This document contains the notes from a growth hacking event in Paris. It discusses various growth hacking topics including what growth hacking is, how to start growth hacking, the importance of experiments and metrics. Specific growth tactics mentioned include optimizing activation, retention, referrals and the customer journey. The notes emphasize validating the product/market fit first and then testing both free and paid acquisition channels.
2. COMING NEXT
What the Fuck is Growth Hacking?
Côme Courteault, Growth hacker at TheFamily @c2prods
7 behaviors you can track to personalize
user experience
Adrien Lafond, Growth Hacker @ ouipunk
Fake it till you make it
Franck Dupont, Web developper at TheFamily@
7. GROWTH HACKING
ISN’T WHERE YOU START
Before growth, do things manually. Do
your users love you? Do they share?
Talk to them, learn from them and make
sure you got an addictive product.
8. GROWTH IS AN
INVESTMENT
Validate your product / market fit first!
Then (and only then) invest in growth.
You can either invest time or money. Do
the right thing at the right time ;-)
9. START WITH SPENDING
SOME TIME
Be a killer at retention. Build viral loops
and referral mechanisms.
And don’t forget: everything starts with
activation. Onboarding is key!
10. AND THEN WORK YOUR
MAGIC (AND PAY)
“Free” acquisition: SEO, BizDev, smart
hacks, etc.
Paying acquisition: SEM, TV, display,
affiliation, etc.Or is it?
11. BEFORE YOU
SPEND SOME $$$
What is your customer lifetime value (CLV)?
average revenue per user
churn rate
x gross margin
12. THE RULE
Acquisition cost < CLV
So, as long as your acquisition cost is
inferior to your lifetime value, it’s OK.
13. DON’T KID YOURSELF
Don’t try to artificially elongate your
customer lifetime value.
Oh and btw, you’re not an accountant!
Spend time on growth, not on numbers.
14. IT’S ALL ABOUT
EXPERIMENTS
A growth hacker is someone who always
try new things. There are no limits.
A growth curve is not totally flat. It’s a
game of hide-and-seek to find new hacks.
15. KEEP IMPROVING THE AARRR
#1 Start here
(this one is special - business-specific)
#3 And here
#2 Then work here
#4 Finally there
17. SO, GROWTH HACKING
= MARKETING?
Same goals. Different tools. It’s about
finding clever ways to generate revenue.
Don’t be afraid to spend money: hack the
paying channels too!
21. Why Create a Personalized Experience ?
• First
impression
:
«
OK,
that’s
exactly
what
i
need
»
• Relevant
content
• Desire
More
Conversions !
22. Why Create a Personalized Experience ?
“People
tell
you
who
they
are,
but
we
ignore
it
because
we
want
them
to
be
who
we
want
them
to
be.”
Don
Draper
23. How to Personalize ?
• A/B
testing
tools
like
Beampulse…
• Hubspot…
• Cookies
24. What to Personalize ?
• Copy
!
fivesecondtest.com
• Images
• Menus
• Modules
• Forms
30. 3) Utm parameters tell you things
No
keyword
available
?
Use
existing
utm
params
To
personalize
Landing
Pages,
and
more.
www.example.com/landingpage
?utm_campaign=newyear
&utm_medium=facebook
&utm_source=cpc
&utm_content=message3
⇒ Google
URL
Builder
31. 3) Utm parameters tell you things
www.example.com/landingpage
?utm_campaign=health16t1
&utm_medium=facebook
&utm_source=cpc
&utm_content=asthma
32. 4) Visitor’s source tell you things
• When
Facebook
is
1
tab
away…
• Partners
sending
traffic
⇒ Beampulse
33. 5) Geolocation tell you things
Make
marketing
messages
more
local-‐friendly
34. 6) Forms tell you things
Use
existing
forms
or…
Ask visitors !
• Store
values
with
Cookies
github.com/js-‐cookie/js-‐cookie