How Alex Kracov made Lattice a go-to name for HR professionals

Key PointsHow Lattice identified and focused on its niche through conversations with customers (01:55)My thoughts on how to enter a crowded market and find your space by attacking from below (05:00)How Lattice honed their marketing strategy and began interviewing big-name non-customers for their media channels, building a brand association (06:24)My thoughts on building mental availability with professional customers by keeping them in mind and engaging with them early, delivering them unique insights so you are a name they think of when they are ready to buy (07:57)How Lattice developed new products which threatened the existing major players, and their ongoing product strategy (09:09)How Lattice developed its culture around sharing success and caring about conversations, and the importance of that in a people-management platform (11:56)How Lattice managed to differentiate itself from its competitors by focusing on what employees needed, and building a non-sales focused community of HR professionals (14:24)My thoughts on building mental availability by placing yourself at the center of a user community, and leveraging that down the line (18:04)How Lattice managed to differentiate itself as a brand using distinct messaging once competitors caught up from a product perspective (20:54)My thoughts on hooking site visitors with great copy and design (23:18)How Lattice looked outside the box to market its product with books and billboards (23:50)My thoughts on introducing slight cognitive disfluency to your messaging, to force people to stop, think and notice you (24:29)How Lattice has managed to retain its customer base whilst targeting higher-worth customers, by providing messaging and support to both markets, and adapting its marketing and sales strategies (25:30)How Lattice has become more ambitious with its marketing as it has grown, taking larger, big-budget risks to build its community (28:21)Wrap up (31:15)Mentioned:Alex is now CEO and founder at Dock.usLatticeCulture AmpDavid Cancel (Drift)Clayton ChristensenMy Links:TwitterLinkedInWebsiteWynterSpeeroCXL