Last time, in part 1 of this series on growth hacking, we talked about awareness, the initial step in the AAARRR funnel (also known as the Pirate Funnel). This time, we're moving on beyond the point of awareness to when you have your first transaction with a customer. This is referred to as acquisition.
As a business owner or startup founder, you know firsthand how important it is to grow a loyal and active customer base. The pressure to go from zero to self-sustaining is enormous, especially if you're a small enterprise starting with a modest marketing budget. Fast growth is the buoy that will keep your business afloat, and amassing that critical customer base is what growth hacking (or growth marketing) is all about.
You've probably already claimed your Google My Business page, right? If you're not familiar, GMB is now the standard for companies that want to claim their official listing on Google. It's a sort of "virtual storefront," providing businesses greater visibility and control over their optics on the world's most popular search engine. . What a lot of people don't know, however, is that Google has recently made some improvements to the service, and if you're not taking advantage of the new features, here are a few reasons why you should put it at the top of your to-do list.
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If you've been in the business world for longer than a decade, you're almost certainly used to the traditional model of the customer journey, in which the key factor was the skills of the sales rep. If a rep was good at selling, then the sales would happen, end of story. Sales reps controlled the situation by carefully crafting a narrative for the customer, letting information trickle out only when absolutely necessary.
It's no secret that where modern marketing is concerned, digital is where it's at. Over the past twenty years or so, companies have slowly shed their traditional marketing tactics in…
