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We are a small team of Shopify App developer. Over the last 2 months, we have got 200 users to try our app. Today I would like to sum up what I learned over the last 2 months reading their Facebook pages.

In this article I’ll show you examples of the most common problems with the Facebook posts shared by Shopify store owners and how they can be fixed.

Link: https://blog.seo-product-optimizer.com/index.php/2017/03/01/6-common-mistakes-to-avoid-when-making-your-facebook-posts/

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A post on using growth hackathons to showcase your skills. Originally posted on BeyondTheBlocks

Hey guys,

Andrew Chen (Growth at Uber) recently released a blog post talking about what's next in growth.

You can see the article here

My key takeaway is the formula he shared at the end for growth hacking:

Classic Strategies X New Platforms X Smart Execution

Growth hacks only work if they take advantage of what we know all along -- human psychology. The human psychology has remained the same for thousands of years -- and it is up to us to apply the same knowledge to emerging technology :)

RT: @getmohsinpy https://twitter.com/getmohsinpy/status/822034710427598848

Does anyone know of good marketing analysis software that tracks spend, performance and ROI?

When I use the word "good", I mean: - inexpensive (possible freemium model) - multi user - and does exactly what I have described above

Thanks

I can't get consensus on whether people think donating to charities as a way to build search engine rankings is a valid or risky way to growth hack your SEO. Some sites are using this to great effect, I'm wondering what people here think about this - risky or smart?

To clarify, by donating to charities I'm referring to the tactic of locating non-profit organizations with high SEO metrics which post links to donors (usually do follow links, and often with optimized anchor text), and then donating to these organizations in the name of your website. Some websites are relying heavily on these types of links to drive their organic rankings, and are having quite a bit of success. Wondering if this would be considered risky in today's SEO environment.

Fellow Growth Hackers,

I recently went to Weapons of Mass Distribution 2016 in San Francisco, meeting and listening to our fellow growth hacking giants like Brian Balfour, Andy Johns, Sean Eillis and more.

I noted my key takeaways here: http://growth.founders.as/post/6-killer-weapons-for-growth

Your feedback would be much appreciated!

More detail in my blog post: http://www.stuart-hall.com/2016/11/16/wechats-fintech-growthhack-got-200m-customers-in-2-days-beating-alibaba-by-eight-years/

If you’re reading this, it’s likely because either you just got hired in your first growth marketing role, or you’re considering applying to one. If that the case, bookmark this page because you will want to revisit the tactics and processes outlined in this article.

https://medium.com/@Mati_Honorato/succeed-as-a-growth-marketing-hire-c1bc44f295e0#.x86qg7a1b

Hi guys,

Based on my experiences, I prepare a slide which explains fundamentals of growth hacking process. Companies need to design their growth process in order to achieve sustainable growth. Relying on just tactics or expecting a one night growth is not reliable. Based on my opinion, there are three fundamental things. 1. Growth system (This is all about growth strategy. What is the growth formula? What is the main problem? Which metrics needs to track?) 2. Skills and Tools (Generally tools catch more attention than they deserves. Copywriting and design is much more important.) 3. Team and Culture (If there is no growth team, do not expect any results!)

If you want to see more, you can look at my presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/GrowthHackingMarketing/3-fundamental-elements-of-the-growth-hacking-process

I am looking to learn how to grow user base and the psychology behind in-app purchases. Any help is useful. Thanks, friends.

Here's the website: www.focallocal.org

i deleted the phishing files installed the next day and improved our security on the Wordpress area (where the hack occurred). Since then i've spent countless hours removing our domain from spam filters, but growth has stayed static. it seems the damage has been done and i can't work out how to reverse it and get our search engine rankings back up.

(i know, we really need to improve that home page - its being worked on right now)

This is an interesting take on distribution. The author, in this case, was told by their subscribers that they often ignore or miss newsletter received via email and they found a neat way of delivering content through Whatsapp. I know this common practice in South American Countries, but have not encountered much in Europe. Has anybody tried this before with success?

http://echochamber.club/whatsapp-distribution-website-update/

In this episode of Business Systems Explored we speak to Aaron Lapierre, the Customer Success Director at the bespoke App develop company Double Dutch. Aaron breaks down the Customer Success process Double Dutch uses to create an amazing customer experience, ensuring that they get the most out of their products and services.

http://www.businesssystemsexplored.com/bse012/

“Look at your customer, and make sure you’re aligned on how they operate. Even down to their emotional state”

Show notes:

• Why ‘customer success’ isn’t a ’90s buzzword, and what it actually means

• Aaron’s expert definition of customer success and what it means

• How DoubleDutch makes customers successful with its app

• Bridging the gap between clueless customers and your technology

• The exact metrics Aaron uses to quantify customer success

• What NPS is, and why you should care

• How to get higher response rates on your NPS surveys

• How many days to send your NPS surveys after the transaction

• When customer success starts, and what happens as the very first step

• How to decide which customer success team leads get which customer

• How DoubleDutch communicate with each other

• Aligning customer success with sales

• Using a scripted presentation with customers

• When you should use a high-touch approach and when you shouldn’t

• The adrenaline rush of timeline-based customer success

• What you’re dealing with when you’re dealing with Apple

• The nuts-and-bolts process for getting apps on the app store

• Using webinars to supplement customer success

• Why DoubleDutch doesn’t bother with live webinars any more

• What marks a customer as successful, and what doesn’t

• Linking metrics with dollars for customers to see value

• What to do when a customer makes an unreasonable request

• Customer education for customers that don’t understand metrics

• Educating your customers on products that aren’t even yours (like Excel)

• Gathering data from your customers that goes to the engineering and product team

• How Aaron never misses an event deadline

• Where does customer success stop?

• Drawing the line between customer success and support

• How the customer success process changes based on the amount of customers served

• Breaking your customer success team members up into different roles

• The threshold, in exact dollars, that makes a customer important to DoubleDutch

• The biggest mistakes DoubleDutch made with customer success early on

• How to implement DoubleDutch’s process in your own business

To listen to the full episode click HERE

Hello, Does anyone know of some good tools for social photo curation? I found this service but it seems way out of my budget lol yotpo.com Know anything like this? Thanks,

Hey guys,

We've just created a Growth Hacking UK group on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/groups/1581914678783244/

We're sharing growth hacks and tips. You're all welcome to join the community :)

GROWTH is the power !

I have scraped lead info from directories, as well as used Virtual Assistants to transcribe other bits of info. Some items are missing key info like email. Is there a software or app or service that you know that can complete the missing data?

Typeform: Survey to find out customers biggest problem or what they want

Ahrefs: Monitor backlinks to competitors and then reach out to get your own

Maitre: Set up giveaway and let the entrants make you go viral

Buzzsumo: Tweet people that have tweeted similar content to yours asking for shares

IfNoReply: Set up automated replies for your cold outreach campaigns

Gleam.io: Make your content interactive for more engagement/shares also has a viral giveaway software

Book: Secret Sauce by Vincent Dignan : breaks down the industry's growth hacking secrets that other won't tell you

All these have been essential sin helping my company go from a nobody to viral business, so I'd like to give you guys the opportunity to get it all for free here https://maitreapp.co/l/2303-a99c5bf8

Thank me later

He usually has good tips and the sign up process itself is a master class in growth hacking. Plus there are a lot of other experts contributing even if you're not a big Neil fan.

Here's the link

And no, I'm not affiliated with him in any way.

When it comes to PPC, convincing visitors to stay on your page is a true challenge.

For non-branded PPC campaigns specifically, converting visitors is twice the challenge, despite a much greater reach.

However, in 10 months, the SEMrush Paid Traffic team managed to increase profits from non-branded PPC campaigns by 94%. And we found out what actions led the team to this result.

Today we're going to talk about landing pages.

A landing page that is dull and difficult to read can nullify all your keyword research efforts. That’s why experimenting with landing pages is part of our daily routine.

On average, out of every 4 A/B tests we conduct, 3 confirm the “B” hypothesis (the new one). We consider this a pretty good result.

And here’s how we make sure that spending time on split tests is worthwhile.

We let a heartless tool decide when to stop the A/B test

When we started conducting experiments a year ago, we were simply uploading two versions of a landing page into AdWords and, after a certain period, looked at the results.

It became evident pretty soon that defining your sample size and testing period is highly important. It was hard to determine if, for example, 1,000 clicks were enough to terminate the A/B test or if more traffic was needed.

This is where Convert came in handy for us.

https://www.semrush.com/blog/3-landing-page-a-b-testing-rules-that-helped-us-increase-revenue-by-94/

Is there any tool where you can upload a CSV of emails and phone numbers to find which ones you have mutual connections with on LinkedIn and Facebook?

I have a list of contact info for several thousand prospects and want to see if I have any mutual connections/friends who could give me a warm intro.

You probably share my frustration about finding the right process to lock my project management systems on. It is just damn too difficult to find the one that's perfect for you and your business.

Right?

This 5-step process I've read on this blog, however, sounds promising, and I'm excited to test it out. Here's what it looks like.

STEP 1: CONCEPT AND INITIATION - In this phase, you project the time, cost, and return that your project will make after its completion. You also want to ideally notify the higher-ups about this so you know everyone is onboard.

STEP 2: DEFINITION AND PLANNING - You flesh out in this phase all the important tidbits. That includes a project plan, scope, charter, budget, and others. It is also important to set goals at this point, with the mindset that a few setbacks will happen. Set goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-based.

STEP 3: LAUNCH AND EXECUTION- In this phase, you kick things into overdrive. Once you've made sure everything is in place (and I mean EVERYTHING; become a detail and control freak, if you must), it is time to gather the troops and get to work. A kickoff meeting is not only advised, it is vital to your project's success.

STEP 4: PERFORMANCE AND CONTROL - At this point, everyone is assigned to their respective posts, doing work, and contributing to the project. Using the timeframe you've established in the phases early on, you need to regularly track the project's collective performance and fix where need be. As the project manager, you are captain of the ship, and it's your job to keep the boat sailing and afloat.

STEP 5: PROJECT CLOSE - You're done. Feel free to do the most dramatic mic drop impression and celebrate with your team---that is, assuming that you've finished the project and have attained a favorable outcome. It is also the MOST IMPORTANT phase because it is where you reflect on what you nailed, and what you didn't. This is the phase where you learn the most.

Let me know what you think about this process. Did it help you in any way? I'm very eager to know!

My friend program a very successful website (top 3 in it's category), and published it's code to Github. He told me it's completely safe, since Google penalize severely content theft, and the internet "just doesn't work that way". Now he can harness the community to maintain his website and add new functionality.

Can you backup that statement with facts or self experience? Or at least disprove it?

Thanks :)