Incredo
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
According to Standish Group’s Chaos Report , the reason behind the delay in 94% of software development projects is that the programmers need to redevelop from scratch over and over again.
Practical Advice on SaaS marketing
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
Ok, let me remind us all of the blatantly obvious: “SaaS” stands for “software-as-service.” Yup, “service” is right there in the name. But looking at the way most SaaS solutions are marketed, too often it’s all about the “software”, and not much about the “service.” On website, in videos, during customer presentations, and in every other piece of marketing communication, it’s all about the software.
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The Daily Egg
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Source Service as a software companies had better put their best SaaS pricing pages forward if they hope to stay on top of the competition. The thing is, it’s not easy developing the perfect pricing page, no matter what type of service you offer. You may wonder if you should have a free plan. Or, […] The post Best SaaS Pricing Pages – 4 Key Examples From Crazy Egg Experts appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Before we’d leave campus - Christmas vacation or spring break or summer vacation - our rowing coach would tell us, “You’re either getting faster or you’re getting slower. There’s no such thing as staying the same.” It was his way of inspiring us to train hard during those times. I’ve never forgotten it. More recently I came across two math equations that confers the same idea, with a twist.
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SaaStr
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
Recently for the SaaStr Annual, we were “the largest customer” for 3 vendors. All 3 lied to us: One vendor was a friend of a departed contractor. This is a pretty common way deals are done, even today. The champion’s favorite vendor. They misled us in terms of scale and capabilities. One vendor was a well-established software vendor, but misrepresented their experience at scale.
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SaaStock
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
I still remember the first SaaS meetup I ever ran where I brought three SaaS founders I admire on stage to speak in front of a crowd of SaaS enthusiasts in London. One of them, Janna Bastow, Founder of ProdPad, gave a presentation about Product-Market Fit. The other two, Paul Joyce, Founder of Geckoboard and Duane Jackson, Founder of Supdate and Kashflow then joined her on stage for a panel discussion about the road to product-market fit, which I moderated.
Predictable Revenue
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Alexandra Palomino, Sales Development Representative at San Francisco-based customer support provider UJET. The post Tricks of the trade: How UJET’s Alex Palomino gets the highest open rates and the most responses – while sending the fewest emails on her team appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
The Daily Egg
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
A marketing campaign with a low click-through rate (CTR) isn’t going to provide you with the return on your investment (ROI) like you expect. Only when your prospects are clicking-through can they progress through the rest of your marketing funnel. While your conversion rate may calculate how much you’re spending on cost per lead and […] The post What is Click Through Rate?
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
Top 10 Learning about Free Trials from Tomasz Tunguz. At Saastr yesterday, I presented the top 10 learnings from the Redpoint Free Trial Survey that we distributed in October. The data confirmed many rules of thumb but also raised some interesting new questions about the best way to use trials. When we distributed the survey, we never would have expected the response.
Speaker: Pete Uselman, Director of Partner Experience at Wind River Payments
Most integrated payments providers share a percent of the payment revenue with their software partners. But, oftentimes, that revenue share is only a fraction of the true income potential software providers can realize. If you want to maximize income opportunities from your payments program, check out Wind River Payments’ webinar-on-demand.
SaaStr
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
I remember the first time I tried to do the Old Price-Raise-Without-Notice tactic. We’d closed Qualcomm in Year 1 for the grand total of $10,000. Not all of Qualcomm, but a nice division. It was a great logo in Year 1, and our champion and buyer did 3 webinars for us, an external case study — and an internal case study at Qualcomm. They were magic, these pieces of content.
Intercom, Inc.
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
You often hear great talks about the founding story and how to drive that first phase of growth. At SaaStr , I talked about what happens after that, how you can drive your next phase of growth. When you are starting a business, or joining a new one, you are excited and full of ideas. You probably have a goal in mind. It might be to launch a new product, to define a new category or to hit $1M in revenue.
SaaStock
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
When we announced a few weeks ago that we would be bringing our leading SaaS conference to Asia, and running it in Hong Kong, many locals thanked us for choosing the city. As we mentioned in our launch post, we couldn’t not do it there, with its international spirit, openness to everyone, relaxed atmosphere, and proximity to many other SaaS hubs around, all attracting us to Hong Kong.
Unbounce
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Landing page SEO is a tricky proposition. Landing pages are potent tools to convert readers into customers, but the way most are designed is hardly SEO friendly. Think about it. A landing page aims to direct readers down a specific path, focusing them on your call to action without offering other distractions. But optimizing a web page for search engines requires more content, more links, more calls to action.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
The Daily Egg
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
When attempting to become the best eseller you can be, you may wish to take a few notes from some of the best ecommerce landing pages being published today. If developed and optimized effectively, an ecommerce landing page can become a major catalyst for conversions. That’s because, when it comes to ecommerce, landing pages definitely […] The post The Best Ecommerce Landing Pages to Boost Your Conversions appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Startups are innovation machines. They identify market opportunities, develop novel products and go out to change the world. Some companies want to change the world in one dimension: a better product or a disruptive go-to-market. Others want to innovate in every dimension and re-invent every discipline from pricing to marketing to support to customer success.
SaaStr
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Here’s what I look for to try to get a sense if they’ll perform: Do they call out top performance with metrics ? The best reps are often quite precise. E.g., hit 152% of Quota last year, 143% year before, etc. Maybe they are exaggerating, that’s besides the point. The question is, do they love to win and have a history of it? Metrics are a good indicator here.
Intercom, Inc.
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Unless your business is transactional, nurturing your existing customers should be just as important as acquiring new logos. The way I see it, closing a deal is just the first step. It’s what comes after – onboarding, upselling and cross-selling, renewal – that determines your customers’ ability to grow with your product and, consequently, the fate of your own growth.
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SaaStock
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Latin America is undergoing a digital transformation, and the SaaS community is exploding as a result. We conducted intensive market research with SaaS practitioners across LatAm to dig into the reasons behind the region’s hypergrowth, and worked with the progressive global VCs who are fuelling the SaaS boom to understand the key players and the scope of the opportunity.
Predictable Revenue
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Jack Veronin, Senior Sales Development Manager at EverString. The post The science of sales development: how Everstring uses intent data to build pipeline appeared first on Predictable Revenue - The Outbound Success Company. We help companies grow faster with Outbound Sales.
The Daily Egg
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
“If I’m not sleeping, then I’m active on Shopify.” Does that quote sound like something you’d say? Recently, we announced the addition of Crazy Egg to the Shopify App store. We talked a little bit about why we were so psyched about the launch; namely, that a lot of you use Shopify daily to run […] The post Pro Tips For Growing Your Ecommerce Store appeared first on The Daily Egg.
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
As you start to go to market, there are two things to prioritize from early customers that matter more than cash. Feedback and marketing rights. The feedback matters for obvious reasons. The product is early; customer feedback will help you hew the raw granite of your initial product into shape. The second may not be so obvious. Every prospect championing a software purchase will be asked by the opponents of the sale and decision-makers : “Who else is using the software?
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SaaStr
FEBRUARY 3, 2019
Ok we are ALMOST there! Kick off to Annual is SO close! I don’t know about you, but I do get a bit anxious attending larger events solo. To me, they are like going out to a formal restaurant. I don’t mind going to Chipotle solo, but French Laundry? Not sure I’d know exactly how to handle myself. But you shouldn’t feel that way at Annual. 47% of folks are attending Solo and it is an A way to meet new SaaStr friends, colleagues, investors, and more.
Intercom, Inc.
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
If you have followed us over at Sherlock , you will likely have heard us say many times that product engagement is the lifeblood of any SaaS business. This is because the entire SaaS business model is dependent on people using (and getting value from) your product consistently over time. The entire model is dependent on product engagement. In short, creating a method for scoring engagement is essential for every SaaS business.
SaaStock
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
SaaStock is built on compelling stories and the SaaStock19 Call for Content is now open. We want to ensure that each and every member of our SaaS community has the chance to share their story on the SaaStock stage. This is your chance to join our tribe by submitting your speaker proposal. It’s your opportunity to join your peers and industry thought leaders to help shape the future of the SaaS community.
Predictable Revenue
FEBRUARY 21, 2019
On this edition of The Predictable Revenue Podcast, co-host Collin Stewart welcomes Shawn Sease, Director SDR Client Services at outbound sales consultancy Sales Developers. The post How to tailor your cold calls to match your prospect’s communication style with Shawn Sease appeared first on Predictable Revenue.
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
The Daily Egg
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
Source If any question has plagued digital marketers, it’s the one of defining the concept known as “user experience.” User experience (UX) is so confusing because the term can take on several different definitions, even within the UX community. The concept of user experience is also used throughout many industries, including software design, website design, […] The post What is User Experience (UX)?
Tom Tunguz
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
As you build out your startup’s financial model for 2019, a key component will be the hiring plan. You’ll need to calculate the number of managers and individual contributors to achieve your goals. But don’t forget to plan for mishires. You will make mistakes hiring people. We all do and it’s part of the process of building a company. Someone looks great on paper but isn’t a culture fit.
SaaStr
FEBRUARY 16, 2019
Cash collections is a topic we haven’t discussed much on SaaStr, but boy it can be important all the way until you have a CFO. And often after. What’s the issue? The issue is that most SaaS start-ups are terrible at collecting cash that doesn’t come from a payment gateway. Just terrible. – terrible at collections. start-ups without an A/R function often have $250k-$500k in uncollectible receivables. – metrics that break and don't make sense. starts to harm yo
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