Video has indeed killed the radio star a long, long time ago. And then the pandemic hit, additionally skyrocketing the amount of time we spend online. Not only are we now used to streaming movies and TV shows, but our kids have streamed their school lectures and we’ve replaced educational books with video classes. We’ve…
Word-of-mouth marketing is incredibly powerful. In fact, it’s so powerful that in a recent survey, 93% of respondents stated that their purchasing decisions are most influenced by recommendations given to them by friends or family. However, it needs to be encouraged and facilitated. There are still plenty of customers out there who ignore referral programs…
Learn more about why Wix might not be the most suitable option for you and discover the best Wix alternatives to see which one meets your requirements.
A resource for finding effective writers that can create blog content for your company. You’ll have several options to choose from and many of the writers are college grads or professionals who are passionate about writing. Articles can be written for $25 a pop to $45 based on what you need.
Yandex, the Russian equivalent of Google, has released their own expansive analytics tool called Metrica. More expansive and with better looking reports, some people choose Metrica over Google Analytics for privacy concerns.
Ad retargeting is all the rage right now for online marketing, and for good reason: It’s relatively cheap and very effective. But it’s not the most intuitive thing to figure out. Retargeter manages your retargeting ad campaigns for you.
Automate Ads puts ‘digital advertising on autopilot’, allowing you to manage and optimize all your online marketing in one place. Their system can A/B test your ads and automatically start using the ones that perform the highest, as well as rotate ads automatically to prevent ad fatigue to your audience. Pricing is based on your…
KingSumo is a popular wordpress plugin that creates a standalone page on your blog (it can also be installed by itself in a wordpress directory if you have an otherwise static site). It’s somewhat limited in features, but the interesting thing about KingSumo is that it encourages sharing the contest with others, because the participant…
Plausible is a lightweight, non-intrusive alternative to Google Analytics that preserves privacy and loads faster than GA. Free trial, then starts at $6/month.
BuzzSumo is a great resource to find influencers within your niche or industry, people who can really help give your project a boost by talking about it. Find them, butter them up, and do whatever you have to in order to get them to put your Startup in front of their audience.
A much newer system with a beautiful backend interface, Growsumo went through Y Combinator recently and has mostly modern Startups as its clientele. It does not yet manage actually paying out, like most of these systems do, but it does track how much you owe affiliates, and then you could just pay your affiliates with…
MyTweetAlerts is like Google Alerts for Twitter. You can receive alerts and get emails when someone tweets about some topics and the tweet has more than X likes or Y retweets. You can also get emails if someone tweets about some keywords and he/she has more than X followers. So it is really useful to…
In the Four Hour Work Week, Tim Ferriss talks about having an outsourced team that manages every aspect of your business while you sit on the beach. Virtual Collective actually provides that team. Whether you’re looking to hire a copywriter, social media manager, developer, or all of the above and more, Virtual Collective can provide…
Hugely popular within the Startup community, Medium has a beautifully elegant web editor. It’s a great place to post if you don’t want to host your own blog, and it’s easy to grow a following within the very active community.
Probably one of the most comprehensive guides to starting a blog we’ve ever seen. But, not surprising since the the author, Ryan Robinson, is known for his in depth articles and huge lists of business ideas. Despite the many blogs out there, it still remains one of the simplest businesses you can start. And can…
Content Marketing is crucial these days, and blogging is awesome, but it’s definitely time intensive. If you don’t want to spend the time or energy on it, you could always outsource blogging. It’s difficult to find a quality writer, but Growth Geeks offers ten different blogging related gigs, from two articles a month for just…