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Re:SaaS marketing tactics and case studies by noelceta on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:37PM (#22100501)
Some of them are strategies, some are tactics. We had to come up with an umbrella term. :)
Re:SaaS marketing tactics and case studies by gk1 on Monday January 20, 2020 @01:34PM (#22101018)
Most of them are tactics. Your "tomato/tomat-o" comment makes it seem like you actually don't care that much about the distinction or can't be bothered thinking it through. And that's a shame because this is a great list of tactics, but presenting them as strategies diminishes their credibility.
Re:SaaS marketing tactics and case studies by mercwear on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:41PM (#22100540)
Can you elaborate? I agree there is no strategy here, just tactics but I am open to having my mind changed!
Re:SaaS marketing tactics and case studies by noelceta on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:44PM (#22100563)
tomato / tomato-o
Re:SaaS marketing tactics and case studies by skmurphy on Monday January 20, 2020 @04:52PM (#22102380)
Noel: your cofounder has written an excellent roundup article on marketing tactics that has gotten good engagement with your target audience. Why demolish a substantial fraction of the goodwill you were accruing with a remark like this?

In point of fact tactics are more generally useful and can be employed in a number of different situations. They need to be in service of your objective and strategy but are where the rubber meets the road.

Re:SaaS marketing tactics and case studies by ska on Monday January 20, 2020 @08:51PM (#22103688)
huh.

To me the distinction between strategy and tactic is exactly the opposite of a tomato/tomato-o distinction. They exist at different levels of abstraction.

On it's own, that's not important. What is important is that many companies, especially young ones, waste a bunch of time and/or do ineffective things precisely because they haven't made this distinction, and are thinking at the wrong level of abstraction for the problem they have (if they have even managed to frame it properly).

Re:SaaS marketing tactics and case studies by mercwear on Monday January 20, 2020 @12:47PM (#22100588)
Um ok? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯