Product-Led Growth - How to Build a Product That Sells Itself

“Why did I just blow $300K promoting a whitepaper?”

That’s the hard question I asked myself but couldn’t answer—after all, we were just following the same old SaaS playbook. Sure, sales cycles were long and acquisition was expensive, but that’s how everybody grew their companies.

But after I helped launch a freemium product that went from 0-100K users in less than 12 months, I realized the traditional way of selling software was deeply flawed.

Hi, I’m Wes Bush, founder of ProductLed.com. And in Product-Led Growth, I show you how you can cut your acquisition costs and scale further than you ever thought possible...by making your product the tool that helps you acquire, convert, and retain customers.

But what does it mean to be “product-led”? How do you know if a product-led growth strategy makes sense for your business? And most importantly, how do you execute it?

You’ll find answers to all of these questions inside this book. In addition, I’ll also show you:

Product-Led Growth also comes packed with “do this, not that” real-life examples from the industry’s biggest brands—as well as a collection of high-converting email scripts you can customize and send out immediately to turn more users into customers.

Author: Wes Bush

Summaries:

  1. Why Product-Led Growth is Growing in Relevance
  2. Choose Your Weapon - Free Trial, Freemium, or Demo
  3. Ocean Conditions - Are You in a Red or Blue Ocean Business
  4. Audience - Do You Have a Top-Down or Bottom-Up Sales Strategy
  5. Time-to-Value - How Quickly Can You Show Value
  6. Choose Your Product-Led Growth Model with the MOAT Framework
  7. Building a Product-Led Foundation
  8. Understand Your Value
  9. Communicate Your Value
  10. Deliver Your Value
  11. The Most Common Mistake New Product-Led Companies Make
  12. Develop an Optimization Model
  13. Bowling Alley Framework
  14. Increase Your Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)
  15. Kill Your Churn Beast