6. Traditionalmarketingvsgrowthhacking
Make people want the
product
Traditional media such as
print ads, TV and radio
Conversion funnel rarely
determined
More structured with plans
Make a product people
want
Gathers data,
experiment and then
determine
Cheaper
“Execute fast, fix later
attitude”
Marketing
Product/
Tech
Marketing
Product/
Tech
13. The traditional marketer is best poised to become a growth
hacker (compared to the general population), should they
choose to, if they have a strong analytical and technical
mind.
14. WhyaGrowthteam?
✖ They change how decisions are made
✖ Better collaboration between Marketing and Developers
✖ Focuses on improving existing funnel
✖ Back end team tend to work with ownership and delivering
one service (i.e Worlds best search engine
✖ Growth team would work with making every user do more
searches every day
✖ No growth team is necessary if people aren’t using your
product! You need a user base.
16. Examplesofgrowth
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3,000 a day.
In 6 months they reached 1 million users.
5 weeks later – 2 million users.
21. PMF
“Product/market fit means
being in a good market with a
product that can satisfy that
market.”
aka
creating a MVP
that solves a problem.
22. MVP
A minimum viable product (MVP) is the the most
pared down version of a product that can still be
released. An MVP has three key characteristics:
✖It has enough value that people are willing to
use it or buy it initially
✖It demonstrates enough future benefit to retain
early adopters
✖It provides a feedback loop to guide future
development
25. Examples of Metrics
No one size fits all but…
AARRR
Customer acquisition
Retention
Churn
Lifetime Value
Return of investment
Viral Coefficient
Revenue
and so many more….
42. Challenges
✖ Is the product ready?
✖ Using the wrong metrics (page views instead
of events etc)
✖ Communication between
marketing/engineering
✖ Team structure
✖ Hiring a growth hacker
✖ Data vs intuition – where do you draw the
line?
✖ Budget