Marketers need to think more like hackers By Kirsty Sharman
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Marketers need to think more like hackers
By Kirsty Sharman
P.S. Growth hacking is no longer just for start ups.
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Growth hacking is not a tactic,it’s a way of thinking.
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I truly believe that the only way to be a great marketer in the future, will be to think like a hacker.
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Wait,
Why?
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The fundamental flaw in most marketing strategies is the assumption that consumers want to connect with brands online.
Unless you’re Red Bull, Nike or ooozing sex appeal,
chances are, you’re consumers aren’t online to connect with you. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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§ Marketers look for ways to help brands connect with consumers
§ Want to serve the right message, to the right person, at the right time
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Traditional Marketers Growth Hackers
§ Growth hackers look for ways to get consumers wanting to connect with brands
§ Want to find creative ways to acquire customers, at any time
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Social channelPost timingTailor to device < Customer wants
If you get this right, the rest will fall into place.
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This is how touse hackertactics to
create thingsyour customersactually WANT
Tactic one: Find something that your customers really want
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§ Traditional growth hacks (like finance calculators for example) help customers get the information they want, and associate that to a brand they will need next.
§ Your customers want many things, some completely unrelated to your product. Facebook realized that users wanted an easier way to log into websites, so they released the ‘sign in with Facebook’ technology. Soon every second website was giving them ‘free’ ad space.
Clue:
99% of the time, the answer to what your customers want is not your product.
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Tactic two: Leverage established networks to scale your attack
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§ If you want a campaign to scale, the best way to do it is by leveraging networks that already exist. Influencer Marketing, hacking established audiences, share tactics, etc.
§ AirBNB did this best when they stole traffic from Craigslist, their biggest competitor at the time:
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Think where most of your customers are right now, or what they will look for.
Then find a way to be there.
Tactic three: Learn to operate in a state of uncomfort
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§ Changing the way we think and operate as marketers means learning to operate in a state of uncomfort.
§ When AirBNB decided to steal traffic from their biggest competitor, I'm sure they felt like they were perched on the edge of a cliff, waiting to get caught……
No one remembers comfortable.
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Tactic four: Everything is not as it seems
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§ Traditional tactics like faking demand are often used, proving that everything is not as it seems. Pinterest turned hype into users by leveraging the ‘invite only’ tactic.
§ Twitter knows that users who follow more than 30 people are more likely to become active users. This is the real reason they highlight suggested people for you to follow ;)
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Humans gravitate to places that others want to be. It’s why we’ll always assume a que outside a shops means there is something inside we want.
The power of assumption is a great tool for marketers.
Tactic five: Always cover your tracks!
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§ The traditional marketing funnel has never been so important. Making sure you cover your tracks by capturing all customers – cookies, retargeting, email follow ups are just a few tactics to cover your tracks.
§ Great growth hackers have the ability to follow through with their ideas –meaning they are obsessed with customer acquisition.
Clue:
99% of the time, it’s not your product.
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Catch and convert:
Do what you can to keep customers inside the net, then get them back to shore as quickly as possible.
“ Growth Hacker is the new VP of Marketing ”
Andrew ChenGrowth at Uber
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Example: Webfluential created a “Tweet Price Estimator’ to attract influencers
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Example: Dropbox leveraged their own network to increase their customer base
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Example: Knorr found out that their users wanted to know, what to cook for dinner?
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</End>Kirsty Sharman
Entrepreneur | Growth Hacker | Webfluential.com
Email: [email protected]
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