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How Parseur Grew

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How did Parseur grow?

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Parseur grew by contributing to forums like Quora, where they found their first customers by answering questions about document automation and data extraction. They also published blog content focused on document parsing and data extraction to improve SEO, which over time generated traffic and sign-ups. Additionally, they built an integration with Zapier that eventually sent them highly qualified traffic. To retain customers, Parseur focused on delivering outstanding customer support, which was effective.

Channels

8 channels · grouped by how Parseur grows
  • SEO

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “So we did two things. The first thing was to start and publish some content on our website, some blogs about what is document parsing, what is data extraction, how does that work? Some things a bit more technical, some things a bit more general of what we thought people would be interested in. Bu...”
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    “In parallel, we published articles about email parsing and some use cases about how Parseur can help. After some time, articles started to appear on search engines and we got to traffic and sign-ups from them.”
    high
  • Referral Program

    · 1 mention
    “Our affiliate program: we give back 20% of the lifetime revenue generated by users referred to Parseur.”
    high
  • Pay Per Click Advertising

    · 1 mention
    “We created a Google Ads campaign to attract users searching for specific keywords around email parsing, pdf parsing, data extraction and let it run for a bit. After about 2 days and $200 spent, we got hundreds of visits and about 50 email addresses.”
    high
  • Great customer service

    · 1 mention
    “To retain customers, we decided to focus on delivering outstanding customer support, and it worked...”
    high
  • LinkedIn

    · 1 mention
    “Social networks: over the last year, we have increased our (initially non-existent) presence on Twitter and LinkedIn. To be honest, we’re yet to see much traction as this is not the place where our day-to-day customers spend their time.”
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  • Reddit

    · 1 mention
    “So we went in search of our prized target users. We found some on Quora and answered questions related to email parsing and data extraction. And that worked! We started to get visits and signups from Quora.”
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  • Integrations

    · 1 mention
    “Finally, we built an integration with Zapier, a tool that connects applications and allows them to exchange data with each other. ... After some time, Zapier started to send us some highly qualified traffic.”
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  • Contribute on Quora

    · 1 mention
    “And then in parallel, we started to contribute to some forums. The one at the time that was the most conversation was Quora that I think now is totally disappeared and replaced by Reddit. And Quora is where we found our first customers. There were already some people asking about document automat...”
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How 2,678 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Parseur’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
    17%
  • Outbound/Sales
    16%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    8%
  • Brand Authenticity
    2%
  • Product expansion
    2%