Wed.Aug 14, 2019

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How is CAC changing over time?

ProfitWell

On this episode, Saba Mohebpour from Spocket asks us a key question to understanding growth: How is customer acquisition cost (CAC) changing over time? To answer this question, we looked at the data from just under seven hundred subscription companies. Here’s what we found. Customer acquisition cost is the lurking variable that will make or break most businesses due to its impact on the velocity of your growth.

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If Customers Want to Cancel, Just Let Them. Move On.

SaaStr

How do you handle B2B customers who want a refund on an annual subscription because they didn’t realize that their credit card would get charged again a year later? You refund them, 100%. And you move on to bigger and better things. First, it doesn’t help to not process the refund. In SaaS, once a customer churns — it’s gone. It comes off your ARR/MRR “base”.

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Customer Experience Analytics: Metrics, KPIs, and Reporting to Get CX a Seat at the Table

Groove HQ

This guide covers the ten most valuable customer experience metrics for small to medium businesses broken down in practical terms. It’s primarily meant for those of us: Averse to analytics (english and communications majors, rejoice!) With little or no time to spare (this should be all of us, right?) Who care about customer experience but […].

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How do you handle B2B customers who want a refund on an annual subscription because they didn’t realize that their credit card would get charged again a year later?

SaaStr

You refund them, 100%. And you move on to bigger and better things. First, it doesn’t help to not process the refund. In SaaS, once a customer churns — it’s gone. It comes off your ARR/MRR “base”. It really doesn’t matter much if you lose them in month 18 or 24. Revenue that does not recur in SaaS is really revenue you basically never even had. Second, if you don’t do the refund, that’s a rip-off.

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SaaS: How They’re Turning Payments Into Profit Centers

Discover how top SaaS companies are earning up to $700k + and zero upfront cost with Usio Integrated Payments.

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How to Introduce Yourself Via Email & Land That Meeting

Nimble - Sales

The first impression is an important step in any relationship, especially professional ones. Our brains are wired to analyze a number of information sources. They include facial expressions, tone of voice, gestures, and other non-verbal signals. None of this matters when you introduce yourself through email. This review will help you to use alternative means […].

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Demo-litions: Klue’s Demo Tear-Down (Episode 4)

Sales Hacker

Here, Shane closes out his product demo of Klue with Caitlin, his prospect at OpenGov. This is where things get exciting, so let’s see how he closes and establishes next steps! Need to catch up? Check out Episodes 1-3 here: Episode 1: Shane Uses His “Late-Night DJ Voice” Episode 2: Shane Shows off His Cursor Control. Episode 3: Shane Handles the Pricing Conversation.

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4 Steps Every Organization Can Take to Improve Sales and Marketing Alignment

OpenView Labs

There’s often an unspoken tension between sales and marketing teams. On one hand, marketing might feel like sales isn’t following up with the leads they’ve generated. On the other hand, the sales team might feel like marketing isn’t handing off quality leads. CEOs everywhere are hitting their heads against a wall. In most cases, it’s not a marketing or sales issue—rather, it’s an alignment problem.

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Six key follow up principles that you should keep in mind

CloseSaaS

In the business world, rarely are deals closed on day one.

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The Power of Social Selling (+ 7 Rules for Storytelling in Sales)

Sales Hacker

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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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Twilio Crossed $1 Billion in ARR Growing 81%. Yes, At $1 Billion.

SaaStr

Twilio recently crossed into the $1 Billion ARR club, if not quite at record growth rates, then fairly close to it. 81% Year-over-Year growth at $1,000,000,000+ in ARR. The $1 Billion+ ARR Club. Now, the numbers are flattered a bit, really quite a bit, by Twilio’s acquisition of Sendgrid for $3 billion. Organic growth was “just” 56%.

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As a salesperson, how do you differentiate a product that has no differences with those of the competition?

Net-Results

Marketing is all about perception and positioning. Just because the products are similar doesn’t mean the companies behind it are. My personal niche of marketing automation is a great example of this. My company’s product, Net-Results, competes directly with the likes of Pardot, Marketo and Act-On in the mid-market marketing automation space. Now, don’t get me wrong: all these products are different.

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6 Things You Can Do with BetterCloud’s OneDrive and SharePoint Online Integration

BetterCloud

Every day, organizations are moving from on-premise storage to the cloud, and for those running an onsite Microsoft solution, Office 365 is a popular choice. For those already in the cloud, the transition from G Suite to Microsoft is becoming a popular one. To accommodate both use cases, BetterCloud’s integration with OneDrive and SharePoint Online aims to simplify the move and automate actions.

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Tenure Voting and Rethinking What’s Fair in Corporate Governance

Andreessen Horowitz

One of the hardest problems in any organization, whether a democratic government or a corporation, is figuring out how to strike a balance between short-term interests and long-term goals.

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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.