Sat.Nov 17, 2018 - Fri.Nov 23, 2018

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Tune up your SaaS sales pitch with a focus on clarity

Intercom, Inc.

For salespeople, your sales pitch is crucial – above all else, it must be crystal clear what you’re trying to sell and what the value is to your prospective customer. This clarity from the start is critical, because that early impression shapes everything that follows – according to Forrester , the first viable vendor to reach a decision maker and set the buying vision has a 74% average close ratio.

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Converting with Extra Copy: 5 Long-Form Landing Page Examples

Unbounce

We all know how effective a short, concise landing page can be. It’s quick to read and, depending on the offer up for grabs, can convince visitors to purchase or opt-in fast. But there are benefits to building long-form pages too. For starters, longer pages can provide in-depth info visitors need to make informed decisions, helping you attract more qualified leads from the start.

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Your Sales Year is Coming to an End. Are you ready?

InsightSquared

It’s two weeks until December. Holiday music is already playing in every store you set foot into, your weekends are starting to fill with egg-nog and apple pie induced festivities and every morning you find yourself layering up with an extra hat or scarf before you step outside. Tis’ the season! December around the corner also means your sales year is coming to an end.

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How to Use the Right Sales Data to Shorten Your Selling Cycle

Sales Hacker

Like a long and arduous hike that seems to go on and on, a prolonged sales cycle can leave your team feeling drained, exhausted, wondering if they’ll ever reach the summit … and if they do, whether they’ll have the energy to climb the next mountain! We’ve all had at least one instance where we’ve felt overstressed, overworked, and under quota due to a long, drawn-out sales cycle.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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9 essential sales steps you need to grow your SaaS startup

Intercom, Inc.

In the early stages of most SaaS startups’ lives, the CEO or founder often acts as the initial head of sales. This makes sense given the likely resource constraints and the value to be gained from getting in front of customers from day one. As Jason Lemkin puts it , “The CEO/founder should close at least the first 10 (or 20 or whatever) customers.

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When Black Friday Comes

Teamgate

The one good thing about Cyber Monday is that you don’t have to bash people square in the face to get what you want; or what you think you want. That, unfortunately, is sometimes untrue of its bigger, meaner, older brother, Black Friday. But firstly, what is Black Friday, and what is Cyber Monday; where did they begin, how did they evolve, and how did they come to be what they are today?

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How to Have Your Fellow Woman’s Back in the Cutthroat Sales World

Sales Hacker

There’s an unwritten rule that women need to support other women at work. Countless articles are detailing how we are supposed to be each other’s champion, encourager, and referrer. Some have even gone so far as to say that achieving equal rights starts with treating one another as equals. The ideas of how to receive equal pay, equal treatment, and equal status to our male counterparts have been on the minds of millions of women for decades and remain hot topics even today.

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The growth of video customer support and why your business needs it

Intercom, Inc.

The days of waiting several hours on hold to speak with a support or sales representative are now (mostly) over. The monotone “Please hold the line, your call is very important to us” message has now be replaced by real-time messaging. You can message companies on social media just like you’d message your friends. You can resolve complex issues through live chat in a matter of minutes.

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Middle Market Executive Podcast: Chris Lueck, CEO, FastSpring

FastSpring

FastSpring’s CEO, Chris Lueck was recently featured on Jack Sweeney’s Middle Market Executive Podcast. Chris shares his insight on leading a company and navigating private equity investment to grow FastSpring to further meet the needs of the digital economy. Checkout the full episode of Middle Market Executive featuring Chris here: Pressed for time?

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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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Voice of the Customer (VOC) is history. Hope that you’re not stuck in the Valley of Death (VOD).

CustomerSuccessBox

We hear a lot in Customer Success about Voice of the Customer (VOC) but Debbi Stanley, CFRE , Vice-President of Sales & Customer Success, Rallybound feels there is a more important term – VOD or Valley of Death. So what is the Valley of Death (VOD)? Assume your sales has just sold a SaaS software to a customer and you are waiting for the implementation to begin.

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B2B Sales Dev: Interview with Digital Go-To-Market Strategist Andrejs Juš?enko

Teamgate

Andrejs Juš?enko is a vastly experienced professional with over 20 years marketing, sales, and business development practice in leading IT and Telco companies, such as; Microsoft; Nokia; and Lattelecom, transforming business in 24 countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Regarded as a thought leader with a vast knowledge of modern business practices; from change management experience, Go-To-Market strategies, channel development, and digital marketing, to marketing governance and execution in cr

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PODCAST 34: The Benefit of Finance Background to Help Company Growth w/ Rob Lopez

Sales Hacker

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast , we interview Rob Lopez , SVP of Sales at Justworks , one of the fastest growing businesses focused on HR including payroll, benefits and the like. Rob has a background in finance, but jumped into the startup world first at Groupon, where he was the GM for their Latin American division, before moving to New York to become the first sales hire for Justworks.

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ChurnZero Named to the 2018 NVTC Tech 100 List

ChurnZero

ChurnZero has been named to the 2018 NVTC Tech 100 list by the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), the membership and trade association for the technology community in Northern Virginia and Greater Washington. “We strive to be an attractive company for local and national talent and the NVTC Tech 100 award recognizes the effort we’ve put in and success that we have achieved,” said ChurnZero CEO and founder, You Mon Tsang.

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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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SaaS Metrics Refresher #6: Cohort Analysis

Chart Mogul

Learn how to identify trends in behavior across the entire customer lifetime with cohorts Before we get started, let’s address the elephant in the room: Cohort analyses aren’t exactly a SaaS metric. But when it comes to the tools and visualizations at your disposal for growing your SaaS business, cohorts are an essential piece of the puzzle.

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Would Inbound Sales Work for Your SaaS Company?

Cobloom

If you are selling software at a low price point (sub-$100 per month), you have to keep your Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) down, which usually means automating your sales process. To be successful, you need to educate your right-fit leads to buy your solution without the overhead of supporting a conversation with sales. By comparison, selling more expensive software to businesses that have a considered buying process is a different challenge, and there are polarised views on what is the best a

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How to Get the Most Out of Your SDR Team in 2019: A New Playbook for a New Year

Sales Hacker

The post How to Get the Most Out of Your SDR Team in 2019: A New Playbook for a New Year appeared first on Sales Hacker.

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Churn Monster: Abandoned Customer

ChurnZero

Churn Monster #6: Abandoned Customer. We are now halfway through our Churn Monster blog series and have looked at a lot of common customer churn risks and how you can go about defeating them. This month we are going to be talking about how to save an abandoned customer. By an abandoned customer we mean – someone who needs support or guidance but for whatever reason has unfortunately been neglected by you and/or your company and is left feeling helpless.

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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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monday.com Onboarding Email Breakdown

SaaS Onboarding Emails

monday.com is a team and project management app that offers a 14-day free trial. Let’s see how they take a user from hello to hooked. Series Overview During the 14-day free trial, I received eight emails, including the initial authentication message. All of the emails were time-based since I didn’t complete any action within my trial account that could have triggered action-based messages.

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Small Business Intranet Ideal For Your Mobile Workspace

Backlinkfy

For many business professionals today, working means traveling on behalf of their company. Their office laptop is constantly in use, and they've become quite adept at working remotely. They're the kind of workers who are going to benefit if your company decides to adopt an intranet. Intranets are popular business tools because the workplace has changed.

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Veganism made easy: The college edition

SaaS Metrics

Leading a vegan lifestyle can be difficult for a student who is struggling to make ends meet in college. It is because eating a balanced diet that is devoid of meat products requires proper planning and preparation. From sampling the right dishes to sustaining it, one must get ready to cope with challenges that come with Veganism. And even if you decide to borrow a leaf from experts or ask help from websites that provide work from home writing job to draft a comprehensive meal plan, in the end,

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You Are Calculating MRR Wrong Way

Rakam

From the conversations I had with the startups around me, I have realised that many of them do know about the important metrics such as LTV, CAC and MRR. But they are not interpreting these metrics correctly and this can lead to misleading information about your metrics. In this article, I will write about some of the mistakes I have seen when calculating MRR.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Microsoft launches Azure-based blockchain development kit

ITPro

News. Another blockchain project has been announced by Microsoft which aims to integrate blockchain and its cloud services.

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How to Be Successful This Small Business Saturday

FastSpring

Time with loved ones and turkey feasts aren’t the only things we have to look forward to this November. It’s also a big shopping event. And it seems like every year the holiday shopping frenzy creeps one week earlier. While we’re all familiar with big shopping blockbusters like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and even Singles’ Day , there’s yet another shopping holiday that doesn’t get as much love as the other three.

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Microsoft Office 365 and Azure users locked out of accounts due to MFA issues

ITPro

News. The MFA issue which lasted all-day Monday is the latest in a string of Microsoft cloud service outages.

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