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SaaS Branding | 6 Challenges of Killer Cloud Brands

SaaS Branding | 6 Challenges of Killer Cloud Brands

By Joel York on April 5, 2012

SaaS branding has some unique challenges that aren’t covered in the average MBA program. As a new communication channel, the Internet has altered the rules of branding for almost every category of product. However, cloud brands that owe their very existence to the Internet often find that the message, the medium and the merchandise are [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Marketing | Tagged brand, Branding, chaotic flow, cloud, cloud brands, joel york, Marketing Blogs, saas, saas branding, saas brands, SaaS Marketing

Customer Self-Service | The Holy Grail of SaaS

Customer Self-Service | The Holy Grail of SaaS

By Joel York on July 26, 2011

One hundred percent customer self-service is the holy grail of SaaS. Everyone looks for it, but it is never found. Even if your product is simple enough to provide complete self-service purchase, you are unlikely to get away with complete self-service support, because you can’t hang unhappy customer’s out to dry or you will ruin [...]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged best practices, chaotic flow, cloud computing, customer self-service, holy grail, saas, SaaS Marketing, self-service, software as a service | 3 Responses

SaaS Product Marketing - Upgrade and Upsell Strategy

SaaS Product Marketing – Upgrade and Upsell Strategy

By Joel York on September 16, 2010

I think it would be hard to overemphasize the importance of upgrades and upsells in SaaS product marketing. In an industry where free trials, freemium versions, bargain basement subscription prices and simply hoping to recover customer acquisition cost with first year revenue are the norm, few things are sweeter than a customer that actually [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Marketing | Tagged chaotic flow, freemium, marketing, saas, SaaS Blog, SaaS Marketing, saas product, saas revenue, sales, upgrade, upsell, upselling | 1 Response

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