July, 2020

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Why digital media subscription services are on the rise during COVID-19

Zuora

This bylined article was originally published in WARC by Zuora’s John Phillips, GM, EMEA The worldwide spread of coronavirus […]. The post Why digital media subscription services are on the rise during COVID-19 appeared first on Zuora.

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Re-establishing growth: when to scale, and how fast?

Predictable Revenue

Should we re-establish growth and, if so, when and how fast? Driving revenue growth at your company and what to expect at each stage is quite measurable through a data-driven approach. The post Re-establishing growth: when to scale, and how fast? appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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How to Build Your Brand with Landing Page Optimization

Unbounce

Let’s face it: brand marketers get a bad rap. In the last decade, the conversation has focused on technical marketing: growth hacking, conversion rate optimization, SEO, the merging of product and marketing, and data, data, data. At the same time, brand became less exciting—and sometimes an afterthought. It was too “fluffy.” But that’s all changing.

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Benchmarks: Don't Hide This SaaS Benefit

Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

A company may have lots of ways to know what’s going on inside their organization. But it’s more difficult to know what’s going on outside. How are they doing relative to other companies. What are others doing that they can learn from? What mistakes are others making that they can avoid? During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, one of my clients asked a few dozen customers what they were doing to adjust to the new business conditions.

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SaaS Essentials: Failed Payment Solution Guide

For SaaS businesses, improving retention is one of the easiest and most effective ways to drive revenue and profits. With a clear link between failed payments and customer churn, having a robust failed payment recovery solution isn’t optional—it’s essential. Achieving your retention goals starts with the right solution.

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The famous freemium swerve that changed video-conferencing

ProfitWell

Today we're launching Good Better Best: a weekly deep dive on pricing and packaging strategies written by Rob Litterst , who helps head up our pricing team. Each issue features analysis of a specific packaging case study readable in 5-10 minutes. Zoom's freemium decision tree. The famous Freemium swerve that changed video-conferencing. By now, we’re all familiar with Zoom.

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How to Improve Your MRR Growth Rate (without new customers)

Baremetrics

Contrary to what you might see in some case studies, MRR growth is not always linear. Through working with various SaaS companies, talking to founders and even looking at our journey here at Baremetrics, I’ve seen firsthand how startups can experience periods of flat or even negative growth. And when it happens, so many companies default to “how do we get more customers?

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Freemium or Free Trial: We Have a Winner!

Zuora

Quick, what’s your immediate answer to the following question: In order to attract new subscribers, should a subscription business offer […]. The post Freemium or Free Trial: We Have a Winner! appeared first on Zuora.

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8 High-Converting Lead Generation Landing Page Examples to Inspire Yours

Unbounce

Ask and you shall receive, right? Not so much when it comes to your visitors’ email addresses. You likely don’t have to look further than your own inbox to see why—there’s no shortage of companies ready to flood you with their latest and greatest offers. Which means people are wiser to marketing tactics and, understandably, more discerning than ever about who they give their contact information out to.

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The Fundraising Market Two Quarters into COVID

Tom Tunguz

It’s been two quarters since the coronavirus has hit Startupland. And you can see the impact of the shutdown in the numbers. We reviewed the data in May and compared it to the effects of the financial crisis in 2008 on startup fundraising. As a reminder, 2008 saw a 40% reduction in venture dollars invested in startups. It took about six to eight quarters to return to normalcy.

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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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5 Startup Roles That Help you Grow Faster

SaaSX

When you are growing fast you end up spending a lot of time getting the right people into the roles in the right structure to help efficiency, communication, quality, and results. Much of that work ends up being focused on departments, work to be done, and reporting lines. It’s neat and tidy. But, I’ve found when you actually look at the work to be done inside of high-growth startups there are some gaps that don’t always fit into a common org chart. .

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The Friends You’ll Lose. And The Ones You’ll Gain.

SaaStr

Being a CEO changes you. Not at first. The first year or two are a lot like “before”, just more intense. Now it’s all on your back, and your shoulders. But over time, your brain does get rewired. You get focused. And as part of that change, you will lose friends on many levels if you build a successful start-up. One tough part of that is if you co-found a company with friends, it’s likely one of them won’t go the distance.

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Best Small Business Loans

The Daily Egg

Need cash for your business? Startups and established companies alike can benefit from a small business loan. There are hundreds of different lenders out there that provide funding to small business owners for a wide range of purposes. But it’s important to shop around to find the best loan for your unique situation. Factors like […]. The post Best Small Business Loans appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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Storytelling is great, but is it enough?

Intercom, Inc.

The notion of storytelling has pervaded the marketing world as of late. Companies work to unlock the story of their brand , to tell the story of their target customers, use data to tell stories about their industry or provide further insights. The word has popped up in job descriptions: rather than writers and editors, companies hunt for storytellers who can bring their content to life ( Microsoft even has a chief storyteller ).

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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

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How to build a culture that attracts top performers with Justin Welsh

Predictable Revenue

Building a sales culture that attracts and retains top performers takes more than just amenities, fun and games. Culture is actually the behavior your team exudes when going to work every day. The post How to build a culture that attracts top performers with Justin Welsh appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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The Five Important Trends in Data, and the One Megatrend Powering Them All

Tom Tunguz

Yesterday, Dremio hosted the Subsurface Conference , the first conference on cloud data lakes. More than 5000 people registered, and more than 2500 attended. If one had doubts that cloud data lakes are a strategic area for many in the data ecosystem, those figures should quash them. I delivered a presentation at the end of the day that I’ll share here.

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How to Find Your Target Audience

Neil Patel

When I first started out in marketing, I thought traffic was everything. I wanted to be as big as companies like HubSpot. Just look at the image above and you’ll see how many visitors they are getting. They generate 29.61 million visitors a month from 11.74 million people. And those visitors produce roughly 10 billion dollars of market cap. Now, let’s look at NeilPatel.com.

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A Framework For Your First SaaS Sales Comp Plan

SaaStr

I’m not ashamed to admit that when I set up our first SaaS sales comp plan, I had no idea what I was doing. In my first start-up, yes I sold to the enterprise. I sold $6m our first year (man, that sounds good looking back on it). But I did all the sales myself, and stupidly, had no sales comp plan at all ??. Then at Adobe Sign / EchoSign I had some good — and painful — learnings.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Best Blogging Platforms

The Daily Egg

Ready to start a blog? Whether you’re blogging as a hobby or starting a blog for your business, the benefits of blogging are seemingly endless. It’s an excellent way to drive traffic to your website and build authority in your niche or industry. But you need to choose a blogging platform before you can write […]. The post Best Blogging Platforms appeared first on The Daily Egg.

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How Zapier supports 3 million users by investing in customer outcomes

Intercom, Inc.

This way of thinking about support is all about efficiency. If you can maximize your team’s productivity, you can help more customers at lower costs. And it makes sense: in order to be around to support your customers well into the future, you need a solid foundation for scale. . But obsessing over efficiency can mask what’s most important, and most rewarding, to support teams – actually helping customers.

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Post-COVID trends: How to return to predictable revenue

Predictable Revenue

LinkedIn research and extensive reports on the impact of COVID-19 on the sales pipeline, demonstrates some of the ways that companies can evolve. The post Post-COVID trends: How to return to predictable revenue appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Cloud Data Lakes - The Future of Large Scale Data Analysis

Tom Tunguz

Cloud Data Lakes are a trend we’ve been excited about for a long time at Redpoint. This modern architecture for data analysis, operational metrics, and machine learning enables companies to process data in new ways. A cloud data lake is a repository of data in the cloud, with the tools and infrastructure to analyze it securely. We’re all storing data at increasing rates because every team inside a company needs data to succeed.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Ubersuggest Chrome Extension 2.0: The Ultimate Keyword Research Tool

Neil Patel

Please note: Once you install the extension, all you have to do is go to Google and perform a search. That is where you’ll see data. I promised that I would release a new version of the Ubersuggest Chrome Extension today, and now it’s out. You can go here to install it. If you are wondering what’s new… well, let’s just say the changes have made keyword research much better and a lot easier.

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The “Covid Boost” for SaaS Will Last Years

SaaStr

Q: What impact will the effects of covid have on the SaaS industry? Many of us in SaaS are really struggling now. Restaurants, events, recruiting, and so many other industries are in deep trouble. But on balance, Covid-19 is dramatically accelerating SaaS: During “Shelter Plus” times, in the end, we’ve worked more in the Cloud: More Zooms. You know this, but also.

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Best Agile Project Management Tools

The Daily Egg

Leading agile project management teams can be challenging if you’re not using the right software to stay organized. Agile project management tools help you jump from daily scrums to your next sprint while providing your team with collaboration features to accomplish the common goal. In addition to collaboration features, the best agile project management software […].

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The top books every Customer Success Manager should read

Intercom, Inc.

Customer success – every business wants to invest in it but only a few know what it actually entails or how to do it well. There are a lot of words that get thrown around with customer success: problems to be solved, implementation, product experts, expansion, strategic partners, technical advisors, proactive versus reactive. But what does all this really mean, and how will it help us help our customers be more successful?

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Communicating effectively in a virtual environment with Dr. Ethan Becker

Predictable Revenue

The environment in which we communicate, at least for some of us, has changed dramatically over the last few months. Take a deep dive into the ever-important topic of communication in virtual environments, and managing screen fatigue. The post Communicating effectively in a virtual environment with Dr. Ethan Becker appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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The Unforeseen Benefits of Online Events

Tom Tunguz

In this era, virtual events have replaced IRL events. Virtual events have many obvious benefits. No hotels, no event venues, no catering, no ensuring guests are in the right city at the right time. But there are unanticipated benefits that are only now coming to light. Many of our portfolio companies have experimented with virtual events quite successfully.

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How to Create Irresistible Facebook Landing Pages (Examples)

Unbounce

Imagine a potential customer is sitting in their car, waiting to pick up their kids from school. They’ve got 15 minutes to kill, so they pick up their phone and (because they’re 46 and don’t know about TikTok yet) scroll through Facebook. Between checking out their best friend’s pictures from a tropical vacation and trying to untangle their Aunt Ida’s… uh, “unorthodox” political insights, they see your Facebook advertisement for gorgeous, handmade