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How Design Buffs Grew

Design subscription service for B2B marketing teams

How did Design Buffs grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Design Buffs grew initially by sharing their tool on LinkedIn, which generated the first few downloads. They also wrote an in-depth article on virtual backgrounds and offered the Zoom Background Generator as a content upgrade, contributing to growth through Product Hunt.

Channels

2 channels · grouped by how Design Buffs grows
  • LinkedIn

    · 1 mention
    “After having built the initial prototype, I shared the tool on my LinkedIn and got the first few downloads from there.”
    high
  • Product Hunt

    · 1 mention
    “I also wrote an in-depth article on virtual backgrounds and offer the "Zoom Background Generator" as a content upgrade.”
    high

How 2,546 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Design Buffs’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68%
  • Social media
    57%
  • Search/SEO
    57%
  • Email
    47%
  • Community
    31%
  • Content/Inbound
    30%
  • Partnerships
    28%
  • Events
    23%
  • Paid ads
    23%
  • Press/PR
    17%
  • Outbound/Sales
    14%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    7%
  • Brand Authenticity
    2%
  • Customer interviews
    2%