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Nick Girard

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
267 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

We obviously prioritize people who have large audiences, have existing followings, who want to do things like brand partnerships or whatever.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

That's not the only criteria that we use.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

So one of the key things that we track is when people come on, they request an invite to Norby, they tell us upfront what they're most interested in.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

There's usually a particular wedge that they come to us for.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

We marry a bunch of different functionality, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

So we have landing pages, we have SMS, we have emails, we have event hosting, we have LinkedIn bio.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

We ask people in our onboarding flow, what are you primarily interested in using Norby for?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

And maybe they do a bunch of online events.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

They do a bunch of events as they're marketing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

They're looking for a better event management suite.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

Or they've wanted to get into SMS, but community starts at $100, $150 a month or whatever, and it's expensive.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

And that's really the only consumer option or whatever.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

They want a more customizable link in bio than Linktree, whatever it is.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

One of the key things that we measure is when do they reach for a second tool?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

They told us that they came in for events, and now they're sending text messages.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

They told us that they came in for LinkedIn bio, but then they realized they can do their newsletter through us.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

That time, how long does it take them to discover they can do a second part of their operation through us?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

And how engaged are they with that second feature?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

As soon as they reach for that tool, as soon as they reach a certain threshold of engagement, we know that we're going to convert that person.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Norby Is SMS and Email all in One, Raises $4m at $20m Valuation

So decreasing that time, increasing the discoverability of features, product education, tightening up that kind of onboarding experience during your trial has been really the focus for us for the last couple of months.