FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

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. Look for existing ecosystems of websites, communities and social presence that exist in that geography around your topic. “So

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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 Casey’s last essay, he covered the differences between regular SaaS companies and SaaS-like Networks. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

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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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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Before reading through yet another “Top-29 SaaS billing platforms” feature comparison post, decide how you want the billing tool to play with the rest of your operations stack. This post is part of an ongoing series for SaaS founders and CEOs on setting up their financial stack in a scalable manner. You want the right tool for the job.

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User Pilot

JUNE 20, 2023

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. Ultimately, your choice of testing method will depend on your goals, product development stage, and more.

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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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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

Inaccurate, packed with "filler," or completely AI-generated — bad B2B (business-to-business) content is easy to spot and even easier to find online. "  B2B brands can follow Dock’s lead by reaching out to their customers and internal teams to find experts who might want to showcase their points of view.

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Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

If you’re looking the best online payment processor, you've likely come across options including Stripe and Zuora. Wide Range of Payment Options Stripe helps companies take their business international, with support for over 135 currencies. Both power a wide range of companies, but which is the best for your business?

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Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Asking “what’s the typical commission for SaaS salesperson?” is like asking “how expensive should I price my SaaS product?” what factors to consider before defining your SaaS sales commission percentage. We will share 8 ideas on how to increase your sales team’s productivity and help them close more deals. See below!

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User Pilot

JANUARY 31, 2023

In SaaS, you can grow your revenue only if your churn rate is low, so retaining at-risk customers is crucial. The main factors contributing to at-risk customers include poor onboarding process , lack of product value perception, lousy customer support, unfixed bugs, and no learning materials, resource center, and FAQs.

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Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Asking “what’s the typical commission for SaaS salesperson?” is like asking “how expensive should I price my SaaS product?” what factors to consider before defining your SaaS sales commission percentage 4. and finally figure out how much that SaaS sales salary should be. In the end, a bonus section is waiting for you!

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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. 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.

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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 Set up a demo or try it out for yourself.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains. Now that was something you found online and bought in person. My name is David Vogelpohl.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Know who is the foundation of your product and build your product for that user (in Stripe’s case, developers). I’m an execution person.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Your SaaS company likely uses a CRM and/or payment processing software, and the data required to compute these core metrics can be all over the place. Integrating innovative software that can cull MRR values from CRM and payment processing systems is a valuable shortcut. Here too, Baremetrics can do all this for you.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Customer behavior analysis helps you identify the most valuable users and personalize your marketing strategy to reach them. Discover user segments with the highest revenue and customer lifetime value to replicate their journey with similar users. Poor customer service — leads to negative word-of-mouth, dissatisfaction, and churn.

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Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

Inaccurate, packed with "filler," or completely AI-generated — bad B2B (business-to-business) content is easy to spot and even easier to find online. "  B2B brands can follow Dock’s lead by reaching out to their customers and internal teams to find experts who might want to showcase their points of view.

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Chargify

MARCH 25, 2019

But some software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies struggle with how to sell subscriptions. To help, we’ve put together a list of the four strategies that are key to selling SaaS. The best SaaS products are as enjoyable to use as your favorite consumer-facing products. Have a Trial or Freemium Offer.

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SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Dare I say SaaS. Our team is in Room 111. They were self taught developers. Payments has been around for thousands of years.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

Anyone managing a SaaS or subscription business is aware of customer churn. The benchmark customer churn for SaaS for SMBs is 5%. Transitioning to SaaS On January 1st 2020, we transitioned the company out of a strategic partnership (we were operating the platform under a non SaaS business model!).

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FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

But the support team are responsible for first response times, for things like NPS, whereas what we’re responsible for is, ultimately, outcomes.” Product teams can better improve and develop products when customer success has helped identify what customers need. What was the first thing you bought online?

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ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

Payment processing. 10 of the best subscription business tools for SaaS products. Almost half (49%) of American consumers switched companies in 2019 due to poor customer service. Subscription businesses do a lot of onboarding, especially if they’re a SaaS business. Some examples of common pain points include: Churn.

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

Ryan Austin had VP-level experience in training when he decided to start a consulting business to help enterprise-level companies with their corporate learning and development initiatives. Ryan and his team noticed so many inefficiencies across the L&D workflows. “It There are now over 150 enterprise companies using the platform.

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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 Casey’s last essay, he covered the differences between regular SaaS companies and SaaS-like Networks. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 28, 2020

If you’re running a subscription or SaaS business, you know that at the end of the day your chief metric is monthly recurring revenue (MRR). MRR gives your company that forward looking measurement and predictive revenue to actually grow your business. You may be thinking, “How bad can it be?” Think about that.

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ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Today, eBay may be looking to subscription to amp up its ecommerce reach. Plus, Pipe, a B2B SaaS financial platform, raises $6 million. We know and love eBay as the classic ecommerce platform that’s nailed it in that space since the 90s. The survey asked directly if the seller would use a store level between Premium and Anchor.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 15, 2022

Bad timing sticks out a mile.”. If your Customer Success (CS) teams doesn’t possess ESP, you need tools to identify a customer’s buying signals, usage behavior, and ROI to break the endless cycle of trial and error with your expansion outreach. As the team expanded, so too did the need for automated, scalable processes and engagements.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 17, 2018

In this guide, I will teach you the fundamentals of Lead Qualification for inbound and outbound sales development, and give you actionable steps you can take to maximize your Revenue per Lead. Sales and Marketing Alignment is a trending topic and the role of Sales Development has been growing fast. What Is Lead Qualification?

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. We’ll look at the strengths of each type of sales, why you need both of them in your team, and how to determine the best balance for your organization. What is inside sales? What is outside sales.

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SmartKarrot

AUGUST 11, 2021

The same is true for companies who are dealing in SaaS products. The lifeblood of the SaaS business is its customers. You need to put in countless hours of research and development, relentless marketing campaigns, and tireless sales effort to earn a paying customer. And nearly 60% switch companies based on poor customer service.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

As for Krish, under Krish’s leadership the team has grown to over 300 people and over 5,000 clients making it one of the next generation in truly global SaaS businesses started in India. First, what is continuous customer development? Does it have to be in person? Loving our podcast content?

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Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

Company C was funded by pre-orders from customers, a friends and family round, and then through revenue-based financing for a period of time. Choosing the right combination of funding for your business is just as fundamental as choosing the right co-founders (or not), the right market, the right product, and the right team.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JULY 11, 2022

This trip begins for the majority of SaaS products when a user clicks a “cancel subscription” button of some sort. Perhaps they changed course, entered a new industry, or simply encountered problems with generating enough revenue and had to reduce expenses. What is offboarding? The route includes account churn.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This builds on the first essay in the series of how there has been an increase in interest of SAAS-like models interested in becoming marketplaces over time. In that essay , we also talked about how a more common route for a SaaS business is to become a platform. Integration platforms are ubiquitous in SaaS.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. Grew to over a hundred million dollars in revenue in five years. Actually, two.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Average Revenue per Customer. So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising.

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