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CRO Confidential: How to Sell in a Hyper-Competitive Space with Apollo CRO Leandra Fishman

SaaStr

How do you sell against the competition or become a market leader in a very crowded space? SaaStr’s CRO Confidential podcast host Sam Blond chats with the CRO of Apollo, Leandra Fishman, about just that. Leandra has over 30 years of experience leading large sales and revenue teams. This hypergrowth platform raised $100M at a $1.6B valuation in a challenging fundraising environment.

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Clouded Judgement 4.5.24 - Hype Rounds vs Fundamental Rounds + Macro Update

Clouded Judgement

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Hype Rounds vs Fundamental Rounds The show Silicon Valley is one of my favorites - just so many nuggets of humor in that show. A favorite clip of mine is when Russ Hanneman is talking about how pre-revenue businesses are the best kind of businesses.

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Discounts, Expiring Deals, and Urgency: Understanding Human Behavior in Sales

SaaStr

I’m not that great at sales myself (not really), but I am a student of it. A few things I’ve observed about human behavior, negotiation, and good and bad sales processes in SaaS: Customers that expect a discount really expect a discount. It’s easier to mark up the pricing a bit. The amount of energy it takes to stick to a “no discounts” policy once you pass transactional pricing is … high.

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Aligning SEO Strategy with Client Business Goals — Whiteboard Friday

The Moz Blog

In SEO agencies, we get too caught up in the SEO and forget that there's a client. Understand what they want in order to align your SEO strategy with their goals. Learn more in this episode of Whiteboard Friday.

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An Omnichannel Payment Solution––Without the Complexity

Simplify omnichannel payments with a solution that unifies every channel through your platform. By integrating front-end systems like online, mobile, and in-store payments with robust back-end infrastructure, you can deliver a seamless payments experience without the need for heavy engineering. Omnitoken technology enhances security by tokenizing card transactions for reuse, enabling merchants to drive cross-selling opportunities.

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Navigating the Impact of Generative AI on Enterprise Security: Insights from Industry Experts

Andreessen Horowitz

a16z General Partner Zane Lackey and Partner Joel de la Garza recently sat down with us to discuss the state of security in 2024. They addressed the top concern for CISOs: the impact of generative AI on enterprise security. Here’s what they had to say about the key considerations for technology adoption and strategies CISOs can employ to navigate the rise of AI-driven security solutions: 1.

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April Fintech Newsletter: Financial Services x Gen AI, a real estate industry shake up, and more

Andreessen Horowitz

In this month’s newsletter, we gauge where AI solutions are emerging in financial services, Reuters’ AI war chest, and the big real estate settlement.

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NFT Innovations: Shaping the Future of Real Estate

SaaS Metrics

In this era of digital transformations, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are revamping various sectors, particularly the real estate industry. According to a 2022 report by Deloitte, NFT sale volumes increased by a staggering 1900% in 2021 while the global property sales volume was nearly $4 trillion. The convergence of these two realms can. Read more The post NFT Innovations: Shaping the Future of Real Estate first appeared on SaaS Metrics.

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6 Benefits of Publishing and Subscriptions Software

Subscription Flow

Are publishing and subscriptions software mere tools of office administration, or are they the unnoticed heroes of contemporary publishing that balance the tightrope between publishers and consumers? To answer this very important question, let us go back to the basics. Billing software for publishers is the backbone of the complex publishing ecosystem of today, handling subscriber databases with ease, automating billing cycles, and offering valuable insights into reader preferences.

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Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Revolutionizing Quoting with CPQ Tools

Blulogix

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Revolutionizing Quoting with CPQ Tools In the fast-paced world of B2B subscriptions, where customized offerings and rapid service delivery are the norms, traditional quoting processes often fall short. Manual quoting and reliance on spreadsheets not only slow down the sales cycle but also introduce a high potential for errors, affecting accuracy and customer trust.

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How Clinic Sense Reduced Churn and Unlocked More Revenue

ClinicSense is a SaaS platform that supports over 7,000 massage therapists who use it for appointment management, payments, scheduling, marketing activities and more. Despite having a relatively low payment failure rate, the company discovered that the failures disrupted the customer experience. This often led to churn as customers decided to cancel or abandon their account, preventing ClinicSense from realizing the full lifetime value (LTV) of its users.

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How SaaS Tools Organize Rental Property Management & Maintenance?

How To Buy Saas

Let’s be honest: SaaS solutions have transformed the world of property management. They are extremely suitable when it comes to increasing efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and data accessibility. Now, you don’t have to juggle through spreadsheets and endless paperwork to manage your rental properties efficiently. Using SaaS tools has become a necessity if you want to taste success as a landlord or a property manager.

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Benchmarking Success: Analyzing Bounce Rate Averages in the E-commerce Industry

How To Buy Saas

In the age of digital transformation and fierce competition, e-commerce companies must optimize their business processes and improve efficiency. A critical measure of success in this industry is the low bounce rate or the rate of canceled orders. Benchmarking, or bounce rate averages industry, provides invaluable data that can help companies identify areas for improvement and implement best practices.

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Advice for first-time Real Estate Investors

How To Buy Saas

Investing in real estate is filled with challenges, more so for the first-timers. If you don’t have any experience, you might get easily overwhelmed by all the terms, conditions, and decisions. Even a small, wrong step can discourage your enthusiasm for further investment. There are no set rules that are sure to give you maximum returns. But there are some general guidelines that you can follow to become the best in the game.

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Exploring Machine Learning and AI Integration in SaaS Development Frameworks

How To Buy Saas

Software as a Service (SaaS) has quickly become one of the primary models for offering software applications over the internet, and SaaS Development Frameworks provide developers with a methodical way of building and deploying these cloud apps efficiently while guaranteeing scale, reliability, and security of them. SaaS Development Frameworks are comprehensive collections of tools, libraries, and pre-built components designed to speed the creation, deployment, and management of cloud-based softw

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng