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Benati: 30-day free trial has been a big win for Lead Gnome over freemium

Matt Benati · 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR" · Jul 1, 2018 · at 13:39

Lead Gnome CEO Matt Benati explains why his company chose a 30-day free trial over the freemium model he managed at LogMeIn.

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“Now we don't personally do freemium model but we do a free trial of 30 days, and that gives people more than enough time to see the results and get used to it, and that's been a big, big win for us.”

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