How Airbnb Hacked Craigslist for Viral Growth

Written by scottdclary | Published 2021/07/08
Tech Story Tags: sales | marketing | sales-and-marketing | digital-marketing | content-marketing | startup-marketing | b2b-sales | marketing-strategies | hackernoon-es

TLDR Airbnb was one of the first-ever true ‘Unicorns”, achieving a billion-dollar-plus evaluation. It's not a surprise that startups are emulating and unpacking their business model to try to replicate their success. Here are a few lessons we can learn from Airbnb’s Craigslist strategy. Be unconventional, don’t overcomplicate a customer acquisition process, and keep it simple. Do boring things that work, and growth doesn't have to be sexy.via the TL;DR App
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Written by scottdclary | Host of The Success Story Podcast. I write a newsletter to 321,000 people. newsletter.scottdclary.com
Published by HackerNoon on 2021/07/08
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