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How Airtable discovered its early adopters is a great example of Product Led Sales
The challenge with Airtable is that it's incredibly versatile—you can use it for virtually anything. It's applicable in every department within an organization and even for personal projects. Essentially, you're building your own software, which can be tailored for
How Airtable used Swag to drive micro-virality, focused on their early adopters or what they called champions
the other one that we did was dated to this Champions at scale was we spent a hilarious amount of money on really fancy swag I know this sounds silly but like branded airpods level of fancy swag admittedly more people are in the office back then now they are more remote and this would not work as well but back in the day if you gave people something really good like not a pen or a sticker really good they would show enough to absolutely everyone that they talked to because they were so excited they got branded airpods people would ask about it walking by their desks it sounds so like trivial but for that like you know a couple hundred bucks that we spent knowing like hey this person's already a champion and if someone asks them they're going to give a really good pitch totally worth it sometimes better to not skimp on swag hard to measure very effective
expect the traditional per-seat subscription model will increasingly come under pressure as AI products deliver work rather than augment personal productivity.
Kyle Poyar • How AI apps make money
You can keep yourself from making most positioning gaffes if you will simply remember the following principles:
- Positioning, first and foremost, is a noun, not a verb. That is, it is best understood as an attribute associated with a company or a product, and not as the marketing contortions that people go through to set up that association.
Crossing the Chasm: Summary, Notes, Review
Three of the most common, and consistently publicly available, metrics to measure efficiency include:
Mostly Multiples 5/5: The End of an Era
(growth vs efficiency) CAC payback period, Rule of 40, Revenue per employee
These benefits might not directly translate into revenue, but over time, in aggregate, they can have a huge indirect impact on revenue. They can:
Strengthen domain authority and the search performance of every other page on the website.
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Strengthen domain authority and the search performance of every other page on the website.
Boost brand awareness, and encourage serendipitous interactions that land your brand in front of the right person... See more
