Developing your SaaS brand means making sure your marketing and sales team are working in full force to promote your brand, website, and content to attract potential customers. With a positive brand message, your business can gain thought leadership credibility and cultivate brand loyalty over time. Here is a quick guide your SaaS company can follow to develop a strategy for b2b brand development. 

Whether your company specializes in content development, branding, or design, it’s incredibly frustrating when your website’s engagement rates are continuously decreasing. A number of factors can cause this, such as content written for the wrong stage of the buyer’s journey, a weak user interface, or lack of proper linking between webpages.

If your b2b website has seen a decline in engagement, here are three strategies that you can follow to help re-engage your audience.

Search engine optimization is critical for promoting your content and services, especially for SaaS companies. A strong SEO strategy can mean the difference between quality lead generation and a complete lack of an online presence. When working with SEO, there are two specific types of optimization to consider: one time SEO and ongoing SEO. Before a selecting an SEO plan, here are some of the key features your SaaS company should know about each. 

Developing a brand in a SaaS company requires a number of key steps. In order to increase your brand recognition, your marketing team must publish consistent content, manage email campaigns, and build a strong online presence. Your audience looks for an emotional connection to your brand, and it’s your job to deliver the quality and value they’re expecting.

If you’re struggling to resonate with your customers, it may be because you're not putting them at the forefront of your service at all. Here are some reasons why your SaaS company should be using the inbound flywheel model and how to apply it to your marketing strategy.

The amount of tasks a b2b content marketer must address on a daily basis is no doubt overwhelming. Whether it’s keeping up with search engine algorithms, researching buyer personas, or sorting through dozens of blog posts for an evergreen jackpot, there is a lot that goes into content marketing. In the midst of all these tactics, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and make a few errors along the way.

To stay on track for the new year, here’s how you can overcome some common b2b content marketing challenges.

The sales cycle for a SaaS company is traditionally much lengthier than other industries. This is because SaaS solutions tend to be complex and have high costs and increased competition. These challenges only make the sales process more intimidating for both the company and potential customer.

Here’s how you can apply b2b marketing strategies to lead your customers through your SaaS customer lifecycle.

With the new year approaching, it’s time to begin anticipating upcoming marketing trends. Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the many opportunities that marketing and SaaS companies continue to capitalize on. Recent updates have included algorithm changes from Google and the ongoing growth of voice search optimization. 

To help prepare your company for the new year, here are some of the SEO trends that you can expect to see in 2019. 

When was the last time you sat down and really took an in-depth look at your brand? Those in the SaaS industry understand the difficulties that come from developing a strong brand identity that feels unique, while offering enough value and not deviating from a core message. Customer churning is one of the top struggles for SaaS businesses; having an inconsistent, complicated brand message certainly doesn’t help.

To help retain your current audience and encourage new customers to seek your services, here are three brand positioning strategies you’ll want to work with. 

With a wide array of competitors looking to gain leads in the SaaS industry, designing a website that fits industry standards is no simple task. Factor in how difficult it can be to display a SaaS service to your audience without being able to physically demonstrate it, and the odds are unfortunately against you.

If your SaaS company hopes to stack up to fierce competition, you’ll want to follow these strategies on how to design a high-converting website.

SaaS businesses that adopt b2b marketing best practices are seeing a number of benefits and opportunities for business growth. ROI is easily generated digitally without the need for speaking directly to a salesperson, and the sales process can lighten the workload thanks to automation. 

However, that’s not to say that a b2b SaaS company will only see positive opportunities; increased competition and difficulty displaying value are just some of the obstacles in SaaS marketing. Let’s take a closer look at some of the opportunities and challenges in b2b SaaS marketing.