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Freemium vs. Free Trial: Which Gets You More Paying Customers (Not Just Freeloaders)?

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As Wes Bush details, you have three options for a SaaS go-to-market strategy : sales led, marketing led, or product led. Will you still need sales support for some enterprise accounts? Lincoln Murphy cites a 3% conversion rate for SaaS and B2B web apps; a 2012 article on several leading platforms suggested a range between 1 and 10%.

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Common Growth Hacking Myths (and How Growth Actually Works)

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” April, 2012 – Andrew Chen writes Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing , which goes viral (2.4K September, 2012 – Andrew Chen, who currently does growth at Uber , writes You don’t need a growth hacker , which encourages companies to really consider whether they have product-market fit before hiring a growth hacker.

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Ecommerce Content Marketing: Attract, Engage, Close, and Delight Buyers

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He argues that, if factors like price and product quality are perceived as equal, the seller who’s created a relationship with a buyer will win the sale. calls to action and sales-focused product pages alone. But you can’t skip this stage simply because it’s furthest from a sale. You can build that relationship with content.

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How One Startup Combines Boston’s B2B Sense with the Valley’s Social Media Style

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Acquisitions are happening more and more, while companies like PillPack, Actifio, CarGurus, OnShape, Acquia, Applause, and others continue to march forward. Incepted in 2012, Alignable’s platform hit the market in 2014, and since then, we’ve seen hundreds of thousands of business owners in North America join.

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The unprofitable SaaS business model trap

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Marketo filed for IPO with impressive 80% year-over-year growth in 2012, with almost $60m in revenue. of revenue, force-feeding sales pipelines with an unprofitable product. I know the argument: The pay-back period on sales, marketing, and up-start costs is long, but there’s a profitable result at the end of the tunnel.

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How to Conduct a SaaS Funnel Audit

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That’s the sound of potential customers leaking out of your sales funnel. After fighting tooth-and-nail to launch your SaaS business, the last thing you want is a leaky sales funnel to undermine all your hard work. However it comes with it’s own set of challenges, like retention and churn. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC).

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5 Insights from Every Speaker of ConversionXL Live 2016

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Establish a unique sales position (the specific benefit to the customer that leads to the desired outcome). Strategy & Testing: The a-ha moment is the tipping point for retention. Fix churn before acquisition – it will flatline growth. The a-ha moment is the tipping point for retention. Why retention matters?