š(This article first appeared on my Medium)
Iām often asked by fellow SaaS founders which tools we use at MailTag.
So, without further delay, hereās a compiled list of our top 11 must-have tools for SaaS founders.
Baremetrics.
Category: Revenue analytics software. šµ
Why itās awesome: At the end of the day, you canāt improve what you canāt measure. Baremetrics is an incredible revenue analytics platform which ties into your Stripe account, providing you with at-a-glance metrics that are worth studying (churn, recurring revenue growth, etc.).
Wistia.
Category: Video player software. šø
Why itās awesome: When visitors to come to your website for the first time, you only have one shot to make a great first impression. Wistia provides a beautiful UI for displaying videos (itās a much better option than embedding an ugly YouTube video).
PixelMe.
Category: Retargeting software. š
Why itās awesome: In case you were unaware, Medium doesnāt allow you to embed a Facebook retargeting pixel within your articles. PixelMe to the rescue! PixelMe is a link shortener that allows you to embed your Facebook retargeting pixel into your links.
KW Finder.
Category: SEO software. š
Why itās awesome: KW Finder is a must-have SEO tool. It helps you uncover keywords that are receiving high search traffic but have very little competition in the search results.
Ahrefs.
Category: SEO software. š
Why itās awesome: Ahrefs is another must-have SEO tool. We like it for spying on competitors because of their reverse-lookup functionality (allowing you to see which keywords and websites are driving the most traffic to your competitors).
Upscribe.
Category: Content marketing software. š
Why itās awesome: Upscribe provides embeddable opt-in forms for Medium. If youāre looking for an awesome tool to help grow your email list, look no further.
Grammarly.
Category: Chrome extension software. š„ļø
Why itās awesome: Every content marketer understands the importance of double-checking their spelling and grammar before clicking āpublishā. If youāre serious about content marketing for your SaaS business, you should consider using Grammarly to proof-read your work.
Invision.
Category: Design management software. šØ
Why itās awesome: Invision is a project management platform built specifically for UI/UX teams. No more digging through desktop folders for files ā Invision helps keep all of your design prototypes and notes in one convenient place.
Trello.
Category: Project management software. š§
Why itās awesome: Trello provides teams with a collaborative dashboard for task management. You can post comments in segmented āboardsā (i.e: Create one board for ādesign tasksā, one for āprogramming tasksā, etc.) which your team can access and edit.
Intercom.
Category: Live-chat software. š¬
Why itās awesome: Perhaps the quickest way to increase your sales is to make yourself easily accessible to prospective customers. Try adding live-chat software to your pricing page and see the results for yourself. (We also like Intercom because of their mobile app, allowing you to answer live-chat messages on the go).
Buffer.
Category: Social media management software. š¦
Why itās awesome: Every SaaS business needs a social presence. Buffer provides a simple dashboard that allows you to easily schedule content (no more logging into your social media profiles every day to publish new posts!).
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Nice list! If anyone is looking for an alternative to Buffer, oneupapp.io is a cheaper solution and allows for auto-repeating posts
Yikes. As a former English teacher, it's hard not to comment here.
I hate to say it, but this is a bit of an anti-advertisement for Grammarly. There are a number of errors, including capitalization after the em-dash, periods after each tool, "i.e:", the last sentence about Wistia and the last sentence about Intercom.
I wouldn't really have been as aware if the piece hadn't specifically mentioned grammar, though.
Have you checked some other tools for error correction? It's big surprise for me that there is still place for mistake in grammar errors finding tools.
I haven't seen a good one yet, but they're getting better.
Hey Alchemist, thx for the feedback. Hopefully you found the article useful. š
Wow, that was fast! I'm running a membership site, as opposed to a SaaS, so my needs are somewhat but not totally different.
Is KW Finder freemium or paid only?
Instead of KWFinder, you can always use UberSuggest.
It's Basically a free KWFinder
KW Finder lets you do 5 lookups per 24 hours, 50 keyword suggestions per search and 100 backlinks per 24 hours.
Great list! What helped us is paperless.io to sign faster & more contracts. They work even better than PandaDoc or DocuSign
awesome
Payvoice is one of the best recurring billing software which helps SaaS integrate with Stripe and manage subscription billing.
For more information:- https://payvoice.io/
Payvoice helps SaaS startups create subscription billing and management to process recurring subscription payments. Create embeddable multi-plan subscription pages and manage subscriptions without any coding.
https://payvoice.io/
I'd like to add www.mails.wtf to the list, its a great email finding tool :)
Good list of programs. I recently started using Ahrefs, I donāt know how I did something without it. This is a great program.
Nice suggestions, thanks! šŖ
Please consider trying Taskade! https://taskade.com
Good suggestions, unfortunately, some of these apps are not cheap for someone that is starting.
Ubersuggest instead of KW finder. You get almost the same data for free.
Nice list, thanks for sharing!
Hi, ProfitBoard is also a must-have tool for startups. It is project profitability & cash flow management software. With the help of it, you can create budgets per project or monthly/yearly budgets, forecasting, pricing per project so that you can know which project will turn out to be profitable, financial analysis, EMI calculator & many more. Here is the like if any one wants to check it out: https://bit.ly/2ABZql0
Thanks for the list, always good to know about more tools.
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Awesome! When are we going to have MailTag on the product page
Haha! Thank you, Emeka. Maybe one day! :D
On the topic of getting featured, we actually just went live a few days ago with our crowdfunded equity offering.
Hey Alex, thanks for sharing
Hey Andrei, no problem!
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