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The motion defines the conversion moment, and the link target should be one click upstream of it. Demo-led: the buyer’s path is research → trust → conversation with sales, so placements point at the pages that build the case — the alternatives and comparison pages (where the product argues its fit), the case studies and integration pages (evidence), the pricing page (the transparency enterprise buyers check before the call) — with the homepage as a brand-anchor destination, not a campaign target.
Self-serve: the path is discovery → trial → habit, so placements point where a motivated click converts — the free tool or template that delivers value before signup, the feature page matched to the placement’s context, the signup-adjacent comparison page — because the demo-led’s “book a call” is the self-serve’s friction.
The placement type follows the same logic: demo-led products benefit from the mention and authority layer (the committee’s research trail) and from guest posts that build the point of view sales inherits; self-serve products over-index on insertions into high-intent roundups (the shortlist moment converts immediately) and on tool-page assets that earn links and trials simultaneously. The measurement splits accordingly: demo-led tracks the visibility-to-pipeline path (branded search lift, the committee’s surfaces, assisted conversions), self-serve tracks click-to-trial directly (referral signups per placement — the cleanest ROI read in the discipline).
The shared rule underneath: the link’s destination is chosen to continue the reader’s journey, and every vendor that sends every placement to the homepage has decided nothing.
See also: Product-led growth and content loops, Free trial pages as link targets, Pricing pages as link targets.
