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Drew Sheehan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
194 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

But it's not a matter of not being able to.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

It's just making sure that we have the right staff to support the business as it scales.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

I mean, I think the key is understanding, you know, going back to what I was mentioning before is that it's not about you as the business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

It's about understanding that every quote unquote hit to your website is a different human being that has different things they're looking for, especially depending on where they are in the sales cycle.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

And so until someone recognizes that just having a one size fits all approach doesn't work, you're kind of missing people.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

And so, you know, again, for us, yes, you're going to customize it, but allowing you to build whatever the right tool is or the right set of tools for your particular business is

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

they're into that button so that they can choose how they want to move their relationship forward with you as a business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

I think that's it, is simplicity, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

I mean, we have shorter attention spans as human beings than we've ever had.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

And within the first couple of seconds, if you can't find something that makes sense for you or that intrigues you, then you're going to move on.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

And ultimately, instead of going through the route of trying to chat with a bot or something else,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

we're gonna deliver those things right there within the first couple of seconds for different types of visitors.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

Yeah, so it's appreciably less.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

We operate on a freemium model.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

You know, our whole product, we give away for free.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

We limit it to two account users.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

But for the majority of who we believe will be our business, which is small to medium-sized businesses, two account users is probably enough for them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

We have two upgrade packages.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

But yeah, I mean, we use the freemium model as an acquisition strategy, not so much as a monetization strategy.