Launching Professional Image Generation Agent – Stay Tuned
Happy Diwali! Note: I'm working on a new image generation agent built for professionals/businesses. Still early, but stay tuned.
AI Voice Boosts Ecommerce Revenue, Solving Phone Conversion Gap
Proud @saastrfund is joining the round for @Consio_AI and the team building the AI voice layer for ecommerce!! Here's why we invested: 1⃣The Obvious Problem: Phone Converts Better Every ecommerce brand knows phone calls convert 3-5x better than web. But staffing a phone...
AI-Driven VC Matchmaking for Fundable Startups Only
We’re launching something different at SaaStr AI. VC Matchmaking that actually works. Because most founders are pitching the wrong VCs. Or pitching before they’re ready. Join the waitlist → https://t.co/x5NqYcTMbt Here’s how it works: 1️⃣: You upload your pitch Real revenue. Real metrics. Real traction....
Invest in Higher CAC on Meta to Unlock Scale
PSA: Pay the highest CaC possible on Meta. The higher the CaC you can afford you to pay the more scale you'll achieve. Growth comes from a majority of things happening OUTSIDE of the ad account.
Describe Changes in English, Get Instant Mock-Ups
⌛️Tired of telling your designer what changes you want ... and waiting? 😠 Or your dev team never quite understanding what you want the site to really look like? Just vibe it. Tell @alloy_app what changes you want made to your...
Differentiating B2B Brands in an AI‑Saturated Landscape
When every marketer has AI in their toolbox, how will any B2B brand stand out? Get the answer from this post co-created with 14 top marketing pros from the B2B marketing community https://t.co/Q5cv8ECkh0 via @toprank b2b marketing blog https://t.co/D3YmObQEpt
Make Your Site Agent-Ready with Structured Data
🤖 Your website looks great — too bad robots can’t read it AI agents buy and recommend based on structured, trusted, real-time data, not pretty pixels. Check out how some tips on how to get your site agent-ready: #AI #DataLayer...
Login Searches Reveal Hidden Growth Signals in Brand Data
Not all brand search is related to buyer interest, but also contains search from customers, potential employees, etc, and trends in that data might tell us a lot about how the category and brand are performing. For example, in a...
AI Bridges Agencies, Publishers, and Brands for Smarter Collaboration
"AI doesn’t replace publishers, brands or agencies, but it can connect them more intelligently. Collaboration is key. Agencies bring strategy. Publishers offer premium environments. Brands drive creative. And AI acts as the bridge between them."
AI Tools Multiply Productivity, Making Users Tenfold More Valuable
ClickFlow (my internal AI-powered SEO tool) used to save 20 hours per person each month, now it saves 55 hours. Those who master and implement AI tools, agents, and workflows aren’t 10% better, they’re 10× more valuable. And those who don’t will...
Stop Micro‑optimizing LinkedIn; Focus on Real Value Creation
"What's the best time to post to LinkedIn? And should you edit a post after you publish it?" Been thinking a lot about how so many entrepreneurs and creators focus on the wrong things: things that only matter if you...
AI Amplifies Bad Data—Clean Foundations First
Most teams dream of using AI to save them from complexity. The dashboards, the messy reports and the endless debates over numbers. Everyone wants a magic switch. The reality is less cinematic. AI doesn’t clean up the mess for you. It...
Turning Mergers Into Synergy: 1+1=3
1 + 1 = 3: Successfully Navigating Post-Merger Integrations https://t.co/Qwfo9TA8XC via @TTCapPartners #mergers #PrivateEquity https://t.co/oRsxNplE8F
Human Learning Experts Essential to Prevent AI‑Driven Gaps
Key quote: "Learning professionals still need to develop and guide program strategy, oversee content accuracy, ensure that learners receive the right type of instructional support, and achieve the desired business outcomes. Without this essential human layer, #AI could expand performance...
OpenAI's 41x Valuation Makes Sense Against $0 Rivals
Machines Lab at $12B at $0 revenue. OpenAI at $500B but with $12B in real revenue. Why OpenAI's 41x doesn’t look so crazy anymore 👇
Revenue-Backed AI Valuations Beat Hype-Driven Valuations
Machines Lab at $12B at $0 revenue. OpenAI at $500B but with $12B in real revenue. Why OpenAI's 41x doesn’t look so crazy anymore👇 Valuation without revenue is just a story. This chart makes it clear that the AI market...
Prepare Early: BFCM Playbook to Avoid Last‑Minute Chaos
BFCM is just 39 days away. If you’re like any of the brands that fail to prep properly, you’ll end up with: → Campaigns rushed with no testing → Ads competing for attention (but not optimized for peak CPMs) →...
Early AI‑GTM Adopters Scaling Fast, Laggards Scrambling
It's time. 🏃♀️It's time to get ahead of the pack in AI + B2B. At SaaStr AI London Dec 1-2 -> https://t.co/ufOgU4yrs6 The companies that figured out AI + GTM this year already are now scaling aggressively—closing bigger deals, reducing...
Real Traction Speaks: Customers Return, Pay, and Refer
Most founders waste time trying to look like they have traction. When traction’s real, you don’t need to choreograph it. It shows up when people return, pay again, and bring their friends. Customers end up doing the advertising for you.
Unexpected Sustainability Links Across Jeans, Data Centers, Construction, Waymo
What do Levi Jeans, data centers, the construction industry and dirty Waymo cars have in common? Turns out quite a bit! Check out this snippet from last Friday's Coffee with Brent Adamson and Matt episode.
Unlock Behavioral Science Tactics to Boost Conference ROI
“From delivery to insight - absolutely phenomenal.” That’s how one attendee described a recent presentation I did. And now 2026 is coming up fast! Want your conference/event audience to be entertained…inspired … and leave with surprising yet easy to use...
Sell Their Wants, Deliver Their Needs: Trojan Horse Strategy
How you frame an offer matters: What people need often isn’t what they want They want new opportunities > new tactics > new channels > new business models But they often *need* optimization Do more of what’s working, better Your play? Sometimes you’ve got to sell...
AI Will Create Content; Human Connection Remains Key
I spent last week at MAICON in Cleveland talking with some of the smartest minds in AI and marketing. Here’s what I heard again and again: We have about three years before the way content is created, delivered, and consumed...
Join SaaStr Fund: Fast-Track Venture Deal Experience
I’m hiring an Associate at SaaStr Fund ($200m AUM) The job: 1️⃣ Screen 50+ inbound deals/week, find the 2-3 worth the deep dive. 2️⃣ Help manage the new https://t.co/D1x4RaX5t7 which over 5,500 founders have used in 5 years anywhere else for...
Mediocre Sales Leaders Start Day One Ignorant of Product
One constant among almost all mediocre sales reps and VPs of Sales and CROs I've ever worked with: They show up on Day 1 knowing almost nothing about the product
ChatKit Cuts Workflow Hours, Boosts Business Efficiency
OpenAI's ChatKit just unlocked mega time savings for businesses. Most people aren't thinking about it right now, so read this to gain an unfair advantage. I was asking one of our SEOs how much time our SEO product, ClickFlow, was saving...
Master Customer Perspective to 100x GTM Impact
💯 % of your GTM can be 100x improved by learning just these 2 things… Thing 1: NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU OR YOUR SOFTWARE Just do whatever you’re doing, and before you ship to the customer, read what you...
Four Free AI Tools to Accelerate Fundraising
SaaStr.ai just launched four FREE AI tools that can save founders 100+ hours in fundraising prep. And maybe even get you funded: 1️⃣ AI Start-Up Valuation Calculator. Get VC-grade valuations using data from 5,000+ recent rounds, public comps, and AI...
Entrepreneurs Build Audiences to Overcome Obscurity
I never wanted to be an influencer. I don't even see myself as a “creator”. I'm an entrepreneur. I love building things. I love solving problems. I built an audience to solve my own problem: obscurity. After all, people can't buy your stuff…...
Returning to Clarity: Rebuilding Analytics for Simplicity
When we first built Crazy Egg in 2005, we made a rule after watching people struggle with traditional analytics. Dashboards were cluttered. Reports were confusing. We wanted clarity so we focused on showing, not telling. That’s when we invented heatmaps for...
ChatGPT Apps Open 800M-User Channel—First-Mover Advantage
ChatGPT just launched its apps and unlocked a new distribution channel with 800M+ users. This feels like the App Store in 2008, huge first-mover advantage if you’re fast. Risk a few weeks now or miss out for years... https://t.co/1Qb4HAha2q
Great Agencies Win by Mastering People, Not Just Metrics
99% of being a successful agency owner is managing people and expectations. A majority of agencies out there can all fulfill the work. What sets great agencies apart is their ability to work with people (hiring, growing, retaining) and communicate...
In‑person Visits Drive Higher Closures and Revenue
The more customers you visit in person, The more customers you close. The more revenue you retain. And the more they buy from you. As true in 2025 as it ever was.
Active Choice Boosts Add‑On Sales by 50%
Often marketers ask customers to opt into an extra service or an add-on. And what happens? Usually nothing. The alternate approach is to automatically include these services and have people opt out if they don’t want them. But that is...
Transmutative AI Turns Your Own Content Into New Formats
This is beyond generative AI. I call it transmutative AI. It’s not about repurposing. It’s not about mass-producing content. While speaking at Content Marketing World, I realized something. We often think using AI in content means repurposing or generating fluff...
AI SDR Secures Six‑Figure Deal While Team Dines
Our AI SDR just booked a sponsor meeting for us (six figure deal) on Saturday night at 6:02PM while we were out to dinner 0 humans would do this https://t.co/dJ8vAFolhC
Use AI Avatars for Facts, Keep Your Voice for Heart
AI avatars are powerful, but they shouldn't replace your personality. Here's how I decide when to use them and when not to. If you're sharing facts - use the avatar. - A quarterly report - A business update - A...
AI Funding Surge Leaves Traditional SaaS Exits Stalled
🤔 Who Will Buy The SaaS Companies? We’re sitting on a problem many don’t want to talk about: the traditional SaaS exit playbook is breaking down. Even for very good SaaS companies For years, it was predictable. Build to $20M-$50M...
Viral Loops Evolved: From Invites to AI-Driven Growth
VIRAL LOOPS IN 2025 VS 2010 The term "viral loop" was coined nearly 20 years ago. In its purest form, it describes the series of actions that it takes for a new product to grow virally, with one group of users...
Startups Use Proxy Metrics to Fake Early Traction
SHOWING TRACTION BEFORE YOU HAVE TRACTION Everybody knows that startups thrive when they have “real” traction — that is revenue, active users, great retention curves, and a fast growth rate. However, startups also find themselves in a catch-22 where they're not...
Google Expands Spam Definition, Boosts Quality Content Ranking
Google's VP of Search explained that the definition of spam was extended and said what kind of content will get up-weighted. https://t.co/K1NuOJYNAO via @martinibuster, @sejournal
Fundamentals of Content Marketing Endure Despite Technological Shifts
I was lucky to have been part of one of the first true content marketing and thought-leadership teams back in the olden days. We eventually built the team to 12 people and over $1M in budget. What’s hilarious (other than...
Mastering Replit Fluency Enables Apps Built in Mind
I think after 100+ days and with 9 apps vibe coded into production with @Replit used over 500,000 times we're just getting going. 🧠And … I think key to that is that I'm now "Replit Fluent". What does that mean? It's...
B2B Influencer Fees Need Tiered Pricing, Not Flat Rates
Dear CMO: Thanks again for offering me $800 to write 10 X and LinkedIn posts for you as a “B2B Influencer”! I do think these programs make sense. (If and until algos kill them.) Every B2B marketer seems to think...
Free Live Office Hours: Get GTM Advice Now
LIVE OFFICE HOURS -- FREE GTM ADVICE. Zoom in the comments...
Flat Streaming Market Reveals Fierce Share Battles
The best ways to see market share dynamics play out is often not by looking at rapidly growing categories but incredibly flat ones. One fascinating example is the streaming category in the United States, whose brand search data maps very...
