18. www.grow.ac/london
Why is growth marketing Important?
1. Traditional marketing channels are increasingly expensive and saturated
2. Most projects focus heavily on product, but the real challenge is with
distribution
19. www.grow.ac/london
Startups don’t fail because they lack
a product; they fail because they lack
customers and a profitable business
model. - Steve Blank
“Startups focus too much on building product
with limited attention to customer interaction,
usability, and marketing. This is also a big fail."
- Dave McClure
"Poor distribution—not
product—is the number one
cause of failure. " - Peter Thiel
22. www.grow.ac/london
Why is growth marketing Important?
1. Traditional marketing channels are increasingly expensive and saturated
2. Most projects focus heavily on product, but the real challenge is with
distribution
3. New channels and tech are popping up exponentially
31. www.grow.ac/london
Why is growth marketing Important?
1. Traditional marketing channels are increasingly expensive and saturated
2. Most projects focus heavily on product, but the real challenge is with
distribution
3. New channels are popping up exponentially
4. Acquisition is trivial. Activation and Retention are crucial
32. www.grow.ac/london
Growth Funnel
Awareness
Getting people to visit your website
Acquisition
Getting them to sign up
Activation
Users get a great first user experience
Retention
Making sure users come back
Referral
Getting users to invite others
Revenue
Sell, upsell, cross sell
Marketing
Teams
Growth
Teams
33. www.grow.ac/london
Pirate Funnel
Awareness
Getting people to visit your website
Acquisition
Getting them to sign up
Activation
Users get a great first user experience
Retention
Making sure users come back
Referral
Getting users to invite others
Revenue
Sell, upsell, cross sell
46. www.grow.ac/london
Pirate Funnel
Awareness
Getting people to visit your website
Acquisition
Getting them to sign up
Activation
Users get a great first user experience
Retention
Making sure users come back
Referral
Getting users to invite others
Revenue
Sell, upsell, cross sell
47. www.grow.ac/london
Pirate Funnel
Awareness
Getting people to visit your website
Acquisition
Getting them to sign up
Activation
Users get a great first user experience
Retention
Making sure users come back
Referral
Getting users to invite others
Revenue
Sell, upsell, cross sell
66. www.grow.ac/london
Why is growth marketing Important?
1. Traditional marketing channels are increasingly expensive and saturated
2. Most projects focus heavily on product, but the real challenge is with
distribution
3. New channels are popping up exponentially
4. Acquisition is trivial. Activation and Retention are crucial.
5. It’s all about ROI and Speed >> Find out what works... fast
91. www.grow.ac/london
Head of Growth
Process-Driven
Analytical
Creative
Strong Personality
T-shaped
Soft Skills
Developer
Fast iterations
Build fast fix later
Loves data +
tracking
Creative
Growth oriented
Executes fast
UX/UI
Customer
empathy
Executes fast
Front-end code
Ship fast
Loves testing
Conversion
Rate
Optimization
Data Analyst
Small data sets
Large data sets
Back-end
knowledge
Needle in
haystack
Data to insights