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How to Build Go-to-Market Efficiency in SMB Sales with Owner.com CRO Kyle Norton

SaaStr

Nail down one small niche of a market before you hit the gas to scale. They’ll become more concerned about the quality of deals from sales to onboarding to launch. The post How to Build Go-to-Market Efficiency in SMB Sales with Owner.com CRO Kyle Norton appeared first on SaaStr.

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Product-Led Growth: Panacea or Boondoggle? with AgentSync Co-Founder & CTO Jenn Knight and OpenPhone Co-Founder Daryna Kulya (Pod 538 + Video)

SaaStr

How are you going to sell your service? This is one of the most important questions for founders to answer as they prepare to launch a product. When OpenPhone first launched, they were focused on a sole proprietor, and their ACV was low. The Power of PLG. What is your product? . Who is your target audience?

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Building a Global SaaS Empire: 5 Bets That Paid Off with Freshworks Founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham

SaaStr

In hindsight, the biggest lesson was to go after a bigger market to increase your chances of success rather than getting stuck in a niche market. Freshdesk was launched in 2011 as its first product, and its second product was released in 2014, with faster growth than the first. Cast your net wide.

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Want to Build A Subscription Business? Ask Yourself These 3 Questions

Hubspot

A one-off purchase like a sandwich is a non-starter (unless you're launching a wildly niche "mystery sandwich of the month" club.). If you look at a list of the “fastest” growing SaaS companies, besides having a great product and great go-to-market skills, they’re usually B2B sales-led products.

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Brand Marketing vs. Product Marketing: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Invest In?

ConversionXL

It partners with sales to close more revenue, informs product teams to deliver better products, and in some cases, co-owns demand generation activities with marketing teams. Bellroy understands what captures the attention of their target audience (beyond the relevant challenges) based on their market research. Why buy now?

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The Proven Process for Developing a Go-to-Market Strategy [+Templates]

Hubspot

To have a successful product launch, you need to craft a thoughtful, actionable, effective go-to-market (GTM) strategy framework. Without proper planning, it’s impossible to know if you’re chasing the wrong audience, are too early or too late to a given market, or targeting a market that's too saturated with similar solutions.

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Sequoia India: 22 Things We Learned from SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

Over 100 Indian founders were in town for a unique double header: SaaStr/Dreamforce and the launch of SaaSBOOMi US. One implication of SaaS proliferation is that too many companies solving super niche problems are getting funded. Application SaaS has matured and increasingly there are fewer niches available to build large businesses.

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