Have you ever gone to a baseball game without a scoreboard? No? Well, you should never buy software from a company without a scoreboard either. You need to know if you are winning or losing – in other words you need to set clear goals and the company needs to exceed them. At Drift, we […]
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Alright. If you’re into personal productivity (and getting more stuff done at work) then this episode of Seeking Wisdom is for you. DC and DG talk about Slack and a recent shift in how we’re communicating internally at Drift, plus lessons from Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and a new book […]
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Since launching our first chat widget on drift.com almost three years ago, real-time conversations with buyers on our website have been the #1 driver of our hypergrowth. Leads that come from conversations are 2.5x more likely to become opportunities than those from any of our other lead sources. And leads from conversations convert 2X faster […]
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It’s a special crossover episode of Build! And the first episode in our brand new dedicated feed (subscribe here to stay up to date when new episodes drop). Today’s guest? Dave Gerhardt, Drift’s VP of Marketing. Dave discusses his one week spent as a product manager at Drift plus, the real meat of this episode […]
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Always be learning. That’s the mantra Drift has lived by since day one. Which is why you’ll often hear our founder, David Cancel, say “Don’t reinvent the wheel.” And he’s right. Innovate, don’t invent. Practically every business question has been answered in a book. Sometimes we get so focused on one thing that we miss […]
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If you manage a website or blog — or regularly listen to podcasts — there’s a 99.999% chance you’ve heard of Squarespace. And considering the website creation company now boasts more than 2 million paying customers, there’s also a decent chance that you either a) use Squarespace yourself or at least b) know someone who […]
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Welcome to #Growth, a brand new podcast from Seeking Wisdom hosted by Matt Bilotti, Senior Product Manager on Drift’s Growth team. On our first episode, Matt digs into choosing the metric that matters. Plus, Pirate Metrics, mapping out your funnel and more. In this season you can expect to learn how to run growth experiments, […]
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We’ve got some exciting news from Drift and the Seeking Wisdom family of podcasts! We’re launching a brand new show called #Growth, hosted by Drift’s Matt Bilotti, Senior Product Manager on, you guessed it, our Growth team. His show covers everything from growth tactics, the metrics that really matter to your bottom line, funnel […]
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On the first Tuesday of every month we typically launch a new product that helps you book more meetings, create faster pipeline or have more conversations with your buyers. But keeping your data safe is our top priority. That’s why today we’re introducing Single Sign-On, so you can increase your team’s productivity while keeping your […]
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Mentors. Role Models. Learning from others. Those are topics we talk about regularly here on Seeking Wisdom – but there are actually 3 types of role models to follow and watch if you want to grow in your career, business, or personally. DC and DG break down Role Models, Reverse Role Models, Anti Role […]
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Editor’s Note: The following transcript is from Casey Neistat’s HYPERGROWTH 2018 presentation. It has been edited and condensed for clarity. Ready for HYPERGROWTH 2019? You can preorder tickets here. In his talk at HYPERGROWTH, Casey touched on the following: The transformation that’s taken place in marketing and media over the last decade. Particularly, in order […]
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On this episode of #Build, board advisor and Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, Julia Austin, shares her point of view on what makes a truly great product manager. How does she know? Well years of experience spent as CTO at Digital Ocean and VP of Engineering at VMWare and Akamai. Julia also opens […]
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