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So you want to build a brand? Here’s what you need to understand.

Intercom, Inc.

The nature of marketing at a software company is that it’s easy to have a highly data-driven view of everything you do, and overlook hard to measure things like building a brand. Brand is the emotional connection you establish with your customers and those whom you would like to become customers. Your brand is not your logo.

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The #1 Reason CMOs Fail

SaaStr

Roughly, once you (x) have an established brand, and (y) have a marketing engine that is working, and (z) most importantly, once demand gen has finally become somewhat routine … you’ll need a CMO. Maybe a VP of Marketing. But the last thing you probably need is a fancy title running around, spouting marketing-ism.

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What Marketing Mostly Means at $0m, $1m, $10m, and $40m ARR

SaaStr

Marketing = Growth Hacking. Add Brand Marketing (and Real Product Marketing). As you cross $10m ARR, usually, you have enough customers that’s you’ve start to build a real brand. As you truly scale, most of your leads will come from your brand. And o nce your leads are all about your brand — you need a CMO.

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5 Growth Hacking Ideas for Startups

Teamgate

For the past years, growth hacking has been the way to go to make even the newest startups flourish. . Yes, it will take more than just one growth hacking strategy to find out what makes your market tick. This is an especially popular growth hacking strategy for life coaches and the like.

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Don’t Hire VPs With The Wrong Titles

SaaStr

These folks rarely have any idea how to do demand gen, ABM, growth hacking, etc. Corporate Marketers know how to expand your brand. A few titles that IMHE are flags: “VP of Product Marketing” or “VP of Corporate Marketing” or “VP of Communications” for a VP of Marketing job.

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9 Effective Growth Hacking Strategies to Skyrocket Your Startup

Agile Payments

9 Effective Growth Hacking Strategies to Skyrocket Your Startup Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash Although the term growth has been thrown around a lot, especially in the start-up community, many entrepreneurs still need to be made aware of what growth hacking is and how it works. What is Growth Hacking?

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How to Build Your Brand with Landing Page Optimization

Unbounce

Let’s face it: brand marketers get a bad rap. In the last decade, the conversation has focused on technical marketing: growth hacking, conversion rate optimization, SEO, the merging of product and marketing, and data, data, data. At the same time, brand became less exciting—and sometimes an afterthought.

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