Tue.Dec 03, 2024

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Planning for Growth: Using Revenue Insights

Blulogix

By BluLogix Team Planning for Growth: Using Revenue Insights Planning for Growth: Using Revenue Insights For businesses seeking to expand or enter new markets, strategic planning is critical to achieving successful outcomes. Growth initiatives require not only a vision but also precise financial insights that inform decisions and reduce risk. Revenue projection and prediction play a key role in providing businesses with the financial visibility needed to make strategic growth decisions with conf

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My Top Financial Mistakes as an Entrepreneur. That Cost Me Millions.

SaaStr

Dear SaaStr: What Were Your Top Financial Mistakes as an Entrepreneur? I’ll share a few of mine: First, the big, meta financial mistakes: In the first start-up where I was a VP, we as a team voted to sell our company to a company about to IPO for $1 Billion — instead of to Amazon for about $250m. The thing is, the company we sold to went bankrupt and I made nothing.

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The New Way to Grow: Why Traditional SEO is Dead and What’s Next

Inturact

In Q3 2024, we witnessed a telling shift in our lead generation: two prospects for our agency came through AI search agents like Perplexity and ChatGPT, and one through a review site called Clutch. In contrast, organic search—once our primary source—generated just a single lead throughout the entire year. The rest? All from referrals and partnerships.

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Snowflake Signs Massive 800,000 Sq Ft Office in Menlo Park

SaaStr

After going virtual and hybrid during the 2021 era, and moving its HQ to Bozeman Montana when ex-CEO Frank Slootman moved there… and officially leaving the SF Bay (albeit keeping its office in San Mateo ) in 2021 … Snowflake is quadrupling down on the SF Bay Area in 2025. It’s taking over almost 800,000 square feet from Facebook in Menlo Park, the largest lease of the year, per the SF Chronicle: You can build something great in B2B anywhere today.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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It’s here: The New Moz Local is Now Available

The Moz Blog

The new Moz Local has launched! With new features, an updated interface, and even more data, you can now manage more than just your location data with this all-in-one local SEO solution.

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Hiring a SaaS Fractional CMO? Here's a Checklist to Evaluate Them

Kalungi

Scaling a SaaS business is exhilarating—but when marketing leadership falters, it can feel like you’re spinning your wheels while competitors speed ahead. How do you ensure your next marketing leader isn’t just a short-term fix but a strategic partner for growth?

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How to Make the Most of Hashtags on Instagram

Buffer Resources

Instagram hashtags are often a forgotten part of the humongous Instagram strategy. But when done right, they can provide an additional push to your overall Instagram reach with minimal effort. Here’s a no-frills guide to Instagram hashtags and how to use them. Are Instagram hashtags still useful? Yes! Despite the overwhelming number of new features ( broadcast channels , notes , and more), Instagram hashtags should be a part of your overall strategy.

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GTM 124: The State of Sales with Mark Kosoglow

Sales Hacker

Mark Kosoglow is the Co-Founder and CEO of Operator.ai, a company incubated by GTMfund. Mark was employee #1 at Outreach and former SVP of Global Sales, where he helped grow the company from zero to over $200 million in revenue. He is joined in this special edition podcast episode by Max Altschuler, Founder and General Partner of GTMfund. Discussed in this Episode: The fallacy of “what got you here won’t get you there” in revenue leadership.

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Penetration Testing vs. Compliance Audits: What’s the Difference?

Scytale

When it comes to keeping your business secure and meeting regulatory requirements, two big concepts often pop up: penetration testing and compliance audits. Both are essential, but they’re not the same thing. You can think of them as different tools in your information security toolkit – each with its own purpose, focus, and results. Let’s dive into what sets these key terms apart, why your business needs both, and how to understand the world of pen testing and compliance audit requirement

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SaaS Essentials: Failed Payment Solution Guide

For SaaS businesses, improving retention is one of the easiest and most effective ways to drive revenue and profits. With a clear link between failed payments and customer churn, having a robust failed payment recovery solution isn’t optional—it’s essential. Achieving your retention goals starts with the right solution.

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Improve Your Website - Expert Voices @ Kalungi

Kalungi

Welcome to our new series, Expert Voices @ Kalungi, where we showcase the department leaders driving rapid customer growth for pioneering software companies. Today, we’re featuring Amec Velásquez, our Head of Web Development.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accepting Payments with BigCommerce

BlueSnap

Leveraging BigCommerce’s flexible eCommerce solution to manage your online business can help you grow rapidly. But storefronts alone aren’t the key to closing more sales — you need a payments solution that meets your unique needs as well. How you accept payments can contribute significantly to your business’s success. The post The Ultimate Guide to Accepting Payments with BigCommerce appeared first on BlueSnap.

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How to Prepare for Your First Meeting with a SaaS Fractional CMO

Kalungi

Prepare for success with your new fractional CMO! Discover how to align your vision and set the stage for scalable growth in your first kickoff meeting.

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Why I Let AI Grade My Writing (Just Like My AP English Teacher)

Tom Tunguz

Ten years ago, I hired an editor to grade my blog posts as an AP English teacher might. Yesterday , I asked an AI to do the same thing. The verdict? A solid B-. Claude’s Scorecard Grade: B- Strengths: The piece demonstrates a clear understanding of complex technical concepts and attempts to make them accessible to a general audience. The author’s personal connection to deep learning through graduate school studies adds authenticity and historical perspective.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Improve Your Website - Expert Voices @ Kalungi

Kalungi

Welcome to our new series, Expert Voices @ Kalungi, where we showcase the department leaders driving rapid customer growth for pioneering software companies. Today, we’re featuring Amec Velásquez, our Head of Web Development.