Ep 127 Neylan McBaine joins. She had a front row seat to the earliest days of digital marketing in Silicon Valley, and she’s brought that experience to several top retailers’ marketing efforts in the years since. Neylan has served as both an in house marketer and as an agency account planner, giving her unique insight into the challenges and benefits of each. She currently is the CMO of Brain Chase, an educational technology tool for kids that disguises online learning with premiere curriculum providers as a massive global treasure hunt for a real­life buried treasure.
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3 Key Points:

       Avoid seasonality by expanding range of services provided.
       Expand curriculum to appeal to a wider audience.
       Prizes as incentive.

 Episode Notes: 

         00:59 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show
         01:44 – Witnessing 1999 – 2001 Silicon Valley dot.com boom/bust
         03:40 – Brain Chase curates online curriculum for Grades 2-8
         05:13 – Pricing
         06:42 – Summer 2014 – 500 subscribers; 2015 – 2000 subscribers
         07:21 – Price 2014 $199 down to $149 in 2015
         08:22 – Seasonality – introducing new Spring and Fall semesters in Feb 2016
         09:44 – Hoping to break $1 million in 2016
         10:15 – Teachers and parents were targeted for marketing
         11:53 – Expanded elective curriculum in 2016 to appeal to a wider audience
         12:54 – Partnered with Junior Explorers (see Episode 110)
         13:28 – Buried Treasure prize incentive
         14:45 – Follow @NeylanMcBaine
         16:23 – The Famous Five

Resources Mentioned:

Growth Geeks – The way Nathan hires growth hackers on a per project basis for things like info graphics, blog posts, and other growth projects.
Brain Chase
Junior Explorers
ReWork

Famous 5

Favorite Book?— Re-Work
What CEO do you follow?— Jason Fried
What is your favorite online tool?— Kickstarter
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?—No
If you could let your 20-year-old self know one thing, what would it be? How flexible I would need to be with my career.

 
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