(Before you begin, you need to know what your product is, what are its features, what is the problem being solved by your product?)
(Build your core value proposition by exact what your product does and what problem are you solving)
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(Understand the existing organic channel strategy for your product and highlight the success and failure thereon.
Provide your suggestions and devise new strategies.)
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Step 1 → Conduct keyword research on Google, Amazon, Youtube, Quora etc.
Step 2 → Collate all your insights from all your searches.
Let’s start with the first drop: city channel post
Next stop, socials
Now, let’s get your GTM timeline sorted
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(Understand what is already being done, what is working out well and what needs to be stopped)
Step 1 → Define the CAC: LTV ratio. If your product has a healthy CAC:LTV ratio, proceed with paid ads.
Step 2 → Choose an ICP
Step 3 → Select advertising channels
Step 4 → Write a Marketing Pitch
Step 5 → Customize your message for different customer segments to ensure relevance
Step 6 → Design at least two ad creatives (e.g., images, sketches, videos, text ads) that reflect your marketing pitch.
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(For B2B companies, if referral does not make sense you'll take a crack at a partner program for your product)
Step 1 → Flesh out the referral/partner program
Step 2 → Draw raw frames on a piece of paper to get the gist.
(Don't spend a lot of time on design. This is for you to communicate how the referral hook will look)
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we hope this helped you break the cold start problem!
Reminder: This is not the only format to follow, feel free to edit it as you wish!
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(keep in mind the stage of your company before choosing your channels for acquisition.)
Channel Name | Cost | Flexibility | Effort | Speed | Scale |
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Organic | | ||||
Paid Ads | |||||
Referral Program | |||||
Product Integration | |||||
Content Loops |
Reference: past city channel GTM messages
Reference: LinkedIn post examples
Reference: push copy templates
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