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name: choose-a-success-metric
description: "Pick the one countable action that proves users get value, not visits or signups."
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# Choose one success metric

Purpose:: Pick one success metric that proves users get value.

Rules::
- One countable user action, max 10 words
- Counts value, not visits or signups
- Must be countable from your own product data

Inventory::
- Your idea line, main opportunity and the buyer's hands

Steps::
1. Name the moment a user gets value from the product
2. Name the action you can count at that moment
3. Check you can log it in the product
4. Reply as: amount of <action>

Metrics::
- One line
- Goes up only when users really win

Source:: https://isklls.com/skills/choose-a-success-metric (iSklls, free skill library)