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How healthy is your free trial?

How to use this scorecard

Share it with founders and product teams. Their answers show where trials leak, which makes your help easy to place.

What is inside

Score your trial
Why each question mattersFast sign up
Start with theseFive sign ups watched: This week.
Worth doing this monthAdd sample data. Let people try before they set up.
Your four week planWatch five sign ups and note every pause.

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How healthy is your free trial
The free trial scorecard
Score your trial in two minutes

Where to promote it

Product communitiesfounder newslettersLinkedIna link in your email signature

What goes in a free trial scorecard?

Ten quick questions on sign up, first steps, sample data, emails, follow up and pricing, a score out of twenty, a first step for each and a four week plan.

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