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Tactics for growing your audience with giveaways, sweepstakes, waitlists, and referral programs, from the team behind 100M+ leads.

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Get a life. Raising a business and a family.

Get a life. Raising a business and a family.

My son was two and I decided to take him on a hike. He loved walking on his own through...

Aug 1st, 2013
Throw Out Your Pitch – It’s Not Working. Get Back To Basics.

Throw Out Your Pitch – It’s Not Working. Get Back To Basics.

The hard sell doesn’t work anymore – especially on the internet. These pitches:

Jun 27th, 2013
Zap Customer Signups into Salesforce, Infusionsoft, Highrise, and more!

Zap Customer Signups into Salesforce, Infusionsoft, Highrise, and more!

A landing page is great at collecting customer contact data. But what happens after you get a customer to sign...

Mar 14th, 2013
Where’s your cookie?

Where’s your cookie?

Last week I stayed at a Hampton Inn and Suites. One of their perks is “cookie hour” whereby they have...

Mar 5th, 2013
Create an instant connection with your customers

Create an instant connection with your customers

Here are just a few tips to create a stronger connection with your customers. It’s something we’re passionate about at...

Feb 14th, 2013
My toddler perfects your sales pitch

My toddler perfects your sales pitch

Meet Gabe. Gabe is almost three. He loves trains, the movie Cars, dinosaurs, and M&Ms. He’s not so sure about...

Jan 31st, 2013
Introducing “Instant Signup” for landing pages

Introducing “Instant Signup” for landing pages

Want to learn how you can get someone signed up in one click on your landing page?

Jan 15th, 2013
Using AWeber with KickoffLabs landing pages and lead capture forms

Using AWeber with KickoffLabs landing pages and lead capture forms

We are excited to announce you can now officially connect a KickoffLabs landing page to an AWeber email list. AWeber,...

Nov 29th, 2012
Best Practices for Testing Your Landing Pages

Best Practices for Testing Your Landing Pages

The following is a great guest post from Hagi Erez. He’s the founder of Pluralis. I personally think it’s a great idea because so many...

Nov 15th, 2012
Do people understand your landing page?

Do people understand your landing page?

How can you learn what people think about your landing page? {.c1}

Nov 12th, 2012
How to increase landing page conversions with great A/B testing!

How to increase landing page conversions with great A/B testing!

Make every visit count with the right message

Oct 29th, 2012
How to do a great product promo video for less than $200

How to do a great product promo video for less than $200

We have been wanting to do a simple promo video for KickoffLabs. However, to really do “right” can cost thousands of...

Oct 15th, 2012
About this blog

What does the KickoffLabs blog cover?

This is where we share everything we know about growing your audience with giveaways, sweepstakes, waitlists, and referral programs. We have been helping brands launch and scale viral campaigns since 2011, and we write about what actually works — not theory, not fluff, just tactics you can use today.

Whether you are a founder building pre-launch buzz, a marketer looking for higher conversion rates, or an e-commerce brand trying to turn one-time buyers into a referral engine, you will find something here. We cover launch strategies, landing page optimization, contest mechanics, email list growth, and the psychology behind why people share. We also break down real campaign examples so you can see exactly how others have pulled it off.

Expect honest takes on what drives results and what wastes your time. We have seen thousands of campaigns run through KickoffLabs, and we distill those lessons into posts you can actually act on.

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