Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

JULY 1, 2020

A company may have lots of ways to know what’s going on inside their organization. But it’s more difficult to know what’s going on outside. How are they doing relative to other companies. What are others doing that they can learn from? What mistakes are others making that they can avoid? During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, one of my clients asked a few dozen customers what they were doing to adjust to the new business conditions.

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Casey Accidental

JUNE 29, 2020

At Reforge, we’ve written about how companies actually grow , and built an entire program around it. Most companies, when they talk about how they grow, will usually pick from one of the following terms: Sales Driven e.g. Oracle, Workday. Marketing Driven e.g. Hubspot, Moz. Product Driven e.g. Atlassian, Github. Engineering Driven e.g. Google, Palantir.

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Cobloom

JUNE 29, 2020

With thousands of SaaS businesses using all-manner of different marketing strategies, how exactly should you go about developing your own marketing plan? The exact formula for success is unique to each business, but there are a handful of key concepts that lay the foundation for successful SaaS marketing. Today, I'm looking at 10 crucial components of a successful SaaS marketing strategy - from buyer persona development through to marketing automation.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 29, 2020

Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about the stock market, the economy, and geopolitics, always a dangerous combination. I’ve come across two charts that I have been wondering about. The first comes from Bloomberg via the BEA. It shows consumer savings rates have catapulted to the highest level ever measured. Meanwhile, consumer spending has fallen in parallel.

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Kellblog

JUNE 27, 2020

I’ve worked with several startups that fell into the following pattern: Selling a SaaS application at a healthy price (e.g., $100K to $200K ARR). With low, fixed-cost implementation packages (e.g., $25K). But a product that actually takes maybe $50K to $75K to successfully deploy. Resulting in an unprofitable professional services business (and wrecking the market for partner services).

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Agile Payments

JULY 1, 2020

Any software application having a requirement to accept payments will most likely need to integrate a credit card solution. Even applications with a subscription model will likely do so, even though ACH processing lends itself very nicely to models with a recurring payment component. The fact of the matter is that credit cards are the go-to payment modal in the card not present space.

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OpenView Labs

JUNE 29, 2020

I work with marketing and technology executives at global brands to help them organize the resources they need to create personalized communications for their customers and prospects. In the weeks leading up to the middle of March, I met with teams at the largest casino, cruise line, retail, financial services and insurance companies in the world. While their competitive landscape differed, all were united in their quest to find new customers and generate incremental sales.

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BrightBack

JUNE 30, 2020

Today Brightback is launching Experience Manager in beta, a way subscription managers can easily implement retention tactics we’ve rigorously tested with direct-to-consumer and SaaS businesses over the past 18 months. The need to self-serve has been a key customer request from the start, so Experience Manager enables you to create, share and deploy cancel experiences without hands-on help.

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Unbounce

JUNE 30, 2020

So, you’ve written a book. Now, you’ll probably want to get people to read it—which is easier said than done, especially when we’re in the middle of a global pandemic. At a time when many brick-and-mortar bookstores are shuttered and there’s nobody to explore the aisles, helping potential readers discover your books can be tricky. .

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SaaStr

JUNE 27, 2020

A little while back we put together some of the top sales & marketing mistakes SaaS companies and founders make, especially in the early days. I thought it would be worth a quick update of the post. We’ve all made many of these mistakes ourselves, myself included ?? I’m even making a few myself again. But if you see yourself making any of the mistakes below, it’s fairly easy to make a course correction.

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The Daily Egg

JUNE 29, 2020

The best POS system is Square. To find out why — or check out our other suggestions — read our reviews below. As a business owner, you need a good way to accept payments from your customers. That’s why you need a good POS system. These systems give your business flexibility when it comes to […]. The post Best POS Systems appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 30, 2020

On Wednesday, July 15th at 10 AM PT, Redpoint Office Hours will welcome Adam FitzGerald, the VP of Developer Relations at HashiCorp. Prior to HashiCorp Adam was the Head of Worldwide Developer Marketing at AWS and held senior positions at Pivotal, VMware, and SpringSource. With two decades of experience, Adam is well-versed in developer evangelism. My partner Astasia Myers will be leading the discussion.

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Predictable Revenue

JULY 2, 2020

Building a sales culture that attracts and retains top performers takes more than just amenities, fun and games. Culture is actually the behavior your team exudes when going to work every day. The post How to build a culture that attracts top performers with Justin Welsh appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2020

Q: What impact will the effects of covid have on the SaaS industry? Many of us in SaaS are really struggling now. Restaurants, events, recruiting, and so many other industries are in deep trouble. But on balance, Covid-19 is dramatically accelerating SaaS: During “Shelter Plus” times, in the end, we’ve worked more in the Cloud: More Zooms. You know this, but also.

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The Daily Egg

JULY 1, 2020

Your website needs a domain name. For that, you’ll need to go through a domain registrar. I’ve purchased hundreds of domains throughout my career. Over the years, I’ve used about every domain registration platform on the market. I’ve had excellent experiences with some, terrible experiences with others, while the rest fell somewhere in between. Based […].

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 2, 2020

This way of thinking about support is all about efficiency. If you can maximize your team’s productivity, you can help more customers at lower costs. And it makes sense: in order to be around to support your customers well into the future, you need a solid foundation for scale. . But obsessing over efficiency can mask what’s most important, and most rewarding, to support teams – actually helping customers.

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Predictable Revenue

JUNE 30, 2020

The future looks uncertain, and many businesses are battening down the hatches in anticipation of a rocky few months.But for many, this disruption is temporary. Things will return at least to a new normal in which you can still thrive. It’s important to use this time wisely, spend some time adjusting and finessing your business so you can hit the ground running when they do.

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As companies strive to boost revenue, deliver customer value, and stay competitive, they are increasingly embracing the potential of usage-based pricing.

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SaaStr

JULY 2, 2020

Q: What makes a bad CTO? While there is no legal definition for CTO ?? or bright line between CTO and VPE, I’d suggest a start-up CTO really only has to do a few things — which are very hard: Assemble a small team (3–9) of very good engineers. That are super agile. And can ship a lot of very functional, very clever code that supports early, very rapid growth (from a very small base).

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Neil Patel

JUNE 30, 2020

Link building is hard. But did you know that Google makes it easier for you? Seriously… they do make it easier because they provide you with free tools. No, I’m not talking about the ones you already use like Google Search Console and Google Analytics …. They actually have tons of other tools. Some you may have heard of, but I bet you don’t use them.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 1, 2020

Today, customer expectations are at an all-time high. Simultaneously, support teams are struggling with spikes in conversation volumes. A proactive customer support approach is the key to regaining control. The typical support “strategy” is to let common issues roll in for support reps to address. But this approach not only overwhelms your team, it also means customers frequently have to wait hours or even days to get the help they need.

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Totango

JUNE 30, 2020

Communication during a crisis is about protecting your core asset, your customers. The digital transformation of business has shifted enterprise focus toward customer retention and the pursuit of long-term value. Challenges such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic only reinforce the importance of keeping the customers you have. Retaining those customers will require efficient, high-value communication between you and your customers.

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SaaStr

JULY 3, 2020

During these Shelter+ times SaaStr is focusing more on our digital events and assets … out of our necessity. Our IRL events are in a holding patten, for obvious reasons. During this time I’ve re-learned a lot of things. Perhaps the #1 thing is people don’t get podcasts. Podcasts are your #1 ticket. #1 in speaking.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 2, 2020

As companies continue to return to the office , the demand for remote work is unlikely to disappear. Even before COVID-19, remote work was gradually gaining popularity. In 2019, 3.9 million workers in the US were operating remotely. In 2020, that number increased to 4.7 million employees. However, just because working at a distance is becoming more common, doesn’t mean it doesn’t have its challenges.

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 27, 2020

For Pride week, our LGBTI+ teammates have been sharing their lived experiences, including their coming out stories, how they’ve stayed engaged with their communities in light of COVID-19, and what ways they feel allies can best support LGBTI+ people. We’ve been releasing these interviews as individual episodes for their Intercom colleagues to hear across the week.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 28, 2020

In this episode of the a16z bio Journal Club, we cover one of the key clinical trials that supported the recent FDA approval of the first prescription video game. The game was developed by Akili Interactive, is called EndeavorRx , … The post a16z Journal Club: Therapeutic Video Game on Trial appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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SaaStr

JUNE 27, 2020

As it looks like Shelter may last even longer, our YouTube videos continue to grow much faster than before. So what are SaaStr folks watching most this week (not including top videos also watched last week)? Let’s take a look! #1: Q+A With Jason Lemkin + CMO of Algolia: “Top Mistakes In The Early Days” Algolia’s CMO was kind enough to have me be their kick-off guest for their “SaaS Expert” series and we did a pretty good deep-dive on top early-stage mistake

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Sales Hacker

JULY 3, 2020

Sellers are having to work harder, get more “yeses,” and get more company stakeholders on the same page about ” why you?” and ” why now ?” than ever before. And that last part is the hardest aspect of just about any sale. In B2B sales, getting multiple decision makers on board is a dream. And these days, it’s becoming more and more necessary. This might sound overwhelming, but it’s doable.

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Groove HQ

JUNE 29, 2020

Using real customer questions as our guide, we compare Groove to Zendesk and Freshdesk. The post Zendesk vs Freshdesk vs Groove: 3 Real Questions Answered appeared first on Groove Blog.

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