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How Canny Grew

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How did Canny grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Canny grew primarily through organic channels, including SEO and content marketing on their blog, which helped build brand recognition and increase trial sign-ups. They also leveraged integrations and launched on Product Hunt, which brought in a significant number of users early on. Additionally, paid advertisements focusing on buyer-intent keywords and experimenting with Facebook and Google ads contributed to their growth.

Channels

12 channels · grouped by how Canny grows

  • SEO

    · 4 mentions · 4 sources
    “Yet in October when we wrote a blog post about how we got to ramen profitability, our trial sign-ups doubled.”
    high
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    “Our strongest channel is organic, via 'Powered by Canny'.”
    high
    “The old SEO strategies are very much alive and should be used.”
    medium
    “Telling our story on the Canny blog... did start getting our name out there. Along with the 'Powered by Canny' link in our product, we were seeing the start of a recognizable brand.”
    medium

  • Email marketing

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “We’ve begun experimenting with FB + Google ads. Turning $X into $Y seems like a no brainer if Y > X.”
    medium
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    “After launch, we started writing blog posts.”
    medium
    “We also put effort into: Writing and distributing good content on our blog”
    medium

  • Pay Per Click Advertising

    · 1 mention
    “we set up paid advertisements and landing pages, focusing heavily on buyer-intent keywords”
    medium

  • Franchise your business

    · 1 mention
    “we want to produce evergreen content that will work for you for a long time.”
    medium

  • Inbound

    · 1 mention
    “Since we’re low-touch SaaS, marketing is our primary method of acquiring new customers.”
    high

  • Integrations

    · 1 mention
    “We built many key features and integrations, some of which we were able to launch on Product Hunt”
    medium

  • Viral growth

    · 1 mention
    “Finding these comes down to staying on top of what’s happening in your space.”
    medium

  • Waitlist

    · 1 mention
    “We validated interest for the integration way ahead of time.”
    medium

  • Flea market sales

    · 1 mention
    “Especially if these are on sites like Reddit or Quora, be sure to mention your solution there.”
    medium

  • AudioPen Prime Beta Testing Recruitment

    · 1 mention
    “We launched on Product Hunt. Our launch went amazing. Over 350 companies tried Canny that week.”
    high

  • Networking events

    · 1 mention
    “the majority of their users work in tech”
    medium

  • Word of mouth

    · 1 mention
    “Don’t discount 'brand building' content. While hard to measure, you’ll gain supporters and word-of-mouth.”
    medium

How 2,669 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Canny’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68% ◀
  • Social media
    58%
  • Search/SEO
    57% ◀
  • Email
    47% ◀
  • Community
    33% ◀
  • Content/Inbound
    31% ◀
  • Partnerships
    30% ◀
  • Paid ads
    24% ◀
  • Events
    24% ◀
  • Press/PR
    18%
  • Outbound/Sales
    16% ◀
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    8%
  • Brand Authenticity
    2%
  • Product expansion
    2%
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