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Mark Organ

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
372 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

These days, we need a lot more in the way of referral leads.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

We need to get their stories.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

We need to have customers help out, close deals, especially in B2B, which is where we focus.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

And

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

So this is a problem I want to solve and actually I learned about this while I was at Eloqua.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

I just saw how important it was to have mobilized customers in order to make buyers purchase faster.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

But the challenge was that the experience of being an advocate is not always that great.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

You've got people calling you saying, hey, can you give us close a deal over here?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

Can you give us a couple of referrals?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

We're looking to grow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

So the gap that I saw was in making a much better, much more fun and rewarding experience for these advocates.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

So what we do is we create these communities where companies invite their customer advocates into there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

It's like a VIP club for their best customers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

And we make them feel like a million bucks, and they get to network with each other, and we gamify the process of advocating.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

So people get points for a successful referral, for example.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

or for telling their story successfully.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

And if more people sort of read their guest blog posts, then they get more points over time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

We've made it as fun as like the best mobile games out there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

And so it's really engaging and fun.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
846: SaaS: $50m Raised, $12m+ ARR To Incentivize Reviews and Influencers

What do people pay you?