What is Growth Hacking?

Are you curious about growth hacking? Have you spent time on social media and seen this buzz word being banded about like nobodies business? - Unfortunately marketers like buzz words but that's no good for small business owners and those starting out in online marketing, it can be confusing when you are simply trying to understand the basics and cut through the noise. So I am going to take the time to explain some of these marketing buzz terms for you! So what is 'Growth Hacking in plain english?'... Growth Hacking is a buzz word meaning to hack or to cheat the system for growth, so you don't have to spend the time doing monotonous jobs like growing a blog organically or slowly. Basically it's taking a fast route to where you need to get, like getting a huge social media following fast or getting thousands of viewers to your blog quickly by creating a system that well.. 'cheats the system'.

Growth hacking is where you can find a fast process or system for success for growth but very quickly. Normally to grow your business fast by finding a quick route to selling more products or services with social media or online marketing. There are real people out there who do 'growth hacking' as a real job. They aren't meant to replace your whole marketing strategy but find ways to help you get there quickly and grow quickly which for a start up can be essential. The aim of a growth hacker is to help you grow your business and quickly using various systems and strategies. The growth hacker may analyse campaign results and rinse and repeat over again until the desired result is achieved.

Growth hacking is a good thing (in my opinion), for me it takes the wishy washy out of online marketing and leaves you with a goal in mind that you must achieve fast to grow your business quickly.

Further reading? - check out this guide: The Definitive Guide to Growth Hacking via Quick Sprout