespeople are not as tightly managed in start-ups or SMBs, and most of us like that. They also usually invest in fulfillment and customer support functions.

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Driving Success for Small to Middle-Market SaaS Companies

OPEXEngine

An additional non-financial constraint is a fact that these customers typically lack experience in software procurement and implementation, and this adds friction to the sales cycle. Customer success is usually staffed by a mix of customer support, sales, and engineering folks contributing some portion of their time to the Cost of Revenue.

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Best Free CRM Software

Neil Patel

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. They can get pretty powerful, in terms of marketing automation and customer experience.

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The Best SaaS Articles of 2016 From Around the Web

Hitenism

SMB-focused companies often find growth by going upmarket. In 2017, companies will find success by getting back to basics and focusing on the “service” part of Software as a Service. Drip , 9 Customer Success Emails Your SaaS Needs to Be Sending. Good customer support is the most underrated sales strategy.

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