Over the last 20 years in tech I've watched trends surge and fade. But, nothing quite compares to the current whirlwind around AI.
Everywhere SaaS businesses are rushing to reposition themselves around AI.
But, why are we pivoting towards AI?
🚩 Is it because the market demands it?
🚩 Is it a chase started by competitive FOMO
🚩 Is it because investors told you to?
These approach often overlooks a critical factor: customer needs. 🤔
A robust SaaS GTM isn't about joining the bandwagon. It’s about ensuring your product solves a real problem more effectively than before.
Before jumping on AI, ask yourself:
👉 Does this technology offer unique value to my customers?
👉 Can it solve their problems better?
Investor insights are valuable, but they might be difficult to translate into a practical GTM. The perspectives don't always align with actual customer satisfaction or need.
And then there’s competitor comparison. It’s essential to keep pace, but mimicking a competitor’s AI leap without understanding the "why" and "how" behind their success might just set you up for a fall.
What’s crucial is deriving strategies from deep, contextual insights into customer data and behaviour.
Simply adding AI doesn’t automatically enhance your product's value. The challenge is to articulate how AI improves your product in ways that matter to your customers—be it through increased efficiency, cost savings, or better capabilities.
The real question is not whether to use AI, but how to make AI relevant and beneficial to your customers. This means building a narrative that ties AI capabilities directly to user benefits and ensuring your product strategy is deeply rooted in genuine customer needs and feedback.
If AI does enhance your product, your messaging must clarify this advantage. If not, it’s more strategic to concentrate on what truly makes your product indispensable to your customers.
Often, delivering tangible value is far more innovative than chasing after every new trend.
What’s your take on AI led SaaS propositions?
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