16 Best Digital Marketing Growth Hacks You Just Have to Try [Expert Roundup]

Founder at Influno

Leveraging referral marketing can be a powerful growth hack for any digital marketing strategy. By incentivizing your existing customers to refer new customers to your business, you can tap into a network of potential customers who are already predisposed to trust and value your brand.

To implement a successful referral marketing strategy, start by identifying what types of incentives will motivate your existing customers to refer others to your business. This might include offering discounts, free products, or other rewards.

Once you have a clear incentive in mind, make sure to communicate the referral program to your existing customers through various channels such as email, social media, or your website.

Finally, track the success of your referral program to see what's working and what's not. Monitor the number of referrals you're receiving and adjust your incentive or communication strategy as needed.

SEO manager at Mailtrap

SEO depends on quality content. High-quality content depends on SEO to generate search traffic. One won't work without the other.

Add the number and speed of publications to the formula, and you have a ready-made recipe for winning the SEO game.

Today, there are many AI tools of so-called programmatic SEO that allow you to automate the entire process from generating a content plan to publishing articles, such as GPT for Sheets or others. And if you don't use these hacks, your competitors will, leaving you behind in the SEO game.

VP of Marketing at INFUSEmedia

The quantity of content being published this year is set to increase as marketing teams continue to invest in content marketing and explore the suite of emerging AI writing tools. As such, breaking through the noise with content will likely become more challenging in this increasingly competitive space - putting more pressure on content marketers to deliver performance.

As a result, ensuring that content is relevant and accurate to the specific needs and pain points of your target audience is no longer enough. Teams need to invest time in developing creative ideas for content pieces that capture the attention and imagination of audiences.

Think interactive pages, video content, animated infographics, free tools, creative CSR campaigns, or even games. Combining quality and value with creativity will not only drive engagement but will also help to boost the reach of your brand as others share your content with their peers.

Co-Founder at Belkins Agency

Podcast marketing is a way to establish you and your organization as thought leaders and experts on the topic. Nowadays content creation is done by hired curators and editors, but what if your future clients want to hear your authentic voice and opinion? There is no better way than having 1 to 1 conversations about topics you know and care about.

By doing so, businesses can showcase their thought leadership, differentiate themselves from the competition, and build a community of loyal listeners. Additionally, featuring industry experts as guests can help businesses expand their network and gain credibility in the industry, leading to new leads and increased visibility.

Launching a podcast can be a significant investment, but starting with a minimum viable product (MVP) by participating in a few episodes of podcasts in your niche can help you measure outcomes and decide on your next steps.

Also, many of my clients and friends have other agencies specialising in podcasts helping them. Basically, you control the narrative, guests, and the conversation, and the agent does the pre-booking and post-production. This way it’s not gonna cost you a lot to try it out. I’ve run almost 3 seasons of my Growth Podcast with over 50 episodes, and I’d do more soon!

SEO Manager At SEO Magnifier

UGC is any form of content created by users, such as reviews, testimonials, social media posts, and images.

UGC Content is powerful because it comes from real customers and can build trust and social proof.

Here are some ways to use UGC for digital marketing growth:

• Encourage UGC: Encourage your audience to create UGC by asking for feedback, reviews, and testimonials. You can also run contests or challenges that encourage users to create and share content related to your brand.
  
• Share UGC on social media: Share UGC on your social media channels, and tag the users who created it. This will increase engagement and help to build a community around your brand.
  
• Use UGC in ads: Use UGC in your social media and Google Ads. UGC ads are more effective than traditional ads as they are seen as more authentic and trustworthy.
  
• Create a UGC gallery: Create a UGC gallery on your website to showcase the best UGC you have received. This can help to increase trust and credibility with your audience.
  
• Repurpose UGC: Repurpose UGC into other forms of content, such as blog posts or videos. This can help extend the content's life and reach a wider audience.
  

Founder of Earned Media

The byline technique is a valuable technique for marketers to discover where others have been published.

Marketers can reverse-engineer guest post work that others have done and identify potential targets for their outreach efforts.

Using this strategy, marketers and brands alike can find guest post and contributor opportunities by finding brands that do not have a 'write for us' page. This works particular well in the SaaS space.

By leveraging UGC, you can create a powerful digital marketing strategy that drives growth and engagement for your brand.

Growth Marketer at GrowthMentor

Interactive content such as quizzes, polls, and surveys can be a great way to increase engagement and capture valuable data about your audience.

By creating interactive content, you can encourage your audience to actively participate and interact with your brand, rather than passively consuming content. This can help to increase brand awareness, drive traffic to your website, and improve customer engagement.

Overall, by experimenting with interactive content, you can gain valuable insights into your audience and use that information to improve your marketing efforts and increase engagement with your target market.

It's a win-win situation where your audience gets to participate in something fun, and you get valuable data to improve your marketing strategies.

Content and Marketing Specialist at Narrato

Content creation is a key activity in digital marketing, so optimizing the content process is imperative for growth.

Most businesses are unable to scale their content processes, either due to lack of ideas or lack of resources. Eventually, their search rankings dip, they lose traffic and visibility over time and fail to build a place for themselves in this utterly competitive space.

As a digital marketer, one of your primary goals should be to minimize the time it takes to go from content planning to publishing. Invest in the right tools and talent to ramp up content creation speed and quality. Share detailed content briefs and style guides to minimize back and forth.

This will significantly reduce the time you spend on content production and leave you with more bandwidth to focus on things like competitive analysis, strategy building, and thus, digital marketing growth.

CEO at LawRank

Turn your best customers into brand ambassadors to help others quickly identify your brand as a possible solution and trust.

Put testimonials on your homepage, landing page, product pages, or testimonials pages to calm the anxieties and contradictions of first-time visitors.

Another great way is to leverage customer stories in your articles and emails to easily sell your product without having to talk yourself.

And finally, ask your customers to recommend you to their friends if they are satisfied with your products. Give them special discounts and additional perks to encourage them to review your products and recommend them to others.

Sr. Digital Marketer at FATbit

The majority of businesses have been focused on SEO and paid marketing for ages, but if they haven’t reaped the desired results, they need to switch their digital marketing approach a bit. Instead of sharing their entire knowledge through their websites, they can aim to benefit from the trust and authority of a renowned influencer.

The simple reason why influencer marketing works in 2023 is because it promotes word-of-mouth marketing. The audience reads about your product or service on the blog site of their favourite influencer, and suddenly your offering is more reliable. If you can reach out and build a network of various influencers, including both blog and video content generators, you can take your entire word of mouth to a whole new level.

Take the example of ChatGPT which outpaced all AI tools that relied on the traditional SEO and digital marketing approaches. Basically, ChatGPT gained immense popularity through word of mouth, and that’s exactly what influencer marketing can help you do for your business.

Marketing Manager at PhotoAiD

Working for some years in the marketing industry, I've discovered the power of data. Your strategies become more accurate and effective if the data are the foundation of your decisions.

By creating, maintaining, and conducting analytics reporting, you can extract key insights for future campaign development. The point is to learn how to gather the information that is the most accurate and relevant for you.

Do not believe in opinions; rely on numbers. The next step is to become familiar with some analytics tools that streamline the process. Using a data-first approach, you turn the guesswork into solid predictions, skyrocketing your marketing growth.

Founder at Botsify

Connect leads as soon as possible. Top-of-the-funnel leads are the best way to grow your marketing list.

And that can be done through live chat, exit intent popups and e-book giveaways. Once you have grown your audience, send them a sequence of emails to nurture their intent. Ask questions, take feedback, and ask about what problems you can solve for them.

You can always promote side businesses and new ideas to this list. If they are not buying your present product or offer, maybe they buy the next.

A few SaaS products have used the same strategy to push life-time-deals to their list, and just a few conversions generate some extra dollars for them.

Co-founder and CEO at BrushGalaxy

As someone in the digital marketing field, you might already have a blog. The next step is to look at how customers are responding to your content.

If the response to your content is dull, there are ways to improve it. You can conduct A/B tests on your home page content to see which subject lines play well with your readers and which tend to convert best.

There are other things you can test too. For example, if you have long forms for data collection, experiment with shorter forms and tally the results. You can publish your results for the world to see. Document every step of the way and tell the world about what you did right which experiments went horribly wrong.

Founder at OnlyOutreach

Who doesn't love to be quoted? And who doesn't love to quote? Expert roundups are a powerful content marketing tool that gives your target audience the opportunity to give their opinion and gain visibility for their work. This type of content is mainly used to create long, comprehensive posts filled with advice from experts in the field.

Creating an expert roundup requires doing some research and finding potential interviewees who are industry leaders, influencers or people with experience related to the topic at hand.

After selecting them, it’s time to reach out and politely ask them if they would like to contribute by answering three or four questions about their point of view on something related to your product or service. Include in your request how this could help them promote their work as well – because we all want more exposure!

Once you have the answers, craft an article and feature each of them with their contribution. In addition to gaining valuable insights from experts, you also benefit from the additional links that all participants are likely to share on social media, blogs or websites.

All in all, expert roundups can be a great way to boost your content marketing efforts and gain visibility for both yourself and your audience.

Founder & Cheif Editor at Dhandho Karo

Content partnership with other brands in a similar niche involves collaborating and partnering with other businesses in the same industry to create and share high-quality content that benefits both companies and their audiences.

This partnership can take many forms, such as co-creating blog posts, content exchanges, brand mentions, webinars, social media campaigns, videos, podcasts, or even eBooks.

A key advantage of content partnerships is the ability to reach a wider audience. By collaborating with other brands, you can tap into their existing customer base, which can help you grow your own following and increase brand awareness. Additionally, the content partnership allows you to access new perspectives, insights, and ideas that can help you improve your content and stay ahead of the competition.

Some of the other benefits of the content partnership include increased credibility and authority, cost-effective marketing, improved SEO, better engagement, etc.

Marketing Specialist at Slidemodel

Digital marketing trends are changing every year. Live and branded videos are two of the most popular trends in video marketing now, and people are constantly finding new and interesting ways to engage their audience with video content.

Those videos will act as a sort of “social proof” to potential customers. The launch of a new product is a major event in a company. What better tool to promote on the market in the digital world than video content?

It provides a better understanding of your product for the end user. Distributing videos via social media, and posting them on blogs and your website increases the possibility that your target audience will find you when searching for relevant information.