SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

268: Ryan Bonnici is the CMO @ G2, the company that allows you to get the right software and services for your business with over 897,000 user reviews to help you make smarter buying decisions. I noticed you were on our pricing page and just wanted to see if you wanted to chat about anything.” And they still do today.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

Jason : And two things, I founded EchoSign because we had SMBs and enterprise customers. The SMBs during the recession churned at a massive rate, right? Our monthly self-service churn went from like 3% to like 9%, right? SMB numbers are harder to get with, but it’s like 60 or 70 for SMBs. We were wrong.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

These materials will take you from the basics SaaS Metrics — 101 to more advanced topics like Go-To-Market and Product-Led Growth (PLG). Here is a comprehensive list of SaaS blogs that goes through the most common metrics and terms. Only a handful of metrics really matter. I’ve tried – just ask my in laws.

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SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

Also, don’t miss out on discounted prices for SaaStr Annual 2020 tickets. What we try to do is this integration between two or three companies to be so flawless that for the customer seems like it’s only one application, but you are taking advantage of the best E-mail service, the best chat service, the best voice service.

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Unbounce

JUNE 16, 2020

especially for SMB SaaS startups. These are often built with agencies, consultants, and managed-service-providers (MSPs) in mind. These partners resell your product and benefit from offering ongoing services, usually on a retainer basis. Tom Tunguz, Venture Capitalist at Redpoint. Reseller Programs.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 23, 2020

HubSpot CRM – Best free marketing CRM Really Simple Systems – Best free sales CRM Agile CRM – Best free customer service CRM Flowlu – Best for SMB finance Apptivo – Best for basic business management. If you outgrow your free CRM software, is the next pricing tier still within budget?

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Brian Balfour

JANUARY 4, 2017

I recently wrote about the most common mistakes with CAC (customer acquisition cost) that can derail growth efforts before you even get started because CAC is a metric that's foundational to growth strategy. Making CAC truly useful as an operating metric comes down to segmenting. Average marketing/sales cycle is less than 30 days.

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Hitenism

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Work backwards from there to get your pricing model and acquisition channels. SMB-focused companies often find growth by going upmarket. A homepage, pricing page and thank you page. In 2017, companies will find success by getting back to basics and focusing on the “service” part of Software as a Service.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

And we’re constantly aligning the metrics in that business plan back to the technology and understanding which dials we need to turn, which types of implementational product feature functions do we need to use that will directly equate to these types of things. So it starts there. That business case becomes the success plan, right?

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

Also, there is focus on changing terms to try and close and accelerate deals, reducing time commitment requirements for contracts, pricing minimums to get to a yes more quickly, and then also focusing on cash and cash collections by building more efficiency in that process. It’s the SMB space. We learned from that early on.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Previously they may have only spent $1,000 when buying a SaaS service online. Now the services have matured where buyers are spending 20x in online services is relatively comfortable. There are three clear tell-tale signs; INCREASE IN PRICE – Instead of $24,000 in ARR you start winning clients at $48,000 ARR.

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SaaStr

JULY 26, 2019

In 2008 Leah founded TaskRabbit, the leading on-demand service marketplace in the world. ” Is it SMB or is it Enterprise? You make that decision based on the fact that your profile fits either an SMB or Enterprise. Then, you can decide, is it a high volume play in the SMB? Harry Stebbings: Totally get you.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Or how the customer service team is going to deal with companies that aren’t renewing as planned? Where sales rep productivity’s maybe slightly more challenging to predict in the early days, or in marketplaces where actually you have to project your mindset out many years, three to five years to really see those unit economics.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The best products, services, and ideas are nothing without a way to turn them into currency, and sellers are a big part of making commerce happen. Cassie spent the first pre-SaaS chapter of her tech career in growth roles in subscription and marketplace businesses (TheLadders.com, GLG). Anita Nielsen. Anne Slough. Beth Sunshine.

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