Getting Customers - Revenue from Day One

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Getting Customers Focusing on Revenue from Day One Tyler Brooks of Analytive - Fort Collins Startup Week 2016

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Getting CustomersFocusing on Revenue from Day One

Tyler Brooks of Analytive - Fort Collins Startup Week 2016

Marketing strategy has evolved more quickly in the past five years than it did in the past five hundred. For centuries, print advertising and mass media dominated until the internet changed everything, creating opportunities to craft unique customer journeys on an ever-larger palette of platforms…

- State of Marketing Leadership

Linkedin + Sales ForceSource: https://www.exacttarget.com/sites/exacttarget/files/smc-marketingleadershipreport_web.pdf

Tyler Brooks

Founder // Analytive

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @tyler_brooks

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerwbrooks

Growth is Everything

GrowthFocused on processes and

tactics

MarketingFocused on outcomes

CMO

VP of Marketing

Growth Hacker

The Rules of Growth

Rule #1: We know nothing.Make no assumptions.

Rule #2: Prove it.If you can’t measure it, it didn’t happen.

Rule #3: You’re never done.You can always get better.

Growth

Source: https://quotefancy.com/quote/3888/Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-Life-is-a-journey-not-a-destination

Let’s GrowTactics

Five Steps:Personas

Measurement

Tools

Experiment

Profit

Step 1: PersonasWho is the buyer?

Buyer Personas are: “fictional, generalized representations of your ideal customers. They help you understand your

customers (and prospective customers) better, and make it easier for you to tailor content to the specific needs,

behaviors, and concerns of different groups.”

- Hubspot

Source: http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/131912/Buyer_Persona_Ebook.pdf

Questions to AskWhen developing personas

Source: https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hub/137828/file-17623295-pdf/product%20classes/buyer%20personas/developing-personas.pdf

What is their demographic information?

What is their job and level of seniority?

What does a day in their life look like?

What are their pain points?What do you help them solve?

What do they value most? What are their goals?

Where do they go for information?

What experience are they looking for when seeking out your

products or services?

What are their most common objections to your product or

service?

Step 2: MeasurementIf you can’t measure it, it doesn’t exist.

Decide on Goals

What do I want someone to do when they visit my website?

Source: http://jamesclear.com/how-to-focus

Landing Pages Should Focus on One Thing!

E-Commerce

Lead Generation

Content Publisher

Online Information

Branding

Selling Products and Services

Collecting Leads

Engagement and Frequency

Help customers get info

Awareness, engagement, loyalty

Sign-Up for Beta Testing

Make a Purchase

Subscribe to Email List

Share on Social Media

Make a Phone Call

Fill Out a Lead Form

Step 3: ToolsWhat’s in the toolbox?

AdsGet in front of your audience.

MicrotargetingThink small.

High Levels of IntentKnow what people want to do.

AnalyticsMeasure what happens and who does it.

A/B TestingTools to experiment.

Landing PagesTools to experiment and collect.

Google AdWords

Facebook Ads

Google Analytics

MailChimp

The Starter Kit:

Step 4: ExperimentAlways get better.

Source: https://blog.optimizely.com/2010/11/29/how-obama-raised-60-million-by-running-a-simple-experiment/

Source: https://blog.optimizely.com/2010/11/29/how-obama-raised-60-million-by-running-a-simple-experiment/

Source: https://blog.optimizely.com/2010/11/29/how-obama-raised-60-million-by-running-a-simple-experiment/

Source: https://blog.optimizely.com/2010/11/29/how-obama-raised-60-million-by-running-a-simple-experiment/

Source: https://blog.optimizely.com/2010/11/29/how-obama-raised-60-million-by-running-a-simple-experiment/

2,880,000 Additional Emails

$21 Average Donation

$60 Million

Copywriting

Photos/Icons/Video

Landing Page Design

Ad Content

Call to Action

Value Proposition

Step 5: ProfitDouble down on what’s working.

Funnels Become Waterslides

When you find a working combination, spend more money with it. But don’t stop testing other combinations.

Thank You to:

FC Startup Week

Digital Workshop Center

Chris Franks - chrisfranks.me

Ryan Holiday - Growth Hacker Marketing

Get this presentation at http://analytive.com/startup-growth

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