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🇯🇵 B2B SaaS成長プレイブック — PMF検証からエコシステム成長まで。HeyGen、Deel、Vercel、Supabase、AWSの実例。PLG/SLG戦略、アフィリエイト、チャネルパートナーシップ。
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🇰🇷 B2B SaaS 성장 플레이북 — PMF 검증부터 생태계 성장까지. HeyGen, Deel, Vercel, Supabase, AWS 실제 사례. PLG/SLG 전략, 제휴 마케팅, 채널 파트너십.
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Triggers: "B2B growth" | "PMF" | "product-market fit" | "PLG" | "SLG" | "affiliate marketing" | "channel partners" | "customer case study" | "B2B 增长" | "用户调研"
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| 合同模板体系 | [references/contracts.md](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/contracts.md) |
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| 数据驱动增长 | [references/metrics.md](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/metrics.md) |
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| [奠定基石](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/foundation.md) | [Foundation](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/en/foundation.md) | [基盤構築](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ja/foundation.md) | [기반 구축](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ko/foundation.md) |
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| [增长引擎](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/growth-engine.md) | [Growth Engine](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/en/growth-engine.md) | [成長エンジン](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ja/growth-engine.md) | [성장 엔진](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ko/growth-engine.md) |
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| [价值呈现](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/value-presentation.md) | [Value Presentation](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/en/value-presentation.md) | [価値提示](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ja/value-presentation.md) | [가치 제시](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ko/value-presentation.md) |
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| [合同模板](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/contracts.md) | [Contracts](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/en/contracts.md) | [契約テンプレート](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ja/contracts.md) | [계약 템플릿](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ko/contracts.md) |
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| [数据指标](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/metrics.md) | [Metrics](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/en/metrics.md) | [指標体系](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ja/metrics.md) | [지표 체계](https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth/blob/main/references/ko/metrics.md) |
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🇺🇸 B2B SaaS Growth — PLG vs SLG Playbook — Diagnose whether your problem is distribution, pricing, or PMF. PLG/SLG selection by ACV and sales cycle, the 5-stage path from $0 to $10M ARR, NRR discipline, affiliate & channel motion, enterprise tiering. Built from HeyGen, Deel, Vercel, Supabase, Snowflake patterns.
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🇨🇳 B2B SaaS 增长 — PLG vs SLG 决策手册 — 诊断你的瓶颈是分发、定价还是 PMF。按 ACV 和销售周期选 PLG/SLG,$0 → $10M ARR 的 5 阶段路径,NRR 纪律,联盟与渠道打法,Enterprise 分层。提炼自 HeyGen、Deel、Vercel、Supabase、Snowflake。
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🇯🇵 B2B SaaS グロース — PLG vs SLG プレイブック — 課題が流通・価格・PMFのどれかを診断。ACVとセールスサイクルでPLG/SLG選定、$0→$10M ARRの5段階パス、NRR規律、アフィリエイト&チャネル。
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🇰🇷 B2B SaaS 성장 — PLG vs SLG 플레이북 — 병목이 유통·가격·PMF 중 무엇인지 진단. ACV와 세일즈 사이클로 PLG/SLG 선택, $0 → $10M ARR 5단계 경로, NRR 규율, 제휴 & 채널.
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Triggers: "B2B growth" | "B2B SaaS" | "PLG" | "SLG" | "product-led growth" | "sales-led growth" | "PLG or SLG" | "SaaS pricing" | "ARR growth" | "NRR" | "go to market" | "enterprise sales" | "affiliate" | "PMF" | "B2B 增长" | "PLG 还是 SLG" | "SaaS 定价" | "渠道合作" | "PLG/SLG 선택"
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Use this skill when you need to: diagnose PLG vs SLG motion, grow B2B SaaS revenue from
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Trigger phrases: "B2B growth" | "PLG vs SLG" | "SaaS pricing" | "enterprise sales" |
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"ARR growth" | "B2B增长" | "PLG还是SLG" | "SaaS定价" | "渠道合作"
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source: https://github.com/Gingiris-1031/gingiris-skills/tree/main/skills/gingiris-b2b-growth
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# B2B SaaS Growth — PLG / SLG Playbook
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> 🌍 **Language / 语言**: [English](#english-version) | [中文](#中文版)
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"People like it but revenue isn't growing" is rarely one problem. It's usually a **mis-matched motion**: a PLG product run with an SLG playbook, or vice versa. Start by diagnosing the motion, then walk the staged path.
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Counter-intuitive but field-proven: do not scale traffic until signup-to-paid conversion clears the bar. Below it, paid traffic is negative-ROI ("suicide marketing").
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4. Proof case: one coached ToC product stayed quiet for ~6 months, reached 6-8% signup-to-paid - ~$5,000 MRR on ~10,000 registered users - then scaled, and the growth curve (and fundraising) took off.
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- Interview-driven path: Gamma, HeyGen, Lovable each ran ~500-1,000 user interviews within roughly half a year before scaling (self-reported industry accounts). HeyGen's 5-minute signup-to-pay flow was distilled from ~1,800 interviews - 1 free credit, paywall exactly at the aha moment.
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- Burn path (anonymized counterexample): tens of dollars per signup, hundreds of dollars per paying user.
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- **Charge from Day 0.** A pricing-test window is fine, but collect money - even $1 plants the "this is not a free product" perception. Paying users vote with their wallet; free users just have opinions.
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- **Don't wait for the paid tier to exist**: ship a (deliberately vague) pricing page with a contact form. Field result: dozens of price inquiries within two weeks; inquiry mix ~70% community-free / 20% personal / 10% team - and the question shifts from "is this free?" to "how much?"
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- Users genuinely pay for **at most ~3 points** in any product. Instrument usage, find them, gate there.
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- Below **~$1M ARR**: PLG + organic + light paid marketing is enough. Above ~$1M ARR (and most ToB): you need SLG / local key-account channels to keep scaling.
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- Lean-team bar (podcast-recalled figures, treat as approximate): Notion ~4-8 people at million-user scale; ClickUp ~24 people at $1M ARR; several 8-10 person teams in the same space at $1M revenue. Operator rule: **over 25 people without $1M revenue = the org is the problem, not the market.**
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- Inbound-heavy SLG pattern (founder's own account, self-reported): Mattermost's community edition drives search ranking, self-serve trials, then inbound deals - growing from ~$100k contracts to ~$1M contracts without a large sales team. Dify sells a standardized on-prem edition at ~$30-50k per deal with a single deploy engineer, routing custom work to partner vendors.
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| Late penalty | Written into the contract: **0.5% per day** overdue |
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| Who to chase | Chase the tail payment with the **highest-ranking contact**; if your champion stalls, escalate to the CEO once or twice |
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- Customer asks for 50 features and you could do 40 → "we can commit to 10, and because we want this to succeed we'll stretch to 15." Turn concessions into favors.
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- Private deployment has only **two legitimate drivers**: data privacy + internal permission-system integration. Everything else belongs on SaaS.
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**2B content formula**: 80% how you helped customers succeed + 20% about the customer. Deck narrative: pain first, then the fix.
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> Deep dive: `references/deal-execution.md`. The full operator layer (contract-clause quick cards, the 12-question pre-signing checklist, negotiation scripts) ships with the Gingiris paid field manual → https://gingiris.tools/playbook/2b-deals/
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- ❌ Forcing PLG → SLG at $1M just because. Vercel held PLG to $100M.
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- ❌ Watching ARR but ignoring **NRR**. NRR < 100% = a leaking bucket.
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- ❌ One contract template for everyone — split startup / mid-market / enterprise.
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- Going global → localize the listing and pricing.
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### 选你的增长引擎(飞轮)
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PLG(产品驱动)
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| ACV < $1k/年 **且** 决策 < 1 周 | **PLG** | Vercel、Supabase |
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| ACV > $10k/年 **且** 决策 > 1 个月 | **SLG** | Snowflake、Databricks |
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| 中间 | **PLG-to-SLG 混合** | HeyGen、Deel |
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| **Pre-PMF** | $0–$100k | 10–30 次用户访谈,先确认 must-have |
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| **Early PMF** | $100k–$1M | **投 1–2 个渠道做深**,不要广撒网 |
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| **Growth** | $1M–$5M | 引入 affiliate + 集成伙伴,PLG 加 sales-assist |
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| **Scale** | $5M–$10M | Enterprise 团队、合规(SOC 2)、渠道加码 |
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| **Ecosystem** | $10M+ | 开放平台、investor / agency 分销 |
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### 转化优先:先磨注册→付费,再放量
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反常识但实战验证:注册→付费转化率没到基准线之前,不要放量——投放 ROI 打不正("自杀式营销")。
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| ToC AI 注册→付费 | **≥1.5%** 才可放量(好产品 6–8%,最好见过 ~40%) |
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| ToB AI 注册→付费 | **>10–15%** 才可放量 |
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| 真正执行者的结果 | 注册→付费 4–8%+,融资也更顺 |
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SOP(200+ 团队听过,真正执行完的不到 10 个):
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1. 达标前冻结投放、红人、launch campaign。
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2. 找出当前阶段付费意愿最高的画像——必要时"和一个用户聊 5 次"。
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3. 抵抗竞品 PR 带来的 FOMO,顶住几个月。
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4. 实证:一个被辅导的 ToC 产品沉寂约半年,注册→付费做到 6–8%——约 1 万注册用户做到 ~$5,000 MRR——之后放量曲线起飞、融资顺利。
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单位经济学两端对照:
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- 古典产品主义:Gamma、HeyGen、Lovable 都在约半年内做了 ~500–1,000 场用户访谈再放量(口述行业参照)。HeyGen 的"注册到付费 5 分钟"链路提炼自 ~1,800 场访谈——只给 1 个 free credit,付费墙卡在 aha moment 最高点。
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- 烧钱投放反例(匿名):单个注册成本几十美金、单个付费用户成本几百美金。
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### Day-0 收费纪律
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- **从 day 0 开始收钱。** 允许 pricing test 调整期,但要勇敢收费——哪怕收 $1,也种下"这不是免费产品"的心智。付费用户用脚投票,免费用户只是发表意见。
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- **不要等付费版做出来**:先挂一个(刻意写模糊的)pricing 页 + contact 表单。实测:两周收到几十个问价;比例约 70% community free / 20% 个人 / 10% team——用户口径从"这免费吗"变成"大概多少钱"。
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- 一个产品用户真正付费的点**不超过 3 个**。做埋点找到它们,把卡点设在那里。
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### PLG→SLG 分水岭与精简人效基准
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- **~$1M ARR 以下**:PLG + organic + 常规投放足够;~$1M ARR 以上(及多数 ToB):必须配 SLG / 本地 KA 渠道才能持续规模化。
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- 人效基准(播客口述回忆,按约数看):Notion 约 4–8 人时已达百万用户量级;ClickUp 约 24 人做到 $1M ARR;同赛道多个 8–10 人团队做到百万美金营收。操盘铁律:**超过 25 人还没到 $1M 营收 = 组织有问题,不是市场有问题。**
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- Inbound 型 SLG 范式(founder 面授口述):Mattermost 社区版带搜索排名→用户自助试用→主动 inbound,从 ~$10 万一单做到 ~$100 万一单,无需养大型销售团队。Dify 只卖标准化私有部署版(~$3–5 万��金/单,派一个工程师部署),定制需求全部转给合作 vendor。
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### 2B 打单与交付(私有化 & 定制)
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签下合同只是一半,全额收回款才是另一半。提炼自某 Multi-Agent 开源商业化项目复盘。
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#### 付款结构与尾款防御
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| 规则 | 细节 |
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| 分段付款 | 私有化部署 **3:4:3** 或 **4:4:2** —— 第一批功能上线 / 全部部署完 / 运维 3–6 个月后付尾款 |
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| 签约即收款 | **签合同当天收 30%** |
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| 违约金 | 直接写进合同:**拖一天多付 0.5%** |
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| 尾款筹码 | 交付时留 1–2 个功能部署在**自己服务器**,尾款结清才迁 —— 签合同前说清楚、条款里写清楚 |
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| 找谁要 | 尾款直接找**对接的最高的人**;对接人推诿可问 1–2 次 CEO |
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| 长期方向 | 每一单:预付款越来越高、尾款越来越少 |
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#### 需求边界管理:SOR / SOW / CCB
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- **SOR**(客户原始输入)与 **SOW**(验收标准 + 交付节点 + 变更条款)分开;**合同和 SOW 一起签**。
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- 变更一律走 **CCB**:客户先书面发起 → 双方项目经理评估影响(金额 / 工期)→ 双方签变更确认文件。
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- 一切留痕(会议 / 对话 / 验收记录);合同指明"项目验收对接人"。
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- 客户聊嗨了拍胸脯?**只有 paperwork 有效。**
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#### 商务推拉
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- 客户提 50 个需求、内部判断 40 能做 →"先答应 10 个,因为想帮你所以做到 15 个"——把让步做成人情。
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- 不想做的需求**抬价过滤**(人/天多标几天),不用直接拒绝。
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- 私有化需求只有**两个真点**:数据隐私 + 接内部权限系统,其他都该买 SaaS。
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- SaaS 二开 → 直接卖 **License**;SSO 等集成 → 开放 API + 标准手册,让客户自己做。
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#### 营收与渠道账
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| $1M ARR 拆解 | 组成 |
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| 2B 路线 | 9 个 $10 万企业客户 |
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| 订阅路线 | 每 $10 万 ≈ 500 个 $200/年订阅用户($1M ≈ 5,000) |
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| 代理分层 | 条件 |
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| Reseller | 10–20% 推荐费 |
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| 银牌(年销 >$10 万)| 15% |
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| 金牌(年销 >$30 万)| 20% |
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代理尽调三问:之前代理过什么产品?客户从哪来?Reseller 还是 Service Partner?
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**2B 内容公式**:80% 讲自己如何帮客户成功 + 20% 讲客户;deck 叙事"先讲怎么痛,再说怎么好"。
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### B2B 内容特殊要求
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- **必须有 case study**(ROI / 省时 / 省人力)。
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- **必须有可验证数据**("customer X saved Y hours/month")。
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- **必须有 CFO 友好的 pricing 页**(ROI 计算器、年付折扣、合规文档)。
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- ❌ 不用 ToC 话术("amazing"、"magical")。
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### 反模式
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### PLG 信号门(2026 会议纪要更新)
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- 免费 DAU 不等于 PLG 成立。先定义一个与价值直接相关的激活事件,再看 `注册 → 激活 → 重复使用 → 付费/合格扩张`。
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- 剔除内部、测试和活动赠送用户,并按注册月份做 cohort;只有登录、没有完成核心任务的用户不算激活。
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- 产品未达到稳定激活与留存前,不扩付费投放、不盲目加销售团队;回到访谈、onboarding 和定价实验。
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- 当团队使用、席位增长、安全/采购需求或明确扩张意图出现时再引入 sales-assist,而不是见到免费用户就交给销售。
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- 所有转化阈值注明日期、样本范围与数据来源;历史案例用于形成假设,不作为跨产品的永久标准。
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- ❌ 没 PMF 就投流(烧钱比学习快 10x)。
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- ❌ 到 $1M 就盲目 PLG → SLG(Vercel 坚持 PLG 到 $100M)。
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- ❌ 只看 ARR 不看 **NRR**(NRR < 100% = 漏水桶)。
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- ❌ 只给一个合同模板(分 startup / mid-market / enterprise 三版)。
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*By Iris (生姜 Iris) · ex-COO @ AFFiNE, 150+ AI startups advised · Install: `npx skills add Gingiris-1031/gingiris-b2b-growth`*
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