Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Keep Your Friends Close

A free e-book about maximizing Customer Lifetime Value

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Keep Your Friends Close launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Talk To Your Fucking Customers! (If You Want To Build A Better B2B Startup)▲171
Actionable advice for B2B Startups by Steli from Close.io
2018 · close.com · its alternatives →
2
From Zero to 1,000 Customers & Beyond▲236
Free audiobook by Steli from Close.io
2018 · close.com · its alternatives →
3
Customer Centricity by Peter Fader▲65
A free ebook in exchange for your reading data
2016 · jellybooks.com · its alternatives →
4
Network marketing for Facebook▲60
Good tactical book for using social media
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
5
FREE: The Future of a radical Price▲77
How businesses can profit more by giving things away.
2015 · audible.com · its alternatives →
6
From 0 to 1,000 Customers & Beyond▲163
Free new ebook by Hiten Shah & Steli Efti
2017 · close.com · its alternatives →
7
Community Building on the Web▲86
Secret strategies for successful online communities
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
8
Marketing for Product People▲114
Launch your digital product with confidence
2016 · justinjackson.ca · its alternatives →
9
Talking to Humans▲79
a practical guide to customer development
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
10
The Little Book of Success▲4
An eBook looking at the importance of Customer Success
2017 · signable.co.uk · its alternatives →
11
Customer Success▲69
Accelerate your revenue model with Customer Success.
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
12
Just Enough▲62
A minimalist approach to starting an online business
2015 · vincentimbat.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
13
Inbound Marketing▲62
Attract, engage, and delight customers online
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
14
Marketing for Entrepreneurs▲68
Concepts and applications for new ventures
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
15
Farm Don't Hunt▲69
The definitive guide to customer success
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
16
Rise of the Revenue Marketer▲66
A guide for connection marketing to business
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
17
Hacking Growth [Kindle Edition]▲79
Untraditional marketing using the hacker mindset.
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
18
Buyer Personas: How to Gain Insight into your Customer's▲63
Align your Marketing Strategies, and Win More Business
2015 · buyerpersona.com · its alternatives →
19
Social Media Customer Service Guide▲78
Free e-book by Juphy
2022 · juphy.com · its alternatives →
20
Stop Being Lonely▲69
An introvert's guide to friends and relationships
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
21
Your First Customers▲108
Podcast & book about finding your first customers.
2014 · yourfirstcustomers.com · its alternatives →
22
The Art Of Selling Online▲104
Persuade the toughest clients and win new prospects
2016 · its alternatives →
23
Hacking Growth▲72
The modern marketing mindset to create fast growing
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
24
Disrupting Digital Business▲111
Create an authentic experience in the peer-to-peer economy
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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