top nuggets from growth hacking marketing by @ryanholiday

Ryan Holiday

We all want to do more with less. For marketers and entrepreneurs, that paradox is practically our job description.

Ryan Holiday

A growth hacker doesn't see marketing as something one does but rather as something one builds into the product itself.

Ryan Holiday

What growth hackers do is focus on the 'who' and 'where' more scientifically, in a more measurable way.

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You know what the single worst marketing decision you can make is? Starting with a product nobody wants or nobody needs.

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Nothing draws a crowd like a crowd.

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Once we bring our first customers in, our next move is to set about turning them into an army.

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You should not just encourage sharing but create powerful incentives to do so.

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Many start-ups owe their now-massive user bases to thoughtful integration with big platforms.

Ryan Holiday

A growth hacker will look for ways to get social currency for free.

Ryan Holiday

Dedicated and happy users are marketing tools in and of themselves.

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Ryan Holiday

If you've built in viral features, the more your users stick, the more it will spread.

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The role of the growth hacker is to ruthlessly optimize incoming traffic for success.

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The focus needs to be on improving customer retention.

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Raw growth is great, but at the end of the day, we're running businesses here. We want to turn stats into dollars.

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Retention trumps acquisition.

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When your product is actually relevant and designed for a specific audience, bloggers love to write about you.

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It's up to us to optimize our product around […] customers and their needs.

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We no longer have an excuse for expensive, indulgent mistakes. The alternative is too easy and too reliable.

Ryan Holiday

Growth hacking really is a mindset rather than a tool kit. And if you leave this book with one thing, it should be that mindset.

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Lesson: Cheaply test your concept, improve it based on feedback, then launch.

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Lesson: Reduce barriers to entry; use targeted media and platforms to bring your first users on board.

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Lesson: Aim for a wow factor and response from your customers.

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Growth hackers obsess about conversion rate.

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Growth hacker is an employee with a simple job: growing the business by any means possible.

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Growth hackers' main task is to build great marketing ideas into the product during the development process.

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Sometimes 'stunts' are a great way to get users.

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Publicity stunts are often about exploiting systems or platforms that others have not yet fully appreciated.

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Techniques like A/B testing can provide you with actionable metrics because you will be able to replicate the results.

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What kind of crazy/cool thing can I do to get attention, something that, ideally, no one has ever done before?

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Applying the process is what matters, not the product.

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