Seeking Feedback: Starting a Newsletter for B2B SaaS Product Reviews – Thoughts?
I've been toying with the idea of starting a newsletter focused on reviewing the latest B2B SaaS products. The goal is to provide insights into what's good and what's not about these products to help businesses make informed decisions.
Before diving in, I wanted to reach out to this community to gather some feedback and validation. Here's a bit more detail about what I have in mind:
- The newsletter would cover a wide range of B2B SaaS products across different industries, from CRM platforms to project management tools and everything in between. - Each review would include a thorough analysis of the product's features, pricing, ease of use, customer support, and any unique selling points. - I aim to offer an unbiased perspective, highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses of each product based on thorough research and, ideally, personal experiences. - Subscribers would also have the opportunity to contribute their own reviews and insights, creating a collaborative platform for sharing knowledge and experiences.
I believe there's a gap in the market for a newsletter like this, but I'd love to hear your thoughts. Would you find value in a newsletter that provides detailed reviews of B2B SaaS products? Is there anything specific you'd like to see included in such a newsletter? And would you be interested in subscribing if it were available?
Any feedback, suggestions, or questions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your input.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 24.3 ms ] threadSometimes it is hard to get feedback on B2B SaaS apps, though. A lot of them don't offer free trials, and even if they do, you are not using them at scale, so might not see their power.
A lot of times, buying decisions also don't come down to the usability of the product, but of other less apparent aspects, such as the trust and health of the company. Support contracts, implementation hand-holding, the cost of consulting time, ramp-up time, time to live for a customer, total lifetime cost, etc... all these things (and more) get factored into buying decisions and should be included in rating a B2B SaaS.
Gartner performs this kind of analysis across a range of industries, and has certain rubrics they use to analyze products, and the health of the businesses that own them.
It would be interesting to know how you intend to review and rate the products.
Maybe an idea would be to find customers of these products and interview them on their experiences?