Growth playbook

Go-to-market strategy

Build a go to market plan that aligns your offer, motion and channel, so you stop guessing and start growing with purpose. Map goals, owners and next steps for the next quarter.

Go-to-market strategy

Introduction

one coherent system. It defines who you're for, where they are, what problem you solve, and how each touchpoint moves them closer to buying.

Most companies guess at their ICP, spray tactics across channels, and wonder why nothing compounds.

Get this right and growth becomes predictable. Get it wrong and you're constantly firefighting.

Go-to-market strategy
Chapters

Chapters

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Claim your space in the market

Stop wasting budget on the wrong leads. This step-by-step guide shows you how to pin down your Ideal Customer Profile, tighten targeting and lift revenue with every campaign, backed by proven data.

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Choose the growth motion

Pick the right growth motion and you fund the channels that convert, hire the skills that matter and hit revenue targets sooner. Compare outbound, inbound, product and partner plays to choose with confidence.

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Product packaging and pricing

Learn how price, feature bundles and upgrade paths fund growth motions, filter ideal buyers and scale revenue, so your go-to-market stays profitable and your marketing budget never starves.

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Messaging strategy

Learn a practical framework to map pains, write value propositions and match proof to every awareness stage, so your ads click, pages persuade and sales run smoother. Apply it to any B2B go-to-market.

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Funnel strategy

Learn how to map buyer journeys, split budget, pick channels and track the right metrics so your B2B funnel turns spend into predictable, profitable growth.

Tools

Go-to-market strategy

tools

Use what you already have. But if you're starting from scratch or want recommendations, these are the tools I use with clients and personally rely on. Consider this a bonus: helpful if you need it, completely optional if you don't.

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Playbooks

Book summaries for marketers

The books that shaped how I think about growth. Read summaries here, then buy what resonates. Learn from the best thinkers in B2B.

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Traction (channels)
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Traction (channels)

Gabriel Weinberg

A method to discover your best channel. Prioritise, test and focus resources where traction is most likely.

Startup growth engines
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Startup growth engines

Sean Ellis

A tour of growth case studies. Identify engines, spot patterns and design experiments that fit your context.

The Pumpkin Plan
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The Pumpkin Plan

Mike Michalowicz

A simple system for selective growth. Identify winners, cut distractors and nurture the right segments.

Disciplined Entrepreneurship
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Disciplined Entrepreneurship

Bill Aulet

Step by step approach to define customers, test value and design a go to market path that leads to repeatable revenue.

$100M Offers
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$100M Offers

Alex Hormozi

A practical guide to shaping offers that convert. Translate ideas into pricing, guarantees and copy you can test this quarter with real customers.

Influence
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Influence

Robert Cialdini

Classic psychology translated for B2B. Use social proof, scarcity and reciprocity in a way that respects buyers.

Expert secrets
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Expert secrets

Russel Brunson

Position your expertise, tell stories that teach, and build simple offers that move buyers from interest to action.

Breakthrough Advertising
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Breakthrough Advertising

Eugene M. Schwartz

A field guide to message market fit. Use stages of awareness to pick angles, craft offers and brief ads that speak to real pains and jobs.

Pyramid Principle
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Pyramid Principle

Barbara Minto

A method for clear writing and slides. Lead with the answer, group logic well and make recommendations easy to approve.

Good Strategy Bad Strategy
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Good Strategy Bad Strategy

Richard Rumelt

A sharp test for strategy quality. Diagnose, choose guiding policies and design actions that compound over quarters.

Growth wiki

Growth concepts explained in simple language

Key concepts and frameworks explained clearly. Quick reference when you need to understand a term, refresh your knowledge, or share with your team.

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Apply disciplined experimentation across the entire customer lifecycle, optimising every stage through rapid testing and data-driven iteration.

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Inbound Marketing

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Attract prospects through valuable content that solves real problems, building trust and generating qualified leads who approach you.

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Product-market fit

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Achieve the state where your product solves a genuine, urgent problem for a defined market that's willing to pay and actively pulling your solution in.

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Referral marketing

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Turn satisfied customers into active promoters who systematically bring qualified prospects into your pipeline at near-zero acquisition cost.

Course

Why most B2B marketers don't get the results they want

Most B2B marketers are either Random Ricks (trying everything) or Specialist Steves (obsessed with one channel). Generalists run tactics without strategy. Specialists hit channel ceilings. But there's a better way.

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Random Rick
Always-busy marketer

Tries everything at once. Posts on LinkedIn, runs ads, tweaks the website, chases referrals. Nothing compounds because nothing's consistent. Growth feels chaotic.

Specialist Steve
Single channel specialist

Obsessed with one tactic. 'We just need better ads' or 'SEO will fix everything.' Ignores the rest of the system. One strong engine can't carry a broken machine.

Solid Sarah
Full-funnel marketer

Finds the bottleneck. Fixes that first. Then moves to the next weakest link. Builds a system that's predictable, measurable and doesn't need 80-hour weeks.

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Sarah grows faster than Rick and Steve. Want to know how Solid Sarah does it?

Learn how she diagnoses bottlenecks, orchestrates the four engines, and drives predictable growth. Choose if you want to read or watch:

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Playbooks

Other playbooks

Tactical playbooks for every stage of this engine. The playbooks are practical guides for tactical stuff. They complement the (paid) growth framework and help you with the tactics.

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Playbook

Go-to-market strategy

Build a go to market plan that aligns your offer, motion and channel, so you stop guessing and start growing with purpose. Map goals, owners and next steps for the next quarter.

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Go-to-market strategy
Playbook

Personal productivity

Take control of your week. Use habits and systems to focus on work that actually moves the needle. Add a quick daily review so important tasks get done without burnout.

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Personal productivity
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Team collaboration

Help your team work better together. Set up shared rituals and tools to remove friction and move faster. Make async the default and know who decides and where work lives.

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Team collaboration
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Dashboard setup

Build dashboards that show what matters. Give your team clarity without noise or vanity metrics. Agree definitions and review insights on a simple schedule.

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Dashboard setup
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AI for marketers

Use AI for research, briefs and QA. Set prompts and review steps, train the team, and track time saved without risking quality. Focus on cases that strengthen the work.

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Automation tools

Save time and automate repetitive marketing tasks using Zapier, n8n or Make. Move data cleanly and reduce manual effort with small, safe automations that earn back hours.

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Record digital course

Record a course that people finish. Structure, script and film your expertise without wasting months on setup. Use light gear and a repeatable plan that fits your week.

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