16. Launch Time - Product
Pre-launch Launch Post Launch
1. Product testing
1. Workflow testing
1. Analytics & data reporting
1. Unit tests & Error logging
1. Plan B, C, D & E.
1. Load testing
1. Onboarding
1. Activation
1. Uptime/availability
1. Responsive
1. Support
1. live support
1. Service delivery
1. Performance monitoring
17. Launch Time - Growth/Marketing
Pre-launch Launch Post Launch
1. SEO - very long term.
2. Events - vc exchange; collect user
info; group it.
3. Enable Pre-registrations - offer
early bird discounts
4. Get the word out. Contact domain
journalists/bloggers.
5. Email signature - Coming soon.
6. Automate marketing and email
workflow.
7. Analytics - Do not go out without
it.
1. LinkedIn contacts - Email
2. VC exchange - Email
3. Article exchange; Get written
4. Banner ad exchange sites
5. AdWords/Remarketing - Paid
6. Producthunt.com - Get hunted.
7. Find influencers - Fb,Twitter,
LinkedIn
8. Pre-registered users - enable
referrals - incentivise/organic
9. Betalist.com
10. Social API integration - Get to
know who’s talking about
you/your domain!
1. Behaviour and Analytics
2. Acquisition, activation &
engagement
3. Retention
4. Referrals
5. ORM
6. Automations
7. Optimizations
18.
19. Validation stack
Survey &
Insights
Drive Target
Audience
Demand
validation
Prototyping
Web Wireframing Mobile UI/UX Mockups
Measure
Frontend/Quick UIs Functional Proto Segmenting &
Behaviour
Event tracking Deep linking
Growth
Cross platform
Remarketing
CRM Retargeting
SEO/SEM
Sales &
Marketing CRM
Email Marketing
& Automation
Email gating
Push Notifications
App referral
Support
Customer
support (chat
& email)
Support/Order Deep linking
Editor's Notes
None of them are first. None of them had any advantage. Innovation is what sailed their boat.