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By James Barnes

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How To
James Barnes

How to make remote meetings work during lockdown

4 min read Remote meetings can be so difficult, especially with the many screams of “you’re on mute” and lateness from people getting out of their pyjamas. That’s why we thought we’d help you out with some top tips on how to make remote meetings work for you during the lockdown in 2021. From good mental health to time management at home, there’s a formula to effective remote meetings and it’s all inside this blog!

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Why being a socially responsible company is about morals, not profits

3 min read As the world becomes ever more aware of equality in the workplace, environmentally-friendly products and their carbon emissions, are companies making changes because they truly believe in helping to change the world or because they think it will drive profits?

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Product & Updates
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StatusCake Server Monitoring – Early Invite

< 1 min read You requested a server monitoring feature and we listened to you. On this page we announce the new feature and ask for your feedback on it.

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5 Must-Read VC Blogs

3 min read Want some new inspirational reads? Find out what the 5 must-read VC blogs are so you can get the VC funding you’re looking for!

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5 Must Have Start-Up Tools

3 min read In this blog we cover five must-have tools for startups for successful customer success, marketing and sales!

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London SaaS Meet-Up April 2016

< 1 min read Read about StatusCake’s appearance at the April 2016 London SaaS Meet-up. Speakers include CEOs of Go Squared, Pusher and Signal Media.

The Magic Number of SaaS – Calculating Your Target MRR

2 min read 42 may be “The Almighty Answer to the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything”; and according to De La Soul 3 may be the “Magic Number”; but when it comes to SaaS KPIs there’s only one number you need to keep at the front of your mind – 78. 78 is the magic number when

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Do You Really Need a Meeting? Thinking on Your Feet!

2 min read Meetings should be focused on two or three points only.  They should be no longer than 20 minutes.  Any longer than this and not only does attention start to wander – phones get picked up and emails start getting replied to – but beyond this point conversations tend to become circular.  It becomes a zero sum game.

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Dublin SaaS Meet-up

< 1 min read We will be at the Dublin SaaS meet-up, with talks from other entrepreneurs & leaders in SaaS, we hope to meet & learn from plenty of people.

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Forget Active. Get Engaged

4 min read Whether you’re a start-up founder or a SaaS CEO, determining KPIs to measure your business’ success isn’t easy, but important to right.

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Why Do Your Customers Choose To Fly With You?

3 min read Your customers have other options when it comes to SaaS providers, so it’s important to understand why they chose you over your competitors.

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SaaS-Berg Ahead – 3 Tips on What to Do When Growth Stops

4 min read Whether you’re a SaaS start-up that’s had VC investment or bootstrapped by its founders you’ll always have those ups-and-downs; particularly in the early days.   But whether it takes you 6 months, 2 years, 5 years or however long to reach that Eureka moment where everything takes off you’ll still hit a point where growth which

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Price Rises, Changing Plans & Treating Customers Fairly

4 min read Whether you’ve owned, managed, or worked for a SaaS start-up you’ll know there are some decisions that are easy to take.  These are the no-brainers that are determined within seconds.  As far as you can tell there are no downsides from going full-steam ahead at the instant push of a button. And then there are

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You Always Remember Your First Love & Your First Customers

3 min read They say you always remember your first love.  As a founder pushing your product live for the very first time you also remember those first customers. There is quite simply nothing like it. Having built the product, and hoisted it into the world-wide-web, you sit back and you wait.  You’re never quite sure whether anyone

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Be Proactive with Website Monitoring, Not Reactive

3 min read There is a fine art to running an online business, but there is an even finer line between success and failure. Let’s imagine a scenario, launching an average online store. You’ll have to remember the SEO, the usability, getting across the right branding… so much to remember… It’s okay because although you’ve spent night after

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Product & Updates
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New Feature: Push Monitoring

< 1 min read With our newest feature “Push Monitoring” we are allowing you to enable reverse monitoring which will give you a whole new angle on the experience. Instead of us contacting your server at certain intervals, you can now configure a push to us. Simply log in to your StatusCake account to start using this impressive function

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New Feature : Maintenance Windows

< 1 min read Here you can set up windows by entering the desired start time and duration, the time zone used will match the one selected in the user details section of the account.

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New Feature: Blacklist Monitoring

< 1 min read Recently we released a brand new feature on StatusCake called Blacklist Monitoring which our customers can use to check if their website has been added to various internet blacklists which many users incorporate into their browsing experience to avoid spam and malware. we have added 15 of the biggest lists to our selection to start,

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SSL Validation & Renewal Alerts

< 1 min read At StatusCake.com we make sure that you can see at a glance that your SSL certificate is valid, and when your certificate comes up for renewal we’ll send you a reminder a week before it expires.  Well send out a reminder, along with any certificate errors we discover, to the Contact Group you’ve got set-up for that website

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