SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

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. He served as National Director for Marketing in both places.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

The fastest growing software companies in recent years all have something in common – they started with little to no sales team. Yes, Slack started off with no sales team. Yes, Dropbox started off with no traditional sales team. billion in revenue) so it’s safe to say Jeanne and her team have helped do exactly that.

Scale 162

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Payment Services 162

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. First, there was a LOT to like about the company: The market size was, and remains, huge. Both offered consumers a ton of convenience through their service. Instacart is a case study of this.

Marketplace as a Service 140

Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Scale Construction 140

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It’s time to start thinking about retention at scale and bring onboard a customer success team. She joined the company in 2007 back when it was just 30 people and has been instrumental in helping the company scale both its team and its market share over the years. Why you need a customer success team.

VP of Engineering 108

VP of Engineering Customer Success Churn Scale 108

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Whether you’re a product or service-based business, it’s never too early to start planning your holiday promotions. Do you really need a seasonal promotion if you sell services, though? In fact, the run-up to the holidays is a perfect time for any service-based business to find customers and start the new year on a profitable note.

Marketplace as a Service 118

Marketplace as a Service Social Media Business Underperforming Technical Team 118

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Amazon’s so big that it has become an entire marketing channel. How do you stand out in such a highly-competitive marketplace? Find an Amazon marketing consultant. 3 Ways an Amazon Marketing Consultant Can Help Grow Your Business. And they do this with poor store setup and product listings. Many entrepreneurs do.

Consulting 112

Consulting Outsourcing Services Marketing Underperforming Technical Team 112

OpenView Labs

MAY 12, 2020

Those are some pretty great results for a small team—only about 50 people in the whole company—that needs to navigate the challenges of selling a horizontal product serving multiple audiences from single-player scenarios to enterprise deployments. Small businesses or teams who adopt it self-service.

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team Marketing Scale B2C 98

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Why it’s hard to build a two-sided marketplace [13:38]. Managing a technical team as a non-technical person [24:13]. Okay, it’s not that easy, but Sapper Consulting has built REGIE to keep the promise of sales enablement alive and keep your team doing what they do best, which is winning. Sam’s Corner [33:50 ].

Marketplace as a Service 112

Marketplace as a Service CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Scale 112

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2019

Last week, I got a marketing email announcing a major promotion (three months free) about a product I had just purchased and paid full price for. Needless to say, this made him look bad in my eyes. Secondly, when he did speak with Marketing, they informed him this promo was just for prospects not customers like me. The result?

Strategy 107

Strategy Marketing Marketplace as a Service Sales 107

Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

And it’s not without good reason: nearly all software products with dominant market share started as apps but grew to the point where third-party developers began building valuable integrations on top of what these companies had already created. But there is this other area of developer tools: the Twilios and the Stripes of the world.

Underperforming Technical Team 170

Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development Development 170

Sales Hacker

MARCH 25, 2021

Or Mary from marketing? Our guess is that poor Polly from purchasing is gathering dust on a noticeboard in the canteen or buried somewhere deep in your internal network of folders. Perfectly position the product/service to their prospects. Speak empathetically to their prospects and develop stronger connections as a result.

Scale 131

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Outsourcing Services Sales 131

Neil Patel

AUGUST 4, 2021

There’s no doubt about it: a successful video marketing campaign will absolutely transform how your business operates. It’s hardly something you can leap into blindly, and understanding the process behind successful video marketing campaigns will help you avoid costly mistakes in the future. Let’s take a look at the statistics.

Marketing 145

Marketing Social Media Sales Hiring Technical Review 145

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. The second constituent there is the developer. Why do developers love SaaS products? Low touch you’re gonna talk a lot about what we call customer success teams.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

After all, this data allows you to create a winning marketing strategy and grow your business. Wouldn’t it be great if you could bring these data sources together and view, at a glance, exactly how your marketing strategies are performing? If you could visualize your data and share your findings with key team members?

Marketing 114

Marketing Social Media Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team 114

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Maria and Anthony present the CEO and CMO playbook of how the CEO and CMO can partner with other members of the team to grow sales and marketing. Anthony : I think it is what, $7 5 billion value or market cap today. Maria : Not too bad. So it was in a big, dark theater, and we just got to talk about marketing.

Scale 293

Scale Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 293

SaaStr

JANUARY 28, 2020

Maria is one of the top SaaS leaders in marketing, just finished up the CMO Vanna plan, which IPOed. So now, you’ll be able to go upstairs and you’ll hear the honest stories, right, of how a marketing leader, the CMO, works with the CCO. And I know we always think about the public markets, but investors are market too.

Sales Hiring 246

Sales Hiring Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Recruiting 246

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Most of the articles that I write on my blogs are catered towards intermediate to experienced marketers and those with a business website. Some of my readers are just preparing to take their first steps up the marketing mountain , some who only have their first domain name registrar confirmation. Hosting Factor #2: Customer Service.

Underperforming Technical Team 145

Underperforming Technical Team Social Media Marketplace as a Service Software Review 145

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

There’s a reason why our co-founder Neil Patel’s marketing content is ranked so high on google for any term you can think of. That’s all because of our ability to constantly optimize and improve our methods according to the current trends in the marketplace. You should check out the services of Neil Patel Digital. #2

Sales Hiring 144

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Social Media Underperforming Technical Team 144

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 11, 2019

But as the business becomes more successful – and there are resources to build a support team – additional layers begin to separate executives from their customers. As the General Manager for HubSpot’s Service Hub , Michael knows a thing or two about keeping customers close. Michael Redbord has an answer for that.

Scale 188

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 188

FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

Across markets, companies were “taking big data sets and visualizing them in interesting ways to create user experiences.” When Justin and his initial team started looking for a way to capitalize on VR/AR technology, they focused their attention on the “made-to-order” industrial market. Experience is the keyword here.

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods Marketing Payments SaaS Payments 147

User Pilot

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In the competitive world of SaaS products, product positioning is definitely something your product marketing team can’t afford to ignore. Product positioning allows you to identify your market niche. As with all marketing efforts , positioning should be driven by the customer and their needs.

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Software Review Marketplace as a Service 98

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers. In this saas marketing strategy guide, we are going to tell you everything about saas marketing.

Growth Hacking 105

Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The connection between your traffic and your landing page is called an accurate message to market fit. You want your message to perfectly fit your market so you can start with a winning funnel that’s only bound to go up from there. That can be a developer, a Funnel designer/builder, an Ad specialist, or a CRO consultant.

Scale 142

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring Consulting 142

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Renaud Visage, Co-Founder of Eventbrite, and Romain Huet, Head of Developer Relations at Stripe, know what it takes to effectively evolve your offering into a platform without losing what made offering appealing in the first place. Romain Huet | Head of Developer Relations @ Stripe. Want to see more content like this?

Payments 174

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 174

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Sales Development and Prospecting. The Sales Development Playbook. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. 80/20 Sales and Marketing. Here are the best books on selling (and related disciplines) that can help you hit your goals and develop your career. Selling to Big Companies. The Pirate’s Guide to Sales. B2B Is Really P2P.

Scale 143

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Sales 143

SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

” So we wanted to create essentially … Well, you can probably describe it the easiest way as an anti-SAP of supply chains, something that was easy, simple, free to use, open, and easy to develop for. Third parties are developing apps for our platform. Tradeshift Buy, which is essentially what we call private marketplaces.

Payment Solutions 182

Payment Solutions Payments Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 182

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

Ryan Austin had VP-level experience in training when he decided to start a consulting business to help enterprise-level companies with their corporate learning and development initiatives. Ryan and his team noticed so many inefficiencies across the L&D workflows. “It There are now over 150 enterprise companies using the platform.

Payment Solutions 133

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 133

User Pilot

MARCH 5, 2025

Integrations with other tools: Does it integrate with CRM, marketing automation, and other essential business applications? Best for: SaaS product teams who want a powerful but easy-to-use platform to improve onboarding, increase product adoption, and drive user engagement. Criterion Does It Deliver? Customer support with Intercom.

Software Review 52

Software Review Engagement Software Scale 52

Chart Mogul

MAY 7, 2020

Onboarding a new member of your sales team is challenging on its own, but especially so when they have to call prospects out of the blue. Providing the right cold calling training can make or break the success of a new team member. Adding their name to your CRM or marketing automation program’s round-robin lead assignment mechanism.

Sales Hiring 121

Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service Headcount 121

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Social media dominates the present-day marketing landscape. Plus, there are solid stats that highlight how useful incorporating Facebook can be for your marketing strategy: A total of 1.6 If you want to explore Facebook as a means to advertise your products and services for maximizing sales and generating leads, you need an expert.

Advertising 123

Advertising Consulting Scale Sales Hiring 123

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

Nick Mehta: Power of the developer, or the API economy, both of you play very much in both those trends. How do you help your team make that link to value? We’ve got a lot of training to do with our sales teams to get them to start to speak in these types of terms versus feature function.

Payment Methods 273

Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 273

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. Eventbrite was historically a 50% sales and 50% self-service business. Eventbrite now caters toward more modern music creators that share the need for intuitive and self-service experiences.

Scale 139

Scale User Experience Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service 139

Neil Patel

MARCH 2, 2021

They’re a highly useful marketing tool for drawing traffic, generating leads, and making conversions. The more (positive) reviews and testimonials you have, the more likely prospective customers are to put their faith and money in your services. Instead, pursue the ones best aligned with the services you offer and your target audience.

Software Review 127

Software Review Technical Review Scale Merchant Services 127

Neil Patel

APRIL 20, 2021

More than likely, marketers who struggle to win customers either haven’t been prospecting the right way or aren’t putting in enough effort. They’ll help you drive more visitors into your marketing funnel and convert casual visits into sales. Influence marketing is here to stay, so you should embrace it. But guess what?

Sales 137

Sales Outsourcing Services Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team 137

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. Target market focus Horizontal and vertical SaaS each target a very different customer base. What is Horizontal SaaS?

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

Neil Patel

JANUARY 21, 2021

Wrike also makes collaboration seamless with shared calendars, file sharing, and team reports time tracking. Their free version includes unlimited tasks per team, projects in the board or list view, unlimited file storage, an activity log, and more. You don’t need any SEO or developer experience to use it. per user per month.

Payment Methods 110

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services Payments 110

Chart Mogul

APRIL 24, 2020

In an environment marked by a global pandemic and market volatility, advocating for SaaS forecasting seems like a lost cause. Was that the last wave of bad news?’ ‘I’m A post-truth marketplace is a hard place for nuanced data science, or as they used to call it, “lies, damn lies, and statistics.”. How bad will it get?

Forecasting 98

Forecasting Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Marketplace as a Service 98