{"id":13113,"date":"2023-10-12T08:25:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/?p=13113"},"modified":"2023-10-12T08:25:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:25:36","slug":"growth-hacking-experimentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/growth-hacking-experimentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth Hacking Experimentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13117\" src=\"http:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/383beb0c-16c1-488a-93e1-ede368091304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/383beb0c-16c1-488a-93e1-ede368091304.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/383beb0c-16c1-488a-93e1-ede368091304-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/383beb0c-16c1-488a-93e1-ede368091304-768x518.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Growth Hacking is a buzzword these days. \u00a0Conventional marketers often find <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/growth-hacking-experimentation-7661\">Growth Hacking Experimentation<\/a> extremely challenging.<\/p>\n<p>However, traditional marketers exercise Growth Hacking Experimentation in their routine activities without realizing it.\u00a0 For instance, they pre-test variables, carry out A\/B testing, and incorporate the results of experimentation into improving the variables or products.\u00a0 This can be in the form of improving the existing content of an article, memo, or whitepaper we write for better conversion.<\/p>\n<p>Some marketers have made the best use of Growth Hacking by understanding the concept and appreciating how it works. \u00a0The know-how of the following key pillars involved in Growth Hacking allows organizations to achieve significant results:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analyze existing marketing projects: This entails taking into account an organization\u2019s key lead generation sources, <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/marketplace\/designing-a-marketing-channel-system-6387\">marketing channels<\/a>, traffic patterns, and page viewers.<\/li>\n<li>Establish objectives: Set goals to enhance the progress of your existing marketing initiatives and the ways to achieve those goals.<\/li>\n<li>Plan pilot tests to validate hypotheses: Develop a number of methods to test your assumptions and achieve your objectives.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct pilot tests: Test your hypotheses until the results bear any statistical significance.<\/li>\n<li>Document and share outcomes: Record the methods that improved your existing marketing tactics and share those with your team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Growth Hacking is all about growth in customers, revenue, or business.\u00a0 It necessitates a methodical process of prioritizing, implementing, and documenting ideas as experiments.<\/p>\n<p>Growth Hacking Experimentation encompasses the following 8 key steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Employ a scientific approach.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Establish objective.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Foster a culture of brainstorming and <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/defining-issues-and-generating-hypotheses-1691\">hypothesis development.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prioritize ideas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Design and execute experiments.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Evaluate results.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Share findings of experimentation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Learn from others.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/growth-hacking-experimentation-7661\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13118\" src=\"http:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Growth-Hacking-Flevy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1335\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Growth-Hacking-Flevy.png 1335w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Growth-Hacking-Flevy-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Growth-Hacking-Flevy-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Growth-Hacking-Flevy-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1335px) 100vw, 1335px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s delve deeper into the first four steps of the framework for now.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Step 1. Employ a scientific approach.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The first step of Growth Hacking Experimentation underscores the importance of a planned process free of any hit-or-miss element.\u00a0 The process should have well-defined steps from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/7-steps-to-brainstorming-3499\">brainstorming ideas<\/a> to creating hypotheses, executing hypotheses, and prioritizing ideas.<\/p>\n<p>The experimentation process should not be a one-off instance.\u00a0 Instead, it should be thoroughly documented, repeatable on other experiments, and scalable to other products, departments, and geographies.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Step 2.<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Establish objectives.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This step pertains to establishing actionable and measurable Growth Hacking Experimentation objectives and indicators to monitor the progress of this initiative. \u00a0All experiments should yield actionable and traceable results.\u00a0 The Growth Hacking experimentation should be incremental, building bit by bit.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, if revenue growth is the objective of a Growth Hacking experiment, then the acquisition of further, better leads will help realize this objective.\u00a0 This, in turn, requires increasing the conversion rate of the campaign generating fewest leads.\u00a0 At the campaign level, the aim should be to enhance conversions on a single landing page by 5%.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Step 3. Foster a culture of brainstorming and hypothesis development.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Fostering a culture of experimentation within your team entails consistently encouraging and motivating Brainstorming sessions.\u00a0 This assists in developing workable hypotheses.\u00a0 Establishing a structured method for tracking and documenting Brainstorming sessions is imperative for a successful Growth Hacking Experimentation process.<\/p>\n<p>Marketers should select a suitable internal documentation tool\u2014e.g., Excel, Google Doc, or Trello\u2014to record all ideas suggested by the team. \u00a0They should then mandate their team to transform brainstormed ideas into concrete hypotheses grounded in research and maintain a record of prioritized ideas, evaluation criteria, and the rationale behind decisions to serve as a reference point for future experiments.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Step 4. Prioritize ideas.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The next step of Growth Hacking Experimentation process requires assessing and ranking the growth ideas generated during the brainstorming session. \u00a0The prioritization of ideas demands establishing well-defined criteria for evaluating each idea. \u00a0Each idea should be assigned a score and rank based on the established criteria to objectively compare them.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in learning more about the next steps of Growth Hacking Experimentation? You can download <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/growth-hacking-experimentation-7661\">an editable PowerPoint presentation on <strong>Growth Hacking Experimentation<\/strong> here <\/a>on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\">Flevy documents marketplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Do You Find Value in This Framework?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You can download in-depth presentations on this and hundreds of similar business frameworks from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/pro\/library\">FlevyPro Library<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/pro\">FlevyPro<\/a>\u00a0is trusted and utilized by 1000s of management consultants and corporate executives.<\/p>\n<p>For even more best practices available on Flevy, have a look at our top 100 lists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/top-100\/strategy\">Top 100 in Strategy &amp; Transformation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/top-100\/organization\">Top 100 in Organization &amp; Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/top-100\/consulting\">Top 100 Consulting Frameworks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/top-100\/digital\">Top 100 in Digital Transformation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/top-100\/opex\">Top 100 in Operational Excellence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growth Hacking is a buzzword these days. \u00a0Conventional marketers often find Growth Hacking Experimentation extremely challenging. However, traditional marketers exercise Growth Hacking Experimentation in their routine activities without realizing it.\u00a0 For instance, they pre-test variables, carry out A\/B testing, and incorporate the results of experimentation into improving the variables or products.\u00a0 This can be in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/growth-hacking-experimentation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Growth Hacking Experimentation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":13117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[408,81],"tags":[3301,91,1629,313,3300,3292,1391,2953,700,3302],"class_list":["post-13113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-management-leadership","category-strategy","tag-a-b-testing","tag-brainstorming","tag-experimentation","tag-growth-hacking","tag-hypotheses-development","tag-hypotheses-testing","tag-idea-generation","tag-lead-generation","tag-marketing","tag-pilot-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13113"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13120,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13113\/revisions\/13120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}