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1. What Is Product-Led Growthβ€”and Why Does It Matter?

Traditional sales-led models are outdated. PLG flips the script:

  • The product becomes the primary driver of acquisition, retention, and expansion.
  • Think Slack, Zoom, Dropboxβ€”the user tries β†’ loves β†’ pays β†’ spreads.
  • It’s about building a product so good, it markets and sells itself.

πŸ’‘ Stop telling people how great your product isβ€”show them.

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2. The Product-Led Growth Flywheel βš™οΈ

PLG operates on a compounding feedback loop:

βœ”οΈ Sign-up β†’

βœ”οΈ Experience value quickly (Aha! Moment) β†’

βœ”οΈ Pay when ready (Value-Based Pricing) β†’

βœ”οΈ Share with others (Virality + Advocacy)

ο»ΏπŸ’‘ Momentum builds when value is delivered before the paywall.

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3. Ditch the Demos. Drive Activation.

βœ… A user’s first experience is everything.

βœ… Shorten time-to-value. Make onboarding intuitive.

βœ… Focus on PQLs (Product-Qualified Leads)β€”users who actually use the product, not just fill a form.

πŸ’‘ If they aren’t activating, they aren’t converting.

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4. Your Best Salesperson Is the Product Itself

βœ”οΈ Build in features that demonstrate value fastβ€”not just nice-to-haves.

βœ”οΈ Empower users to explore and self-educate.

βœ”οΈ Remove friction (no credit card? fine. freemium? yes).

πŸ’‘ If you build it right, they will stay, pay, and invite others.

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5. Say Goodbye to Gated Growth

βœ… Drop the overreliance on sales teams and lead qualification.

βœ… PLG companies scale with leaner teams and faster feedback loops.

βœ… Let usage data guide outreachβ€”not assumptions.

πŸ’‘ Engagement beats intention every time.

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6. Ready to Scale Smarter, Not Louder?

This isn’t just a growth hackβ€”it’s a go-to-market revolution.

πŸ‘‰ Buy the book here and discover how to unlock unstoppable growth by letting your product lead the way.

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7. Metrics That Matter in a PLG World πŸ“ˆ

Focus on:

βœ”οΈ Activation Rate – How quickly users reach value.

βœ”οΈ Expansion Revenue – Growth from existing users.

βœ”οΈ Time-to-First-Value – Reduce it.

βœ”οΈ PQL to Paid Conversion – Refine it.

πŸ’‘ If you can measure it, you can improve it.

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8. Align Product, Marketing, and Salesβ€”Finally.

βœ… PLG unites silos around a common truth: the user’s in-product experience.

βœ… Success = collaboration across onboarding, UX, pricing, and messaging.

βœ… Teams stop arguing over MQLs and start optimizing moments that matter.

πŸ’‘ When teams rally around the product, customers winβ€”and so do you.

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10. Summary – Growth Is No Longer a Pitch. It’s a Product.

From Product-Led Growth, you’ll learn to:

βœ… Let your product guide users to valueβ€”before they pay.

βœ… Use data, not demos, to drive conversion.

βœ… Rethink funnels in favor of flywheels.

βœ… Empower teams to co-own growth through the product.

βœ… Build something people can’t help but useβ€”and share.

πŸ’‘ Wes Bush doesn’t just teach growthβ€”he reframes it for the modern era.

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CURATOR'S NOTE

Wes Bush reveals how to scale faster, lower customer acquisition costs, and build user obsession by putting your product front and center.

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