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Got a crawling, indexing, or site-wide ranking problem? SEO traffic isn’t just about having the right content. One wrong technical SEO setting can bring your entire site down. And many technical errors are so obscure that they go unnoticed for years. MORE
Last month I presented Unlearning As You Scale at Costanoa Ventures 2020 Costanoa CEO UnSummit. In response to several requests for a live recording of the presentation, I sat down this weekend and recorded the following. MORE
Hi there, I hope all of you had a great weekend, and for those who celebrated Thanksgiving, I hope you got some additional rest and relaxation. We are almost at the end of this special weird year moving swiftly towards 2021. MORE
Studying how people use video search to find the content they want is an essential but often neglected area of marketing. When we understand how video search engines work, we can begin to devise marketing strategies around this traffic source. MORE
Despite the role that CEOs, CTOs, and product managers play in a startup’s success, finance is the only department in a SaaS startup that touches every part of the customer journey. MORE
Loyal customers are one of the most valuable assets a company can have. Not only does customer loyalty equal a higher lifetime value as compared to short-term clientele, but long-term customers boost brand image and are more likely to provide word-of-mouth advertising to their peers. MORE
Start-ups aren’t democracies, no matter what some employees may think. The CEO is the CEO, and the founders are the founders. But start-ups also aren’t IBM or Cisco. Or even, anything like DropBox or Slack or Box or Hubspot, not organizationally at least. MORE
By subscribing to Shopify’s e-commerce platform, Shopify customers can harness the platform’s shopping cart solution to sell, ship, and manage products. Founded in 2004, the e-commerce platform now reports an annual gross merchandise volume exceeding $61 billion and has over 500,00 merchants. MORE
Ever have one of those days where as soon as you send an email, you immediately get a new one? And then you get another. And another. It feels like you’ll never be able to catch up. We’ve been there. MORE
When it comes to sales forecasting , it’s a simple truth: if you can see what’s coming, you can prepare and react accordingly. In many cases, you can even change future results before they become foregone conclusions. . MORE
Finding a digital marketing service can be a sticky web of confusion if you don’t know what you’re looking for. It’s like going to the mall to shop but having no idea what you want—you’ll quickly become frustrated or waste money on something you really didn’t need. Digital marketing is no different. MORE
A ways back, we did an extremely popular post entitled, Hire the Right Type of VP Marketing or You’ll Just End Up With a Bunch of Blue Pens with Your Logo On Them. MORE
If you missed episode 137, check it out here: Team Selling: A Comeback Story for 2021 with Trish Bertuzzi. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher. Show Agenda and Timestamps. Show Introduction [00:01]. Who is Jake Sorofman and what is MetaCX?[2:00]. 2:00]. MORE
What is the minimum projected annual revenue in the exit year and projected exit valuation for a startup to be investable from a VC? For most “traditional” U.S. MORE
It’s been six hours of driving but you’re almost there. You’ve always wanted to visit the Grand Canyon and finally said “the heck with it,” hopped in the car and took off. But, in all your excitement you forgot to pack your phone charger. You’re about 20 minutes away when your phone dies. MORE
So this 5 Interesting Learnings post is a bit bittersweet. We’ve recently checked in with a bunch of our Cloud and SaaS favorites as they cross $1B in ARR: 5 Interesting Learnings from Zendesk. As It Crosses $1B in ARR. 5 Interesting Learnings from HubSpot as It Approaches $1 Billion in ARR. MORE
Developer relations, or DevRel, is a critical element of any SaaS growth strategy. Done right, DevRel can deliver an almost unassailable advantage. MORE
Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. What would it be like for your business to never miss another call? Nothing scares away new business like hard-to-reach customer service or disorganized sales calls. MORE
The internet is becoming bigger or wider in today’s era, and many companies are now taking advantage of the benefits that the World Wide Web gives to their business. MORE
It seems like every week there’s a new article about how people don’t use Facebook anymore. You may hear that it’s only for “old people,” that it’s not relevant, that brands are abandoning it. Thing is, that’s just not supported by the user data. MORE
Are you missing out on a huge section of your target audience? If you’re not using live streaming to engage with your followers, then you might be. The numbers behind live streaming are impressive , and if you’re not already, you should be incorporating this medium into your marketing strategy. MORE
Webinars are a quick and easy way to find out more about a topic especially if you don’t know where to start. As we have a large library of on-demand webinar content in our Resources center , we often get asked by customers, which ones are the most popular and must-see to get caught up on. MORE
Great communities make great companies, and community-building is now part of a broader shift in B2B businesses towards bottom-up growth. MORE
There’s a fun — and very lucrative and rewarding — exercise I like to go through with most of the startups I work with. It’s goes like this: First, who’s your largest customer? Now, do you have a prospect in the pipeline that’s somewhat similar? You do? Great. MORE
“It’s the Finals. It’s hard. It’s supposed to be hard.” ” After Game 2 of the NBA Finals said them to Steph Curry as they walked through the tunnel to the locker room after a loss. What’s true for basketball is also true for startups - at least in this case. With all the news of unicorns and IPOs and acquisitions driven by the broader market, teams can fall into a trap to think building a startup into a success is easier for others. MORE
Q: How long does it usually take to close a deal in SaaS? Ok here’s a really rough set of timelines to how long it takes to close an Opportunity in SaaS: So: A $5k deal, or say $499 a month, can often be closed in a call or two. MORE
Q: What are the main responsibilities of an average venture capitalist? Let’s break it down a bit. General Partners at VC firms have to: Raise capital. Yes, VCs themselves have to raise the money they invest. If you are top tier firm, with a long track record, this often can be done easily. MORE
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
There’s a fun — and very lucrative and rewarding — exercise I like to go through with most of the startups I work with. It’s goes like this: First, who’s your largest customer? Now, do you have a prospect in the pipeline that’s somewhat similar? You do? Great.
The Daily Egg
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Finding a digital marketing service can be a sticky web of confusion if you don’t know what you’re looking for. It’s like going to the mall to shop but having no idea what you want—you’ll quickly become frustrated or waste money on something you really didn’t need. Digital marketing is no different.
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InsightSquared
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
When it comes to sales forecasting , it’s a simple truth: if you can see what’s coming, you can prepare and react accordingly. In many cases, you can even change future results before they become foregone conclusions. .
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Are you missing out on a huge section of your target audience? If you’re not using live streaming to engage with your followers, then you might be. The numbers behind live streaming are impressive , and if you’re not already, you should be incorporating this medium into your marketing strategy.
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In today’s climate, it’s more important than ever for SaaS companies to build rock-solid financial models on which they can operate and make key business decisions. The teams at SaaSOptics and Burkland have teamed up to create a comprehensive guide to the most difficult aspect of financial modeling: revenue forecasting.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
A ways back, we did an extremely popular post entitled, Hire the Right Type of VP Marketing or You’ll Just End Up With a Bunch of Blue Pens with Your Logo On Them.
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Totango
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Hi there, I hope all of you had a great weekend, and for those who celebrated Thanksgiving, I hope you got some additional rest and relaxation. We are almost at the end of this special weird year moving swiftly towards 2021.
Tomasz Tunguz
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
“It’s the Finals. It’s hard. It’s supposed to be hard.” ” After Game 2 of the NBA Finals said them to Steph Curry as they walked through the tunnel to the locker room after a loss. What’s true for basketball is also true for startups - at least in this case. With all the news of unicorns and IPOs and acquisitions driven by the broader market, teams can fall into a trap to think building a startup into a success is easier for others.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 1, 2020
We’ve talked a lot on SaaStr about the damage a bad VP of Sales can do. They often make things much worse than they were before — and burn a year and half of your capital doing it.
Neil Patel
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
It seems like every week there’s a new article about how people don’t use Facebook anymore. You may hear that it’s only for “old people,” that it’s not relevant, that brands are abandoning it. Thing is, that’s just not supported by the user data.
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Does your analytics solution work with your current tech stack and DevOps practices? If not, any update to the analytics could increase deployment complexity and become difficult to maintain. Learn the 5 elements of a DevOps-friendly embedded analytics solution.
Totango
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Loyal customers are one of the most valuable assets a company can have. Not only does customer loyalty equal a higher lifetime value as compared to short-term clientele, but long-term customers boost brand image and are more likely to provide word-of-mouth advertising to their peers.
Sales Hacker
DECEMBER 1, 2020
If you missed episode 137, check it out here: Team Selling: A Comeback Story for 2021 with Trish Bertuzzi. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast. We’re on iTunes. And on Stitcher. Show Agenda and Timestamps. Show Introduction [00:01]. Who is Jake Sorofman and what is MetaCX?[2:00]. 2:00].
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
Start-ups aren’t democracies, no matter what some employees may think. The CEO is the CEO, and the founders are the founders. But start-ups also aren’t IBM or Cisco. Or even, anything like DropBox or Slack or Box or Hubspot, not organizationally at least.
Neil Patel
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. What would it be like for your business to never miss another call? Nothing scares away new business like hard-to-reach customer service or disorganized sales calls.
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As a group who provides the software tools necessary to manage the contracts to cash process, Aysling onboards users and projects daily, and has learned some important tips if you want to be successful when onboarding new clients and/or projects.
Sage Intacct
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Despite the role that CEOs, CTOs, and product managers play in a startup’s success, finance is the only department in a SaaS startup that touches every part of the customer journey.
Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Great communities make great companies, and community-building is now part of a broader shift in B2B businesses towards bottom-up growth.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Q: How long does it usually take to close a deal in SaaS? Ok here’s a really rough set of timelines to how long it takes to close an Opportunity in SaaS: So: A $5k deal, or say $499 a month, can often be closed in a call or two.
Neil Patel
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
Studying how people use video search to find the content they want is an essential but often neglected area of marketing. When we understand how video search engines work, we can begin to devise marketing strategies around this traffic source.
Advertiser: Amplitude
As part of our goal to continue helping our community during these times, we wanted to share with you this critical data on the state of digital products across industries and provide context on how businesses are responding to the changing winds.
ChurnZero
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Webinars are a quick and easy way to find out more about a topic especially if you don’t know where to start. As we have a large library of on-demand webinar content in our Resources center , we often get asked by customers, which ones are the most popular and must-see to get caught up on.
OpenView Labs
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Developer relations, or DevRel, is a critical element of any SaaS growth strategy. Done right, DevRel can deliver an almost unassailable advantage.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Q: What are the main responsibilities of an average venture capitalist? Let’s break it down a bit. General Partners at VC firms have to: Raise capital. Yes, VCs themselves have to raise the money they invest. If you are top tier firm, with a long track record, this often can be done easily.
Neil Patel
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
Got a crawling, indexing, or site-wide ranking problem? SEO traffic isn’t just about having the right content. One wrong technical SEO setting can bring your entire site down. And many technical errors are so obscure that they go unnoticed for years.
Advertiser: Data Robot
DataRobot together with Snowflake – a leading cloud data platform provider — is helping data scientists stay current with the latest technology and data science best practices so that they can excel in an increasingly AI-driven workplace. Five Things a Data Scientist Can Do to Stay Current offers data scientists guidance for thriving in AI-driven enterprises.
Cobloom
NOVEMBER 30, 2020
What's a SaaS solution's value chain? It's simple, it's all the parts of your offering that link up in order to turn customer income at one end into a solution the customer values at the other.
OpenView Labs
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Ever have one of those days where as soon as you send an email, you immediately get a new one? And then you get another. And another. It feels like you’ll never be able to catch up. We’ve been there.
SaaStr
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
What is the minimum projected annual revenue in the exit year and projected exit valuation for a startup to be investable from a VC? For most “traditional” U.S.
Neil Patel
DECEMBER 2, 2020
By subscribing to Shopify’s e-commerce platform, Shopify customers can harness the platform’s shopping cart solution to sell, ship, and manage products. Founded in 2004, the e-commerce platform now reports an annual gross merchandise volume exceeding $61 billion and has over 500,00 merchants.
Advertiser: UserTesting
Up to 80% of new products fail. The reality is harsh and the reasons why are endless. Perhaps the new product couldn’t oust a customer favorite. Maybe it looked great but was too hard to use. Or, despite being a superior product, the go-to-market strategy failed. There’s always a risk when building a new product, but you can hedge your bets by understanding exactly what your customers' expectations truly are at every step of the development process.
SaaS Metrics
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The internet is becoming bigger or wider in today’s era, and many companies are now taking advantage of the benefits that the World Wide Web gives to their business.
Kellblog
NOVEMBER 29, 2020
Last month I presented Unlearning As You Scale at Costanoa Ventures 2020 Costanoa CEO UnSummit. In response to several requests for a live recording of the presentation, I sat down this weekend and recorded the following.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 2, 2020
So this 5 Interesting Learnings post is a bit bittersweet. We’ve recently checked in with a bunch of our Cloud and SaaS favorites as they cross $1B in ARR: 5 Interesting Learnings from Zendesk. As It Crosses $1B in ARR. 5 Interesting Learnings from HubSpot as It Approaches $1 Billion in ARR.
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