"Forget the Funnel" by Georgiana Laudi

Forget the Funnel: A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable, Recurring Revenue by Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop

About the Book

Your product is great. So why is marketing it so hard?

Many SaaS companies struggle with marketing.

Teams try everything they can to drive more traffic, leads, and signups.

Yet revenue growth remains…lumpy. Slow. Frustratingly inconsistent.

If this sounds familiar, the problem isn’t you or your ideas; it’s that you’re guessing at what resonates with your target customers.

In Forget the Funnel, Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop share the Customer-Led Growth Framework they’ve developed to help companies of all sizes solve their product marketing struggles and hit ambitious targets.

This framework helps you get inside your customers’ heads, map and measure your customers’ experience, and uncover which tactics will actually move the needle for your company.

It’s time to stop guessing. Forget the Funnel is your guide for thinking more strategically about marketing your product and making a meaningful impact on revenue growth.

About the Author

Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop co-founded Forget the Funnel, a consultancy that helps SaaS teams reach and retain high lifetime value customers.

Georgiana is a strategic advisor and speaker who’s passionate about turning customer value into revenue-generating outcomes.

An online marketer since 2000, she began her track record as a marketing executive and product growth advisor in 2010, working with high-growth recurring-revenue startups.

And, interesting fact – she’s Canadian!

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Links…

Forget the Funnel: A Customer-Led Approach for Driving Predictable, Recurring Revenue by Georgiana Laudi and Claire Suellentrop (Amazon)
The Forget the Funnel Workbook
Georgiana Laudi (LinkedIn)
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