S2 s talk
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Lessons from the new the
sales model Kenny Van Zant@kennyvz
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NewDiscovery & Distribution enabling users to find, try & buy software
1. Know What Changed
Not NewBudgets
Organization structures
IT departments
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2. Decide if You CanIs your product...
simple enough to be understood by a usersimple enough to be used without hand-holdingserving a widely felt pain pointable to have a variety of price points
Is your company...
capitalized to support the modelled by product-centric, analytical people
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3. Trial or Freemium? Choose WiselyYou are creating scarcity of time, features, or scale
Know your user & buyer
Don’t try both in one product (noise)
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Choose freemium if... Your product needs time for value (Evernote)
ORYour growth vector is viral (Dropbox)
ORIt’s a winner-take-all market (GitHub)
ANDYou are capitalized for it
(freemium gestation period)
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Choose Free Trial ... everywhere else.
Buyers self-select (signal vs. noise)
Easier to build sales model
Generates Revenue $ooner
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4. Can’t build two models at onceGolden Motion
Monkeys beat spreadsheets
Think Pyramid, not Hybrid
Hunter/Farmer model flips