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How Later Grew

Social media scheduling tool for marketers and brands.

How did Later grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Later grew through multiple channels including organic social media, influencer partnerships, and brand collaborations that showcased authentic content and measurable campaign results. Content marketing, particularly through SEO and blogging, also played a significant role in Later's growth by attracting inbound traffic from search engines. Additionally, launching on Product Hunt and subsequent word of mouth helped spread awareness of Later.

Channels

7 channels · grouped by how Later grows

  • Organic social media

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “we launched big on Product Hunt and then word of mouth spread from there.”
    high
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    “Want extra help growing and optimizing your social media for your business? Check out our Instagram training courses and downloadables: https://lat.gr/Training 💌 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: https://lat.gr/LaterNewsletter 📝 Read our latest blog posts: https://lat.gr/LaterBlog 📷 Follow us o...”
    medium
    “A showcase of creator-produced content from real influencer marketing campaigns powered by Later, featuring brand collaborations across social media platforms”
    medium

  • Influencer partnerships

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “the nice thing about influencer marketing is that you're just a bigger space and it just is kind of where things are going. You can kind of see SEO is getting more competitive. You can see paid advertising getting more competitive. It's just hard to find people. An influencer. Marketing is this w...”
    medium
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    “A showcase of creator-produced content from real influencer marketing campaigns powered by Later, featuring brand collaborations across social media platforms”
    medium

  • SEO

    · 1 mention
    “An interesting thing we, and this is very much a product of 2013, 2014, was we could tell by using various Google ad tools that a lot of people were searching for schedule Instagram post. ... So we always had very good Google inbound that led us to have such a large wait list ahead of when we lau...”
    high

  • Product Hunt

    · 1 mention
    “you need to have better channels than we launched big on Product Hunt and then word of mouth spread from there.”
    high

  • Content marketing

    · 1 mention
    “Through SEO, we started the blog, content marketing became a very important thing. Actually, at that point, we hadn't really been blogging yet, but we knew that was gonna be the- Later on, the blog was gonna be our big content.”
    high

  • Brand collaborations and giveaways

    · 1 mention
    “A highlight reel of creators partnering with brands through Later’s influencer marketing platform, demonstrating authentic content and measurable campaign results.”
    medium

  • Word of mouth

    · 1 mention
    “we launched big on Product Hunt and then word of mouth spread from there.”
    high

How 2,701 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Later’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68% ◀
  • Social media
    60% ◀
  • Search/SEO
    57% ◀
  • Email
    47%
  • Community
    34% ◀
  • Content/Inbound
    32% ◀
  • Partnerships
    31%
  • Paid ads
    24%
  • Events
    24%
  • Press/PR
    17%
  • Outbound/Sales
    16%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    9%
  • Product expansion
    2%
  • Influencer partnerships
    2% ◀
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