The Unpacking

Postmates & Momofuku

Uber & Google

Fiat & Loews

Reddit & Couple

Eat24 & The Vapor Room

Twitter & Museums

WeChat & Taxi App

Amnesty Intnl. & Tinder

Moo & Taskrabbit

Uber & Quirky

Spotify & Adidas

PR

PR

PR

PR

PR

PR

PR

PR

PR

BRAND

BRAND

BRAND

BRAND

BRAND

TRIAL

TRIAL

TRIAL

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ACQUISITION

ACQUISITION

ACQUISITION

ACQUISITION

ACQUISITION

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11 Partnership Examples

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Functional Breakdown

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What We LearnedCross Functions

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82% 73%

A unique serviceor offer from twobrands makes for

a great story.

The two casesfocused only on

sales wereextremely

successful.

Nearly 3/4 ofpartnership

deals included a focus on

increasing sales.

The only examplesthat didn't

incentivize saleswere essentiallynative content.

The Shining Stars

Uber & Google Maps1. Google Maps was "the most used smartphoneapp in the world" (Aug '13)2. Maps WAU/MAU reported at ~60% (Aug '13)3. Uber was recently valued at $17b, andreportedly took in over $1b in receipts in '13

WeChat & Didi Dache1. 100,000 taxi hails through the app in 9 days2. Didi Dache doubled its registered users from20mm to 40mm through the integration3. Partnership basics offered instant andmeasurable results and nearly equal value to bothparties

SALES-FOCUSED PARTNERSHIPS

SHAREDAUDIENCE

SEAMLESSINTEGRATION

WIN-WIN-WIN

Similar needs, wants,and behaviors

Flows into existing UX/ no friction for user

Adds organic value toeach brand + customers