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Daily Edition · Page 8

THE DAILY INDEX

Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and business

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FOCUS ON FULL FUNNEL SEO NOT JUST THE TOP

SEO teams obsess over rankings and traffic, but ignore what happens after someone clicks. This kills SEO's value when clicks decline. The fix is full-funnel SEO that follows the entire customer journey. Activation SEO targets searches like "how to import contacts into [product]" - boring queries that determine if trials convert to paid. Retention SEO mines support tickets for friction points. When frustrated users Google problems before calling support, you'd better rank for those queries or Reddit will. Expansion SEO helps existing customers upgrade by ranking for tier comparisons and referral searches. The real measure of SEO is about being present with helpful answers at every critical moment.

productledseo.com · 5 min

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GETTING STARTED WITH USAGE-BASED PRICING

AI features create a pricing nightmare because some customers barely touch them while others 10x their usage overnight. Kyle Hart built Toast's pricing playbook from $0 to $100M ARR and says customers claim they want usage-based pricing but actually hate the variability. His approach is similar to how you'd test a new feature. First, audit what you have - which features do reps discount most? What are customers actually using? Then, form 2-3 mock pricing pages to test in real sales calls. Slowly build your conviction over time before making the swap.

dearstage2.com · 6 min

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WHAT TO DO MORE (AND LESS) OF

Most teams know what good product development looks like, but can't figure out why they're not doing it - the answer isn't what to add, it's what to stop. The author studied high-performing teams and found they create space for the right behaviors by killing the wrong ones. They weave context into every discussion instead of jumping straight to solutions and pretending they know everything. They ship meaningful progress weekly instead of getting stuck in analysis paralysis for months. They question year-old commitments instead of blindly executing plans made when everything was different. For your next product planning session, try asking, “What would we need to stop doing to make room for what matters?”

cutlefish.substack.com · 6 min

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PRODUCT WON'T END AT CHAT

AI capabilities have run so far ahead of product design that we could stop all model development today and still have years of work left. Everyone's bundling everything into chat apps, but chat sucks for depth, workflow, and longitudinal data. There's a reason AI code generators are IDEs, not text boxes. We'll see the same unbundling that happened with Craigslist - horizontal chat platforms will disaggregate into deeper, purpose-built apps. Any guidebook or professional guide is a candidate for standalone AI apps that go beyond chat. The optimal product has yet to be discovered, but chat won't cut it.

99d.substack.com · 5 min

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WHY THE VENTURE CAPITAL SECONDARY MARKET IS BOOMING IN 2025

While everyone waits for the IPO window to reopen, secondaries quietly hit $152 billion in 2024, up 39% year over year. What started as a liquidity hack is now essential infrastructure. LPs tired of waiting can sell their fund stakes. Founders can give employees partial cash-outs without forcing an IPO. GPs spin their best companies into continuation vehicles to hold them longer while still returning cash. The numbers are wild. VC secondaries jumped from 16% of deal activity in 2020 to 29% in 2024. Secondaries aren't a workaround anymore. They're how venture capital actually works when traditional exits take over a decade.

thevccorner.com · 7 min

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