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Growth Hacking A Book: 
Minimum Viable Product to Bestseller 
12-18 months 
later a book is born… 
and hopefully it excels.
Book publishing 
publishing 
is as old school as it gets. 
is as old school as it gets.
Editors have hunches 
and make big bets on proposals.
12-18 months 
later a book is born… 
and hopefully it sells.
What if 
? 
there was a better way 12-18 months 
later a book is born… 
and hopefully it excels.
Growth 
HACKING 
has an ANSWER! 
Let me show you how it worked for me. 
12-18 months 
later a book is born… 
and hopefully it excels.
In 2012 
I wrote an article for 
Fast Company 
AKA Minimum Viable Product
Then I got an email from my editor. 
Would I like to try it 
as an e-single? 
12-18 months 
later a book is born… 
and hopefully it excels.
A few 
months later 
GROWTH 
HACKER 
MARKETING 
came out
We kept the price low. 
! 
12-18 months 
later a book is born… 
and hopefully it excels. 
! 
Marketed it with 
guest posts, 
podcasts 
and 
Slideshare
It became a #1 Amazon bestseller. 
12-18 months 
later a book is born… 
and hopefully it excels. 
AKA: Product Market Fit
Only then 
did we decide 
! 
to make 
it physical.
We improved the book 
based on feedback, 
doubled the length, 
updated the examples
We brainstormed how to 
activate existing fans - 
how to create a WOW factor
We created viral tools 
to spread the book to new groups. 
!
Even after giving away 
all these free copies, 
pre-orders went way up 
!
Now, it’s out and for sale and doing 
better than ever. I’ve spoken all over the 
world in support of the book, invested in 
companies, advised incubators. 
! 
It’s sold tens of thousands of copies 
across platforms and has more than 300 
reviews on Amazon. 
! 
! 
!
It all started because of a minimum 
viable product—an article. 
! 
! 
!
Growth Hacking works! 
Even for something as old 
school as a book. 
Book publishing 
is as old school as it gets.
Why 
? 
don’t you try it 12-18 months 
later a book is born… 
and hopefully it excels.
Special Bonus 
! 
Get the actual transcripts of 
the interviews from Growth 
Hacker Marketing, a free 
chapter from Trust Me, I’m 
Lying, and a code for two 
free months of Growth 
Hacker TV (a $58 value)! 
Just send an e-mail to: 
growthhackermarketing@ 
gmail.com

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Growth Hacking A Book: Minimum Viable Product to Bestseller

  • 1. Growth Hacking A Book: Minimum Viable Product to Bestseller 12-18 months later a book is born… and hopefully it excels.
  • 2. Book publishing publishing is as old school as it gets. is as old school as it gets.
  • 3. Editors have hunches and make big bets on proposals.
  • 4. 12-18 months later a book is born… and hopefully it sells.
  • 5. What if ? there was a better way 12-18 months later a book is born… and hopefully it excels.
  • 6. Growth HACKING has an ANSWER! Let me show you how it worked for me. 12-18 months later a book is born… and hopefully it excels.
  • 7. In 2012 I wrote an article for Fast Company AKA Minimum Viable Product
  • 8. Then I got an email from my editor. Would I like to try it as an e-single? 12-18 months later a book is born… and hopefully it excels.
  • 9. A few months later GROWTH HACKER MARKETING came out
  • 10. We kept the price low. ! 12-18 months later a book is born… and hopefully it excels. ! Marketed it with guest posts, podcasts and Slideshare
  • 11. It became a #1 Amazon bestseller. 12-18 months later a book is born… and hopefully it excels. AKA: Product Market Fit
  • 12. Only then did we decide ! to make it physical.
  • 13. We improved the book based on feedback, doubled the length, updated the examples
  • 14. We brainstormed how to activate existing fans - how to create a WOW factor
  • 15. We created viral tools to spread the book to new groups. !
  • 16. Even after giving away all these free copies, pre-orders went way up !
  • 17. Now, it’s out and for sale and doing better than ever. I’ve spoken all over the world in support of the book, invested in companies, advised incubators. ! It’s sold tens of thousands of copies across platforms and has more than 300 reviews on Amazon. ! ! !
  • 18. It all started because of a minimum viable product—an article. ! ! !
  • 19. Growth Hacking works! Even for something as old school as a book. Book publishing is as old school as it gets.
  • 20. Why ? don’t you try it 12-18 months later a book is born… and hopefully it excels.
  • 21. Special Bonus ! Get the actual transcripts of the interviews from Growth Hacker Marketing, a free chapter from Trust Me, I’m Lying, and a code for two free months of Growth Hacker TV (a $58 value)! Just send an e-mail to: growthhackermarketing@ gmail.com