Scale Your SaaS

EPISODE SUMMARY

Founders have a unique experience and passion for running their businesses, thus shaping the way they lead their teams. And as it expands, they may want the same level of passion from their employees, which could lead to being too controlling as leaders. 

In this episode of SaaS-Story in the Making, B2B SaaS Sales Coach and host Matt Wolach and BrightLocal’s Founder and CEO, Myles Anderson, talk about the importance of letting go of control for a more practical approach to business and how it helps with the success of SEO. Anderson shared his knowledge and experiences on SEO and how encouraging autonomy to the team helped them gain authority over prospects, clients, and Google rankings.

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Podcast: SaaS-Story in the Making

Episode: Episode No. 222, “How to Empower Your Team to Win – with Myles Anderson”

Host: Matt Wolach, a B2B SaaS sales coach, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Guest: Myles Anderson, Founder, and CEO at BrightLocal

TOP TIPS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Get Your Prospects Committed
• Move Quickly Through Autonomy
• Create a High Trust Environment
• Make as Few Decisions as Possible

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• SEO is an Investment

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Client onboarding sets the tone and expectations of the client to the company. When done right, it can lead to a better understanding of their needs and efficiency in providing the best way to achieve their goals using the product. It is a vital aspect of the sales process that companies sometimes fail to acknowledge. 

In this episode of SaaS-Story in the Making, B2B SaaS Sales Coach and host Matt Wolach and GuideCX’s COO, Harris Clarke, talk about the importance of having a proper client onboarding process. It is an essential feature that can make or break the client’s impression and possible conversion. Clarke shares how SaaS companies can provide value to clients and the team through proper onboarding.

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Episode: Episode No. 221, “Guarantee Client Satisfaction Through Proper Onboarding”

Host: Matt Wolach, a B2B SaaS sales coach, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Guest: Harris Clarke, COO of GuideCX

TOP TIPS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Build a Great First Impression
• Be Transparent 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Onboarding Should Satisfy & Exceed Expectations 
• An Antidote to Anxiety or a Reinforcement to Value

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Automation is great, but are some people taking it too far? What happened to a personal approach (that buyer’s love)? The rise of automation software made it easy for companies to reach a large percentage of their market quickly. However, it cannot guarantee customer satisfaction and experience.

In this episode of SaaS-Story in the Making, B2B SaaS Sales Coach and host Matt Wolach and Bonjoro’s Head of Growth, Casey Hill, talk about how little tweaks on your process can make a huge impact. Personalization is essential in improving relationships, whether about the market or business partnerships. Hill shared how it helped him scale so businesses, especially startups, can integrate it into their process and help them grow. 

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Podcast: SaaS-Story in the Making

Episode: Episode No. 220, “How to Differentiate Through Process”

Host: Matt Wolach, a B2B SaaS sales coach, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Guest: Casey Hill, Head of Growth at Bonjoro

TOP TIPS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Capture Prospects’ Attention Through Videos
• Cultivate Partnerships
• Stand Out In The Market 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• The Experience Economy 

TOP QUOTES

Casey Hill

[09:46] “So many times people are so used to automation and mass-producing stuff that if you can put little personalization elements in there, I can see that being a huge value.”

[11:59] “So I think in this world where everyone is so flooded, you know, I ignore 99% of the things that hit my inbox and my LinkedIn because every day I am pitch to death… but if you can create an experience around your product, where someone remembers it, and they want to share it, and they want to talk to people I think is a very, very powerful differentiation.”

Matt Wolach

[15:43] “One of my big mantras with my clients is to always talk about being a helper person, not a salesperson. And if you can be that guide, that advisor and somebody who’s kind of like we talked about creating an experience for somebody that they know, they’re going to be taken care of by a trusted individual. I mean, that’s so powerful.”

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In this industry, the competition is tough. Companies are always finding ways to stand out. One way to do this is to make processes efficient. It would help improve almost all aspects of the business, leading them to achieve their goals. Some may focus on sales or marketing but little did they know that they should also be paying attention to their operations. 

In this episode of SaaS-Story in the Making, B2B SaaS Sales Coach and host Matt Wolach and OpsAnalitica’s Founder, Tommy Yionoulis, talk about the importance of operations. Yionoulis has years of experience in hospitality management, people management, and software, which he combined in making OpsAnalitica. He shares crucial lessons and experiences in building his business to help SaaS founders scale theirs.

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Episode: Episode No. 219, “How Improving Operations Can Make Your Company Stand Out”

Host: Matt Wolach, a B2B SaaS sales coach, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Guest: Tommy Yionoulis, Founder of OpsAnalitica

TOP TIPS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Make the Change 
• Be a People Manager    
• Don’t Market Yourself Off A Cliff 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Operations Excellence Revolution 

TOP QUOTES

Tommy Yionoulis

[24:42] “They can hold their teams more accountable for doing all the little things that they need to do every day. But more importantly, can identify issues and crowdsource fixes to those issues because they’re collecting all of this data.”

[26:26] “It’s never been a huge, massive problem. It’s all these little death by a thousand-cut problem… And 99% of them have been identified by somebody who already has an issue, just someone didn’t cover it right. And so when you can be ensuring that people are covering off on that stuff. And when you do find a problem, you can identify a crowdsourcing solution and fix it quickly.”

Matt Wolach

[28:15] “It’s so important to make sure the details are in line.”

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Building a company comes with successes and struggles along the journey. Founders learn a lot from these as they experience them at different stages. And it helps them align their motivations, actions, and decisions towards the betterment of the company. 

In this episode of SaaS-Story in the Making, B2B SaaS Sales Coach and host Matt Wolach and Paddle’s Founder and CEO, Christian Owens talk about the company’s journey to reaching a $1.4 Billion valuation today from zero. As a company that started almost 10 years ago, Owens has gathered valuable lessons and experiences before getting to what Paddle is today that is important for SaaS founders to learn from.

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Episode: Episode No. 218, “How this Company Raised $1.4 Billion Valuation”

Host: Matt Wolach, a B2B SaaS sales coach, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Guest: Christian Owens, Founder, and CEO at Paddle

TOP TIPS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Begin your First Steps
• Solve the Problem, Don’t Just Build a Solution
• Show Companies That You Can Do Better 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Foster a Healthy Company Culture 

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In this episode of SaaS-Story in the Making, B2B SaaS Sales Coach and host Matt Wolach and Fathom’s founder and CEO, Richard White, talk about remote work, the importance of clear communication, and company growth.

Having managed his former company for 10 years, White learned valuable lessons that helped him start and successfully grow Fathom. Even before Zoom meetings became the norm, he had plenty of experience talking to clients online, which took him so much time in documentation. But today, he turned his experiences at UserVoice into a great platform that can help improve the quality of conversations and meetings internally and externally. 

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Episode: Episode No. 217, “Advanced Remote Environment Tips – with Richard White”

Host: Matt Wolach, a B2B SaaS sales coach, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Guest: Richard White, CEO at Fathom

TOP TIPS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Make Sure You Have A Shared Context
• Question All Synchronous Communication
• Record Your Meetings

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Learning from Looking Back

TOP QUOTES

Richard White

[11:53] “Meetings are great when you want to discuss something once everyone has context. They’re terrible once it’s like we’re using the meeting to get context through it.”

Matt Wolach

[04:42] “Necessity creates that invention and that creation.”

[15:45] “Part of my coaching is, to record your demos. And you can go back and watch. And if you are running a team, make sure your team is recording demos, so you can help them, you can coach them, you can see where the right and wrong is.”

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Starting a SaaS company is hard, and raising it can even be more challenging. Finding the right strategy, going through trial and error, and especially finding the fund you need are only parts of what makes it difficult to achieve. However, with the right measures, it is possible. 

In this episode of SaaS-Story in the Making, B2B SaaS Sales Coach and host Matt Wolach and Juno’s CEO, Josh Hotsenpiller, talk about how to take your startup to explosive growth. Hotsenpiller shared the right steps that he applied at Juno, where it successfully grew, and he managed to raise $15M with only 60 employees.

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Episode: Episode No. 216, “How One SaaS Founder Hit $1M Revenue in His First Four Months”

Host: Matt Wolach, a B2B SaaS sales coach, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Guest: Josh Hotsenpiller, CEO at Juno

TOP TIPS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Win Channel Partners & Accelerators
• Associate Your Solutions To Their Needs   
• Look For Investors That Can Help You Grow

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• There’s No One Way of Doing Anything
• Virtual Is Here to Stay

TOP QUOTES

Josh Hotsenpiller

[07:40] “I think, a lot of times, we put so much pressure on ourselves for explosive growth. And I think somebody just needs to tell you, you can’t predict it, you can’t buy it.”

[08:52] “My advice to founders is you need accelerators, that have earned the trust of a marketplace, and then you need to go win with them.” 

[09:13] “Personality can get you to the door, but [the] process will get you through it.”

Matt Wolach

[16:49] “One of the things you have to do is cater your pitch, cater what you’re talking about to the role, the role of the person on the line level, and what they care about what they’re working for.”

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From Matt’s popular B2B SaaS-focused podcast: “SaaS-Story in the Making.”

With the rising trends in the SaaS industry, every founder must learn how to innovate with their marketing strategies. Businesses of all sizes are discovering that they can effectively integrate SMS marketing with a larger marketing strategy.

In this episode of SaaS Story in the Making, I talked about the common problems in a SaaS business and shared a unique solution to every single of them – SMS marketing. See how this SMS marketing service can solve SaaS problems. Watch now!

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Are you struggling to grow your software business and achieve scale? Matt, a software founder, investor, and SaaS sales coach, had the same challenges when he first got into B2B SaaS, launching a company without ever having done so.

After initially failing to land new business, he was able to uncover the formula for attracting and closing software deals at scale. That formula has led to exponential growth at several companies and multiple investment rounds and exits.

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✔️ Ways to ENGAGE with your leads moving more through your process

✔️ The specific techniques that CLOSE deal more quickly and for more $$

✔️ How to SCALE so that others can step in and you can have freedom

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From Matt’s popular B2B SaaS-focused podcast: “SaaS-Story in the Making.”

With many social media platforms, it can be challenging to find one where a brand can grow. But in recent years, and with the added boost in social media marketing combined with the boom in engagement since the pandemic, there’s one channel that stood out so far that even Elon Musk wants to buy it. — Twitter. 

In this episode of SaaS Story in the Making, I invited Hypefury’s Co-Founder, Yannick Veys, to sit down with me and reveal his secrets that answer this million-dollar question, how to win business from Twitter. Watch now to find out!

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Are you struggling to grow your software business and achieve scale? Matt, a software founder, investor, and SaaS sales coach, had the same challenges when he first got into B2B SaaS, launching a company without ever having done so.

After initially failing to land new business, he was able to uncover the formula for attracting and closing software deals at scale. That formula has led to exponential growth at several companies and multiple investment rounds and exits.

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Matt now helps other software founders and leaders understand the framework for launching and scaling their company.

Want to achieve success and have a tremendous amount of impact with your B2B SaaS business? Subscribe now and learn:

✔️ How to ATTRACT perfect fit customers to you

✔️ Ways to ENGAGE with your leads moving more through your process

✔️ The specific techniques that CLOSE deal more quickly and for more $$

✔️ How to SCALE so that others can step in and you can have freedom

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattwolach/ 

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#SaaS #software #podcast #salestraining

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In this episode of SaaS Story in the Making, B2B SaaS Sales Coach and host Matt Wolach and Respona’s Co-Founder and Lead Innovator Farzad Rashidi talk about how SEO can significantly impact your company’s success and failure. 

Search engine optimization is crucial if you’re looking to create long-term brand awareness, expand your target audiences, and earn more revenue. Let’s look at the significant benefits of SEO for your business and how you can realize them with these insights from Rashidi.  

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Podcast: SaaS-Story in the Making

Episode: Episode No. 213, “Why Your SEO Strategy Failed”

Host: Matt Wolach, a B2B SaaS sales coach, Entrepreneur, and Investor

Guest: Farzad Rashidi, Co-Founder & Lead Innovator of Respona

TOP TIPS FROM THIS EPISODE

• Utilize Backlinks to Boost Popularity
• Understand the Right Keywords
• Have a Solid Foundation for Your Website

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Necessity Is the Mother of Innovation
• SEO Is Hard Work
• Customer Intent vs. User Intent

TOP QUOTES

Farzad Rashidi

[23:33] “Over 90% of companies, I see that focus on SEO, only stick with on-page stuff. The reason being is we’re human beings. We don’t like things that are not under our control. So we like to have a sense of control.

Matt Wolach

[22:46] “Based on what they’re searching for, they’re at different levels within their journey. And, and it’s really important to understand how to service them and feed them the right material at the right time.”

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