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Startup Marketing 101
Anoop Aulakh
@_anoop
About Me
• Marketing, BizDev, Sales, Product
• Design, Non profit, Real Estate,Tech startups
• Vancouver / Silicon Valley
• QuikPiq, Perch, Schoolzone, Cleanweb, Strutta
@_anoop
Early Stage Startup Marketing
• Customer Development
• Getting Traction
• Any burning questions?
Customer Development
• Product Market Fit
Customer Development
• Understand your customers’ problems and
needs intimately
• Create a hypothesis
• Validate with real people
Customer Development
• Online Survey
• In-person interview
Food on the Table
• Observed shoppers at grocery stores
• Asked survey questions
• Asked interviewees to sign up for $$$
• Got rejected!
Food on the Table
• Found 1 person willing to pay
• Used “Concierge MVP” to understand needs
and problems
• Dropped off weekly package with coupons
and recipes
• Collected feedback, AND… $9.95
• Manual work, no code
Eventually…
• Got a few more customers
• Learned LOTS
• Low tech iterations (in-home visit > emails,
cheque > credit card)
• No wasted time/money on product
development
• Built a solid foundation of domain expertise so
they knew how to win
Customer Development
Tools
• Survey.io, Google Forms, SurveyMonkey
• “If you could wave a magic wand and change
anything about the way you do _______, what
would it be, and why?”
• Will you pay $20 to sign up today?
Don’t know where to start?
Exercise
• Who is your customer/user?
• What are your assumptions?
• Where can you find potential users to
interview?
• How can you test your assumptions in the
interview?
Getting Traction
Getting Traction
• Where can you find your first
customers/users?
• How can you do this on a low budget?
Pre-product Marketing
• Lead Generation: Landing Pages, AdWords,
Social Media
• Content: Blog, articles, e-book, whitepapers
• Relationships: prospect, media, influencer
You are the expert in your domain!
from @aprildunford
Lead Generation
• Landing Pages, Social Media Promotions
• Lead capture promotions, downloads,
webinars
Landing Pages
• Concise Value Proposition
• Use your customers’ language
• Clear Call To Action
• Capture email
• Tools:
• Unbounce, LaunchRock, Striking.ly
Social Promotions
Social Promotions
• Low Barrier to Entry (Enter to Win)
• Fan-gate if on Facebook
• Offer a prize that is relevant to your users
• Collect email!
Tools: (use free trials)
• Offerpop, ShortStack, Strutta
Content Marketing
• Blog, articles, e-book, whitepapers
• What content is valuable to your user?
• Who makes good content today?
• Learn from top players
• Use terms and keywords your customer uses
(SEO)
Where to post…
• Quora
• Hacker News
• Reddit
• Blogs specific to your nice market
A word about PR…
If your customer doesn’t read tech blogs, Don’t
waste time getting covered by tech blogs!
Exercise
• What type of content might be valuable to
your user?
• Who makes good content today?
• What are some examples of blog posts you
should create?
Push The Ball Forward
• Be ruthlessly efficient with your time
• Don’t spend time on activities that aren’t
crucial
• Test assumptions quickly
• Get out of the building!
Startup Marketing 101 - RADIUS SFU

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Startup Marketing 101 - RADIUS SFU

  • 2. About Me • Marketing, BizDev, Sales, Product • Design, Non profit, Real Estate,Tech startups • Vancouver / Silicon Valley • QuikPiq, Perch, Schoolzone, Cleanweb, Strutta @_anoop
  • 3. Early Stage Startup Marketing • Customer Development • Getting Traction • Any burning questions?
  • 5. Customer Development • Understand your customers’ problems and needs intimately • Create a hypothesis • Validate with real people
  • 6. Customer Development • Online Survey • In-person interview
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  • 8. Food on the Table • Observed shoppers at grocery stores • Asked survey questions • Asked interviewees to sign up for $$$ • Got rejected!
  • 9. Food on the Table • Found 1 person willing to pay • Used “Concierge MVP” to understand needs and problems • Dropped off weekly package with coupons and recipes • Collected feedback, AND… $9.95 • Manual work, no code
  • 10. Eventually… • Got a few more customers • Learned LOTS • Low tech iterations (in-home visit > emails, cheque > credit card) • No wasted time/money on product development • Built a solid foundation of domain expertise so they knew how to win
  • 11. Customer Development Tools • Survey.io, Google Forms, SurveyMonkey • “If you could wave a magic wand and change anything about the way you do _______, what would it be, and why?” • Will you pay $20 to sign up today?
  • 12. Don’t know where to start?
  • 13. Exercise • Who is your customer/user? • What are your assumptions? • Where can you find potential users to interview? • How can you test your assumptions in the interview?
  • 15. Getting Traction • Where can you find your first customers/users? • How can you do this on a low budget?
  • 16. Pre-product Marketing • Lead Generation: Landing Pages, AdWords, Social Media • Content: Blog, articles, e-book, whitepapers • Relationships: prospect, media, influencer You are the expert in your domain! from @aprildunford
  • 17. Lead Generation • Landing Pages, Social Media Promotions • Lead capture promotions, downloads, webinars
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  • 21. Landing Pages • Concise Value Proposition • Use your customers’ language • Clear Call To Action • Capture email • Tools: • Unbounce, LaunchRock, Striking.ly
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  • 25. Social Promotions • Low Barrier to Entry (Enter to Win) • Fan-gate if on Facebook • Offer a prize that is relevant to your users • Collect email! Tools: (use free trials) • Offerpop, ShortStack, Strutta
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  • 27. Content Marketing • Blog, articles, e-book, whitepapers • What content is valuable to your user? • Who makes good content today? • Learn from top players • Use terms and keywords your customer uses (SEO)
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  • 29. Where to post… • Quora • Hacker News • Reddit • Blogs specific to your nice market
  • 30. A word about PR… If your customer doesn’t read tech blogs, Don’t waste time getting covered by tech blogs!
  • 31. Exercise • What type of content might be valuable to your user? • Who makes good content today? • What are some examples of blog posts you should create?
  • 32. Push The Ball Forward • Be ruthlessly efficient with your time • Don’t spend time on activities that aren’t crucial • Test assumptions quickly • Get out of the building!