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We currently offer a suite of SaaS applications that are priced and packaged separately. What are some of the best practices to pivot towards a "business platform" based model as opposed to the current "business applications" based model?

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  1. Sarah Din
    Sarah Din

    Former SVP of Product Marketing at Quickbase • 7mo

    If you’re shifting from selling a bunch of standalone apps to selling an actual platform, the big thing is you can’t just “relabel” what you already have. You’ve gotta help customers see the bigger picture and actually feel the value of the whole thing working together. A few things that usually work well: Start with the customer problems, not the platform story - People don’t wake up wanting a platform. They want a simpler way to run their work without juggling 10 tools. So frame it around the ...Read More

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  2. Megan Pratt
    Megan Pratt

    Product Marketing House Product Marketing Strategy Consultant | Formerly Alyce, NextRoll • 3y

    This is a really good opportunity to take a step back and look at your platform from the eyes of your customer. Are there groups of products that resonate with similar audiences? Or maybe they all drive toward the same goal?  I'd recommend doing some deep customer research, both with current customers and people generally in your ICP. You want to understand how they view your products, the value they'd perceive if you were to group applications into more cohesive packages and what they'd want to ...Read More

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