FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Note: FastSpring offers advanced subscription management services that support free trials, monthly and annual paid plans, proration, discount management, and more. How Castos upsells subscription tiers. His podcast hosting company uses data analytics that looks at which users are most likely to grow out of their current subscriptions.

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2021

You can have the great product and a great team, but the market of small or very niche. The second one is the team, obviously depending on how earlier the team has a huge factor because you may be so early in your journey that there’s nothing else to point to, but the track record of the team. Jyoti Bansal: Yeah.

Sales Recruiting 264

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Scale VP of Engineering 264

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The SaaStock team will be landing in São Paulo to run the region’s first Pan-Latin American SaaS conference, SaaStock LatAm. Eduardo Müller, Founder & CEO, B2B Stack. in 2016, he co-founded Vendas B2B Summit, the largest Brazilian B2B sales online event. She’ll be talking about her approach to sales as a team sport.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack. In addition, they also offer a few basic features for subscription management, fraud detection, invoicing, and more. Flexible subscription management and recurring billing tools.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Software Review 147

Incredo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

And end up wasting their time and resources with affiliates that underperform. I see many SaaS companies jump headlong into creating an affiliate program thinking it will bring in a large number of customers without much effort. And this is a B2B partner program. In our case, we needed to invest a lot in product development.

SaaS Payments 139

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Sales Recruiting 139

User Pilot

MARCH 24, 2025

Want to advance your career in mobile product management or find top talent for your team? You will collaborate with engineering, design, and business teams to deliver cutting-edge mobile solutions that improve efficiency, user adoption , and overall product performance. Who would be a BAD fit for this job?

Mobile 52

Mobile Underperforming Technical Team Management Scale 52

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

In an era when more and more businesses adopt a subscription model, strong customer retention is the key to sustainable long-term growth and requires a laser-like focus. . Tara and her team used it to take a deep dive into the customer’s journey through the product and make a focused effort to truly understand each step along the way.

Retention 34

Retention Scale Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 34

Incredo

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Why software reviews are your best friends and why you need them? #1 Bad reviews teach, good reviews sell Not all of your reviews will be positive. Bad reviews point out to your weaknesses, helping you better your customer support, product, onboarding, whatever issue they address.

Software Review 37

Software Review Systems Review Software Social Media 37

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

In B2B sales orgs, you’ll encounter two common models of the journey from prospect to closed deal. There’s sales pipeline , a 7-stage journey describing what your sales team must do to convert a lead to a customer. For your team, the goal is to share more information about your products without appearing overly promotional.

Sales Funnel 133

Sales Funnel Outsourcing Services Underperforming Technical Team Social Media 133

Frontegg

MARCH 17, 2022

These B2B-centric offerings have gone mainstream with the PLG philosophy, where end-users discover the benefits of the app by using it, eventually becoming brand advocates and turning into a driving force behind its growth. Sales-Led Growth is all about marketing and sales teams. What is Sales-Led Growth? What is Product-Led Growth?

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Scale Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Sales 105

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Effective sales teams are also 81% more likely to be consistent CRM users , underscoring how vital these systems are for success. By the end of this guide, youll have a clear understanding of each platforms strengths, weaknesses, and ideal use cases. Startups, SMBs, and mid-market; teams wanting all-in-one marketing + sales.

Scale 52

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 52

Chargify

JULY 30, 2019

It might be your subscription model. But how do you know if your current subscription model is working or failing? We’ll cover the three most important metrics for judging your subscription model’s success: Free to paid conversion rate . Key Subscription Metric #1: Free to paid conversion rate. Likely not.

Subscription 64

Subscription Payment Features Metrics Scale 64

SaaSOptics

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Based on a 2019 survey, Gartner forecasts that eighty-four percent of new software will be delivered as SaaS , and this percentage is expected to increase as existing providers transition to a subscription-based model. The main difference between accounting for a subscription vs. a traditional business is the method used.

Payment Features 105

Payment Features Outsourced Development SaaS Software Review 105

Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This is where the value of subscription metrics comes to the fore — and specifically the customer acquisition cost (CAC) and the customer lifetime value (LTV). Every team has their own slightly different way of calculating the cost of customer acquisition. Poor distribution — not product — is the number one cause of failure.

Acquisition 91

Acquisition Underperforming Technical Team Startup Customer Lifetime Value 91

Neil Patel

MARCH 2, 2021

Over 41 percent of businesses use review websites before purchasing software—so reviews matter for B2B work, too. To help, I’ve broken this list into B2C and B2B review sites, depending on your target buyers. The audience is consumers looking for impartial, reliable reviews from an expert team. B2B Review Sites.

Software Review 127

Software Review Technical Review Scale Merchant Services 127

ChurnZero

JULY 22, 2022

Does your Customer Success team have a shallow view of onboarding? Q: What should you do if the team you’re onboarding wasn’t part of the buying decision and isn’t thrilled to be learning a new tool? I have the internal handoff from pre-sales to post-sales customer teams. I have two handoffs.

Scale 98

Scale Onboarding Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 98

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). Interestingly, even though I paid for a year-long subscription, the company didn’t let me keep the last three weeks of access to its premium features. This action will immediately downgrade your subscription. What Is Negative Churn?

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Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 147

Sales Hacker

APRIL 25, 2019

Outsourced Sales Development. Without a sales development team, you can find yourself struggling when it comes to pipeline generation. For SMBs, this is a pivotal decision: Do you hire an in-house sales development team or work with an outbound partner? The Four Costs of In-House Sales Development.

Outsourcing Services 98

Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring Sales Outsourcing Outsourced Development 98

ProfitWell

AUGUST 18, 2020

As more companies move to SaaS and subscription-based models of revenue, this old paradigm is crumbling. The shift to the customer-first paradigm has happened quickly in SaaS and subscription-based economy. As a new, and in some ways, more preferred revenue model, new players are entering the SaaS and subscription market every day.

SaaS Payments 111

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team 111

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

As Head of Sales for Spendesk, Nico was initially inspired by the vision of founder Rodolphe Ardant who had spotted a gap for ‘spend management’ in the B2B market based on personal banking trends. So they created a software that provides control, visibility, and payment methods for corporate finance teams. Nico: Correct.

Scale 162

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 162

User Pilot

OCTOBER 6, 2022

These interactions include engaging with the onboarding checklist, clicking, hovering over a particular feature, canceling a subscription, and more. Product teams collect and measure such customers’ activities to understand and act on customers’ behavior patterns. For instance, subscriptions to Ahrefs or Netflix.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Customer Lifetime Value 98

SaaSOptics

MAY 2, 2022

In a sales-led model, sales processes and teams are the primary drivers of revenue growth. Each has its strengths and weaknesses, but neither is better or worse than the other. In fact, many B2B SaaS companies use a hybrid between the two to adapt to changing market conditions, and you can do the same.

Scale 97

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Sales 97

Chargify

MARCH 25, 2019

Recurring subscriptions are becoming the norm in the business world, and for good reason. Subscription services give the end user control over costs and employee access, without the cumbersome contracts. But some software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies struggle with how to sell subscriptions. Align Your Product with a Purpose.

SaaS Payments 54

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Subscription Payment Features 54

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This article covers all you need to know to create a solid GTM strategy for your SaaS startup or B2B business model. A GTM strategy provides direction for all team members, reduces your product’s time to market, and helps you cut costs. Design a launch plan before the product is ready and assign clear roles to team members.

Strategy 98

Strategy Sales Recruiting Scale Marketing 98

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This isn’t a bad idea, and why companies like Facebook continued to grow despite adding more and more complexity over time. There has been a renaissance of user experience and design in B2B use cases over the last decade, but those typically revolve around single use case products, like: Syncing files in Dropbox. This stuff is hard!

Scale 139

Scale User Experience Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service 139

Baremetrics

JULY 23, 2020

B2B is the least demanding customers for the most money.” - Pieter Levels -. The cheapest subscription was $29 a month - obviously too high. This soft launch already showed me that the demand for this second product was much stronger than the first one: This table shows our customer development until reaching $1,000 MRR.

New CTO 87

New CTO Underperforming Technical Team CTO Technical Review 87

Valuize Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The collaboration between B2B Chief Customer Officers (CCOs), Chief Experience Officers (CXOs), and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) is critical for todays businesses. And yet in the face of all that, enterprise B2B technology companies aiming for sustainable, profitable growth, have no choice. We at Valuize break things down this way.

Underperforming Technical Team 52

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Technical Review Customer Lifetime Value 52

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

TL;DR Regular roadmaps kill outcomes by forcing teams to think in the categories of features and timelines. It’s difficult to implement outcome-based roadmaps because stakeholders don’t trust product teams to deliver on business goals. Many companies lack differentiation strategies and drive product development by copying competitors.

Scale 105

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting Software Review 105

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This is a guest blog contributed by Emily Ryan, chief client officer at Valuize , a B2B consulting company that helps industry-leading technology organizations supercharge their customer lifecycle to drive best-in-class net dollar retention. Make your insights actionable for your team by consolidating them into an easy-to-digest scorecard.

Underperforming Technical Team 94

Underperforming Technical Team Payment Services Payment Methods Scale 94

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Whether you’re an early-stage founder or you’ve built up an established B2B SaaS business, it's crucial to understand how valuations work and how you can prepare for an exit when the time is right for you. Develop a Full Marketing Strategy 2. Subscriptions on PayPal are non-transferable, so you’d have to switch over to another service.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 105

Point Nine Land

JUNE 18, 2023

Both can be used to report on customers, subscriptions, and revenue. You can also see right away that, for instance, month 5 was an unusually bad month for the April 2020 cohort. a churn or retention rate you’d be happy with), red for “bad” values, yellow for “OK”, and gradients for values in between. And both can be cohorted.

SaaS Payments 128

SaaS Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 128

ChurnZero

AUGUST 11, 2020

This article shares three successful approaches B2B SaaS companies took to retain customers in the first wave. Customer Success teams are in a unique position to listen to their customers’ challenges. According to Will, this specific type of role playing helped CSMs develop stronger and deeper relationships with their customers.

Retention 97

Retention Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 97

User Pilot

MARCH 15, 2022

Focusing on the proper metrics at this stage is crucial to how successful or bad your GTM plan will be. This go-to-market plan is used by product marketers and their team to ensure you smoothly launch your product to the right customers at the right time and stand out from the competition already existing in the market. GTM strategy.

Strategy 98

Strategy Marketing SaaS Customer Lifetime Value 98

Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Here’s an interesting stat: 70% of businesses consider subscription and membership models indispensable for future commercial growth and expansion. They must engineer a well-rounded solution that makes handling subscriptions a breeze (and yes, it is as hard as it sounds). However, only 10% of them currently employ these models.

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

FastSpring

JUNE 11, 2024

Are you looking for a merchant of record that will help you grow your subscription software business? The one thing you’re going to run into is nobody has your best interests in mind as a business owner or as a marketing team. So a really bad affiliate would be maybe someone with malware that’s stuffing cookies in browsers.

Sales Recruiting 114

Sales Recruiting Software Review Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 114

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Crafting the Blueprint: How to Build a Monetization Framework for Agile Success By BluLogix Team A Step-by-Step Guide to Architecting Your Monetization Strategy In the dynamic realm of agile monetization, constructing a robust Monetization Framework is akin to drafting a master blueprint for a skyscraper.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Underperforming Technical Team Construction Customer Lifetime Value 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 16, 2021

This company provides analytics and insights around recurring revenue and subscription businesses. Learn how the team follows up with every lead in record time and how they use Outreach to run account-based plays, manage reps, and so much more using their very own sales engagement platform. So our margins aren’t great.

Sales 113

Sales Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Government 113