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The State of SaaS Go-to-Market with Theory Ventures General Partner Tomasz Tunguz

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3: Payback Periods + Quotas Have Jointly Increased The number of months required to recoup the cost of customer acquisition has increased by 12% on average, which is linear with the increase in sales cycles. To offset slower sales cycles and worse payback periods, quotas have moved in step with them. . #5:

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Sales Funnel Optimization for SaaS Startups

Tom Tunguz

There’s a magical property to the classic sales funnel SaaS startups use to evaluate the effectiveness of their go-to-market organizations: an increase in effectiveness at any stage of a sales funnel cascades through to the end funnel. A Sales Development Rep (SDR) qualifies the prospect to a lead.

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Matching Marketing Tactics to The Sales Funnel

Tom Tunguz

Recently, I met a very bright marketer who broke down a few of the different marketing disciplines and matched them to a freemium sales funnel. The Four Disciplines of Funnel Marketing. The rectangle on the right contains the marketing disciplines used to grow and optimize customer acquisition metrics on the right.

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8 Smart Tactics For Your SaaS Customer Acquisition Strategy

Incredo

Just look at customer acquisition vs retention statistics. Existing customers are 4-5x more likely to repurchase, refer your product and forgive your mistakes ( source ). What if I am starting out a business and don’t even have leads, not to mention SaaS customer acquisition strategy? What do you see? Of course not.

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Sales-led vs. Product-led? Today’s startups need both, with Jason Eubanks, CRO at Harness (Video)

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Two benefits you can expect from focusing on both PLG and SLG are: Optimizing customer acquisition costs. The modern GTM funnel, when combining sales and product-led growth strategies, will look slightly different than your typical sales funnel. . Now it’s time to put both of those to work.

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8 Smart Tactics For Your SaaS Customer Acquisition Strategy

Incredo

Just look at customer acquisition vs retention statistics. Existing customers are 4-5x more likely to repurchase, refer your product and forgive your mistakes ( source ). What if I am starting out a business and don’t even have leads, not to mention SaaS customer acquisition strategy? What do you see? Of course not.

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SaaStr Podcast 451: How Leveraging Partnerships Can 2x Your Growth with Gorgias.io

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Treat your partner acquisition like a sales funnel. Track how much value you provide and share that with your partners. Embed your partnerships within your app (e.g., an app directory) and consistently educate your team on your partnerships. . Manage Active Partners Like Customers.

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