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The Most Successful SMB SaaS Acquisition Channel Ever Built

Tom Tunguz

As many of these channel partners move to newer distribution models, the brokerage channel model in particular, they represent an efficient and leveraged customer acquisition channel. Many start by following self-service distribution models as a route to market, which have served as the de facto standard for helping cloud businesses grow.

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Going International in Times of Crisis: Good Move, or Too Risky for Established Companies?

Sales Hacker

The US market during COVID-19 is one such market where global expansion, and the need for some local workforce or partners, is both a risk and opportunity. McKinsey notes that B2B decision-makers are pushing to e-commerce and e-commerce-like sales cycles, and up to 80% prefer either digital self-service tools or to contact teams remotely.

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A Vendor’s Guide to B2B Ecommerce

FastSpring

It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. To make the most of these opportunities, B2B vendors need to realize that simply implementing ecommerce into their business won’t guarantee a chunk of the pie.

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What is Marketing Research? Examples and Best Practices

User Pilot

Partnering with market research companies can offer additional benefits, leveraging their expertise in understanding market demands, trends, market size, economic indicators, location, market saturation, and pricing. Userpilot’s suite of product analytics and in-app engagement tools are critical components for this purpose.

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Buyer Personas: Tips to Make Them Work Better for Your Sales Team

Sales Hacker

Perfectly position the product/service to their prospects. But what if Peter the Programmer has been tasked with building or outsourcing software that increases the efficiency of each key department? Root out the challenging insights that tell you how, when, and why buyers are likely to choose products or services like yours.

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SaaStr CRO Confidential: Founders Fund Partner Sam Blond + Rippling VP Sales Matt Plank (Pod 617 + Video)

SaaStr

How do you enter a highly competitive marketplace, carve a niche for yourself, and then scale the business to $100 million+ ARR? Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund, joined Matt Plank, VP of Sales at Rippling, to unlock the secrets to exponential revenue growth. Entering a hyper-competitive marketplace .

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25 Tools for Bootstrapped Companies

Neil Patel

The Constant Contact website service is $10 per month. The cost of your account varies by which services you use. For this plan, you have access to the website builder, a website hosting service, and 12 months of ownership of your domain name. Design Pickle : Design Pickle provides graphic design services on demand.