SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Dear SaaStr: Is Underpricing a Good Strategy to Gain Traction? Yes, to some extent — once a category is well established and there is a subset of functionality that is commoditized. But it’s not a marketing strategy. It’s more a tactic to win deals vs. an establish. brand, once you have the prospect in your funnel. Pricing “cheap” won’t get prospects to come find you, not usually.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Fed cut rates by 50 basis points this week. A mantra circulating in Silicon Valley has echoed that the tepid exit markets will revive as a result of a laxer monetary policy. The last ten years’ data suggest the relationship is real & non-linear. 1 When the Fed cuts rates - negative changes in the Fed Funds Rate (FFR) - US venture backed software exit activity increases by between 10% and 65%.

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Predictable Revenue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

As we finish 2024, the landscape of AI sales tools has evolved dramatically, offering unprecedented opportunities to boost your ROI. The post 10 AI Tools for Sales to Maximize Your ROI in 2024 appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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Stax

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

A payment gateway is a must-have for online stores. In fact, research from 2023 shows that 69% of Americans said they’ve used a digital payment method in the past 3 months when making a purchase. And the best way for online businesses to start accepting payments is with a payment gateway. But hold on: If you’re wondering what a payment gateway is, and just why exactly you need one, we’ve got you covered.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Monetizing your desktop or mobile game effectively in the rapidly growing and changing video game industry can be very challenging, and choosing the right distribution channels is just one piece of the puzzle. But if you’ve decided to use merchant of record FastSpring to help you monetize your video game or mobile game directly to consumers (D2C), we’re here to make it as easy as possible.

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User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

You must use tried and tested frameworks if you want to consistently create compelling onboarding experiences , and that’s where SaaS customer onboarding templates come in. Templates will save you time and help you focus more on optimizing the user experience to drive long-term retention. We’ve outlined 11 onboarding templates suitable for the different onboarding stages.

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SaaS Metrics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Browse the best SaaS solutions for travel and tourism that promise efficiency and personalization, but what crucial factors should you really consider? The post Top SaaS Solutions for Travel and Tourism first appeared on SaaS Metrics.

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Panintelligence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Key takeaways The different types of data (nominal, ordinal, discrete, and continuous) and their characteristics. The importance of understanding the distinction between nominal and ordinal data for accurate analysis. The role of data in informed decision-making, predictive modelling, personalising customer experiences, and performance measurement. Data is at the heart of so many industries, from finance and healthcare to marketing and technology.

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Teamgate

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Gone are the days of cold calls and awkward sales pitches. Today, smart businesses are tapping into the power of social selling to engage with customers where they’re already hanging out—on social media. It’s not just about making a sale; it’s about building relationships, earning trust, and turning your social presence into a revenue-generating powerhouse.

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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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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

There are 3 types of hires you may be tempted to make now, but you just can’t: The Jaded, The Broken, and The Done They’ve always existed, it’s just there are so many more folks with great LinkedIns and experiences in these categories in SaaS. We’re 20+ years into SaaS, and especially the past 4 years have taken their toll on many of us.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In a few years, most feature flags & linting tools & other developer tools will be implemented predominantly by robots. Already, 50% of code at Microsoft & other large internet companies is written by AI. This idea expands far beyond developer tools. Robots will manage sales development, paralegal work, medical intake, & many other tasks.

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Rate Cut! It finally happened! The Fed cut rates by 50bps. This represents the first rate cut since the start of the Covid pandemic, and one that has been highly anticipated. There was a little debate on if this cut would be 25bps or 50bps, but we ended up with 50bps.

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Predictable Revenue

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Operations roles are often pigeonholed into support functions. But, Apollo's COO Matt Curl argues for a different approach: strong Ops. The post Why Strong Ops is The New Model at Apollo appeared first on Predictable Revenue.

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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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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So you may have noticed there are now a ton of events in September. This year SaaStr Annual was the week before both Dreamforce and HubSpot’s Inbound, as well as Oracle’s big event. As well as many other super cool events, from The All In Conference to Acquired podcast’s cool SF event. There are a lot of reasons to do an event in September. The #1 reason is it’s the best reason to help influence and close pipeline So most B2B vendor events will stay around that time.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Last week at SaaStr, we unveiled the results of the Theory Ventures 2024 Go-to-Market Survey. This annual survey shines some light into the state of SaaS sales & marketing, offering a glimpse into how founders & companies are navigating the current business landscape. Here’s a breakdown of the key findings: Increased Optimism & Steady Fundraising Expectations Despite the challenging economic environment, founders are more optimistic than 2022.

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Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

After digging into millions of posts sent through Buffer in 2023, we’ve pinpointed the best time to post on all major  social platforms  for maximum engagement.  Discovering the best time and the best day to post on LinkedIn was particularly fascinating. While most other social media platforms can be pretty unpredictable, with ebbs and flows in activity happening at random times of the day, LinkedIn’s high-engagement time slots are  like clockwork.

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Stax

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Lead generation involves varied relentless efforts that include content marketing, email outreach, digital ads, cold calls, and more to convince and nurture potential customers. However, without a structured process to guide leads through the sales funnel, you can lose out on valuable sales opportunities to your competitors. Fortunately, this is where quote-to-cash comes in.

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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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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

So two of the great leaders in SMB SaaS, Shopify for e-commerce, and HubSpot for sales, marketing and more, are going more upmarket: HubSpot 100+ seat deals are up 55% Shopify now gets 31% of its revenue from “Plus” or its bigger brands and more enterprise product And yet … they are also both going more SMB as well! HubSpot’s ACV has actually come down a tiny bit to $11,225 as its also pushes its new entry-level and single-seat products Shopify’s smaller merchants h

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The Moz Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In this episode of Whiteboard Friday, Tanvir covers how to implement international SEO strategies on your site and how to successfully report on their effectiveness.

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Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

There are many factors to consider when it comes to posting on Instagram — but the one that often feels like a make-or-break decision is what time to post your content. It's a fair concern — the last thing you want is to spend the time and resources needed to create a showstopper piece of content only to post it in a social media dead zone that results in… crickets.

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Stax

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the new, digital era of payment management and shopping, protecting customer data is a top priority. While the news may bring breaking headlines about stolen or lost data from large corporations, every business can take the steps necessary to secure sensitive data. TL;DR PCI compliance is essential because it helps prevent data breaches, ultimately cultivating customer trust.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

So the past 24 months have been such an odd time in SaaS and Cloud. Some parts of it are on fire, fueled by unprecedented AI spend. Other parts, more connected to the end-consumer economy, are seeing strong growth, from Shopify to Toast to Canva. And the parts that sell “classic” B2B2B into tech are often struggling the most. Many have seen NRR plunge well below 100%, net new customer count slow to close to zero, and growth fall to the teens or lower.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Austin Hay is the Co-Founder of Clarify, a new intelligent CRM built as a platform that developers love. He is also a Partner and MarTech Teacher at Reforge, as well as a MarTech Advisor and GTM Investor at HBE Ventures. With a background leading marketing technology teams at high-growth startups like Ramp, Branch, and mParticle, Austin brings a wealth of expertise on the evolving MarTech and RevTech landscape.

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Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

There’s a lot you can do to increase your chances of success on social media — think optimizing your content for engagement , sharing at the best times to post , or using strong hooks. All these tactics are well and good, but even they don’t guarantee success. Few things do when it comes the navigating the ever-changing labyrinths of social media algorithms.

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Stax

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

When did you last use cash or check to pay for something? If you had to scratch your head to answer this question, you’re among 9 in 10 Americans who prefer digital transactions over traditional payment methods. According to Mordor Intelligence , the electronic payments industry was valued at $7.36 trillion in 2021 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.08% to hit $15.27 trillion in 2030.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

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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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Trevor Lee, founder CEO at Myko, put together his list of his favorite SaaStr podcasts of the year , and they really are some of the best ones. I’m all in on these Top 5. Listen / watch them to really learn. If you want to catch up, these are 5 great ones: #1. 9 Easy Sales Concepts People Get Wrong with Sam Blond A classic. You’re probably making these mistakes.

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Kellblog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

“How’s it going at StartCo?” I asked. “Great,” the CMO replied. “We hit 105% of our pipeline generation (pipegen) goals last quarter, and with a healthy pipe/spend ratio of above 10.” “Nice,” I said. “How sales doing?” “Oh, that’s another matter,” the CMO said. “They landed at 82% of new logo ARR plan.” Quick: what’s wrong with this conversation?

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Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Ever since Meta officially launched Threads, there has been a lot of speculation about which approach to content gets the best results. So, instead of just speculating, I decided to put some extra time and effort into posting to Threads consistently for a month. Now, what does it say about me (or Threads) that my top-performing posts from the last 30 days were: A “What’s in my bag?

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