New SaaS Ideas & Second Order Revenue

The best SaaS ideas are often hiding in plain sight. 

Case in point. 

You can find many ideas in the third-party marketplaces of existing SaaS products, from building a better mouse trap to a third-party app that already exists to creating a new third-party app that addresses a problem that you stumbled into mining platform and third-party app reviews. 

Regardless of which approach you take, finding an idea and then building on top of one of these 75+ third-party marketplaces can be a great step one business since you already have a built-in potential customer base. 

Here's what we're covering this week:

  • 5 things SaaS founders should know about AI 

  • SaaS sales trends 

  • Marketing attribution modeling 

 

📺 Featured on the MicroConf Youtube Channel 

7 App Ideas That Will Make a Developer VERY Wealthy This Year

In this video, I'm sharing some of my favorite software ideas inspired by our friends over at Nugget.one. These SaaS opportunities won't disappoint but act fast before someone else does... 

 

🎙 New On Startups For The Rest Of Us  

In episode 666, Rob Walling chats with fan favorite Derrick Reimer, the founder of SavvyCal, as they answer listener questions. They cover topics ranging from idea validation in competitive spaces to book recommendations to development strategies for non-technical founders.

Listen here

 

 🚀 3 SaaS Resources To Check Out From Around The Web

  • While this isn’t technically a SaaS read, it is the end of the era. The Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, where many early MicroConfs took place, is set to be demolished. 
     

  • Marketing doesn’t have to feel like a guessing game. Here is a good read on how to think about marketing attribution.
     

  • One of the keys to scaling your SaaS faster and more sustainably is to focus on second-order revenue.  

 

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