Better Done Than Perfect

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The show for SaaS marketers and product people. We talk with industry experts about email automation, marketing, content, and product strategy.

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SaaS Content Strategy with Nicole Kow

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01/28/22 • 22 min

What can we do to create impactful content for our SaaS? In this episode, we talk to Nicole Kow, a B2B marketing consultant and content strategist. You'll learn how to avoid a common content strategy pitfall for many companies, tips for content research, resources for improving writing, and more.

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nicolekow.com — Nicole’s consultancy
CodeSubmit, TrekkSoft — some of Nicole’s clients
Reddit, Quora — great locations for research
On Writing Well — a book by William Zinsser
Don't Make Me Think — a book by Steve Krug
Elizabeth Gilbert, Ann Patchett — some of Nicole’s favorite writers
Animalz — content marketing agency
Asana, Intercom — companies with examples of strong written content
Grow Your Content Marketing as a Team of One
The Evolution of Developer Salaries: Looking Back 20 Years
Developer Burnout: Why It Happens and What We Can Do About It

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Managing Priorities with Harry Max

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10/18/24 • 37 min

Are humans inherently bad at managing priorities? In this episode, we talk to Harry Max, speaker, coach, consultant, and author of Managing Priorities. You'll learn about the DEGAP process, the four approaches to prioritization, prioritization processes in large organizations, and more.

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Managing Priorities – Harry’s book
The Eisenhower Matrix
RICE, ICE – scoring models for prioritization
Prune the Product Tree Method
Innovation Games – a book by Luke Hohmann
Analytic Hierarchy Process
The Max Priorities Pyramid
Thinking in Bets – a book by Amy Duke
How I Master Productivity with the “Mise en Place” Method
Follow Harry on LinkedIn
Visit Harry’s website

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This show is brought to you by Userlist — an email automation platform for SaaS companies. Onboard, engage, and nurture your customers, as well as marketing leads. To follow the best practices, download our free printable email planning worksheets at userlist.com/worksheets.

Prioritizing Engineering Resources with Phil Alves

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06/16/23 • 38 min

How do you get the best ROI from your engineering team while keeping them happy? In this episode, we talk to Phil Alves, founder of DevSquad and DevStats. You'll learn how to prioritize feature development, how to take care of your developers’ well-being, what non-technical founders should know, and more.

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DevSquad — Phil’s consultancy
DevStats — Phil’s product
Shape Up — a book by Ryan Singer
UI Breakfast Podcast Episode 238: The Allied Team Model with Anthony Armendariz
DORA Metrics
SPACE Framework
SaaS Origin Stories
Check out Phil’s website
Follow Phil on Twitter

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Running a Portfolio of Products with Tim Schumacher

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02/23/24 • 34 min

How do you run and manage a multi-product portfolio? In this episode, we talk to Tim Schumacher, co-founder and CEO of saas.group. You'll learn how they developed their acquisition model, the importance of setting up central teams for operative tasks, why founders need to think about successors, and more.

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saas.group — Tim’s company
UI Breakfast Episode 135: Multi-Product Portfolio Model for SaaS with JD Graffam
Prerender, Pipeline CRM, Rewardful — some companies acquired by saas.group
TinySeed
Send Tim an email
Follow Tim on LinkedIn
Follow Dirk Sahlmer on LinkedIn

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Virality & Word of Mouth with Gaurav Vohra

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06/05/23 • 42 min

How can virality and word of mouth help with your SaaS growth? In this episode, we talk to Gaurav Vohra, a startup advisor and a member of the founding team at Superhuman. You'll learn why they decided to focus on a specific set of channels, the mechanics of virality, how you can measure it in the early stages, and more.

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Superhuman — Gaurav’s company
Traction — a book by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares
Warby Parker — an example of great customer experience
How to Model Viral Growth: The Hybrid Model
What is K-Factor in Viral Marketing?
Snowflake, HubSpot, BigQuery
Wordle, DALL·E, Midjourney, ChatGPT, Lensa — viral success stories
Check out Gaurav’s website
Follow Gaurav on Twitter and LinkedIn

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This show is brought to you by Userlist — an email automation platform for SaaS companies. It matches the complexity of your customer data, including many-to-many relationships between users and companies. Book your demo call today at userlist.com.

Email Deliverability with Lauren Meyer

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10/28/22 • 39 min

Can we, mere mortals of email marketing, influence email deliverability? In this episode, we talk to Lauren Meyer, chief marketing officer at SocketLabs. You'll learn about the mechanism of how an email is delivered, the factors that affect deliverability, why you should use engagement metrics as proxies for deliverability, and more.

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SocketLabs – Lauren’s place of work
Patrick McKenzie’s Twitter thread about self-hosting emails
Google Postmaster Tools, Microsoft Smart Network Data Services (SNDS) – deliverability guessing tools
SPK, DKIM, DMARC – email authentication protocols
Spamhaus, SpamCop – spam blocklist providers
Follow SocketLabs on Twitter
Follow Lauren on Twitter and LinkedIn

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Mastering Email Software with Brennan Dunn

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07/30/21 • 51 min

What should we think about when selecting an email automation platform? In this episode, we speak with Brennan Dunn, co-founder of RightMessage. We discuss how he gained his email automation knowledge, and the best practices for email automation. You'll learn the advantages of using custom fields over tags for segmentation, methods for email personalization, tips for providing value to subscribers, and more.

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RightMessage — Brennan's email automation and lead generation software
CreateAndSell.co — Brennan’s project where he teaches intermediate and advanced email marketing strategies
Double Your Freelancing — Brennan's previous solo venture
Drip, ConvertKit, Userlist, Customer.io, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Klaviyo — email marketing providers
Liquid — a templating language built by Shopify
Bidsketch, SignWell (formerly Docsketch) — products by Ruben Gamez
Help Scout, HubSpot, RightMessage — companies that do good email marketing
Follow Brennan on Twitter

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This show is brought to you by Userlist — the best tool for sending onboarding emails and segmenting your SaaS users. To follow the best practices, download our free printable email planning worksheets at userlist.com/worksheets.

Implementing Self-service SaaS with Franciska Dethlefsen

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09/20/24 • 34 min

How do you plan and implement a self-serve option for your SaaS? In this episode, we talk to Franciska Dethlefsen, Head of Growth Marketing at Amplitude. You'll learn about their journey from being completely sales-led to launching a self-serve plan, how they approached pricing and packaging, how it all ties with their free plan, what channels they use to provide support, and more.

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QA in Email Marketing with Michael Wilding

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01/26/24 • 25 min

With so many elements involved in email marketing, what does the quality assurance process look like? In this episode, we talk to Michael Wilding, a marketing automation architect. You'll learn how QA is done in larger organizations, why creating a base template is important, how to do QA on your workflows, and how to test your emails using different methods.

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DEPT® — Michael’s place of work
Litmus, Email on Acid — template testing tools
Postman
Follow Michael on LinkedIn

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Managing SaaS Growth with Asia Orangio

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04/07/23 • 42 min

How do you approach and manage your SaaS growth processes? In this episode, we talk to Asia Orangio, founder and CEO of DemandMaven. You'll learn why selecting your North Star KPI is crucial, how to pick a focus area, how to handle pricing experiments, and more.

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DemandMaven — Asia’s company
Hacking Growth — a book by Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown
Sprint — a book by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, and Braden Kowitz
North Star KPI
Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Survey
How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product-Market Fit
Price Intelligently Blog
Software Pricing Design with Chris Mele
10+ Survey Email Examples for Your SaaS + Free Template
Follow Asia on Twitter and on LinkedIn
In Demand Podcast

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FAQ

How many episodes does Better Done Than Perfect have?

Better Done Than Perfect currently has 86 episodes available.

What topics does Better Done Than Perfect cover?

The podcast is about Product Management, Customer Success, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Saas, Software, Startups, Podcasts, Business and Email Marketing.

What is the most popular episode on Better Done Than Perfect?

The episode title 'Content Curation with Jonathan Gandolf' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Better Done Than Perfect?

The average episode length on Better Done Than Perfect is 39 minutes.

How often are episodes of Better Done Than Perfect released?

Episodes of Better Done Than Perfect are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of Better Done Than Perfect?

The first episode of Better Done Than Perfect was released on Oct 28, 2020.

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