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Product-Led Growth

Self-serve onboarding, free trial optimization, and PLG strategies that turn users into paying customers.

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Product Experimentation in PLG: A/B Testing for Product Marketers

Product Experimentation in PLG: A/B Testing for Product Marketers

Opinions lose to data in product-led growth. Here's how product marketers should think about experimentation and testing.

November 21, 2025 7 min read
Community-Led Growth: Building User Communities That Drive Adoption

Community-Led Growth: Building User Communities That Drive Adoption

User communities aren't just support forums. When built right, they become powerful growth engines that drive adoption, retention, and advocacy.

November 20, 2025 7 min read
PLG Launch Strategy: Launching Features in Self-Serve Products

PLG Launch Strategy: Launching Features in Self-Serve Products

Launching features in product-led companies works differently than sales-led. Here's how to drive adoption without sales teams.

November 20, 2025 7 min read
In-Product CTAs: Driving Upgrades Without Ruining User Experience

In-Product CTAs: Driving Upgrades Without Ruining User Experience

Upgrade prompts can drive conversion or drive users away. Here's how to design in-product CTAs that monetize without creating friction.

November 19, 2025 7 min read
PLG Content Strategy: Creating Content That Drives Product Signups

PLG Content Strategy: Creating Content That Drives Product Signups

Traditional content marketing drives awareness. PLG content drives product adoption. Here's how to create content that converts readers into users.

November 19, 2025 7 min read
PLG Expansion Strategy: Turning Individual Users Into Team/Enterprise Buyers

PLG Expansion Strategy: Turning Individual Users Into Team/Enterprise Buyers

Landing individual users is just the start. Here's how to expand from personal adoption to team-wide and enterprise deployment.

November 18, 2025 7 min read
Product Analytics for PLG: Tracking the Metrics That Drive Growth

Product Analytics for PLG: Tracking the Metrics That Drive Growth

Product-led growth lives or dies by analytics. Here's which metrics to track and how to turn data into growth decisions.

November 18, 2025 7 min read
Freemium Feature Selection: What to Give Away vs. Gate Behind Payment

Freemium Feature Selection: What to Give Away vs. Gate Behind Payment

Building a freemium model requires strategic choices about what to include for free. Here's how to maximize both adoption and conversion.

November 17, 2025 7 min read
PLG Competitive Strategy: Competing When Competitors Require Sales Calls

PLG Competitive Strategy: Competing When Competitors Require Sales Calls

Sales-led competitors have advantages—established relationships, enterprise credibility. Here's how PLG companies compete and win.

November 17, 2025 7 min read
PLG Positioning: How to Message Self-Serve vs. Enterprise

PLG Positioning: How to Message Self-Serve vs. Enterprise

PLG products serve both self-serve individuals and enterprise buyers. Here's how to position for both without confusing either.

November 16, 2025 7 min read
Product-Led Sales: Using Product Usage to Drive Sales Conversations

Product-Led Sales: Using Product Usage to Drive Sales Conversations

Sales in PLG companies works differently. Here's how to use product data to identify opportunities and drive higher-quality conversations.

November 16, 2025 7 min read
Activation Metrics for PMM: Measuring Time-to-Value in PLG Products

Activation Metrics for PMM: Measuring Time-to-Value in PLG Products

Activation is the make-or-break metric for PLG success. Here's how to define, measure, and optimize time-to-value.

November 15, 2025 7 min read
Usage-Based Pricing for PLG: Aligning Price with Product Value

Usage-Based Pricing for PLG: Aligning Price with Product Value

Seat-based pricing breaks down in product-led growth. Here's how to design usage-based models that scale with customer value.

November 15, 2025 7 min read
PLG vs Sales-Led Hybrid Models: When to Add Sales to PLG Motion

PLG vs Sales-Led Hybrid Models: When to Add Sales to PLG Motion

Pure product-led growth hits a ceiling. Here's how to know when to layer in sales without breaking what made PLG work.

November 14, 2025 7 min read
Self-Serve Onboarding Design: Getting Users to Value Without Human Touch

Self-Serve Onboarding Design: Getting Users to Value Without Human Touch

Most users abandon products during onboarding. Here's how to design self-serve flows that activate users without requiring sales or support.

November 14, 2025 7 min read
PQL Scoring: Identifying Product-Qualified Leads from Usage Data

PQL Scoring: Identifying Product-Qualified Leads from Usage Data

Not all product signups are equal. Here's how to build a PQL scoring system that helps sales focus on users actually ready to buy.

November 13, 2025 7 min read
Product Virality Mechanics: Building Referral Loops That Actually Work

Product Virality Mechanics: Building Referral Loops That Actually Work

Most referral programs fail because they're bolted on, not built in. Here's how to design viral loops that drive sustainable growth.

November 13, 2025 7 min read
In-App Messaging Strategy: Guiding Users Without Being Annoying

In-App Messaging Strategy: Guiding Users Without Being Annoying

In-app messages can drive activation and conversion—or train users to ignore you. Here's how to message strategically without becoming noise.

November 12, 2025 7 min read
Free Trial Optimization: Maximizing Trial-to-Paid Conversion Rates

Free Trial Optimization: Maximizing Trial-to-Paid Conversion Rates

Most free trials convert under 10%. Here's how to optimize trial experiences that convert 20-30% of users to paying customers.

November 11, 2025 7 min read
PLG Fundamentals for Product Marketers: How PMM Drives Product-Led Growth

PLG Fundamentals for Product Marketers: How PMM Drives Product-Led Growth

Product-led growth changes product marketing's role. Here's how PMMs drive PLG strategy, not just support it.

November 11, 2025 7 min read

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Strategy

Frameworks for positioning, competitive strategy, and market analysis that drive long-term GTM success.

Go-to-Market

Tactical playbooks for coordinating cross-functional launches, aligning teams, and executing GTM motions.

Product Launch

Launch planning, timing, and execution strategies that maximize impact and drive adoption.

Sales Enablement

Battlecards, training programs, and sales tools that turn reps into product experts.

Messaging & Positioning

Crafting value propositions and messaging that resonates with buyers and differentiates from competitors.

Pricing & Packaging

Pricing strategy, packaging decisions, and monetization models that optimize revenue.

AI Agent Optimization

Optimizing product content, documentation, and data for AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude that recommend products to buyers.

Win/Loss Analysis

Systematic approaches to understanding why deals are won or lost and feeding insights back to product and GTM.

Customer Research

Methods for gathering customer insights through interviews, surveys, and jobs-to-be-done research.

Demand Generation

Lead generation strategies, campaign planning, and lifecycle marketing that drives pipeline.

Content Marketing

Content strategy and distribution frameworks that drive qualified leads and revenue.

Product Analytics

Using product usage data to inform GTM decisions, identify expansion opportunities, and prevent churn.

Market Research

Primary and secondary research methodologies for understanding markets, competitors, and customer needs.

Partner & Channel Marketing

Co-marketing programs, partner enablement, and channel strategies that drive revenue through partnerships.

Customer Marketing

Retention programs, advocacy initiatives, and expansion campaigns that grow revenue from existing customers.

Competitive Intelligence

Building competitive monitoring systems, positioning frameworks, and battle cards that help you win against competitors.

Product Marketing Operations

Team structure, tech stack, processes, and KPIs that make product marketing teams more effective and efficient.

Developer & Technical Marketing

Marketing to developers and technical buyers through docs, community, advocacy, and technical content.

International GTM

Strategies for international expansion, localization, regional planning, and managing global product launches.

Platform & Ecosystem Marketing

App marketplaces, developer platforms, partner programs, and ecosystem growth strategies for multi-sided platforms.

Founding PMMs

For the first PMM hire: building the function from scratch, proving value, working with limited resources, and establishing credibility.

Marketers at Scale-ups/Series A

Transitioning from startup to scale-up: building teams, standardizing processes, managing complexity, and driving systematic growth.

Product Marketing Frameworks

Proven frameworks, models, and methodologies that product marketers use to structure thinking, drive decisions, and execute consistently.

RevOps & PMM Alignment

Building partnerships with revenue operations to drive attribution, forecasting, pipeline management, and cross-functional GTM execution.

Event Marketing & Field PMM

Trade shows, conferences, webinars, and field marketing strategies that drive pipeline and build brand presence in target markets.

Product Adoption & Onboarding

Strategies to drive user activation, reduce time-to-value, increase feature adoption, and build product-led growth flywheels.

Executive Communication

Communicating with C-suite and board members through executive briefs, presentations, storytelling, and strategic influence.

PMM Visibility & Impact

Dashboard frameworks, attribution models, political navigation, and career strategies that help PMMs prove value and build executive influence.

Budget Season

Q4 planning strategies, budget defense tactics, and ROI frameworks for protecting PMM resources during annual planning cycles. Navigate finance scrutiny and prove necessity.

Pragmatic Framework

Practical guides for implementing the Pragmatic Institute framework, from market and focus to programs and readiness, helping PMMs get the most value from this popular methodology.

Future of PMM

How AI, product-led growth, and evolving buyer behaviors are reshaping product marketing. What skills, tools, and career paths will define PMMs in 2030.

Industry Marketing

Go-to-market strategies tailored for specific industries and verticals. How PMM approaches differ across SaaS, fintech, construction tech, healthcare, and other specialized markets.

Buyers Guides

Practical guides for choosing PMM tools and platforms. Evaluating competitive intelligence, messaging frameworks, and launch management solutions that consolidate workflows and save time.