4. ● How do I get a website going?
● How do I rank higher in search?
● How do I generate business online?
Those are the types of questions
marketers were asking back then.
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6. First we built the CMS.
We took everything we learned from Sean Ellis around
growth hacking, A/B testing, calls-to-action, getting your
stuff above the fold, etc. and began to productize it.
1. CMS
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7. Next we built reporting & analytics.
2. Analytics1. CMS
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8. Then we added email & automation.
3. Email1. CMS 2. Analytics
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9. AT THE TIME, THE BEST GROWTH HACKERS IN SF WERE SAYING:
“When someone signs up for your product,
you should send them a reminder email 3
days later if they haven’t activated.”
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10. So we were like, “OK, let’s
build a drip campaign service.”
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11. Back then, you couldn’t do this stuff
without the help of a developer.
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12. And with these 3 products…
3. Email1. CMS 2. Analytics
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20. However, we made a big mistake.
We became so focused on automating
everything we saw in the marketplace…
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21. …that we stopped thinking
about the customer.
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22. We were so focused on being a personal
developer for marketers, that we forgot
about the end user.
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23. As a result, this is the flow we’ve
been forcing buyers to go through
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24. It’s like we’re spending all this time and
energy getting people into our stores—
only to hand them forms to fill out before
we’ll talk to them or sell them anything.
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25. And after we make people fill out
forms, we follow up with them when
it’s convenient for us.
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26. ✉ ☎
But this isn’t even how people want
to talk to businesses anymore.
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27. The 3 Waves of 1:1 Messaging Software
User Growth
28. 9 out of 10 consumers
want to be able to talk to
businesses via messaging.
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29. So why aren’t we using
messaging to engage with
leads while they’re live on
our websites?
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30. That’s how Drift got
its start.
We’re reinventing modern marketing
and sales software using messaging
so we can capture and qualify leads
in real-time.
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31. We’re focused on making the buying
process as simple as possible.
Old Way New Way
BEFORE DRIFT ❌
Spammy, Complex, Low conversion rate
WITH DRIFT ✅
Personal, Simple, 2-3x conversion rate
32. With the old approach, all of
your leads have to hurry up and
wait (even the best ones).
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33. At Drift, we think the best leads
should be taking the fast lane
to your sales team.
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The best part: Bots do
most of the work for you.
1. Bots can qualify leads 24/7, even
while your sales team is sleeping.
2. You can target only the people that
you want.
35. This means you can control the
volume and quality of leads
you’re getting on your website.
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Instead of forms and
follow-ups, you can use
bots to capture and qualify
leads while they’re live on
your website.
39. We’re putting the customer
back at the center of sales
and marketing.
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40. And it’s working!
Drift Automation gave us a 50% sales pipeline increase in just 50
days, without having to hire new people or build out new
playbooks.”
ROB STEVENSON, MARKETING AT ZENEFITS, FORMERLY MARKETING AT KEAP
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