In case you haven’t heard, PQLs are leads that are more likely to convert because they have found value in your product. If you’re a modern SaaS business, you want to find these leads. So the only question left — how? It’s elementary: you need a Product Qualified Lead process.
For every company that’s trying to figure out how to layer Sales onto an existing product-led model, there are several trying to do the opposite — introduce a Product-Led Growth (PLG) model onto an existing sales-led model. Audiense is one of them.
The SaaS business model has long challenged the need for the traditional software salesperson. The SaaS model – and more recently the push toward Product-Led Growth with its free trial and frictionless upgrade path – has called for the death of sales.