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

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 20, 2020

Financial metrics can make or break an acquisition so it’s critical you understand them well. Think of financial metrics as your startup’s vital signs. The key growth metrics that indicate the top level health of your startup are MRR and ARR. Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). Know your numbers. Don’t skim this section.

Acquisition 105

Acquisition Startup Technical Review Scale 105

Chart Mogul

JANUARY 27, 2020

Flipsnack allows you to quickly and easily create a digital magazine, brochure, or similar document. Janina Moza, Flipsnack’s Marketing Manager, tells us how she and the rest of the team use ChartMogul to track revenue metrics and understand the impact of marketing and product initiatives.

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Revenue Sales Hiring Subscription Payment Features 52

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

MeetEdgar credits Twitter chats for a boost to their metrics and dishes us the goods on how we can obtain similar growth. most leaders aren’t focusing on what are arguably the most important metrics: email deliverability and quality relevance. An Apple Subscription? And we're right on board there with them. In headlines.

Subscription 56

Subscription Payment Features Government Banking 56

Chart Mogul

AUGUST 20, 2020

Financial metrics can make or break an acquisition so it’s critical you understand them well. Think of financial metrics as your startup’s vital signs. The key growth metrics that indicate the top level health of your startup are MRR and ARR. Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). Know your numbers. Don’t skim this section.

Acquisition 52

Acquisition Startup Technical Review Scale 52

Unbounce

JUNE 10, 2021

For example, a CPA for your app could be a download, and a CPA for a magazine could be a subscription. For example, your main conversion metric might be a purchase , but what you’re actually trying to measure is your cost per landing page view.

Marketing 141

Marketing Acquisition Strategy B2B 141

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Daily deal and subscription sites are great examples of business models that can thrive on Facebook. Research which magazines and blogs your customers read, who they follow on Twitter, and which related products they buy. Instead, create ads targeting DJ publications like DJ Magazine and Mixmag. Performance Tracking.

Advertising 144

Advertising Web Development Web Developers Business Model 144

The Angel VC

MARCH 4, 2012

These templates are usually very detailed on the costs side, listing everything from magazine subscriptions to stationary and postage, but the revenue projection is just one line – a pure estimate that is coming out of nowhere. Parkinson's Law of Triviality comes to mind!

Software Review 127

Software Review Banking Startup Subscription 127

TriTuns

JANUARY 21, 2020

*This is an updated version of the article , “The Big Bold Future Of SaaS Growth Is Customer Success” that I originally published on Software Executive Magazine in May 2019. When subscription software first came on the scene, many people naively assumed that it was just another revenue model for the vendor.

SaaS 71

SaaS Underperforming Technical Team Customer Success Business Model 71

TriTuns

JANUARY 21, 2020

*This is an updated version of the article , “The Big Bold Future Of SaaS Growth Is Customer Success” that I originally published on Software Executive Magazine in May 2019. When subscription software first came on the scene, many people naively assumed that it was just another revenue model for the vendor.

SaaS 71

SaaS Underperforming Technical Team Customer Success Business Model 71

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

Customer Success was barely a discipline when Anthony joined Gainsight, but thanks to the rise of SaaS and subscription-based business models more generally, where retaining and providing value to your existing customers is a non-negotiable, the category has exploded. Metrics haven’t been established to analyze your progress.

Scale 112

Scale Sales Recruiting Marketplace as a Service Sales Hiring 112

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Here are five quick takeaways: In 2011, Forbes Magazine called RealtimeBoard (Miro’s previous iteration) “a virtual whiteboard on steroids” We chatted to Andrey about this description to see if the shoe still fits today. John: Have you actually tracked those “aha” moments to activation metrics?

Consulting 249

Consulting Marketplace as a Service Scale Development 249

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

So I think most of my exposure to marketing was magazines, it was billboards, it was TV and I think I just loved the creativity of it, the storytelling elements of it. And that was around the time that I left and then since then HubSpot has built an invoice generator and a bunch of other things. And I loved that it just was so public.

Sales Hiring 131

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Software Review 131

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 1, 2019

The new SaaS model is subscription revenue-driven, which begs the question: what is a conversion today? It’s not just SaaS; subscriptions are taking over. And that’s not even the only one from Japan; there’s actually at least 18 different Japan subscription boxes. ” And that’s probably the biggest shift.

Retention 223

Retention Onboarding Subscription Payment Features 223

Neil Patel

MARCH 16, 2021

For example, Videofruit once offered a prize of a 10-year subscription to Leadpages , an industry-leading landing page service. The featured incentive is a simple, straightforward way to immediately increase your subscription rate. Install a pop-up script or plugin Write a few lines of copy Watch your subscription rates jump.

Marketing 133

Marketing Subscription Payment Features Branding 133

SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2020

And so we had to change all our display ads, all our magazine ads, you name it. Most travel tech companies are usage based, do you think we will start seeing more subscription-based? So if you’re subscription based and I’m not using you and I’m paying you, I think that model actually in this time is not great.

Travel 176

Travel Marketing Scale Outsourcing Services 176

ProfitWell

JUNE 7, 2020

Businesses track dozens—sometimes even hundreds—of different metrics to determine what marketing efforts are most effective. The problem is, it can be overwhelming to track so many different metrics. And sometimes it might not be clear what caused a specific metric to change. Do your social media ads actually drive sales?

Churn 83

Churn Payments Scale Underperforming Technical Team 83

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) is the value of contracted, often subscription-based revenues normalized for one calendar year. It is called Annual Contract Value (ACV) when annualized and Average Purchase Value (APV) when the revenue derived is not subscription-based. Monthly Recurring Revenue. Gatekeeper. Mid-market.

Scale 99

Scale Payment Methods Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments 99

User Pilot

AUGUST 15, 2023

Although the subscription model is the preferred SaaS option, you’ll still have some questions to answer. Press releases: Leverage (or create) relationships with newspapers, magazines, and other online publications to broadcast your launch. In SaaS, this often refers to customers who immediately renew their subscription plan.

ChatGPT 82

ChatGPT SaaS Payments Marketing Social Media 82

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The closest thing is browsing a magazine, which are monthly subscriptions. They have to transact to get value, so that’s the key metric. So, we decided our frequency target, at first, should be monthly. For Pinterest, it was very similar. What is the offline action that Pinterest is replacing?

Onboarding 194

Onboarding Retention Education Acquisition 194

Backlinkfy

JULY 30, 2019

Capture: The process of securing payments from a payment process after an authorization. Long Tail: Posited in the October 2004 issue of Wired Magazine, the Long Tail is Chris Anderson’s idea that markets and marketplaces, especially online, are moving away from mainstream, broad-appeal products toward niche products.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 40

Neil Patel

MARCH 11, 2023

You can also monitor metrics such as average open and click rate, as well as your average email subscribe and unsubscribe rates. The platform allows you to customize your content by adding background colors and logos, and push your content using visual stories and virtual subscriptions. Plus you can track them. Check out GetResponse.

Content Marketing 114

Content Marketing Marketing Social Media Scale 114

ProfitWell

JULY 15, 2019

In 1982, an editor at PC Magazine, Andrew Fluegelman, wrote a communications program called PC-Talk. PC Magazine , perhaps unsurprisingly given its editor, said PC-Talk "is elegantly written and performs beautifully. We’ve got words like subscription, ad supported, license, and ASP, that are well understood.

Pricing 41

Pricing Business Model Cloud Venture Capital 41

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Cassie spent the first pre-SaaS chapter of her tech career in growth roles in subscription and marketplace businesses (TheLadders.com, GLG). are just as critical as understanding the fundamental SaaS metrics such as LTV/CAC, payback, etc. What is one a-ha moment you’ve had in your sales career?

Scale 130

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring VP of Engineering 130

Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Examples of reputable sites to guest post on might be Forbes, Entrepreneur, Smashing Magazine, etc. While you still want to focus most of your efforts on building your email list , offering an RSS feed subscription improves user experience by giving privacy-conscious people another option for subscribing to you.

Social Media 141

Social Media Outsourcing Services Engineering Content Marketing 141