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Likes vs. Sales

Likes vs. Sales

Let me set the scene… It’s a warm summer evening in Vienna. It’s raining, you’ve been walking for hours. You pass a bar with this sign in the window: Do you…. (a) Giggle and keep walking.(b) Stop in your tracks, look for the door, and jump into the bar ...? I’ll tell...

How to drive more traffic to a new website

How to drive more traffic to a new website

I see this topic come up time and time again. A lot of the advice for driving traffic to a new site or brand is wonderfully vague. It's bullshit ideas and aspirational goals like... Publish better content than the competitionAdd internal linksSecure backlinks And just...

Why building an audience is better than building a product

Why building an audience is better than building a product

I recently got off a call with a startup founder who was going for a second round of funding. At the time of the call he had... Active daily users in the low 4-figuresEmail subscribers in low 5 figuresPast funding of low-mid 6-figuresDecided a new funding round was...

How do you stay motivated while building?

How do you stay motivated while building?

I came across this question on Reddit today: This is a really common problem with entrepreneurs and creatives of all types.  While you’re in “building” mode, it can be really easy to get sorta lost. It can feel like: You’ll never finish.Your product...

3 weird, effective, and funny marketing strategies

3 weird, effective, and funny marketing strategies

Here's the scoop. It's Sunday. And I was a little bored so decided to look into funny marketing strategies. The number of search results for this is huge. And honestly, most aren't the kind of things I'm looking fior. Most were simple explanations of how to be "witty"...