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Growth hacking for brands

In short

Growth hacking is a process, not a trick: measure the funnel, prioritise hypotheses, run clean experiments, document results, scale winners. ViralBP builds that loop including tracking, so growth becomes repeatable instead of accidental.

The loop

Reach produces content, content produces trust, trust produces conversion, conversion produces advocacy, advocacy produces reach. Every station is measurable and every station is a lever.

Growth loop — diagram

AARRR: where it stalls

We measure acquisition, activation, retention, referral and revenue and attach experiments where the leverage is — not where the work is most fun.

AARRR — funnel with experiment markers

Prioritising with ICE

Every hypothesis gets impact, confidence and effort. What ranks high gets tested. What ranks low stays documented instead of forgotten.

Hypothesis 01running

Onboarding in 3 steps

Metric: Activation rate

Hypothesis 02winner

Hook variant B

Metric: 3s hold rate

Hypothesis 03planned

Referral at first success

Metric: Referrals

Experiment cards — hypothesis, metric, status (example)

Growth hacking and performance marketing

The two complement each other but answer different questions.

	Performance marketing	Growth hacking
Question	How do we buy reach efficiently?	Where does the funnel lose people — and why?
Levers	Bids, audiences, creatives	Offer, onboarding, product, referrals
Rhythm	Ongoing optimisation	Experiments with hypothesis and metric

How a growth sprint runs

Audit: review data, funnel and bottlenecks
Backlog: collect hypotheses and prioritise by ICE
Experiments: launch two to three tests with a clear metric
Analysis: document results, including the failures
Standardise: move winners into everyday operations

Which methods work in B2B

In B2B, buying cycles are longer and volumes smaller. Experiments therefore target early signals such as qualified conversations, trial activation and referrals among existing customers. More in the article “Growth hacking in B2B”.

Everything on growth hacking

ServiceGrowth auditThe growth audit answers one question: where is the business losing the most growth today.ServiceConversion optimisationMore traffic to a weak page costs more than a better page.ServiceReferral & loyaltyA referral loop works when recommending makes sense for both sides and has a natural occasion.InsightsGrowth hacking for brands: the AARRR framework in practiceAcquisition to revenue with concrete metrics and the typical bottleneck per stage.InsightsPrioritising experiments: ICE vs. RICETwo scoring models, their weaknesses and when each is worth it.InsightsReferral loops that do not look like discount warsIncentives beyond money: access, status, utility — and how to design the occasion.InsightsSet up event tracking before you optimiseWithout clean events every optimisation is a guess. What the minimum looks like.InsightsGrowth hacking in B2B: methods for long buying cyclesWhat is different in B2B, which methods work and how to evaluate experiments with small numbers.

How we work together

Six steps, each with an approval point. You always know what happens next.

01StrategyGoal, audience, metric. What should be different afterwards?
02IdeaAngle and mechanic. The reason someone looks.
03CastingCreators by niche, audience fit, engagement quality, content skill.
04ProductionBrief, shoot, edit, variants, approval, rights.
05LaunchOrganic plus amplification. Whitelisting, Spark Ads, paid.
06Testing & scalingAnalysis, learnings, next wave. Scale the winners.

What we need for an offer

The more precise these points, the more reliable the first offer. Anything missing we clarify in conversation.

Business model and main funnel (shop, app, lead generation)
Current metrics, as far as available
Read access to analytics and ad accounts
The bottleneck as you see it
Internal capacity for implementation (development, design, content)
Timeframe and decision path

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FAQ

What does a growth hacker actually do?

Forms hypotheses about why growth is missing, prioritises them, tests them with minimal effort and scales what works. The difference from classic marketing is speed and measurability, not secret knowledge.

Does it require a large budget?

No, but it requires traffic. Without enough users, tests take too long. At low volume we use qualitative methods and larger changes instead of fine-tuning.

What is a growth hacking agency?

A growth hacking agency systematically looks for the bottlenecks in a brand's growth and tests solutions in short experiments — from offer and landing page through onboarding to referral mechanics. The result is a documented learning process rather than isolated measures.

Terms

Influencer Marketing: Paid or consideration-based collaboration with creators who have their own audience. The goal is recommendation in the context of their credibility.
Micro-Influencer: Creators with roughly 5,000 to 100,000 followers. Smaller reach, usually closer topical fit and better comment quality.
UGC: User generated content. In an agency context: creator footage in the platform's native look, used as advertising.
Guerilla Marketing: Campaigns that create attention through idea, place or timing rather than media volume.
Growth Hacking: Experiment-driven work on funnel, offer and product environment aimed at repeatable growth.
Creative Fatigue: Loss of ad effectiveness because the reachable audience knows it. Visible in rising frequency and falling click rate.

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