How top startup landing pages evolved due to COVID-19:
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(2/6) Airbnb's business was upended in April. But by June, rural bookings were growing.
Key site changes during that time:
• Action prompt: "Book unique places" —> "Go Near [places]"
• This handles the objection of "It's not safe to be where everyone else is."
(3/6) Zoom exploded this year—due to COVID.
Key messaging changes in their site:
• "In this together" leans into the pandemic.
• "Keeping you securely connected" handles the objection of security outside of the office.
(4/6) Basecamp made significant copy changes:
• Header: "The All-In-One Toolkit for Working Remotely"
• Subheader: "You're wondering how you'll quickly transition your team to remote work" hits a critical pain point for managers.
(5/6) Shopify key changes:
• Header: Adding "anywhere" handles the objection of "I can't start a business during a pandemic."
• New section: "Bring your business online" speaks to brick and mortar businesses that can use Shopify to sell online during the pandemic.
(6/6) Your landing page should be dynamic. When possible, lean into world events and trends to solve *relevant* problems.
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Most growth marketers are not great. They never learned the frameworks underlying growth.
Here's how we suggest hiring a growth marketer.
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2/6 Look for 3 qualities in a candidate:
1. Proactiveness when crafting experiments and scaling them up.
2. Process for consistently generating growth ideas.
3. Reflectiveness and data literacy when they assess what their growth successes and failures have taught them.
3/6 Give them a project where they:
1. Rank acquisition strategies—reveals their ability to spot high-leverage opps
2. Walk through their methodology for optimizing conversion at each stage of the product journey—reveals their ability to spot bottlenecks & create hypotheses