FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

From leading sales at Zillow to brand strategy at Tumblr to revenue at FiscalNote (a global policy platform), Justin Scott started noticing a trend. When Justin and his initial team started looking for a way to capitalize on VR/AR technology, they focused their attention on the “made-to-order” industrial market.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Dimitri Dadiomov, the co-founder and CEO of payment operations platform Modern Treasury, about the challenges of creating a new category, hiring for marketing before you hire for sales, and why developing new features is similar to birding.

Payment Solutions 112

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 112

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Sean Ellis, who ran growth in the early days of Dropbox, LogMeIn, and Eventbrite benchmarked nearly a hundred startups with his customer development survey. Now, without further adieu, let’s look at 14 retention strategies you’ll wish you’d have implemented a year ago. First, a scheduled and educational email.

Retention 136

Retention Strategy Payment Solutions Technical Advisors 136

Sales Hacker

MAY 22, 2020

And the vast majority of people think they’re bad for business and branding. If someone’s already bored on your website and wants to leave it, why is it bad to give it another shot and try to catch their attention before they leave? It’s triggered when the website visitor wants to leave your website.

Payment Methods 113

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Services Sales 113

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Whatever marketing strategy you choose, use Baremetrics to monitor your sales data. Your SaaS company likely uses a CRM and/or payment processing software, and the data required to compute these core metrics can be all over the place. To do this right, you’ll need to really define your ideal customer profile (ICP).

Payments 98

Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 98

Chargify

MARCH 25, 2019

To help, we’ve put together a list of the four strategies that are key to selling SaaS. And while trial pricing does come with a very real risk of straining resources (we had to learn that lesson the hard way ), when executed correctly, this strategy can be a healthy source of new customers that stay with you for the long haul.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

This is when the good stuff starts to happen within a subscription business In this post I’m going to share the strategy and steps we followed to reduce our monthly customer churn by over 70%, and explain how we positioned Nudge Coach for efficient, long-term growth. Table of Contents. Let me tell you how we did it!

Churn 71

Churn SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 71

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 5, 2022

While it may be tempting to resort to Hail Mary tactics (such as deferred payments and discounts) to reduce churn, you must instead focus on sustainable and scalable retention strategies. Make your insights actionable for your team by consolidating them into an easy-to-digest scorecard. Can I do anything about it?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

If people aren’t looking for your solution, you have to educate them about the problem your product solves. As Head of Sales for Spendesk, Nico was initially inspired by the vision of founder Rodolphe Ardant who had spotted a gap for ‘spend management’ in the B2B market based on personal banking trends.

Scale 162

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 162

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

The different roles in SaaS companies: Chief Executive Officer : As the highest-ranking executive, this person ensures the company runs smoothly and employees are happy and engaged. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. Average salary: $196,172/yr. Average salary: $151,254/yr.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 23, 2019

A literal downfall, in poor Icarus’s case, after his wings melted mid-flight. Thankfully, you don’t need to end up like poor Icarus. Your product is only part of that equation—your onboarding process, customer success teams, and self-service education also play a huge role. He was excited to go flying.

Churn 56

Churn Payment Methods Payment Services SaaS Payments 56

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. We’ll look at the strengths of each type of sales, why you need both of them in your team, and how to determine the best balance for your organization. What is inside sales? What is outside sales.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Our product alleviates the need to send out direct mail to collect payments from customers.). Go to your company website and find the testimonials. Every company wants these big logos listed on their company website. Personalization, personalization, personalization. Sell time on your calendar.

Enterprise 106

Enterprise Payment Methods Payment Services Sales Hiring 106

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 17, 2018

In this guide, I will teach you the fundamentals of Lead Qualification for inbound and outbound sales development, and give you actionable steps you can take to maximize your Revenue per Lead. Sales and Marketing Alignment is a trending topic and the role of Sales Development has been growing fast. What Is Lead Qualification?

Scale 87

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Payment Methods Sales Hiring 87

ProfitWell

JUNE 7, 2020

Poor customer service. Poor understanding of the value of your product/service. Credit card payment failures. Content educates. Content can be personalized. But does personalization really matter? For example, Leadfeeder produced a series of content for sales and marketing teams to adapt after Covid-19.

Churn 83

Churn Payments Scale Underperforming Technical Team 83

OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Editor’s Note: This article is part one of a two-part series outlining strategies to improve retention. . Working with over 800 startups, many of which I’ve formed personal relationships with, has taught me a lot about what actually moves the needle to improve retention. Why are customers canceling? How do we reduce churn?

Retention 52

Retention SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Solutions 52

User Pilot

MARCH 25, 2024

In this article, we explore what customer attrition is, why it matters, and 15 effective strategies for strengthening customer relationships, boosting loyalty, and driving long-term growth. Some effective strategies for reducing customer churn include: Personalize the onboarding for new customers to shorten the time to value.

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Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods 79

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

OCTOBER 29, 2018

High SaaS churn is a corollary of poor retention - but it can creep up unannounced, and rather than deal a single fatal blow, it causes death by a thousand small cuts. They need education, training and support to leverage it effectively. This is always a huge mistake. But what should “customer success” include?

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Churn SaaS Payments SaaS Payments 152

SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2019

” The whole point of building a corporation, is not having personal liability attached to it. So, there’s all these people who are just using debit cards, and just walking around with debit cards with 120 000 in the bank, or just using their personal card for all these things. We know a lot about payments.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Payment Methods 172

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. * First, what is continuous customer development? Does it have to be in person? What is the process to do it efficiently?

Scale 133

Scale SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Payment Services 133

SmartKarrot

AUGUST 11, 2021

You need to put in countless hours of research and development, relentless marketing campaigns, and tireless sales effort to earn a paying customer. And nearly 60% switch companies based on poor customer service. The competitors might have developed something that closely matches the needs and wants of your target users.

SaaS Payments 19

SaaS Payments Churn Underperforming Technical Team Payment Methods 19

SmartKarrot

MARCH 23, 2023

Demonstrating our SaaS platform online. Apply here: [link] Role: Senior Customer Success Manager Location: London Area, United Kingdom (On-site) Organization: Robin AI As a Director, Customer Success Strategy, you’ll work with the team to develop the Customer Success function’s strategy.

Customer Success 19

Customer Success Payments Underperforming Technical Team Payment Services 19

ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

No matter how deeply you gaze into the crystal ball wondering what this new year has in store for you or your business, the only thing you’ll know for sure is that despite your careful planning, some things will change. But what if you could have a better idea of the changes 2019 has in store for Customer Success professionals?

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Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 73

SaaStr

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Thank you so much to the SaaStr team for organizing this conference and thank you to Joaquim for joining me on this session. We give them the superpowers of the developer and the designer. Like they were looking at this existing forums as the online version of lifeless paper forms. Joaquim Lecha | CEO @Typeform. My pleasure.

Scale 141

Scale Scaling Payment Methods SaaS Payments 141

ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

No matter how deeply you gaze into the crystal ball wondering what this new year has in store for you or your business, the only thing you’ll know for sure is that despite your careful planning, some things will change. But what if you could have a better idea of the changes 2019 has in store for Customer Success professionals?

Customer Success 49

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 49

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

We also show you how to personalize your billing practices with advice from our experience working with thousands of SaaS businesses. The person using your SaaS product may not have access to the credit card used to sign up. He then sent out a link to this page inside payment failure notification emails.

Merchant Services 111

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 111

SmartKarrot

APRIL 28, 2021

Role: Client Success Director (Real Estate) Location: New York, NY, US Organization: REEF As a Client Success Director, you will drive new business applications, working with internal REEF teams to match qualified applications to the real estate network. Troubleshoot issues (may be related to payments, relationship, field operations).

Customer Success 10

Customer Success Underperforming Technical Team Payment Services Payment Methods 10

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Strategy and Process. Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. If you truly want to be a better leader, better salesperson , better speaker, better writer, or just a better person, you need to study the craft. Integrity Selling for the 21st Century.

Scale 141

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Payment Methods 141

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Some examples of niches targeted by vertical SaaS providers include healthcare, eCommerce, finance, and education. Where vertical SaaS targets specific industries with purpose-built tools, horizontal SaaS companies develop more generic solutions that are relevant to many different types of businesses. Consider the following.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

Outseta

MARCH 18, 2019

Wes Bush is a SaaS marketer who has quickly developed a reputation as “the free trial vs. freemium guy.” Geoff Roberts: All right, so first thing's first—before just a moment ago we’d never met, but I have come to know you in online circles as the free trial vs. freemium guy. ” — Wes Bush.

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Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments Payment Solutions 40

User Pilot

MAY 9, 2024

The article will teach you how to design an onboarding strategy for your SaaS. Develop educational content, like webinars or courses, to help users discover new use cases and features. Reduce the workload of the customer success team. How to create a customer onboarding strategy for new customers?

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Onboarding Payment Solutions 52

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I interviewed Michael about successful global marketing strategies. One strategy he recommends is creating a microsite before expending resources to localize your main web presence: “Use localized keyword research, run a paid media campaign, analyze the competitors, and see what the demand percentages are. How do we help our people?”

Payment Solutions 118

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Strategy Software 118

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. My account runs my website. So if you think about just a manufacturer and you’re making a toy, you might sell it direct to consumer on your own website.

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SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 275

User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Which specific aspects of your website or app frustrate them? What activities or patterns do customers exhibit just before they leave your website or app? Pendo is a product adoption platform that lets teams monitor product usage, analyze user behavior, and publish in-app guides. Let’s take a closer look at its benefits.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods Payment Services 52

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In this very special episode of Inside Intercom, I sat down with Des, our co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, for a wide-ranging conversation about our respective journeys so far, our thoughts on Intercom through the years, and what the future holds. I love building products, building teams, building companies. Short on time?

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring 209

User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Pendo is a product adoption platform that lets teams monitor product usage, analyze user behavior, and publish in-app guides. It also helps product teams collect user feedback, streamline onboarding, and gather actionable insights from analytics. Similarly, you can share Session Replays with other team members.

Engagement 52

Engagement Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services 52

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2020

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. So the ability for people to store oil doesn’t exist. I’ll give you an example in your personal life. They don’t want to p**s off management teams that face dilution from down rounds. Maybe you want to launch a business.

Technical Review 205

Technical Review Payment Services Payment Methods Development Team Review 205