Post updated: 04/24/2017
Lately I’ve been looking into “growth hacking” to try to expand the reach of my social campaigns. Growth is a great thing, and hacking…well, that’s just kind of awesome. But for those of you who might not be familiar with this term, this is the definition of growth hacking according to Wikipedia:
Growth hacking is a marketing technique developed by technology startups which use creativity, analytical thinking, and social metrics to sell products and gain exposure. It can be seen as part of the online marketing ecosystem, as in many cases growth hackers are using techniques such as search engine optimization, website analytics, content marketing and A/B testing. Growth hackers focus on low-cost and innovative alternatives to traditional marketing, e.g. utilizing social media and viral marketing instead of buying advertising through more traditional media such as radio, newspaper, and television.
This is a list of some of the better growth hacking resources that I enjoy. If you know of something that should go on here, let me know in the comments section below.
Growth Hacking Newsletters
Growth Strategies Daily by Morgan Brown – http://morganbrown.co
Grow.co Newsletter – http://www.grow.co/
Hiten’s SaaS Weekly – http://hiten.com/
Brian Balfour’s Coelevate – http://www.coelevate.com/
Tiny Marketing Wins – http://devmarketing.xyz/tinywins/
Growth Hacking Blogs
QuickSprout: The Definitive Guide to Growth Hacking – http://www.quicksprout.com/the-definitive-guide-to-growth-hacking/
Books on Growth Hacking
Great list, Wess. I hadn’t seen growth bakery before, so cheers.
Can I be forgiven in sharing my own newsletter for the list? It’s growth.email
Thanks for putting this list together.
Thanks! I added your newsletter to the post. If you have any other recommendations, I’d love to hear about them!
Amazing list. We too curate growth hacking tips from around the web and cut them short to under 420 words. Would love to see us on the list.
growthbrownies.com
Cool site! Got you added to the list. BTW…I see what you did there…pretty clever keyword work. I bet there’s a pretty big niche of upstart companies looking for this information that you can get some decent traffic from.