B2B startup digital marketing plan workbook and case study

Includes B2B digital marketing workbook and KPI dashboard for a B2B SaaS website

About our SaaS startup digital marketing planning workbook and case study

When we first released our blank digital marketing strategy templates to help members create their own plans, our members asked for more examples from different sectors. Understandable! So, in response we created our first B2C Digital marketing plan example for Wow Accessories. We followed this in our this B2B inbound marketing plan in our B2B toolkit by B2B marketing consultant Jill Quick

This template, the next in the series, gives the example of an online startup SaaS business. Although the example is specific to a SaaS startup, we think it's also applicable to other types of business-to-business company and the report spreadsheet is relevant to B2C SaaS businesses too.

B2B SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) typically involves freemium subscription based models of payment for the provision of an ongoing service, which distinguishes it from other businesses which sell products on a one-off basis. This presents unique challenges and opportunities in terms of creating the business plan and marketing the product itself.

SaaS products are often novel or unique, so it can be very challenging to convince prospects of the value you provide. To help meet this challenge we have produced a specific SaaS digital marketing workbook, with case study and an Excel dashboard template.

This resource includes:

• Case study: a realistic case study examining the journey of a B2B SaaS company (Curate.me) building their digital marketing plan (based on a real startup project example).
• Workbook: a blank Word template with the same structure to take you through each of the steps involved with relevant editable fields, to help you build a digital marketing plan for your SaaS product. The end result will be a fully workable marketing plan.
• Dashboard template: to help with goal setting and monitoring growth we have also included a KPI dashboard structured around our RACE Planning framework in Excel format - this is referenced in the workbook

What does the workbook cover?

The workbook and example will guide you through each and every step involved in creating a digital marketing strategy to market SaaS products.

• PR Smith's SOSTAC® plan summary
• Digital marketing specific SWOT Analysis Template
• Setting vision and values
• Using customer segmentation
• KPI dashboard instructions + SaaS KPI Dashboard
• Digital strategy planning Matrix based on RACE framework
• Business model creation tool
• Content marketing audit tool
• Online competitor benchmarking tool

Who is this resource for?

The case study included in this resource is for a B2B SaaS business, so it will be most useful for those looking to start or grow a B2B Saas businesses. However, the workbook template and KPI dashboard are designed to help the marketing of any start-up business, so you don't have to be selling to business or have a SaaS business model for the workbook to be useful.

Resource Details

• Authors: Digital marketing consultant Jill Quick and Dave Chaffey
• Last updated: July 2016
• Format: 3 separate templates in a download Zip archive to help create your B2B Saas Strategy: A Word document workbook for you to amend, a Case Study and an Excel KPI Dashboard.

About the authors

Jill Quick

Jill Quick is a Digital Marketing Trainer and Consultant at Quick Marketing and co founder of The Coloring in Department.  A candid and experienced  marketer who loves to teach you not just how to “get” digital marketing in theory, but how to actually DO it.

Dr. Dave Chaffey

Dave is co-CEO and co-founder of Smart Insights. He is editor of the 100 templates, ebooks and courses in the digital marketing resource library created by our team of 25+ Digital Marketing experts. Our resources used by our Business members in more than 80 countries to Map, Plan and Manage their digital marketing.

For his full profile, or to connect on LinkedIn or other social networks, see the About Dave Chaffey profile page on Smart Insights. Dave is author of 5 bestselling books on digital marketing including Digital Marketing Excellence and Digital Marketing: Strategy, Implementation and Practice. In 2004 he was recognised by the Chartered Institute of Marketing as one of 50 marketing ‘gurus’ worldwide who have helped shape the future of marketing.