The Best of profitwell
9 most popular profitwell articles, as voted by our community.
profitwell on Freemium
How freemium drives MRR for Trello, Slack, Wordpress, and Dropbox
Here are six lessons that every company can use from the history and MRR numbers of two successful B2B and two B2C SaaS companies that rely on subscriptions and freemium.
profitwell on Hiten Shah
The Anatomy of a SaaS Marketing Site
The SaaS DNA Project provides extensive research and education from SaaS professionals who think about these respective subject areas more than anyone else out there. You can utilize the research and data to ensure you don't need to reinvent the wheel when it comes to building your SaaS or subscription business. This research is provided by Hiten Shah of Quicksprout, Patrick Campbell of ProfitWel.coml and Price Intelligently, Walter Chen of Animalz, and the UserTesting Team
profitwell on Saas
Notion's New Freemium Play
Notion is all-in-one that uses minimalistic, New Yorker style imagery throughout their website to create a hip, whimsical design aesthetic.
Should You Focus on Your Competition?
Is focusing on your competition helping or hurting your business? We studied over two and a half thousand subscription companies to find the answer.
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How to become a truly product-led company: insight from HubSpot's SVP
Chris O'Donnell, HubSpot's SVP of Product, breaks down the spectrum you need to follow in order to become a product-led company.
The famous freemium swerve that changed video-conferencing
Today we're launching Good Better Best: a weekly deep dive on pricing and packaging strategies written by Rob Litterst, who helps head up our pricing team. Each issue features analysis of a specific…
How do discounts impact growth?
Today, Nachman Lieser from ZazoSell asks a common question: How does discounting affect the growth of subscription companies?
Lessons from 10,342 blog posts on growth
Growth is focused on optimizing the bottom line of cash-money in the bank no matter the channel through which that growth comes - acquisition, retention, or monetization.
SaaS Marketing: How to Craft a Unique SaaS Marketing Strategy
SaaS marketing is different from other types of businesses. Products are more long term, relationship-based, and complex. How can you market SaaS products?
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