SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

What you’ll see in that cloud spend box is actually Gartner’s 2020 estimate for infrastructure as a service spending for companies, which was $50 billion. And if you also look at the platform as a service category, that’s also an additional $50 billion of spend, and that’s typically with those same vendors.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As someone who has spent a lot of time building marketplaces in my career, a curious thing has happened over the last couple years. Founders have started reaching out asking for help converting their SAAS or SAAS-like business into a marketplace. I’ve helped their business, but they’re asking for help driving more customers.

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Subscription Flow

APRIL 18, 2024

How do you keep increasing your revenue in a marketplace that has reached its point of saturation? In such a scenario, what subscription-based businesses like these dating apps usually do is they redirect their energies into improving their customer lifetime value by reworking their customer engagement model.

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2022

How do you make your fledgling business seen and heard in a competitive business marketplace? The Shield: Owning market consensus. Investors will invest in your business if: You have a strong brand. From being a company no one knew, Expensify went on to buy every sponsorship spot at marketing conferences across the country.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. RD Station is an inbound marketing platform targeted at small and medium-size businesses. from Astella Investimentos, Spectra Investments and others. Founded : 2011.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Beyond Finance: Why Embracing Monetization as a Cross-Functional Discipline Changes the Game By BluLogix Team Redefining the Role of Monetization in Modern Businesses In the swiftly evolving digital marketplace, the concept of monetization extends far beyond the confines of the finance department.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We typically classify SaaS companies in terms of three customer segments, enabling us to better evaluate their needs: Small/Mid-Market (SMM). In this article, one in a series of three covering each of these SaaS customer categories, we will focus exclusively on Small/Mid-Market SaaS companies. SMM SaaS Go-To-Market Strategy.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

For businesses leveraging subscription models and agile monetization strategies, harnessing the power of analytics is not just an advantage— it’s essential. This segmentation enables tailored subscription offerings and personalized marketing, increasing conversion rates and customer loyalty.

Strategy 52

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FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

Across markets, companies were “taking big data sets and visualizing them in interesting ways to create user experiences.” 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. Experience is the keyword here. Justin explained.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This blog post delves into advanced strategies that can help subscription services foster deeper connections with their customers, thereby improving retention rates and fostering brand loyalty. Tailor experiences, from onboarding to customer service, ensuring each subscriber feels uniquely valued.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Congratulations you’ve built a product that’s proven itself in the marketplace! I’m talking about product-led growth as an investment strategy, but really my background is 10 years of operating experience in the product-led growth world. Now I’m investing in that. After that I went and led go-to-market at Parse.

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TrackStreet

APRIL 26, 2024

In a competitive industry for a specific type of product or service, businesses often engage in pricing wars that lead to a steady decrease in the value of goods. Pricing erosion refers to the steady and ongoing drop in the prices of products or services within a particular market or industry. What usually causes it?

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This award is earned by software products and companies that provide best-in-class customer service products and experiences for their customers. This is ChurnZero’s second time appearing on one of G2’s Best Software lists, earning its place this year thanks to its mission of helping subscription businesses fight customer churn.

Software Review 98

Software Review Technical Review Software Marketplace as a Service 98

Baremetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

Bookkeeping: What not to do When I first started my online B2B business, my “bookkeeping” consisted of keeping all invoices in a pickle jar along with an apology to my accountant every year. SaaS metrics with Baremetrics But what if you have too many receipts and invoices to be able to do that? That’s where Baremetrics comes in.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Business 105

User Pilot

MARCH 20, 2024

The subscription model offers ongoing access for a fee, ensuring updates and steady income. The product model monetizes user-generated data for targeted marketing , creating revenue without direct charges. The open-source model creates revenue by charging for beyond-the-basics services. Product usage analytics with Userpilot.

Software 59

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Buffer Resources

MAY 2, 2024

Personal investment on an emotional level makes your goals more meaningful. These niches include:   Making money online, digital marketing, personal finance, educational content (tutorials, courses, lectures, etc.),   Why does this achievement matter to you? tech, cars, and gadgets. 

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 20, 2022

Customer success tools stand out in the accelerating marketplace because they can provide outputs according to the requirement at different growth stages and the corresponding strategies for improvement. So that you never miss renewals and invoices, especially when you have a monthly subscription. Early-stage SaaS.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

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. According to Statista, B2B sales are now 6X larger than the business-to-consumer (B2C) market. As of 2019, B2B ecommerce sales globally have surpassed $12 trillion in revenue.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 22, 2018

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. The difference now is how important and meaningful the subscription model has become to the national economic engine. What has changed?

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SaaSOptics

MAY 22, 2018

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. The difference now is how important and meaningful the subscription model has become to the national economic engine. What has changed?

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Subscription Payment Features Technical Review Airlines 40

OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

Just six Cloud companies listed on the Bessemer Nasdaq Cloud Index each are valued at over $100B, and together currently represent a market capitalization well over $1trillion. The growth stages are defined as: Early Stage – Product/Market Fit Stage, . Growth Stage – Scaling the Business, and . Usage Fee-Based ARR.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This award is earned by software products and companies that provide best-in-class customer service products and experiences for their customers. This is ChurnZero’s second time appearing on one of G2’s Best Software lists, earning its place this year thanks to its mission of helping subscription businesses fight customer churn.

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Software Marketplace as a Service 52

OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The shift to cloud-based subscription models is creating even more value in a thriving sector. But while software’s success in the marketplace has lifted the valuations of software companies, our analysis suggests that some firms may still be undervalued. Sticky after all. Four ways to drive value.

Software Review 52

Software Review DevOps as a Service Software Underperforming Technical Team 52

ChurnZero

MAY 17, 2022

EY, TrustRadius, G2, SIIA CODiE, and APPEALIE have recognized ChurnZero’s platform, team, and customers in areas ranging from technological innovation and customer success services to the strategic vision of its senior leaders. ChurnZero has quickly become one of Washington, D.C.’s For more information visit [link].

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

When building your products, the security and privacy of your customers’ data needs to be a top priority. And that is also true when selling and marketing your product, particularly with the arrival of GDPR, which has brought the issue of data security and privacy to widespread public awareness. Invest in your security program.

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

He also shares insights about how Cognota is maintaining ownership over the category they created while encouraging dialogue and collaboration in the market. It really took a few pivots, and even name changes to get just the go to market efforts and product market fit right. And that was particularly even more true for Cognota.

Payment Solutions 111

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 111

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 13, 2022

These companies might have introduced a new usage limit for their free plan or for an entry-level paid subscription, for example, rather than testing a more disruptive pay-as-you-go offering. Plus companies face significant change management hurdles if they choose to migrate their legacy subscription customers onto a new pricing model. .

Pricing 82

Pricing Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

For startups, the speaker suggests focusing on how AI can drive customer acquisition and go-to-market strategy, while for large companies, creating a vision for AI is important, as well as focusing on infrastructure and skillsets and reshaping governance to deal with security and compliance issues.

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SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2020

The true test of marketers. Marketing leaders must focus their teams on the areas that will drive revenue while they cut costs – the biggest impact for the business. We’re going through layoffs and furloughs, recession planning and for me as the CMO, facing really massive cuts to marketing budgets and headcount.

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How To Buy Saas

JULY 26, 2021

It offers you the best of services including Expert HR. CoSchedule is the best startup tool because it’s an all-in-one marketing tool that helps your team manage your content marketing calendar, social media shares, overall marketing strategy, and projects with one tool. SEO Marketing Tools. CoSchedule.

Payment Methods 52

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Who creates an online marketing strategy that’s consistent with company goals and objectives? For the most part, the role of an Ecommerce Manager is very similar to that of any marketing manager. The overall business strategy should guide every digital marketing decision. Who makes sure all your online transactions run smoothly?

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. Total Addressable Market Total addressable market (TAM) is an economic framework to understand the potential revenue available for a product or service.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Whereas Facebook’s overall vision relies heavily on third-party developers having access to user data, Workplace wants to be the app that’s connected to all your other apps and a highly curated marketplace that has the best SaaS applications in the world. It’s important to find your niche. They brought 140,000 employees to the platform.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 2, 2016

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. With customers coming to their (virtual) doorstep, these cloud companies are free to scale at their own pace, expanding sales and their reach in the marketplace.

Outsourcing Services 111

Outsourcing Services SMB Acquisition Scale 111

SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

Not only is it one of the main drivers of revenue growth for early-stage companies, but it’s a primary goal for SaaS businesses across market stages. For subscription-based SaaS businesses, your customer acquisition metrics indicate how effectively you acquire new users via sales, marketing, or a product-led approach like a free trial.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

But to get the most out of WordPress, you need an excellent hosting service. Then there’s security, 24/7 support, plugin support… the list goes on. Pick a theme or design for your website by visiting the Bluehost marketplace. a year) SiteLock Security Essentials (starting from $23.88 Pay the Subscription Money.

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