David Skok, Partner at Matrix Partners presented the Art and Science of Growth Hacking at MassTLC's annual sales and marketing summit "Building a Lean, Self-Perpetuating Marketing Machine." Follow David at www.forentrepreneurs.com
4. TODAY’S WORLD
• Freely available information
• Free Trials
• On-line reviews
• Social Media commentary
THE CUSTOMER IS DOING THEIR RESEARCH
BEFORE THEY COME AND TALK TO YOU
21. TRIGGERS
• Moving house
• Movers, phones, cable TV, furniture, insurance, etc.
• Starting a new software project
• PaaS (Platform as a Service), Dev Tools, etc.
• Need to hire a lot of new employees
• Applicant Tracking System
• Just lost my data in hard drive crash
• Backup software/service
• Read about a new scary computer virus
• Anti-virus software
22. Suspects
ToFU
Top of the
Funnel
MoFU
Middle of
the Funnel
Closed
Deals
SALES
Bottom of
the Funnel
Loyal
Customers
who are
Advocates
CUSTOMER
SUCCESS
Retention
Funnel
Retain
Expand
Upsell / Cross sell
Nurture
&
Qualify
Inbound &
Outbound
Marketing
Typical B2B Funnel
AWARENESS CONSIDERATION PURCHASE
28. ROI by LEAD SOURCE
OVERALL
CONVERSION %
(BY LEAD SOURCE)
Cost per lead
Lifetime value of the Customer
29. BUT EVEN IF YOU ARE MICROSOFT,
CISCO, ORACLE, OR GOOGLE
YOUR FUNNEL WILL HAVE
BLOCKAGE
POINTS
Suspects Suspects
Suspects
Suspects
Suspects
Suspects
Suspects Suspects
Suspects
Suspects
Suspects
Suspects
30. IN DIAGNOSING MANY FUNNEL BLOCKAGE POINTS,
I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS A
CLEAR
PATTERN…
31. NOT MOTIVATED TO DO
THAT THEY ARE
CUSTOMERS WILL DO
SOMETHING
YOU ARE HOPING YOUR
32. IN OTHER WORDS…
YOU DESIGNED YOUR FUNNEL
THE WAY YOU HOPED IT WOULD
WORK…
BUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT ENOUGH ABOUT
THE CUSTOMER’S POINT OF
VIEW
33. JBOSS EXAMPLE
CUT THE DOWNLOAD RATE
BY MORE THAN 10X
PUT A REGISTRATION FORM
ON THEIR WEB SITE BEFORE
A FREE DOWNLOAD
IMPACT
36. JBOSS EXAMPLE
• Making $27,000 a month selling documentation
• Solution:
• Give away documentation to
get their email address
37. EXAMPLE: DRIVING TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEB
SITE
GETTING FOUND
Not going to find your site
unless:
- On top page of Google
search results
- Recommended by a trusted
source
- Referred to in social media or
blogosphere
friction &
concerns
38.
39.
40. LESSONS FROM WEBSITE
GRADER
• Free tools drive viral spread
• Low customer work required
• High value delivered
• Score leverages competitive urge, and acts as a trigger
• Builds trust through clear
demonstration of expertise
43. USING DATA TO DRIVE WEB
TRAFFIC
SYSOMOS: SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING
LEVERAGED THEIR DATABASE TO
CREATE BLOG POSTS WITH DATA ON
TOPICS OF CURRENT INTEREST:
• IRAN ELECTION RIOTS
• TWITTER’S GROWTH
• FACEBOOK USAGE
44.
45. LED TO:
SYSOMOS ARTICLES IN
ECONOMIST, NY TIMES
WEB TRAFFIC TO READ THE FULL REPORT
LEADS – IMPRESSED BY THE CAPABILITIES
OF THE SOFTWARE
49. TIME TO WOW!
• How many steps?
• How much time does it take?
• How much FRICTION is involved
50. REMOVE STEPS
& REMOVE FRICTION
e.g. Provide Sample Data instead of requiring them to load their own
51. WOW!
ANALYZE TRIAL STEPS AS THOUGH
THEY WERE FUNNEL STEPS
Create a
full profile
Import
Contacts
Do a
search for
Prospects
See search
results
Imagine a Sales Rep signing up for the old LinkedIn
52. WOW!
LOOK FOR BLOCKAGE POINTS
Create a
full profile
Import
Contacts
Do custom
search for
Prospects
See search
results
Imagine a Sales Rep signing up for the old LinkedIn
HIGH FALL OFF RATES HERE
53. For an Outlook/Exchange User
WOW!Create a
full profile
Import
Contacts
Do custom
search for
Prospects
See search
results
Download
an App
Install
the App
Run
the App
54. APPLY BLOCKAGE POINT THINKING
WOW!
FRICTION
MOTIVATION
CONCERNS
Replace the downloaded App with request for email
credentials and get contacts from Exchange.
Create a
full profile
Import
Contacts
Do a
search for
Prospects
See search
results
55. • Concern:
– I have tons of very private and confidential
emails. I don’t want anyone to read those.
You want me to give you
the password
to login to my email?!!!
56. APPLY BLOCKAGE POINT THINKING
WOW!
FRICTION
MOTIVATION
CONCERNS
Replace the downloaded App by
connecting to Contacts on iOS/Android
Create a
full profile
Import
Contacts
Do a
search for
Prospects
See search
results
57. RE-THINK THE PROCESS
Source: Josh Porter – Designing for Social Traction
CONVENTIONAL
APPROACH
SIGN UP
FOR TRIAL
CONVERT
TO
CUSTOMER
WOW!
WOW! FIRST,
REGISTER LATER WOW! SIGN UP
CONVERT
TO
CUSTOMER
58. MAY VARY FOR
DIFFERENT
CUSTOMER TYPES
E.g. LinkedIn
• Different personae:
– Recruiter
– Sales person
– Individual looking to find a job
MAKE SURE THERE IS A CLEAR PATH FOR EACH ONE
WOW!
61. • Buyer Persona
• Top of the Funnel
• Middle of the Funnel
• Market Development Reps
• Customer Success Management
• Virality
• Software Tools
– The Underlying Database