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Struggling to grow your SaaS? In this talk from MicroConf Europe 2022, Marc Thomas, Head of Growth at Powered By Search, shares hard-earned lessons from scaling his own startup and helping hundreds of other SaaS companies achieve rapid growth. Marc lays out his Predictable Growth framework, identifying 9 essential levers for success including attracting high-quality leads, building authority, optimizing your sales funnel, engaging website visitors, and boosting conversion rates. Links from the Pod: MicroConf Europe - Tickets are on sale now! Get the slides here Watch this talk on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel

Launching a SaaS business in 2023 and still looking for an idea? Well, here are 7 SaaS ideas to build in 2023! These are new SaaS ideas that I am surprised no one has built yet so much sure to take advantage of these ideas now. Episode Sponsor: Lemon.io This week’s podcast was sponsored by Lemon.io. Cut down on hiring time by working with vetted devs at competitive rates. Get 15% off your first 4 weeks working with their engineers. https://lemon.io/microconf Links from the Pod: MicroConf Mastermind Matching The 5 P.M. Idea Validation Framework Nugget.one Watch this video on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel

Plateauing in your business? Break through any SaaS revenue plateau with this simple solution, plus prevent future revenue plateaus with a quick calculation. Troubleshooting and proactively preventing your next plateau will happen you will reduce churn and increase revenue. Links from the Pod: MicroConf Mastermind Matching Watch this video on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel

ChatGPT, GPT-4, OpenAI and all the rest... You've no doubt heard of the AI tools rolling out. But is it all good? This real life case study reveals the dangers of AI, how AI tools can either help or hurt your business growth and SaaS apps or services, and what to do moving forward...   Check out this blog post with 7 more AI nightmares: https://microconf.com/latest/ai-nightmares-and-chatgpt-cautionary-tales   Links from the Pod: OpenCage Blog Post OpenCage Twitter Hacker News Post Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel Watch this video on YouTube

In this episode, Rob Walling recounts building a multi-million dollar startup with $0 venture capital... Rob walks you through his journey of building Drip, and his step-by-step process for growing a profitable startup, plus how to build it from Day 1 so it actually sells.   Listen to the end to hear his BIGGEST regret!   Links from the Pod: Back The SaaS Playbook on Kickstarter Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel Watch this video on YouTube

If you've been laid off from a big tech company, you may be considering starting your own business. But is it the right move for you? In this podcast, we'll explore the reasons to start a business, reasons not to, and four tips to increase your chance of success.   Links from the Pod: Back The SaaS Playbook on Kickstarter Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel Watch this video on YouTube  

In this podcast, recorded at a MicroConf Local in Austin, Jason Cohen sits down with Rob Walling for a fireside chat at the WP Engine headquarters. The cover a range of topics including: Finding Product Market Fit Understanding how customers think about pricing and how to get them to pay more Identifying the Right Metrics Using Excitement as a Reason to Do Something If you haven't seen Jason's talk, Designing the Ideal Bootstrapped Business , on our YouTube Channel, you should. Links from the Pod: Back The SaaS Playbook on Kickstarter Watch this talk on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel    

You got your first 100 customers, now what? How do you continue getting customers and keep them long term to reduce churn? Get more SaaS users with these simple strategies for scaling SaaS beyond 1000 customers. Links from the Pod: The SaaS Playbook Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel Watch this video on YouTube  

In this audio from MicroConf Remote 5.0, Amanda Natividad, VP of Marketing at Sparktoro, discusses the how content marketing trending more and more toward zero-click content.  Amanda gives away 3 methods for creating zero-click content from your existing long form content. Links from the Pod: Get your ticket for MicroConf Remote 6.0 Amanda Natividad | Twitter Sparktoro Get the slides from this talk

The crash of Silicon Valley Bank has a lot of founders on edge, and rightly so!   While the FDIC and the Federal Reserve have announced that they will step in and guarantee all deposits, even those above the FDIC threshold, there's still much to be sorted out in the coming days.   In this audio pulled from a YouTube livestream on Monday, March 13th, Rob Walling and Einar Vollset, co-founders of TinySeed, a startup accelerator, will be going live for about 30 minutes to chat about the impact this news will have on startups, why the guarantee of deposits was necessary, and what steps you might consider to protect your startup going forward.   Links from the Pod: MicroConf Remote MicroConf US Watch the replay of this livestream on YouTube Subscribe to the MicroConf YouTube Channel Rob Walling | Twitter Einar Vollset | Twitter