Growth Hacking Workshop

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Very popular session at this year's Product Camp Dublin from John Healy of @Kindcitizen

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John Healy

John@kindcitizen.org

@Kindcitizen

ie.linkedin.com/in/johnghealy/

353 (0)85) 107-0894

Growth Hacking … Without Big

Budgets

June 5, 2014

Who is this Fella?

Product Manager & Product Marketing

Co-Founder

17 Years in New York:

CNN: Digital Product Marketing Manager

Ogilvy & Mather: Account Director

Young & Rubicam (WCJ)

Also Known As – Growth Hacker

Stuff …. I’ve Done

CNN

What the HECK … is Growth Hacking?

Growth Hacking!

“Basically, growth hacking is a scientific method that requires a full-stack approach to growth — total marketing, engineering, and product integration.”~ Bronson Taylor

Product Management/Marketing .... has changed

Product Management

+Marketing

+Engineering

client

Features+

Advertising

Media Listeners Participants

Growth Hacking – Job Functions

Growth Hacking – Goals

Product has to be a Growth Hacker too

Product Product Product

The Full Story …. What’s Involved

• http://www.donckers.co/sites/www.donckers.co/files/blog/Growth%20Hacking%20Framework.png

Media: 3 Categories

Media EFFECTIVENESS = Participation + Earned Media

Slide 12

Current Business Situation (examples)

Loyalty Profit Influence

Growth Hackers Objectives (examples)

Convert 1,000Competitor Customers

Get 500 InfluencersTo Share Content/Offer

Upsell 700Existing Customers

Instagram

UI Tricks - Speed

Public –By Default

Open Follow Model

Cross-network Post – By Default

Easy Sign-Up

Then Now

Viral

Refer-a-friend: 500MB= Sign Ups 60%

RewardSocial Media Engagement

GamificationDropQuest -Scavenger Hunt

Share Simplicity- via Desktop

Promotion

WePay … doesn’t Freeze your $s

SEOKnow how positioning affects clicks

30% of users click here and on the right (Paid listings)

70% of users click here (Organic listings)

Content is King for SEO

Tool: Content Marketing

Multi-task Magella

• High achiever - entrepreneur• Struggles to balance work/life• Wants small biz “Practical” tips

Stresed-out Sam

• High-stressed “C-Suite Exec”• Challenged to change company culture• Needs to stay ahead of tech. developments

Content Marketing Strategy: Build “Personas”

Adventure-Freak Fran

• High-net worth individual• Seeks adventure & surprise• A “people person”

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Product or Service

Content Marketing Strategy: Research

Market Reality is a better indicator of customer needs than Market Research

MARKET RESEARCH

MARKET REALITY

Source: Digital Marketing Institute

Search: keyword research tool

Social: listening tools

Digital: analytical tools

Polls, questionaires, history, focus groups, research.

Custo

me

r

Search Tools: • Google Analytics

• Google AdWords Keyword Planner

• Google Display Planner

• Bing Ad Planner

• Google Alerts

Social Tools:• socialmention.com

• adictomatic.com

• howsociable.com

• twitalyzer.com

• Klout.com

• local discussion forums

Content Marketing Strategy: Research

Conversion Tool: Intercom

Tools: Intercom

Tools: Qualtrics Enterprise Survey Platform

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Viral Tool (for consumer brands): KindCitizen

Automatically publish non-profits events To a brand’s social media

pagesReward people with

special offers for sharing

Example for Monkstown RFC event

Example: Reward Offer ... once an event is shared

Tools:

Social Media Conversation Monitoring

News-Jacking Strategy

e.g. KindCitizen banner ad. test,

Also incorporated into Content Marketing Strategy

Slide 39

Growth Hacking – Starter Tips

1. Recruitment ofParticipants

Personas

End User

Influencer

4. Measurement Traditional: Reach/Frequency, Cost per Lead, etc.

New: Likes, Shares, RTs, Mentions, Cost per Advocate,

Share of Culture, Value € of Earned Media

4 Steps Tactics

Product

Personas

Owned & Earned Media

2. Motivation forParticipation

Recognition

Prizes

Discounts

Influence

Motivates Audience?

3. Increasing their Control

UGC

Vote

Poll

Drives Most Traffic?

Considerations

• Initiate:

Focus on the customer

Growth Hacking Principles

• Integrate: Product Management + Marketing + Sales

• Iterate: Tweak Offer/Channel/UI/ Features

Slide 41

Book on Challenger Brands – AKA Growth Hacking

What they did “Eating the Big Fish” Adam Morgan

1. Break with immediate past

2. Build lighthouse identity

3. Assume thought leadership

4. Create symbols of reevaluation

5. Sacrifice

6. Overcommit!

7. Advertising = PR

8. Become Ideas Centered

Slainte!

ProductCamp Dubin Profile: Moderator: John Healy is CNN’s former Digital Product Marketing Manager.

He worked as a “Mad-Man” for 15 years with large ad agencies in New York. He also lectures on “Analytics” and “Strategy” at the Digital Marketing Institute.

John is a freelance “Growth-Hacker” and founder of KindCitizen, a niche content-marketing software start-up that enables consumer-brands to generate sales from people who share local events on-line.

John Healy

John@kindcitizen.org

@Kindcitizen

ie.linkedin.com/in/johnghealy/

353 (0)85) 107-0894

Growth Hacking … Without Big

Budgets

June 5, 2014

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