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Startup marketing: strategies for year one

Intercom, Inc.

About 50 percent of my time was spent communicating with potential users, whether that was asking them to try Intercom over email, meeting them at conferences, responding to them in blog comments or talking to them on Hacker News. Looking back, I didn’t see these activities as marketing with a capital M, but they absolutely were.

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The Evolution of Netflix

The Product Coalition

From its humble beginnings as a DVD rental service to its current status as a global streaming powerhouse, Netflix’s evolution has been marked by relentless innovation and strategic adaptation to changing market dynamics. UX Timeline, back to the past! At that time, Netflix’s subscription plans cost $16.99 Netflix introduced a new $7.99

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The Evolution of WhatsApp

The Product Coalition

link] Let's talk business Strategic Changes WhatsApp’s journey has been marked by strategic changes aimed at enhancing its value proposition and market position. In 2011, Sequoia Capital , a well-established venture capital firm, made a pivotal investment of $8 million in a young messaging app — WhatsApp.

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Bootstrapping To 10 Million – The Story Of Kovai.co

Userpilot

started as BizTalk 360 in June 2011. By leveraging content marketing and a solid professional network, Saravana Kumar grew the company from 0 to 250 customers. ” It took another 18 months of hard work, but by June 2011, Saravana finally launched the first version of his product, BizTalk360. Gaining initial traction.

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How Zapier growth hacked SEO

NextBigWhat

1) Zapier, founded in 2011 by CEO Wade Foster, lets you connect different web applications to perform certain actions without the need of a human (with automation). This became the focal point of their marketing success. How Zapier growth hacked SEO. The strategies used to grow from 0-600K users in 3 years. Follow @growth_student.

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Can Apple’s Product Managers Win Back The Movie Market?

The Accidental Product Manager

Apple’s share of the movie market has been falling lately Image Credit: So just in case you didn’t realize it, Apple makes a lot of money from both renting and selling movies. Their share of the video rental / sales market has started to slip because of changing customer needs and new competitors.

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Product-Led Growth Strategy for Product Managers

The Product Coalition

In a nutshell, product-led growth is a strategy which focuses on the product itself being the primary driver of growth for a company, rather than investing in expensive and elaborate marketing campaigns. from engineering to sales and marketing?—?around You’ll always need marketing, but a product-led strategy helps you scale it back.