The 7 Building Blocks for Monetization: Part 1

Product-Led Growth (PLG) is product’s ability to self-acquire, self-activate, and self-monetize users. Today, we’ll dive into the ‘self-monetize’ part of PLG. What does it mean when your product can essentially sell itself? While you can run campaigns to monetize users, it's even more effective if your product is inherently built for product-led growth and, ultimately, monetization. If this sounds intriguing but too good to be true, keep on reading. In this blog post, we'll explore the first out of seven fundamental elements for successful monetization. The seven building blocks for monetization with Product-Led Growth (PLG) that I learned from Reforge's PLG course with Elena Verna are as follows: Pick your conversion tactics Define your use cases Assess your use cases against the 4 factors: willingness-to-pay, motivation, ability, and permission. Build your growth hypothesis or growth motion mix Identify your value metrics Build your pricing & packaging (P&P) matrix Understand how you

Product-Led Growth (PLG) is product’s ability to self-acquire, self-activate, and self-monetize users. Today, we’ll dive into the ‘self-monetize’ part of PLG. What does it mean when your product can essentially sell itself? While you can run campaigns to monetize users, it's even more effective if your product is inherently built for product-led growth and, ultimately, monetization. If this sounds intriguing but too good to be true, keep on reading. In this blog post, we'll explore the first out of seven fundamental elements for successful monetization. The seven building blocks for monetizati