BTL is startup’s
           arsenal
How can a startup use “below-the-line” tactics as its
            only means of marketing.

                 Case study of mimovrste=)

                     Jugoslav Petković
                        co-founder
co-founder of Domenca & mimovrste=)
          business angel
     internet addict since 1996
             designer
           programmer
            UX designer
             journalist
               CEO
            HR student
              blogger
on-line services
on-line services




on-line shopping
History
1999
founding
2002
mimovrste=) launch
2003
spin-out from Domenca
2004
mimovrste=) expands
2008
          iTIVI investment
pick-up points in Ljubljana & Maribor
           bronze Gazelle
2011
  warehouse move
   D.labs spin-off
mimovrste=) investor
3 companies
110 employees
  26+ mio €
fast growth!
Agenda
1.business model
2.development
3.customer care
4.logistics
5.marketing
1. Business model
2 phases:
1. Brand, users, market share
2. Optimize, profit
What are my competences?
  mimovrste=) offers low prices, vast selection
        and highest quality of service.
Lowest prices?
Long tail!
2. Development
“perpetual beta”
agile
  or
robust
agile
  &
robust
SCRUM
via D.labs
User eXperience
3. Customer care
mimovrste=) is a
customer-centric company.
Customer satisfaction counts.
Not everything that counts can be counted,
not everything that can be counted counts.
             - Albert Einstein
NPS
Returns
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Trust!
Gazelle, Golden thread, Family friendly company ...
4. Logistics
high efficiency
12-20 employees
  in fulfilment
700 orders / 900 parcels
        per day
~40x
stock turnaround
Next-day delivery
delivery time promise
   (managing expectations)
5. Marketing
Treat the Customer as #1
Treat the Customer as #1
Treat the Customer as #1

Treat the Employee as #1 and the Customer as #2
                                      Michael Brown
$1 spent in communicating with your staff is worth
    $10 in communicating with the trade and
   $100 in communicating with your customers
                                           Drayton Bird
Internal communication!
Relationship
Story
Culture
word-of-mouth marketing
Happy customers
are the best marketing.
Culture

Brand
Google AdWords
                                     Najdi.si
                                                   Bolha

city light
                                                        Finance
                   Advertising?
       Low barrier for experimenting.
                                                           Delo
 Računalniške
    novice
                        billboards              Joker
In-store campaigns
Newsletter
Product        Content
Newsletter
Product        Content
Newsletter
Product        Content
TV
TV kampanja
Conversations
Below the line:
Below the line:

1. brand = culture + trust
Below the line:

1. brand = culture + trust

 2. join the conversation
Q&A


          Jugoslav Petković
e-mail:     jugoslavp@gmail.com
Twitter: twitter.com/yougo
blog:      www.orangeANDnuts.com

BTL is startup's arsenal

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