FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Q4 sales numbers usually outperform the rest of the year thanks to year-end holidays and their associated shopping cycles — but how much does that trend carry over into software and SaaS sales? We’ve analyzed aggregate sales data to give you insights into just how important Q4 can be for your software, SaaS, or other digital goods business.

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FastSpring

APRIL 18, 2024

For many SaaS and software companies, international sales are a key part of their growth trajectories. These include how to account for local pricing and preferred local payment methods, varied buyer behaviors, how to display checkouts with local languages, and much more — all of which can be different for every country you want to sell into.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

So, of course when it came to revenue-driving activities, Ford knew that success in marketing—and business—wasn’t about how much your marketing spend is, but how efficiently you spend it. For modern Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, the automobile is replaced by primarily digital and cloud-based solutions and software.

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User Pilot

APRIL 21, 2024

Wondering how to build a conversion path for your SaaS product or e-commerce site? We also share examples of different conversion paths and optimization strategies. TL;DR A conversion path is a step-by-step process that guides prospects. A good conversion path makes the process frictionless. Let’s get to it!

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Stax

MARCH 6, 2024

For businesses offering subscriptions, memberships, retainers, and other recurring services, recurring billing is a powerful solution to streamline processes and ultimately enhance revenue generation. Almost everyone — 98% of consumers —has a streaming service subscription. 98% of consumers have a streaming service subscription.

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User Pilot

APRIL 3, 2024

TL;DR Product-led innovation emphasizes improving the product to attract customers, reducing reliance on marketing for growth. PLG and SLG differ in focus: PLG centers on product appeal for growth, while SLG relies on sales strategies and personal interactions. The market size is substantial enough to support your growth ambitions.

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FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

When you’re using a DIY payment solution like Stripe, making it work for your business falls on your developers. From testing out plugins to setting up new payment methods, maintaining Stripe can be very time-consuming. I interviewed him live on LinkedIn about four signs that SaaS companies have outgrown Stripe.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 30, 2021

These are very important questions to be asking, and show that we’ve gotten wise to some of the more questionable marketing tactics and business practices we’ve been subjected to over the decades. Unfortunately, this also means that our guard is up even when it comes to being sold a product or service that can actually help us.

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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

Mastering SaaS renewals’ best practices can transform a routine administrative task into a strategic opportunity to drive customer success and propel your business toward sustainable growth. TL;DR The SaaS renewal process involves a series of actions on/before the renewal date that lead to a customer’s renewal.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Many of the fundamental business models that were once engraved in the SaaS playbook are now changing thanks to a tougher macro environment and a maturing market. PST, Stephanie Opdam, Partner at Notion Capital, shares four business model changes that will allow SaaS companies to build resilience and staying power over time.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Angela: Why Global Payments? Jeff Sloan: Thanks for having me, Angela.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Wherever you are in your revenue journey, adopting certain growth strategies can help you keep growing fast. Joined by Katie Wickham, Payrix’s Director of Marketing, Butler shares essential tips on accelerating your business to $100 million ARR and beyond. . Spotlighting the success of an ICP-focused strategy . Form advocates.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

You may already be thinking about ways to reduce your expenses and shift your overall growth strategy. And Kurt believes that iterative pricing can be a highly effective strategy during volatile markets. And Kurt believes that iterative pricing can be a highly effective strategy during volatile markets.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Toast is the latest SaaS leader to get much more efficient in the past 12-18 months, along with monday.com, HubSpot, MongoDB, and many others. It’s not only rare(r) to see such explosive growth by a SaaS company, but to also watch Jonathan’s exciting career growth at the more senior levels within a hyper-growth company.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This article explores 15 strategies to help you achieve that. TL;DR A free trial is a sales strategy that allows prospective customers to use your product for a limited time. Types of free trial models in SaaS: opt-in and opt-out free trials, freemium , free trial after a demo, and free trial with gamified extensions.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

In the fast-paced business environment of today, it is imperative to comprehend the significance of SaaS renewal management. You run the risk of losing out on important opportunities if your contracts are set to automatically renew and you do not have a strong SaaS renewal management system. But there is still hope for you.

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FastSpring

MARCH 9, 2022

Because we have data from thousands of Saas and software websites. In this article, we’ll show you examples from a variety of SaaS pricing pages. No matter how you’re selling your SaaS products, you’ll find best practices to improve your pricing page for increased conversions. 7 SaaS pricing page examples. How do we know?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This article will walk you through 15 practical strategies to improve customer retention , boost loyalty, and ensure customer satisfaction. Provide great customer service to improve customer experience and make your products stand out. Why is retaining customers important in SaaS? What is a good customer retention rate in SaaS?

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Rushing to perform CRO audits without proper planning or a good strategy can skew your data and make you jump to the wrong conclusions. Step 1: Define your conversion points There are several conversion points in SaaS, each action bringing users closer to being paid customers or loyal users of your premium plans.

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The former tracks trends for software users , while a consumer behavior trend mainly refers to online shopping, such as buy-now-pay-later payment methods. Predictive analytics are driving business decisions such as product and marketing strategy. Personalized experiences are becoming standard in the SaaS world.

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Stax

JANUARY 28, 2024

This business model has now been adapted very well in the internet age, especially in the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and eCommerce industries. They were able to sign up for subscription-based services for things like groceries, cosmetics, clothing, etc. The alternative? What Is Recurring Billing?

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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. Trust the process.

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FastSpring

APRIL 11, 2022

What’s the ideal number of subscription tiers for a SaaS company? That’s not what we found when we studied the pricing plans of 50 best-in-class SaaS companies for our 2022 pricing pages report. From Zero to 23 Plans, Best-in-Class SaaS Companies Customize Their Subscription Options. And their packaging varied just as much.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A major issue that arises, especially in the B2B SaaS business model, is how to break into the upmarket market as startups develop into scaleups that are primarily focused on increasing their market capitalization. One of the most fundamental changes any startup can go through is entering this market niche.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Finding the right recurring payment system to process recurring invoices for your subscription-based business isn't easy. Aside from there being a multitude of options in the market, SaaS and subscription businesses often have a diverse and complex set of items that they need their chosen platform to check-off the list.

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Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

Invest in the right billing and subscription-management software to automate your workflows after carefully assessing three of the best options in the market. Understanding Paddle in 2024 Catering to more than 3000 SaaS clients in over 200 markets, Paddle is a market-leading billing and revenue management software.

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FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2024

Todd Harris knows how to leverage effective video game marketing strategies to get games in front of players. As the former COO and Co-Founder of Hi-Rez Studios, he spent 15 years making games and marketing them to gamers — with the studio’s games reaching 150 million players. (At

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

User adoption is essential for B2B SaaS companies, as it helps customers to learn about your product, adopt features , stick around, and nurture product growth. Here are four steps for building a user adoption strategy: Do customer research and create user personas. Add in-app video tutorials to make the onboarding process smooth.

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User Pilot

JULY 20, 2023

But you can turn all that around with the right strategies. TL;DR Voluntary churn happens when customers cancel or downgrade their subscriptions while involuntary churn happens when a customer can’t continue using a service for reasons that are partially or entirely out of their control, most of the time related to payment processing issues.

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User Pilot

JUNE 30, 2023

Content localization is absolutely essential for SaaS companies. It enables them to reach audiences across the globe to drive market expansion and product growth. Our article provides guidance for SaaS teams on how to effectively localize their content. The process includes translation. Let’s get right to it.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As a former agency owner, now the Chief Marketing Officer at FastSpring, David Vogelpohl has helped many software companies scale around the world. I interviewed him for insights into how to build a global growth strategy, especially when it comes to localization. Research what the opportunities are in these regions.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Paddle’s Senior Product Manager, Allissa Chan, and Chief Strategy Officer, Patrick Campbell, share their experience of scaling a bootstrapped startup. Allissa and Patrick believe that SaaS founders—bootstrapped or not—can pull six key levers to significantly impact their businesses. . Lever #1: Tactical retention. better at retention.

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User Pilot

JUNE 20, 2023

Cultivating user trust is critical to the success of any long-term product strategy. It is also one of the central goals of the user experience design process. It also explores 15 strategies that help UX designers build trust in potential users. Knowing their goals early on will enable you to steer them in the right direction.

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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. But marketing is only one of the reasons we’re doing this. We provide a service; you make money; repeat on autopilot.

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User Pilot

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Data is the backbone of modern marketing. It will also guide you through uncovering and harnessing these insights in your SaaS business. These insights help modern businesses understand customers, create targeted marketing campaigns, identify business opportunities, and enhance the customer experience.

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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

TL;DR Segmentation is a process of grouping customers by shared characteristics. A market segmentation survey is a market research tool. Customer segmentation enables teams to better understand customer needs and pain points and deliver personalized product experiences t o accommodate them. Book the demo to find out more!

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