How to Acquire your First 100 Customers: 10 Tactics to Use After You Launch

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How to get your first 100 customers

JUSTIN JACKSON

@Kissmetrics

#KissWebinar

@thuelmadsen

Thue is the Kissmetrics Webinar Wizard and Marketing Ops Manager. Before joining forces with Kissmetrics, he was a Lyft driver in SF, which is also

how he ended up as a KISSmetrics marketer. Whenever Thue is not trying to automate everything around him, you can find him hiking in the Sierras.

THUE MADSEN Marketing Operations Manager, Kissmetrics

@ThueLMadsen

An experienced product marketer, Justin has also been the host two podcasts: Product People and Build & Launch. Currently, he’s passionate about

helping makers earn an income from the things they create.

JUSTIN JACKSON Founder, MegaMaker

@mijustin

@Kissmetrics

#KissWebinar

@mijustin

FIRST:

A story about Iron Maiden

IRON MAIDEN: TOO CUTE FOR METAL

They had an image problem. The band's manager, Rod Smallwood, described them as "big teddy bears."

IRON MAIDEN’S NEW BRAND: EDDIE

They found the solution: a mascot named Eddie the Head.

EDDIE BECAME MAIDEN’S UNIQUE ADVANTAGE

The band members themselves weren’t scary, but Eddie was. Seeing Eddie on a shirt was surprising: it jolted you.

Why am I talking about this?

Marketing has dependencies

Product that people

Marketing

Audience Channels that work

Message that resonates

Uniqueness is the gateway drug

This is Iron Maiden’s website

This is Iron Maiden’s website on Bootstrap

1. Bake uniqueness into your product (Balsamiq)

2. Use your own personal uniqueness

(Vaynerchuk)

3. Create unique branding (Rovio - Angry Birds)

3 WAYS TO GET YOUR PRODUCT NOTICED

Tactics

This is Iron Maiden’s website

Getting more leads

Most of the internet’s major properties are ranked lists:

• Google

• iTunes App Store

• Reddit

• Product Hunt

• Quora threads

#1. RANK HIGHLY ON A LIST

USE QUORA

USE QUORA

PRODUCT HUNT SEARCH

GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH HACK

<img src="band-websites.jpg" alt="Band website example"

title="Example of a band website" />

#2. CREATE A FREE TOOL THAT LEADS TO YOUR PRODUCT

#2. CREATE A FREE TOOL THAT LEADS TO YOUR PRODUCT

#3. WRITE A SURPRISING BLOG POST THAT GETS PEOPLE INTERESTED

#3. WRITE A SURPRISING BLOG POST THAT GETS PEOPLE INTERESTED

#3. WRITE A SURPRISING BLOG POST THAT GETS PEOPLE INTERESTED

#4. GIVE AWAY AN EBOOK

#4. GIVE AWAY AN EBOOK

#5. ASK FOR REFERRALS

Hi [name],

It looks like you’ve been using [my product] for a couple of weeks now! Thank you, I’m glad to have you as a customer.

You seem like you’re well connected in the [industry name] circles. Do you know anyone that could benefit from [my

product]?

If so, could introduce them to me?

Cheers,[your name]

#6. SHARE YOUR JOURNEY

#6. SHARE YOUR JOURNEY

#7. EMAIL PEOPLE YOU KNOW

Guiding leads through the funnel

#8. WRITE AN EMAIL COURSE

#8. WRITE AN EMAIL COURSE

#9. USE RETARGETING ADS

Close the deal

#10. FOLLOW-UP WITH YOUR LEADS

#11. ASK FOR THEIR MONEY

#11. ASK FOR THEIR MONEY

#11. ASK FOR THEIR MONEY

TWEET OF THE DAY

Marketing isn’t about you, your app, or your features.

It’s about the potential customer. What are their needs and wants?

@NEILPATEL

@Kissmetrics @mijustin #KissWebinar #YourHashtag

JUSTIN JACKSON Founder, Nerd North

@mijustin

justin@nerdnorth.com

THUE MADSEN Marketing Operations Manager, Kissmetrics

@ThueLMadsen

tmadsen@kissmetrics.com

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