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How Darkroom Grew

Photo and video editing app for creators

How did Darkroom grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Darkroom grew primarily through community marketing by leveraging connections within the mobile photography community. The founder reached out to community members, seeded the app to them, and created buzz through early access and a public beta announcement.

Channels

1 channel · grouped by how Darkroom grows

  • Community marketing

    · 1 mention
    “I had connections to a lot of the mobile photography community I reached out to them and I was just like did you know we met up for coffee in San Francisco ... I seeded the app to them ... When we got close to launch we announced a public beta ... so many quote-unquote influencers had seen it in ...”
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How 2,667 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Darkroom’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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