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Viral coefficient. I * CR = K I = Invitations CR = conversion rate of invitations K = viral coefficient For “viral growth”, we need a viral coefficient greater than 1.

Viral coefficient

You’ll sometimes hear people call the viral coefficient the K-factor . Viral growth cannot be executed by a marketing department that can’t code. It has to be built into the product by developers. We want outcomes like: Active, happy users invite many new users Active, happy users share lots of our app’s content Active, happy users use the app longer. 21 Actionable Growth Hacking Tactics. Magic tricks for viral growth: From Zero to Zillions of Users. How To Design for Viral Growth [Infographic] Viral growth is the holy grail for Web-based companies.

How To Design for Viral Growth [Infographic]

Entrepreneurs spend late nights thinking of tactics like funny videos, PR stunts, Facebook quizzes and other mechanics that can make their product “go viral.” Understanding the key variables in Viral Marketing. A short study of this web site reveals that a hugely important factor for success in startup companies is finding ways to acquire customers at a low cost.

Understanding the key variables in Viral Marketing

In the Business Models section, we looked at the perfect business model: Viral customer acquisition with good monetization. However viral growth turns out to be an elusive goal, and only a very small number of companies actually achieve true viral growth. In 2005, I invested in a company called Tabblo (acquired by HP in 2007), and had the good fortune to work with an outstanding entrepreneur, Antonio Rodriguez.

Tabblo did manage to achieve good viral growth, but around the same time YouTube was launched and managed to achieve explosive viral growth. In the process of looking at these two companies, we learnt several important things about virality. Simple Viral Growth - Zoho Sheet. Viral Growth and Analytics: What are the core elements of a truly viral website. Viral Marketing: How do you bake viral *into* a product. What are the most important marketing strategies for a web startup. The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition.

We all need to acquire new customers to make our products and businesses work.

The Ultimate Guide to Customer Acquisition

Whether there are a few users paying big bucks or thousands visiting your platform for free, how you get and retain customers is what is important. But ask yourself: are you really ready for more customers? Is your team set up to handle an influx of users? What’s your promotion strategy – inbound marketing or traditional PR? This extensive guide will walk you through what user acquisition is and how to execute a plan. Is Your Product Ready for User Acquisition? While Mark Zuckerberg’s famous “move fast and break things” motto might be useful advice in many startup situations, it may not be the best advice when it comes to customer acquisition. First of all, is your product even ready for some/many users? How much activity can your servers handle? Why Being Prepared Matters The customer acquisition process is far from an exact science. Have a Plan Having a thoughtful customer acquisition strategy is essential. 1.

How to Acquire Users - Growth Insights - Quora. Hello!

How to Acquire Users - Growth Insights - Quora

Before you read this signup for new startup Spot - Driveway Sharing. You've built a product, now how do you get people to use it and find a sustainable source of customers? You have to experiment to see what works best for your product. The way you find your first user will differ from how you find your hundred thousandth but this doesn't matter. I faced this dilemma when trying to generate traction for my design marketplace. "Do things that don't scale. " - Joe Gebbia Product is key.

I've used Meetup in the past to find related events in London. UI/UX Design Patterns: What are great examples of viral UX/UI design patterns. Minimum Viable Product: a guide. One of the most important lean startup techniques is called the minimum viable product.

Minimum Viable Product: a guide

Its power is matched only by the amount of confusion that it causes, because it's actually quite hard to do. It certainly took me many years to make sense of it. I was delighted to be asked to give a brief talk about the MVP at the inaugural meetup of the lean startup circle here in San Francisco. Below you'll find the video of my remarks as well as the full slides embedded below.

But I wanted to say a few words first. First, a definition: the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort. Some caveats right off the bat. Second, the definition's use of the words maximum and minimum means it is decidedly not formulaic.

Without further ado, the video: Engagement loops: beyond viral. There's a great and growing corpus of writing about viral loops, the step-by-step optimizations you can use to encourage maximum growth of online products by having customers invite each other to join.

Engagement loops: beyond viral

Today, I was comparing notes with Ed Baker (one of the gurus of viral growth). We were trying to broaden the conversation beyond just viral customer acquisition. Many viral products have flamed out over the years, able to capture large numbers of users, but proving transient in their value because they failed to engage customers for the long-term. Our goal is to understand the metrics, mechanics, and levers of engagement. Levers of engagementLet's start with the levers of engagement. Synthetic notifications. This makes intuitive sense, since the key to minimizing fatigue is to keep things new, exciting, and relevant. For example, let's say you have a viral ratio of 1.4. As you talk to customers, you notice the following dilemma. Here's what this long example is all about.