The Gist
Welcome to The Gist by Growth Unhinged, real-world growth tactics you can actually use.
The Gist is my attempt to get to the point — highlighting concrete ways to grow faster 🚀 and do more with less 🤑. It’s a break from my regular long-form newsletter, delivered during Growth Unhinged off-weeks.
Catch up on past editions below 👇
May 3, 2023: Value prop
“Time savings” may be a benefit of your product. In fact, it probably is. But it shouldn’t be your central value proposition. You need to connect your value prop to the customer’s actual priorities and hard ROI business outcomes.
Mar 29, 2023: Stopping churn
Churn isn’t just a Customer Success (CS) problem. It’s a business problem – and every team has a role to play.
Feb 8, 2023: New pricing GTM plans
Develop a go-to-market (GTM) plan when launching new plans – and free plans in particular – to maximize your chance of success.
Jan 25, 2023: Growth business cases
Prepare a well thought-out business case for product growth experiments, and come back to those business cases before, during and after your experiments.
Jan 11, 2023: Smart trials
Consider a smart trial - pairing smart automation with a human sales touch — to drive free-to-paid conversion at scale.
Dec 21, 2022: In-product experiments
These four simple (and quick) in-product experiments could increase your free-to-paid conversion by 50% or more.
Dec 7, 2022: A simple way to boost conversion
The gist: Add a usage paywall to your free and/or entry-level paid plans.
Nov 23, 2022: Interactive demos
The gist: Introduce an on-demand interactive product demo to turn high-value website visitors into customers.