HOW TO USE
(AND HOW NOT TO USE)
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS ON WEBSITES
AS A GROWTH CHANNEL
Growth Hacking Istanbul
November 7th, 2018
Ata GÜR
Education:
’11 Boğaziçi Uni, B.Sc. Industrial Engineering
’13 Özyeğin Uni, M.A. Entrepreneurship
Work Experience:

7+ years of Work Experience in Digital Marketing
at Agency, Startup, Freelance & E-commerce
Last job: Head of Digital Marketing at Kliksa
Currently:
Co-Founder & CEO at Frizbit
is a marketing automation tool
providing web push notifications
increases traffic & revenue
by
bringing customers back
to the websites
on mobile & desktop
- The Funnel
- Why Retention?
- Overview of Retention Channels
- What are Push Notifications?
- How do Web Push Notifications work?
- Short History of Web Push
- Why to Use Push Notifications
- How to & How Not to Use
- Use Cases of Push Notifications
- Critical Mistakes
- GDPR
Agenda
01. AWARENESS
Get people to visit you
02. ACQUISITION
How do users find you?
03. ACTIVATION
Users good first experience?
04. RETENTION
Do users come back?
05. REVENUE
Do users spend money?
06. REFERRAL
Do users tell others?
The Funnel
AARRR - Pirate Metrics
New Visitors
Marketing in Internet Companies
Conversion Rate
2.4%
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/e-commerce-report-shows-returning-customers-are-more-valuable-than-new-ones-2016-3
Returning Visitors
Conversion Rate
4.5%
Retention Channels
E-mail SMS Retargeting Ads
Social Media App Push Notifications Website Push Notifications
Mobile Apps
High Engagement Rate
via Push Notification
Websites
(on Desktop & Mobile)
No Comparable Solution
in the past
?
Push Notifications on Mobile Apps
A text or rich media message
sent by the website,
via web browsers,
once the user opts-in to receive them
to the desktop or mobile device
even when user is not on the website.
The new subscription-based
online retention channel for websites
Push Notifications
on Websites
Step 0 (Optional)
How does it work?
Easy subscription
Get permission from your users to send notifications
Step 1
How does it work?
Easy subscription
Get permission from your users to send notifications
Step 2
How does it work?
Create & Preview Notifications
Step 3
How does it work?
even when your users are
NOT on your website
Notification is Sent
Short History of Web Push Notifications
for mac
Since June 2013, v.7
for all desktop & android
Since April 2015, v.42
for all desktop & android
Since October 2014, v.44
for all desktop & android
Since January 2016, v.44
Web Push Notifications is a new marketing channel for websites
to re-engage with their visitors.
for all Windows 10+ desktop
Since April 2018
Emails
2%
8%
Click Rate
Emails
6%
Opt-in Rate
2% Web Push

Notifications
Web Push

Notifications
Reach Rate
Facebook
6%
99%
Web Push

Notifications
Source: Sumo Source: Mailchimp Source: Ogilvy
x3 x4 x16
Why to Use Push Notifications?
1. Most Engaging Retention Channel for Websites
1. Freemium / Free Trial
2. Lower Monthly Fee Compared to Email Marketing
3. No Extra Cost Charged per Message
4. No Onboarding Fee
5. No Forced Yearly Contracts
Why to Use Push Notifications?
2. Free to Start & Cost Effective
5-min
Setup
Why to Use Push Notifications?
3. Easy to Setup & Build a Subscriber Base
{.js}
10-min
Installation
3-sec
Opt-in
Why to Use Push Notifications?
4. Highly Time Efficient
Concise &
Quick to
Write
Short
Response
Time
Automate
to Save
Time
Google Chrome for All Desktops Google Chrome for Android
Mozilla Firefox for All Desktops
Safari for Mac
Opera for All Desktops
Mozilla Firefox for Android
Opera for Android
~74% of global browsing audience
Why to Use Push Notifications?
5. Reach Both Mobile & Desktop Users without Having an App
Microsoft Edge for Windows 10+
Microsoft Edge for Windows 10+
How to Use Push Notifications?
Frequency
less is MORE
How to Use Push Notifications?
Call to Action
How to Use Push Notifications?
Best Landing Page
How to Use Push Notifications?
Use Rich, Get Rich
>
How to Use Push Notifications?
Better Copy
… COUPON123
•Triggering Rule Set
•Ask Later Rule Set
•Appearance
•Text content
•Image content
How to Use Push Notifications?
Subscription
•Segment
•Key Value (E-mail, etc.)
•Location
•Browser
•Operating System
•Device Type
How to Use Push Notifications?
Target
•Subscribers
•Opt-out
•CTR
How to Use Push Notifications?
Check Your Metrics & Optimize
IF
A user adds a product to
her basket and leaves the
website without a purchase
THEN
After ‘1’ hour, Frizbit sends a
personalised notification to
remind purchase automatically
IF
A user visits ‘3’ pages from
category ‘International’ within
the last ‘7’ days.
THEN
Frizbit sends a notification
about latest article about
category ‘International’
automatically
E-Commerce
Digital
Media
How to Use Push Notifications?
Automate & Personalize
Suitable for:
E-Commerce

Retail

Travel
Entertainment
Sample Use Cases
SEASONAL CAMPAIGNS
How did you find your experience?
Write a review about your purchase,
so that we can improve our services.
TIMING:
Any time there is a new campaign
available
Suitable for:
Media & Blogs
Entertainment
Sample Use Cases
ENGAGEMENT BY POSTS
TIMING:
Any time there is a new post available
SEGMENT:

National News
Suitable for:
E-Commerce

Retail
Travel
Sample Use Cases
CART ABANDONMENT
IF
Added to cart = Red Aldo High Heel Shoe
AND
Purchase <= 0
UNTIL
Time Passed <= 24 HOURS
Suitable for:
E-Commerce

Retail / Brands
Travel
B2B
SaaS
SMEs
Sample Use Cases
RETARGETING
IF
Product Pages Viewed > 3
AND
Product Category = Red Shoes
AND
Purchase <= 0
Suitable for:
E-Commerce

Retail / Brands
Travel
Media & Blogs

Entertainment
B2B
SaaS
SMEs
Sample Use Cases
RETENTION
IF
Segment = Premium
AND
Time Since Last Visit > 1 Month
We missed you, Roger!
We missed you, Roger!
Browse the latest deals for Xmas now
Browse the latest deals for Xmas now
Suitable for:
E-Commerce

Retail / Brands
Travel
B2B
SaaS
Sample Use Cases
ENGAGEMENT
IF
Days Since Conversion > 1 Week
AND
Conversion Count > 1
How did you find your experience?
Write a review about your purchase,
so that we can improve our services.
How did you find your experience?
Write a review about your purchase,
so that we can improve our services.
Write A Review!
This data collected includes: End Users’ mobile advertising identifiers, such as
Apple IDFAs and Android Advertising identifiers; End Users’ email addresses End
Users’ IP address, device push token, precise location (e.g., GPS-level) data,
network information, language, time zone, product preferences, and privacy
preferences. The Parties shall jointly own the SDK Information, and each Party
shall be entitled (without further compensation to the other) to use, share,
market, license, sell, store, and otherwise exploit the SDK Information to the
maximum extent permitted by law, which shall include using the SDK
Information for cross-app, cross-device, and other interest-based advertising,
analytics and market research.
Critical Mistakes About Push Notifications
1. Free vs Paid
Critical Mistakes About Push Notifications
2. Collect Subscribers Under your own Domain,
Definitely not under the Sub-Domain of your Service Provider
HTTP HTTPS Partly HTTPS
+
Critical Mistakes About Push Notifications
3. Don’t Get Blocked by All Your Future Returning Users
by Directly Requesting Native Subscription
Native Opt-in Box Notify Box Custom Button
Critical Mistakes About Push Notifications
With Automation no
extra time spent for
each notification sent
Hi {Jane}
Personalisation increases
engagement, decreases
opt-out rate
Accommodation in
{Barcelona} for
{26 Feb - 2 Mar}?
Segmentation &
Retargeting boosts
revenue & traffic
4. Choose a Solution Providing Dynamic Personalisation & Automation
Capabilities
Critical Mistakes About Push Notifications
5. Developing an In-House Push Notifications Solution
is more Costly than You Think!
• Allocate the time and effort of your valuable IT resources
• Later start collecting subscribers
• Under-perform compared to your competitors
• Not cost-effective to develop for other browsers.
• Not feasible to develop state-of-the-art capabilities
Why to Use Push Notifications?
GDPR
Why to Use Push Notifications?
GDPR
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How to Use Push Notifications on Websites as a Growth Channel

  • 1.
    HOW TO USE (ANDHOW NOT TO USE) PUSH NOTIFICATIONS ON WEBSITES AS A GROWTH CHANNEL Growth Hacking Istanbul November 7th, 2018
  • 2.
    Ata GÜR Education: ’11 BoğaziçiUni, B.Sc. Industrial Engineering ’13 Özyeğin Uni, M.A. Entrepreneurship Work Experience:
 7+ years of Work Experience in Digital Marketing at Agency, Startup, Freelance & E-commerce Last job: Head of Digital Marketing at Kliksa Currently: Co-Founder & CEO at Frizbit
  • 3.
    is a marketingautomation tool providing web push notifications increases traffic & revenue by bringing customers back to the websites on mobile & desktop
  • 4.
    - The Funnel -Why Retention? - Overview of Retention Channels - What are Push Notifications? - How do Web Push Notifications work? - Short History of Web Push - Why to Use Push Notifications - How to & How Not to Use - Use Cases of Push Notifications - Critical Mistakes - GDPR Agenda
  • 5.
    01. AWARENESS Get peopleto visit you 02. ACQUISITION How do users find you? 03. ACTIVATION Users good first experience? 04. RETENTION Do users come back? 05. REVENUE Do users spend money? 06. REFERRAL Do users tell others? The Funnel
  • 6.
  • 7.
    New Visitors Marketing inInternet Companies Conversion Rate 2.4% Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/e-commerce-report-shows-returning-customers-are-more-valuable-than-new-ones-2016-3 Returning Visitors Conversion Rate 4.5%
  • 8.
    Retention Channels E-mail SMSRetargeting Ads Social Media App Push Notifications Website Push Notifications
  • 9.
    Mobile Apps High EngagementRate via Push Notification Websites (on Desktop & Mobile) No Comparable Solution in the past ? Push Notifications on Mobile Apps
  • 10.
    A text orrich media message sent by the website, via web browsers, once the user opts-in to receive them to the desktop or mobile device even when user is not on the website. The new subscription-based online retention channel for websites Push Notifications on Websites
  • 11.
    Step 0 (Optional) Howdoes it work? Easy subscription Get permission from your users to send notifications
  • 12.
    Step 1 How doesit work? Easy subscription Get permission from your users to send notifications
  • 13.
    Step 2 How doesit work? Create & Preview Notifications
  • 14.
    Step 3 How doesit work? even when your users are NOT on your website Notification is Sent
  • 15.
    Short History ofWeb Push Notifications for mac Since June 2013, v.7 for all desktop & android Since April 2015, v.42 for all desktop & android Since October 2014, v.44 for all desktop & android Since January 2016, v.44 Web Push Notifications is a new marketing channel for websites to re-engage with their visitors. for all Windows 10+ desktop Since April 2018
  • 16.
    Emails 2% 8% Click Rate Emails 6% Opt-in Rate 2%Web Push
 Notifications Web Push
 Notifications Reach Rate Facebook 6% 99% Web Push
 Notifications Source: Sumo Source: Mailchimp Source: Ogilvy x3 x4 x16 Why to Use Push Notifications? 1. Most Engaging Retention Channel for Websites
  • 17.
    1. Freemium /Free Trial 2. Lower Monthly Fee Compared to Email Marketing 3. No Extra Cost Charged per Message 4. No Onboarding Fee 5. No Forced Yearly Contracts Why to Use Push Notifications? 2. Free to Start & Cost Effective
  • 18.
    5-min Setup Why to UsePush Notifications? 3. Easy to Setup & Build a Subscriber Base {.js} 10-min Installation 3-sec Opt-in
  • 19.
    Why to UsePush Notifications? 4. Highly Time Efficient Concise & Quick to Write Short Response Time Automate to Save Time
  • 20.
    Google Chrome forAll Desktops Google Chrome for Android Mozilla Firefox for All Desktops Safari for Mac Opera for All Desktops Mozilla Firefox for Android Opera for Android ~74% of global browsing audience Why to Use Push Notifications? 5. Reach Both Mobile & Desktop Users without Having an App Microsoft Edge for Windows 10+ Microsoft Edge for Windows 10+
  • 21.
    How to UsePush Notifications? Frequency less is MORE
  • 22.
    How to UsePush Notifications? Call to Action
  • 23.
    How to UsePush Notifications? Best Landing Page
  • 24.
    How to UsePush Notifications? Use Rich, Get Rich >
  • 25.
    How to UsePush Notifications? Better Copy … COUPON123
  • 26.
    •Triggering Rule Set •AskLater Rule Set •Appearance •Text content •Image content How to Use Push Notifications? Subscription
  • 27.
    •Segment •Key Value (E-mail,etc.) •Location •Browser •Operating System •Device Type How to Use Push Notifications? Target
  • 28.
    •Subscribers •Opt-out •CTR How to UsePush Notifications? Check Your Metrics & Optimize
  • 29.
    IF A user addsa product to her basket and leaves the website without a purchase THEN After ‘1’ hour, Frizbit sends a personalised notification to remind purchase automatically IF A user visits ‘3’ pages from category ‘International’ within the last ‘7’ days. THEN Frizbit sends a notification about latest article about category ‘International’ automatically E-Commerce Digital Media How to Use Push Notifications? Automate & Personalize
  • 30.
    Suitable for: E-Commerce
 Retail
 Travel Entertainment Sample UseCases SEASONAL CAMPAIGNS How did you find your experience? Write a review about your purchase, so that we can improve our services. TIMING: Any time there is a new campaign available
  • 31.
    Suitable for: Media &Blogs Entertainment Sample Use Cases ENGAGEMENT BY POSTS TIMING: Any time there is a new post available SEGMENT:
 National News
  • 32.
    Suitable for: E-Commerce
 Retail Travel Sample UseCases CART ABANDONMENT IF Added to cart = Red Aldo High Heel Shoe AND Purchase <= 0 UNTIL Time Passed <= 24 HOURS
  • 33.
    Suitable for: E-Commerce
 Retail /Brands Travel B2B SaaS SMEs Sample Use Cases RETARGETING IF Product Pages Viewed > 3 AND Product Category = Red Shoes AND Purchase <= 0
  • 34.
    Suitable for: E-Commerce
 Retail /Brands Travel Media & Blogs
 Entertainment B2B SaaS SMEs Sample Use Cases RETENTION IF Segment = Premium AND Time Since Last Visit > 1 Month We missed you, Roger! We missed you, Roger! Browse the latest deals for Xmas now Browse the latest deals for Xmas now
  • 35.
    Suitable for: E-Commerce
 Retail /Brands Travel B2B SaaS Sample Use Cases ENGAGEMENT IF Days Since Conversion > 1 Week AND Conversion Count > 1 How did you find your experience? Write a review about your purchase, so that we can improve our services. How did you find your experience? Write a review about your purchase, so that we can improve our services. Write A Review!
  • 36.
    This data collectedincludes: End Users’ mobile advertising identifiers, such as Apple IDFAs and Android Advertising identifiers; End Users’ email addresses End Users’ IP address, device push token, precise location (e.g., GPS-level) data, network information, language, time zone, product preferences, and privacy preferences. The Parties shall jointly own the SDK Information, and each Party shall be entitled (without further compensation to the other) to use, share, market, license, sell, store, and otherwise exploit the SDK Information to the maximum extent permitted by law, which shall include using the SDK Information for cross-app, cross-device, and other interest-based advertising, analytics and market research. Critical Mistakes About Push Notifications 1. Free vs Paid
  • 37.
    Critical Mistakes AboutPush Notifications 2. Collect Subscribers Under your own Domain, Definitely not under the Sub-Domain of your Service Provider HTTP HTTPS Partly HTTPS +
  • 38.
    Critical Mistakes AboutPush Notifications 3. Don’t Get Blocked by All Your Future Returning Users by Directly Requesting Native Subscription Native Opt-in Box Notify Box Custom Button
  • 39.
    Critical Mistakes AboutPush Notifications With Automation no extra time spent for each notification sent Hi {Jane} Personalisation increases engagement, decreases opt-out rate Accommodation in {Barcelona} for {26 Feb - 2 Mar}? Segmentation & Retargeting boosts revenue & traffic 4. Choose a Solution Providing Dynamic Personalisation & Automation Capabilities
  • 40.
    Critical Mistakes AboutPush Notifications 5. Developing an In-House Push Notifications Solution is more Costly than You Think! • Allocate the time and effort of your valuable IT resources • Later start collecting subscribers • Under-perform compared to your competitors • Not cost-effective to develop for other browsers. • Not feasible to develop state-of-the-art capabilities
  • 41.
    Why to UsePush Notifications? GDPR
  • 42.
    Why to UsePush Notifications? GDPR
  • 43.
    Extended Free TrialFreemiumPrivate Beta For Growth Hacking Istanbul
  • 44.