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? Are you optimizing all possible Q4 sales opportunities for your software business? Below, we’ll cover: U.S. How FastSpring can help.

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Stax

MAY 30, 2024

Field service management software is a system that helps a company monitor and coordinate their employees’ activities off the company’s premises. The software allows managers to view and modify work schedules, orders, inventory, invoices, customer account records, and other records in the database.

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Payrix

MAY 14, 2024

When it comes to software, success doesn’t hinge on innovation alone. No one knows this better (or more intimately) than a software company Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Adam Tesan, CRO at Worldpay for Platforms, is a seasoned executive leader with decades of experience in sales, marketing, and revenue in the software space.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Small tweaks to your SaaS billing practices can make a huge impact on the customer experience. For example, Jon Torres — a digital marketing consultant specializing in SaaS commerce — noticed that, for some of his clients, refund requests spiked around renewal time. “It 7 growth hacks from the SaaS experts. Learn more here.

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User Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

Is your team struggling to determine the return on investment (ROI) of product marketing strategies? In this article, we’ll take a look at a few powerful marketing analytics software, focusing on their features and pricing. That, in turn, helps optimize your marketing strategies and budget allocation. User profiles on Userpilot.

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User Pilot

APRIL 8, 2024

Think about the last software application that you used for work. If it’s the latter, then you’ve already experienced what bottom-up SaaS is! Our guide explains what exactly bottom-up SaaS is and covers the main growth strategies and tactics used by bottom-up companies. Whose idea was it to buy it?

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User Pilot

MARCH 20, 2024

Software monetization can be complex to deal with. You can implement many software monetization strategies in your product, but picking the right one can be a challenge. This article will go through 13 software monetization solutions to help your software product create great revenue streams and drive product growth.

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Payrix

APRIL 24, 2024

Andy Meadows, the Head of Partner Success at Payrix joins host Ian Hillis to continue their conversation about building a successful Embedded Payments strategy. As the last episode of a four-part series on the topic, Andy and Ian tackle how software companies can minimize attrition and why it’s important to the payments conversation.

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SaaStr

MAY 6, 2024

My biggest take-away: there are barely more than 50 acquisitions of $50,000,000 or more, at least disclosed one, in software of U.S.-based But for founders, the bigger take away is that over the past decade, the amount of software M&A isn’t going up, even as the number of SaaS startups has exploded. By dollars, yes.

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Payrix

APRIL 10, 2024

User experience has become a cornerstone in shaping the world of SaaS. Your product is your bread and butter, and as a verticalized software company, you know just how important a tailored, industry-specific application is to your end user.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In case you missed it, our recent 2023 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report highlights how, whether your business focuses on B2C, B2B, or both , SaaS and software Q4 sales bumps are significant around the globe. Writers: World Anvil is a writing software, novel planner & worldbuilding app!

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 15, 2024

Will you be prepared for the SaaS AI revolution? Companies providing software as a service are under intense pressure to innovate since the global market for cloud services is projected to reach about $680 billion in 2024. More than 70% of SaaS companies are increasing their spending on AI, according to studies.

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FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your SaaS business?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Funnel tracking software can solve this problem. Unlike sales funnel software, funnel-tracking tools track numerous funnels such as goal completion, conversion , and review funnels. Hotjar is a sales funnel software solution that can drive funnel optimization. What is a funnel-tracking software solution?

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BetterCloud

APRIL 25, 2024

SaaS tools are fantastic, but keeping your tech stack from turning into a financial snowball can be tough. Let’s break down smart SaaS budgeting, so you can make your tech work for you, without blowing the bank. What is SaaS budgeting? Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the software you already pay for.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 29, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions are becoming increasingly popular among businesses as a means of streamlining operations and increasing productivity. To ensure a smooth integration of software as a service (SaaS) solutions with preexisting systems, we will discuss eight different strategies in this post.

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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. Our Guiding Principle: Our Software and SaaS Community Must Be Good for You in Order for It to Succeed.

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FastSpring

MARCH 9, 2022

Question: What’s the most important page on a software website — other than the homepage? 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. In this article, we’ll show you examples from a variety of SaaS pricing pages.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The fourth quarter is the most important quarter for software companies around the world. . We confirmed this by reviewing sales data from over 300 SaaS and software companies that use our billing platform. In November, software companies see 11% to 24% over the average monthly revenue. Average US SaaS and Software Sales.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 26, 2023

What is software ROI and how to measure it? TL;DR Software ROI, or Return on Investment , represents the financial and business benefits of implementing a software application while factoring in the cost of the investment. Calculating software ROI is crucial for informed decision-making for technology investments.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 1, 2023

If we assume some basic productivity gains in a typical SaaS company from AI in the next 12-24 months, how much more profitable will the business be? Sales development, content marketing, & software engineering strike me as the workstreams that will benefit immediately. Software engineering sees the greatest benefit.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. With many payment processors, you’ll need additional software to manage complex recurring payments, taxes, chargebacks, dunning, and more. 3 Subscription Management Software.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 27, 2021

We asked five SaaS and software companies what they did for existing customers around the holidays. In this piece, you’ll find successful strategies to reward customers, reduce churn, and increase their lifetime value. Gift subscriptions work well for MacKeeper, which makes cybersecurity software.

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SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2023

SaaS buying has changed. As buyers grapple with expanding technology, higher prices, and a need for efficiency, SaaS companies need to deliver what their audience is looking for to win in the market. SaaS Market Snapshot In Q1 of 2023, Vendr gathered data on SaaS Spending and yielded some pretty interesting results.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 7, 2024

That’s where email deliverability software comes in. Its significance to your outreach strategy cannot be understated. Today, we’ll look at how utilizing email delivery software can enhance your outreach plan. What is an Email Delivery Software? 7 Ways Email Deliverability Software Empowers Your Outreach Strategy 1.

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SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2024

With everything in AI moving so rapidly, what’s the best way to price Artificial Intelligence products or SaaS tools with custom AI features and integrations? It’s a real technical problem to solve for to keep your pricing and packaging strategy and execution strong. But pricing and packaging is a full company strategy.

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Payrix

MARCH 13, 2024

No matter your industry, keeping up with the latest technology and payments trends is essential for any software company looking to stay competitive and keep their customers satisfied. What can these financial and technology decision-maker perspectives tell us about the role of payments and the payments experience in software?

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Payrix

APRIL 2, 2024

A comprehensive Embedded Payments strategy isn’t complete without value added services. But, as a software platform, what value added services should you be considering? This episode is Part 3 of a multi-episode series on how to build a successful Embedded Payments strategy. Did you miss Part 1 and Part 2?

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FastSpring

APRIL 6, 2022

The first was about conversion optimization (CRO) for SaaS and software. Specifically, how Fred slashed it by 50% in a previous growth role at a software company. For example, here’s just one strategy Fred shared with me during our conversation: This is the “win-back period.” You can find that interview here ). .

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SaaStr

AUGUST 19, 2023

So our good friend Lloyed Lobo as part of his new book and series on Building Community did a deep dive with Jason on how SaaStr built the world’s largest community for business software — somewhat on accident: Why do some companies have loyal, cult-like followings while others blend into oblivion?

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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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Payrix

MARCH 12, 2024

Embedded Payments have become a popular initiative among vertical specific software companies looking to deliver a more seamless customer experience, introduce new revenue into the business, and stay competitive in today’s digital world. Putting together a winning strategy is tricky, but not impossible.

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Incredo

OCTOBER 8, 2019

What if I am starting out a business and don’t even have leads, not to mention SaaS customer acquisition strategy? But you should offer something valuable so that visitors become a lead and then a customer: demo version of your software, free trial, downloadable resources. And landing pages are a must for collecting user data.

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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. But what about pricing?

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The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A business that sells Software-As-A-Service knows how difficult it is to generate leads and then convert them. There are tons of marketing strategies that can be leveraged by companies to generate leads however not every strategy can fit all kinds of businesses. But why do you need it? But why do you need it?

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