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Content marketing for startups: what to write first
Content marketing for startups that brings buyers. Write comparison and use-case pages first, find topics from competitors, then share every post you write.
Getting your first users
Practical ways to find the first users, customers and traffic for a new product or website.
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Growth hacking strategies for startups that still work
14 growth hacking strategies for startups that still work, from alternatives pages and referral offers to getting named in AI answers. One action each.
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Where to find your first customers online
Find the communities, newsletters, review sites and groups where your buyers already are, using competitor mentions, AI citations and competitor ads.
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How to get backlinks for a new website
How to get backlinks for a new website by copying what works for competitors. Find who links to them, sort the sites by type and ask the ones that fit.
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How to get customers for a new local business
Set up your Google Business Profile, get early reviews, keep your name, address and phone the same everywhere, and reach nearby customers online and offline.
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How to win customers from your competitors
Find your rivals, the searches they win that you miss, how they advertise and what their customers complain about. Then build pages and a pitch on it.
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How to get your first 100 users
Your first 100 users come from manual work. Where to find them, how to reach out honestly, what to do by hand, and how to track which source works.
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How to get your first 1,000 users
Go from 100 to 1,000 users with repeatable channels. Keep what worked, write comparison pages, get named in AI answers, and test small paid ads.
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How to get your first B2B customers
Get your first B2B customers. List 50 target accounts, reach the person with the problem, ask for warm intros, and look credible when buyers research you.
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How to get your first customers for a new product
Get your first paying customers by charging early, selling yourself, finding people who already pay a competitor, and using your buyers' own words.
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How to get traffic to a new website
Get traffic to a new website on two tracks. Make it findable in Google and AI answers, and bring visitors now from communities, launches and first links.
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How to get users from Reddit without getting banned
Get users from Reddit by following each subreddit's rules, answering real questions and posting useful write-ups. Plus how to find threads worth answering.
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How to market a product with no budget
Market a product with no money by spending time instead. Use your network, communities, search pages, launch sites, partners and a site that converts.
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How to write ad copy by studying competitor ads
Collect competitor ads from Google, Meta and LinkedIn, break each into pain, promise, proof and offer, then write your own versions and a page that matches.
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How to prepare your website for SEO, AEO and GEO
A 6-step guide to SEO, AEO and GEO optimization. Let crawlers in, show content without JavaScript, fix titles, add markup and write answers AI can quote.
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Product Hunt launch checklist for your website
A Product Hunt launch checklist for your website. Fix speed, link previews, headline, signup and indexing before launch, then follow up after the traffic drops.
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How to validate a product idea with search data
Check demand before you build with search volume, trend, competitor ads and the questions people ask AI. Then confirm it with real talks and a presale page.
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