{"id":3125,"date":"2015-04-29T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T21:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkapps.com\/blog\/?p=3125"},"modified":"2015-04-29T14:14:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T22:14:10","slug":"growth-hackers-toolbox-nichole-elizabeth-demere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkapps.com\/blog\/launch\/growth-hackers-toolbox-nichole-elizabeth-demere\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth Hacker&#8217;s Toolbox via Nichole Elizabeth DeMer\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a follow-up to an <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkapps.com\/blog\/launch\/community-growth-advice-nichole-elizabeth-demere\/\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a> we published last week with\u00a0Nichole Elizabeth DeMer\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nichole Elizabeth DeMer\u00e9 leads community growth for\u00a0<a title=\"Inbound.org\" href=\"http:\/\/inbound.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inbound.org<\/a>\u00a0and pitches in as a moderator at\u00a0<a title=\"GrowthHackers\" href=\"http:\/\/growthhackers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Growth Hackers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Product Hunt\" href=\"http:\/\/producthunt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Product Hunt<\/a>. In addition to taking time out from these demanding roles to <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkapps.com\/blog\/launch\/community-growth-advice-nichole-elizabeth-demere\/\" target=\"_blank\">answer our questions<\/a>,\u00a0she shared\u00a0a slew of recommended\u00a0apps, blogs, books, and communities that she&#8217;s found helpful when it comes to\u00a0growing a\u00a0community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>As she put it, &#8220;Here are some additional resources that I recommend for those who are interested in Community Management, Customer Success, and Growth Hacking (which are where my interests intersect).&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Apps and Services<\/h2>\n<h3>Buffer<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"bufferapp.com\" href=\"https:\/\/bufferapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buffer<\/a>\u200a can help you with social media automation.<\/p>\n<p>As the website describes, &#8220;[Y]ou can write a bunch of posts at one time, and choose which social profiles to send them to, and then Buffer will spread them out throughout the day or week so that you don&#8217;t have to be at a computer all the time in order to have a social media presence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Excel<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft_Excel\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Excel<\/a> is a tried-and-true tool for crunching numbers and analyzing data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Excel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"430\" height=\"208\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3243\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Excel.png\" alt=\"Excel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Excel.png 430w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Excel.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Google Docs<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/docs\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Docs<\/a>\u00a0provide a\u00a0great way to keep track of hypotheses and\u00a0experiments (and to share your thoughts and results with your team).<\/p>\n<h3>IFTTT<\/h3>\n<p>As the website puts it, &#8220;<a title=\"ifttt.com\" href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IFTTT<\/a>\u200a empowers you with creative control over the products and apps you love.&#8221; DeMer\u00e9 recommends using the tool for social media automation.<\/p>\n<h3>Import.io<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"import.io\" href=\"http:\/\/import.io\/\" target=\"_blank\">Import.io<\/a>\u200a allows you to &#8220;instantly turn web pages into data,&#8221; which DeMer\u00e9 says comes in pretty handy \u200afor web scraping.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.14.49-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1074\" height=\"515\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3237\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.14.49-PM.png\" alt=\"Import.io\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.14.49-PM.png 1074w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.14.49-PM.png 300w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.14.49-PM.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1074px) 100vw, 1074px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Intercom<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"intercom.io\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intercom.io\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intercom<\/a>\u200a is &#8220;customer communication made simple.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>MailChimp<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"mailchimp.com\" href=\"http:\/\/mailchimp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MailChimp\u200a<\/a>\u00a0can help you with every aspect\u00a0of email marketing.<\/p>\n<h3>Mixpanel<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"mixpanel.com\" href=\"https:\/\/mixpanel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mixpanel<\/a>\u200a is a solid analytics tool, especially when it comes to event tracking and cohort analyses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.19.08-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3239\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.19.08-PM.png\" alt=\"Mixpanel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.19.08-PM.png 1002w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.19.08-PM.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Optimizely<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"optimizely.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optimizely.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Optimizely<\/a>\u00a0makes it easy to implement A\/B and multivariate testing, with the goal of helping you to &#8220;deliver your best customer experiences at every touchpoint on the web and mobile apps.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Python<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"python.org\" href=\"https:\/\/www.python.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Python<\/a>\u200a\u00a0is\u00a0a programming language\u00a0that &#8220;lets you work quickly and integrate systems more effectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Slack<\/h3>\n<p>One of the hottest new startups in town,\u00a0<a title=\"slack.com\" href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Slack<\/a>\u200a has quickly become the new go-to tool for team communication.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.23.55-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"319\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3240\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.23.55-PM.png\" alt=\"Slack\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.23.55-PM.png 818w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-12.23.55-PM.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Trello<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"trello.com\" href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trello<\/a>\u200a is the self-described &#8220;free, flexible, and visual way to organize anything with anyone,&#8221; which explains why DeMer\u00e9 recommends it for project management.<\/p>\n<h3>Unbounce<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"unbounce.com\" href=\"http:\/\/unbounce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Unbounce<\/a>\u200a allows marketers to &#8220;build, publish and A\/B test landing pages without I.T.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Zapier<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"zapier.com\" href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zapier\u200a<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;connects the web apps you use to easily move your data and automate tedious tasks.&#8221; And they&#8217;ve got a pretty stellar landing page, to boot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.32.52-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1335\" height=\"623\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3245\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.32.52-PM.png\" alt=\"Zapier\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.32.52-PM.png 1335w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.32.52-PM.png 300w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.32.52-PM.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1335px) 100vw, 1335px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Blogs<\/h2>\n<h3>Jim Gray<\/h3>\n<p>As described in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grayj_\" target=\"_blank\">his Twitter bio<\/a>, Jim Gray is a marketing engineer, data scientist, and &#8220;occasional UX plumber,&#8221; who also does product at Inbound.org.<\/p>\n<p>He runs a <a href=\"https:\/\/grayj.co\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog\/mailing list about &#8220;being a better marketer&#8221;<\/a> including advice on finding great product ideas and putting growth hacking into context.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.57.22-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"581\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3251\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.57.22-PM.png\" alt=\"Jim Gray blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.57.22-PM.png 716w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.57.22-PM.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Lincoln Murphy<\/h3>\n<p>Lincoln Murphy, is the Managing Director of\u00a0Sixteen Ventures, which provides marketing, customer acquisition, and <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkapps.com\/blog\/post-launch\/customer-churn-most-important-metric\/\" target=\"_blank\">churn reduction<\/a> consulting for SaaS providers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sixteenventures.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">His blog<\/a>, which dates back to 2006, offers advice on everything from metrics to marketing copy to pricing strategy, all geared towards helping SaaS companies grow their business.<\/p>\n<h3>Violeta Nedkova<\/h3>\n<p>Violeta Nedkova doesn&#8217;t like to be put in a box. But <a href=\"http:\/\/violetanedkova.com\/about-violeta-contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">she says<\/a> that currently she is &#8220;a writer, a marketer, and an\u00a0entrepreneur (co-founded <a href=\"http:\/\/amazemeet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazemeet<\/a>).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As she put it, she &#8220;will publish two kinds of articles on <a href=\"http:\/\/violetanedkova.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">this blog<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the ones\u00a0about\u00a0things that are<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>important to me and the ones\u00a0that are, hopefully,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>helpful to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As an\u00a0example of what type of content that might include, her most recent post gave advice on\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/violetanedkova.com\/2015\/04\/21\/user-feedback\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">How to Apply &#8216;Diagram Thinking&#8217; to User Feedback at Your\u00a0Startup<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.04.09-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"561\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3253\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.04.09-PM.png\" alt=\"Violeta Nedkova blog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.04.09-PM.png 579w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.04.09-PM.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Books<\/h2>\n<h3>A Technique for Producing Ideas<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1434102750\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Technique for Producing Ideas<\/a> was written by James Webb Young.<\/p>\n<p>As described on Amazon, &#8220;This short but powerful book has helped thousands of writers, artists, scientists, and engineers to solve problems and generate ideas. Now let [his]\u00a0unique insights help you be more creative in every area of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience<\/h3>\n<p>Written by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Perennial-Classics\/dp\/0061339202\" target=\"_blank\">Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience<\/a> &#8220;teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Flow-book1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3272\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Flow-book1.jpg\" alt=\"Flow book\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Flow-book1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Flow-book1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Flow-book1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/e.fastcompany.net\/multisite_files\/fastcompany\/poster\/2005\/08\/53713-poster-1920-flow-book-2005.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Image credit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Influence<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Business-Essentials\/dp\/006124189X\" target=\"_blank\">Influence<\/a> is considered\u00a0the\u00a0&#8220;classic book on persuasion.&#8221; In it, Dr. Robert Cialdini &#8220;explains the psychology of why people say &#8216;yes&#8217;\u2014and how to apply these understandings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Grouped<\/h3>\n<p id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0321804112\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grouped: How small groups of friends are the key to influence on the social web<\/a> was written by Paul Adams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\">&#8220;This book pulls together the latest research from leading universities and technology companies to describe how people are connected, and how ideas and brand messages spread through social networks. It shows readers how to rebuild their business around social behavior, and create products that people tell their friends about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products<\/h3>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1591847788\/?tag=hooked-us-20\" target=\"_blank\">his\u00a0book<\/a>,\u00a0Nir Eyal explains\u00a0&#8220;the Hook Model \u2014 a four-step process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior. Through consecutive &#8216;hook cycles,&#8217; these products reach their ultimate goal of bringing users back again and again without depending on costly advertising or aggressive messaging.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.45.02-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"845\" height=\"493\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3273\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.45.02-PM.png\" alt=\"Hooked\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.45.02-PM.png 845w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.45.02-PM.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nirandfar.com\/hooked\" target=\"_blank\">Image credit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Lean Analytics<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Whether you&#8217;re a startup founder trying to disrupt an industry, or an intrapreneur trying to provoke change from within, your biggest risk is building something nobody wants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1449335675\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster<\/a>,\u00a0written\u00a0by Alistair Croll, can help you to mitigate that risk. &#8220;By measuring and analyzing as you grow, you can validate whether a problem is real, find the right customers, and decide what to build, how to monetize it, and how to spread the word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind<\/h3>\n<p>Written by advertising gurus Al Ries and\u00a0Jack Trout,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Positioning-The-Battle-Your-Mind\/dp\/0071373586\" target=\"_blank\">Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind<\/a> &#8220;describes a revolutionary approach to creating a &#8216;position&#8217; in a prospective customer&#8217;s mind &#8211; one that reflects a company&#8217;s own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of its competitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Positioning-the-battle-for-your-mind-al-ries-jack-trout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"390\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3277\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Positioning-the-battle-for-your-mind-al-ries-jack-trout.jpg\" alt=\"Positioning-the-battle-for-your-mind-al-ries-jack-trout\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Positioning-the-battle-for-your-mind-al-ries-jack-trout.jpg 630w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Positioning-the-battle-for-your-mind-al-ries-jack-trout.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/marketing.24h.com.vn\/brand-marketing\/kien-thuc-thuong-hieu\/dinh-vi-hinh-anh-trong-marketing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Image credit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much<\/h3>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Scarcity-Having-Mullainathan-Sendhil-Hardcover\/dp\/B00IIDK5PQ\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1426449369&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=scarcity\" target=\"_blank\">Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much<\/a>, authors\u00a0Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir &#8220;show that scarcity creates a distinct psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Startup Growth Engines<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Startup-Growth-Engines-Successful-Extraordinary-ebook\/dp\/B00LA95B68\" target=\"_blank\">Startup Growth Engines: Case Studies of How Today\u2019s Most Successful Startups Unlock Extraordinary Growth<\/a>\u00a0was written by Sean Ellis, who coined the term \u201cgrowth hacker\u201d and cofounded the Growth Hackers community, and Morgan Brown, who leads growth\u00a0for the community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Startup-Growth-Engines-slide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3279\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Startup-Growth-Engines-slide.jpg\" alt=\"Startup Growth Engines\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Startup-Growth-Engines-slide.jpg 638w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29210037\/Startup-Growth-Engines-slide.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/seanellis\/unlocking-growth-building-a-sustainable-growth-engine-with-the-new-rules-of-marketing\" target=\"_blank\">Image credit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Startup Owners Manual<\/h3>\n<p>Written by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0984999302\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Startup Owner&#8217;s Manual<\/a> &#8220;guides you, step-by-step, as you put the Customer Development process to work. This method was created by\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0Blank, acknowledged catalyst of the &#8220;Lean Startup&#8221; movement, and tested and refined by him for more than a decade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The Definitive Guide To Growth Hacking<\/h3>\n<p>According to authors Neil Patel and Bronson Tayler, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quicksprout.com\/the-definitive-guide-to-growth-hacking\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Definitive Guide to Growth Hacking<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;is for entrepreneurs, founders, growth leads, or anyone else who is trying to grow a startup. If acquiring new customers (and retaining existing ones) is important to your business then you should read this guide. If customers matter to you, then <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkapps.com\/blog\/post-launch\/beginners-guide-growth-hacking\/\" target=\"_blank\">growth hacking should matter to you<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/the-definitive-guide-to-growth-hacking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"798\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3230\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/the-definitive-guide-to-growth-hacking.png\" alt=\"the-definitive-guide-to-growth-hacking\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/the-definitive-guide-to-growth-hacking.png 798w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/the-definitive-guide-to-growth-hacking.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Waiting for Your Cat to Bark?<\/h3>\n<p>In this book, authors Bryan and Jeffrey Eisenberg\u00a0start from &#8220;the premise that customers have always behaved more like cats than Pavlov&#8217;s dogs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000SEIWFS\/\" target=\"_blank\">Waiting for Your Cat to Bark?: Persuading Customers When They Ignore Marketing<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;provides business with a proven context for rethinking customers and retooling marketers in a rewired market.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Web Analytics 2.0<\/h3>\n<p>Written by\u00a0thought leader Avinash Kaushik, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Web-Analytics-2-0-Accountability-Centricity\/dp\/0470529393\" target=\"_blank\">Web Analytics 2.0: The Art of Online Accountability and Science of Customer Centricity<\/a>\u00a0<i>&#8220;<\/i>presents a new framework that will permanently change how you think about analytics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As described on\u00a0Amazon, &#8220;The book will help your organization become more data driven while you become a super analysis ninja!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.24.11-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"941\" height=\"421\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3264\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.24.11-PM.png\" alt=\"Web Analytics 2.0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.24.11-PM.png 941w, https:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/30040037\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-2.24.11-PM.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.webanalytics20.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Image credit<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Communities<\/h2>\n<h3>DataTau<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.datatau.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DataTau<\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2013\/12\/13\/datatau-launches-as-a-hacker-news-for-data-scientists\/\" target=\"_blank\">been described<\/a> as a &#8220;Hacker News for data scientists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This online community was founded in 2013 by Rohit Sivaprasad, who was a grad student at North Carolina State University at the time. 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Aesthetics are an important part of information visualization, but pretty pictures are not the aim of this subreddit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bonus: If you are\u00a0a data visualization practitioner or researcher, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/dataisbeautiful\/comments\/2fgcwh\/user_flair_for_data_visualization_researchers_and\/\" target=\"_blank\">you can apply<\/a> for &#8220;special DataIsBeautiful flair&#8221; (which naturally made me think of Jennifer Aniston&#8217;s character on Office Space).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Jennifer-Aniston-Office-Space.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3208\" src=\"http:\/\/d1vqbpto5tbbz0.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/29235237\/Jennifer-Aniston-Office-Space.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Aniston Office Space\" 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