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HI, I’M THOM.




@thomcummings
thom@soundcloud.com
• The world’s leading Social Sound Platform
• Passionate community of over 9 million people
• Used by professional and amateur content creators in
  music, podcasting, journalism, field recording, audio
  messaging, education and more...
• Apps for iPhone, Android, iPad, Mac, Desktop & Mobile.
• Open platform with over 200 integrated apps
• Global reach & growing fast
• Three offices: Berlin, SF, London
MARKETING IS
   DEAD

 LONG LIVE
 MARKETING
Marketing is for
companies who have
  sucky products



               Fred Wilson
PUSH



PULL
PUSH




PULL
The best marketing is to
 provide a consistently
  amazing experience



                  Thom Cummings
Feature evaluation
  Co-branded                 Email CRM
                                         Referrals
  promotions                                                 User surveys
                     Engagement
  Sales offers                                   Funnel optimisation

        Product usage                            Market research

         Case studies                                          Ethnographics

                                                      App distribution
               Newsletters
                                                         Pricing analysis
Predictive modelling
                                                Segmentation
            Press releases
                                                                         SEO
       Dashboards                                Creative campaigns

   Education                                                  Partner comms.

                 Videos                                  User profiles
   Events
                               Find the user.
                              Find the magic.
                             Connect the two.
DATA LED...


         ...not data driven
Customer Lifecycle


Awareness      Acquisition   Engagement   Loyalty
Early stage customer generation =


                     ONLINE &
                      OFFLINE
                     HUSTLING
• The first 1,000 = Family & Friends
• Online ad testing (cheap, scalable on FB, AdWords etc..)
• Events (industry, tech, niche... no spend, just networking)
• If your product is social, optimise Viral Growth Factor
• Create an evangelist community through 1-1 SM interaction
The Toolkit.

 • Product Market Fit
 • Pirate Metrics Dashboard
 • Net Promoter Score
 • Multivariate and user testing
 • Funnel management
 • Cohort analysis


 (if you’re not measuring it, you’re not doing anything)
Product Market Fit

                                                            How disappointed would
                                                            you be if you could no
                                                            longer use SoundCloud?
                                                              • Very disappointed
                                                              • Somewhat disappointed
                                                              • Not disappointed at all

                                                                    40%
                                                                   Very disappointed


SOURCE: http://startup-marketing.com/the-startup-pyramid/
Pirate Metrics Dashboard




SOURCE: http://www.slideshare.net/dmc500hats/startup-metrics-for-pirates-long-version
Net Promoter Score




SOURCE: http://www.netpromoter.com/np/calculate.jsp
Multivariate Testing




Some useful tools:
  • Google Website Optimizer
  • Visual Website Optimizer
  • Optimizely
  • Unbounce Landing Pages
but beware...
Design like you’re right
 and listen like you’re
         wrong.



                   John Lilly
User Testing




Some useful tools:
  • Usertesting.com
  • Loop11
  • http://usabilla.com/
  • http://fivesecondtest.com/
Funnel Optimisation




SOURCE http://www.slideshare.net/dcancel/datadriven-marketing
...in practice




Some useful tools:
  • Google Analytics
  • AT Internet
  • Kiss Metrics
  • MixPanel
Cohort Analysis




SOURCE http://www.ashmaurya.com/2010/07/3-rules-to-actionable-metrics/
You can measure for...
.... basically anything and everything
But pick the top 5 relveant metrics for your business + focus

E.g.
• Retention
• Upgrade & Cross-sell
• Activation
• Social or Engagement measures
Slice it by platform, region, channel, segment...
Some useful tools:
  • KissMetrics
  • Performable
  • MixPanel
  • Spreadsheets!
One more
 thing...
BRANDING
Thanks!
  Questions?


thom@

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