Startups For the Rest of Us   /     Episode 738 | Encouraging Word of Mouth, Educating a Market, and More Listener Questions (A Rob Solo Adventure)

Summary

In episode 738, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers listener questions. He explores how to target larger, enterprise deals after achieving product-market fit, and why word of mouth marketing can be great, yet is tricky to control. Rob also answers a later-stage question and cautions against trying to educate the market as a bootstrapper. Topics we cover:  1:58 – Expanding to enterprise deals after product-market fit 6:39 – Word of mouth marketing is tricky for B2B SaaS 14:36 – Educating the market as a bootstrapper 20:07 – Selling integrations through incubators and accelerators 24:38 – Developing a profit sharing model Links from the Show:  Register for MicroConf Remote before Nov. 7th for Early Bird pricing & extras Ask a Question at Startups For the Rest of Us The SaaS Playbook TinySeed Adjacency Matrix: How to expand after PMF by Jason Cohen F5Bot Syften Podscan Veed Devising a profit sharing program for micro-multinationals by Peldi Guilizzoni If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you! Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify

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In episode 738, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers listener questions. He explores how to target larger, enterprise deals after achieving product-market fit, and why word of mouth marketing can be great, yet is tricky to control. Rob al
Duration
00:28:40
Publishing date
2024-11-05 10:00
Link
https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-738-encouraging-word-of-mouth-educating-a-market-and-more-listener-questions-a-rob-solo-adventure
Contributors
  Rob Walling
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Enclosures
https://episodes.castos.com/5e1c969972fbb8-96341148/1868264/c1e-rgx1fjvmqdb7qj6r-jpjqg9g5uq6w-c92mgh.mp3
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In episode 738, join Rob Walling for a solo adventure as he answers listener questions. He explores how to target larger, enterprise deals after achieving product-market fit, and why word of mouth marketing can be great, yet is tricky to control. Rob also answers a later-stage question and cautions against trying to educate the market as a bootstrapper.

Topics we cover: 

  • 1:58 – Expanding to enterprise deals after product-market fit
  • 6:39 – Word of mouth marketing is tricky for B2B SaaS
  • 14:36 – Educating the market as a bootstrapper
  • 20:07 – Selling integrations through incubators and accelerators
  • 24:38 – Developing a profit sharing model

Links from the Show: 

If you have questions about starting or scaling a software business that you’d like for us to cover, please submit your question for an upcoming episode. We’d love to hear from you!

Subscribe & Review: iTunes | Spotify