SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

20X year 1⃣ 12X year 2⃣ 5X year 3⃣ #deelspeed @deel [link] — Shuooo (@shuoshuooshuooo) January 23, 2023 When we look at SaaS companies’ success stories, everything looks great on their growth maps. Shuo Wang is the CRO and co-founder of Deel, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies.

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User Pilot

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Thus, properly harnessing data-driven insights is key to achieving product growth and business success. It will also guide you through uncovering and harnessing these insights in your SaaS business. Userpilot provides you with different methods of collecting data, analyzing it, and acting on it. Gather data.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 8, 2019

But when it comes to digital businesses where all transactions and fulfillment take place online, there’s a whole new set of terms you need to know in order to keep up. But don’t worry, we’ve created an ecommerce glossary that includes all the terms and concepts you need to know to have a successful digital business.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 2, 2020

Like so many of our peers, we were due to attend SaaStr 2020 a few weeks back, and we’d lined up interviews with some of the incredible speakers who would have been there. We’ll be releasing those planned interviews down the line, when the time is right. So we can manage the platform and the software totally remote.

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User Pilot

APRIL 24, 2024

SaaS renewals can be a breath-holding moment. TL;DR SaaS renewals includes the process of renewing a subscription to an online-hosted software service. TL;DR SaaS renewals includes the process of renewing a subscription to an online-hosted software service. Book a demo now to find out more.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. More established professionals and businesses (less students and early-stage startups). Professional moderation.

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FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). In the language of SaaS, I churned. In part two, we’ll cover five churn-prevention strategies that have been successful in other SaaS businesses. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks. Is There an Ideal Churn Rate for SaaS?

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User Pilot

MARCH 23, 2023

What are the reasons for customer churn in SaaS? As a SaaS company, your ultimate goal is to retain customers and keep them happy with your product. TL;DR Customer churn refers to the rate at which a business loses customers within a specific period. Create a personalized onboarding flow to help users reach the Aha!

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

FastSpring is proud to announce the launch of Growth Stage: a new podcast offering conversations with a diverse group of SaaS leaders from around the world. You’ll hear stories from bootstrapped and VC-funded founders, C-suite executives, and developers that will inspire new growth strategies in your own business.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I interviewed him for insights into how to build a global growth strategy, especially when it comes to localization. Highlights from Our Conversation Where Should SaaS Companies Localize [2 min clip] David walked through a step-by-step process to assess where SaaS and software companies should consider localizing.

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User Pilot

JUNE 19, 2023

There’s no magic number when it comes to conversions, but knowing B2B SaaS funnel conversion benchmarks can benefit any SaaS product manager. In this article, we will discuss the most common B2B SaaS conversion rate metrics and their benchmarks. Education-related SaaS platforms come second with 7.5%

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SaaS is a global software solution created by different businesses in order to improve human activities in a matter of clicks. SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. In this saas marketing strategy guide, we are going to tell you everything about saas marketing. What is SAAS marketing?

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User Pilot

MAY 8, 2024

It gives the product a competitive advantage, improves brand reputation, and propels revenue growth. Common needs are related to functionality, reliability, usability , integration , support, customization, and cost-effectiveness. Personalize experiences for different customer segments.

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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. And we need platforms to be able to do that. In September 2022, Dopple publicly launched its new platform. They Launched With a Platform, Not a Product Another big advantage?

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User Pilot

MARCH 7, 2023

Churn happens even to the most successful SaaS companies. TL;DR In SaaS, cancellation (also referred to as “ churn “) is when a customer stops using your product and then unsubscribes from their plan. Involuntary churn due to failed payments. What is a cancellation in SaaS and why should you care?

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SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

Here’s a chance to look back at 4 pre-IPO SaaS leaders today, and how they were doing and what they were thinking in the run up to $10m ARR. You have a presentation online that’s called Unsexy, which you’ll have to explain to me later. They built themselves into a core platform for HR 2.0 How did they do?

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FastSpring

APRIL 30, 2024

In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview Fred Linfjärd of Planday about his experiences switching from a one-time billing model to subscriptions. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services.

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User Pilot

JUNE 20, 2023

Obtaining (and acting on) users’ opinions of your product through user feedback and interviews and more. So, in addition to improving your customer retention rates, these customers help grow your customer base and drive revenue growth. It is a UX research method that measures how easy it is for users to use your product.

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Incredo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Or maybe you are curious whether Christmas marketing works at all? We have interviewed tens of SaaS community members to understand how they perceive SaaS Christmas promotions. What does it mean for your SaaS? And we do not really fit perfectly with our SaaS.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

To answer that question, we interviewed leaders from many of the largest healthcare providers and insurers across the country. We’ve designed this to mirror the thought process of an entrepreneur building an AI product with an enterprise use case. What do enterprise buyers in healthcare care about most when evaluating AI products?

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

Existing customer renewal is a high priority for 59% of SaaS companies and a medium priority for 27%. This obsession with getting new customers is natural: the more customers you convert, the more revenue you will make. How to calculate this metric and what’s the average SaaS churn rate? How to reduce SaaS churn rate? #1

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

How you should think about building a sellable business. Interested in learning more about how your SaaS, software, video game, or other digital goods business can partner with FastSpring and let us worry about the taxes? Now that was something you found online and bought in person. Jump to highlights.

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Incredo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Or maybe you are curious whether Christmas marketing works at all? We have interviewed tens of SaaS community members to understand how they perceive SaaS Christmas promotions. What does it mean for your SaaS? And we do not really fit perfectly with our SaaS.

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FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

As an experienced sales and GTM leader, John Eitel has more than witnessed how product-led growth (PLG) has affected the tech and SaaS space in the last few years — he and his teams have been up close and personal with how PLG increased in popularity as a sales strategy. “I But really excited about this interview. Jump to video.

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FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2021

While implementing a subscription model means ongoing revenue, it also brings up many challenges for managing those subscriptions. Why Shift to a Subscription Revenue Model. Not only will recurring revenue provide stability during uncertain economic times, but it can help increase profits … fast. Popular SAAS Revenue Models.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Behind closed doors, negotiations are dragged on for months while founders and executives figure out ways to eliminate friction and create a synergy that can drive the most value of their shared cultures, processes, and systems. It’s precisely the success of that integration that often dictates the success of the overall acquisition.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

Jake, Head of Customer Success for Sideways 6, explains that the current trend is to measure their success through the customer’s success, with CS being an integral part of impacting the entire business. What was the first thing you bought online? Jake Dipple 3:15 It was probably the last thing I bought online as well.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Today, we’re all about ecommerce. We have a list of podcasts for the ecommerce-righteous crew out there, plus 2Checkout hosts a webinar, and Rewind partners with BigCommerce to bring you a Black Friday playbook. The pods on ecommerce. In 2007, he and his wife started their own online store. Noah Kagan Presents.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

This dynamic trio of SaaS experts share how to stay customer-centric and set yourself apart in today’s rapidly changing environment. Nick Mehta: On a boat in Rhode Island and then our second guest Jay Snyder, who just recently took over as Chief Customer Officer of New Relic, publicly traded SaaS company. Bernadette Nixon: Sure.

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model?

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OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

And there’s more and more bifurcation between the ‘haves’ – the fast growers – and the ‘have nots’ of SaaS than ever before. The ‘haves’, defined by growing quickly out of the gate and then maintaining 50% or faster revenue growth at significant scale, have seen their valuations skyrocket over the years.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I interviewed Michael about successful global marketing strategies. Stream the Episode Highlights From The Interview 1. Global SEO: The First Thing You Need to Verify One of the first things that Michael checks when he’s working with a new client that has a website translated into multiple languages is their hreflang tags.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

You’d probably work on growing your business, right? Maybe you’d spend it creating new marketing campaigns to generate more revenue. Regardless, the average small business owner spends five hours every pay period running payroll. The best payroll services exist to simplify the process of paying your employees.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Enter the platform company. Happy post lunch interview. This is Zach from Plaid and I guess … well, it’s interesting because you’re not a SaaS company, we’re at Saastr … but we’ll talk about what it’s like to not be a SaaS company at SaaStr. Zach : SaaS-ish. Ari : SaaS-ish.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In Today’s Episode We Discuss: * How Rob made his way into the world of SaaS as a product manager and how that led to his founding Salsify over 8 years ago. * How does Rob think about the bundled vs unbundled thesis within SaaS? When is it right for SaaS companies to turn down potential customers? Harry Stebbings. Rob Gonzalez.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Personalize customer communications based on user expectations. Build a consistent brand throughout every platform that your business has a presence on to ensure that the messaging is always aligned. To learn more about the Salesforce integration, get your free Userpilot demo today! Consistent branding.

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User Pilot

JULY 24, 2023

What is SaaS marketing? We’re all familiar with the basics of SaaS product marketing such as attracting users to a SaaS product with a subscription business model. That said, there are key differences between a SaaS marketing strategy and standard digital marketing. Personalizing the user experience.

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