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The Golden Rules of Marketing
1. SPAM your friends
2. Embrace the CRINGE
3. Keep it FRESH
0 - 1 Marketing Hacks | Phase 1
These marketing hacks are for the first launch to get the first 10k users. There are different strategies for 1 -100, 101 - 1l, and 1k - 10k, but these are the hacks that should all be tested. NO ADS.
Email, Text, & DM Contact List
Reply to TikToks about prom or pageants
Discover content that’s already popular w/ prom goers and replicate it
Post in Facebook groups where potential users hang out
Create a post championing influencers in your audience
Monitor & reply to community conversations
Add a link to your community profiles & signatures
Drive traffic to your profile and product by replying to tweets
Answer 100 questions on qoura
Engage w/ influential instagram, tiktok, and snapchat users - DM the author and intro your product
Connect to 10 relevant new people on linkedin each day
create a company page on linkedin
post regular status updates & comments on linkedin
reply to what are you building threads on reddit
#BuildInPublic
send social influencers swag in the mail
Add a link in your email signature
Add “video” to your email/subject
send DMs to potential users
reach out to unhappy users of your comeptitors
list product in startup directories and review sites
submit to tools for creators
leave a comment on 5 blog posts a day
identify press conteacts by searching write ups of competitors
add an easter egg to the product
network at community events
speak at high schools
create pages for “vs” searches
create a relevant niche weekly newsletter
sponsor an email newsletter
sponsors a meetup or event
sponsor or collab w/ a nano influencer
create pinterest boards
host live shopping - latest trends
use polls on social media
write a press release
offer to be interviewed by small podcasts or blogs
create a digital scavenger hunt
join or create a discord channel for prom
create a meme army
post prom and pageant related tutorials on youtube daily
post short form video content on tiktok, reels, and shorts
take photos of celebrities and put them in prom dresses, post to social media
post flyers in libraries and coffee shops near schools
hand out flyers at the mall
make qr code stickers and post them everywhere
use the nikita bier psychological launch trick
place watermarks on all of the virtual try on photos
buzzfeed style quizzes
social media filters
Temu style gamification
Text Message Marketing
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Growth Marketing | Phase 2
Ads are okay here as long as there is revenue
Store window sticker
School Newspaper Ad
Social Media Contest
TikTok & Snapchat Ads
Prom ticket giveaways
Ultimate Promposal Giveaways
Dream Prom Makeover
Free Merch Store
College Fairs
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