Mon.Nov 11, 2019

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Kanye's love for Kanye proves the power of personal brand

ProfitWell

In this episode of Tradeoffs, Hiten and I take a break from talking about software products to dig into one of today’s most controversial rappers: Kanye West. That may sound a bit strange for a product-focused show, but the impact of Kanye’s music and personality on the world around him is an interesting example of how powerful personal brand really is.

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3 Psychological Hacks to Optimise Your SaaS Pricing

Cobloom

We’ve already looked at the essential tenets of pricing your SaaS product. Now, we’re going to fine-tune our price, and optimise it for maximum sales conversions.

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The Product Led Growth Market Map

OpenView Labs

Editor’s Note: This article was first published on October 4, 2018 and updated on November 11, 2019. . Product led growth (PLG) is the future of SaaS. While the terminology is new to many of us, this go-to-market strategy has been gaining popularity across the software ecosystem for years. Don’t believe us? Check out our PLG Index to see how public companies employing this strategy are outperforming their peers.

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If I produce a better product than my competitors, but charge a little more, how would I go about selling it (to new customers and my competitors customers)?

SaaStr

“Anchoring High” is an extremely effective marketing strategy — when done right. But you have to do it right. Customers are: Willing to pay a little more for the most trusted brand (the classic discount for a “generic” supermarket brand is around 30%, for example); and. Willing to pay significantly more for the most enterprise vendor. You probably aren’t yet the most trusted brand in your space.

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Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know

Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science

Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.

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The End of the Beginning, Again

Andreessen Horowitz

Editor’s note: It’s Summit Week at a16z, so each day we’re re-sharing some of our favorite talks from the last few years. a16z Summit is an annual, invite-only event bringing together thinkers, builders, and innovators to explore and examine the … The post The End of the Beginning, Again appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Selling to Fortune 500 Companies (An Easy 3-Step Process)

Sales Hacker

Selling to Fortune 500 companies is a different game than SMB. Sometimes all the emails, cold calls, tweets, and inMails in the world still won’t get the attention of key contacts at that enterprise account. If you need to quickly drum up interest in a large account and have some type of free offer or trial of your product, one tactic you need to try is LinkedIn Ads.

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Hear From These Speakers at SaaStr Annual 2020

SaaStr

We can’t believe it’s already November and there are only four months until SaaStr Annual 2020 , we’re already looking at an awesome speaker line-up this year. Here are the sessions we think you should earmark before the big day. In case you haven’t snagged your ticket yet, CLICK HERE and get one now! We’ll be back at the San Jose Convention Center, March 10-12th, 2020.

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How to Handle Price Objections

CloseSaaS

When someone tells you your product is too expensive, it's not always about the price. A classic sales mantra is that if a prospect gives you the price is too high objection, you simply haven't communicated enough value.

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The Big Gap In Your Sales Sequences: Your People

Sales Hacker

The post The Big Gap In Your Sales Sequences: Your People appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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How Investors & Strategic Buyers Evaluate Integrated Payment Strategies

Explore how integrated payment strategies impact investor and buyer evaluations. Payments are more than a feature — they’re a key to long-term success and market differentiation. They help SaaS companies offer seamless user experiences and efficient operations. Investors and strategic buyers assess these integrated payment strategies as a measure of a company's growth potential and sustainability.

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Culture skeptics vs. cynics

ProfitWell

Today, Wistia reminds us of the most important aspect to brand affinity: connection. Pipedrive x Zoho Desk launch an integration, plus Drift’s David Cancel and HubSpot’s Katie Burke get real on workplace culture. Your top subscription news. The key to creating brand affinity: connection. Abigail Keeso Hopkins , Co-Founder of That Clean Life personalized nutrition software, started a tweet storm after she caught up with the replay of Wistia’s Change the Channel, re-bringing to light this idea of

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Facebook’s Libra co-creator: Social, financial data will remain separate

IT World

The co-creator of Facebook's Libra says that once the blockchain-based digital currency is launched users' social media information – and financial data tied to the stablecoin – will not be connected in any way. Christian Catalini, the head economist at Calibra, the Facebook subsidiary in charge of the launch of Libra and its associated online digital wallet , said that from the beginning the plan for the cash-backed cryptocurrency was to profit from advertising and not the sale of private dat

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Customer churn: a complete guide | ProfitWell

ProfitWell

Customer churn is the silent killer of the subscription business. With rising customer acquisition costs (CAC) over the past five years and more market competition than ever, anything you can do to keep customers around longer is vital to your business. So why aren’t more companies doubling down in their fight against churn? Because the solution isn’t intuitive.

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7 Sales Sequences Nobody Uses to Book More Meetings (But You Should)

Sales Hacker

The post 7 Sales Sequences Nobody Uses to Book More Meetings (But You Should) appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Advanced Engagement with Destination Pages | November 11th, 2019

Totango

Hi, . We have been hard at work and are excited to share our latest engagement feature with you! Advanced Campaign Engagement with Destination Pages. Communicating with your customers at the right time, in the right context is very important and we know many of you are doing it by leveraging Totango campaigns. . Our newest feature, Destination Pages, allows you to take action when a customer engages with your campaign.

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PODCAST 83. How to Operationalize Alignment w/ John Kaplan

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with John Kaplan , President, Co-founder, & Managing Partner at Force Management. John has over 20 years of executive experience in sales, leadership, and execution, specializing in corporate sales strategy and performance management. Before co-founding Force, he was SVP of International Sales Operations for PTC, a leading software developer for content, product life cycle management.

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