Most startup founders don't know how to hire marketers.
Here's how a lot of convos with founders go:
Them: "I need SEO."
Me: "What makes you say that?"
Them: "Oh.. um... hmmm, I read a thread on Twitter."
Me: "You should work with a strategist to identify what to do."
We’re in week 2 of our Un-ignorable Challenge
This is the first time running the challenge, and we ran into a few tech hiccups (mostly all *my* fault)… so I was feeling a bit low
Then I got this DM from one of our participants and felt a million times better 🤩
We've helped 1,000+ people build a Twitter audience.
Some have gone from 100 to 12k followers in less than 90 days. (100k+ in a year.)
Here's the framework for growing smarter and faster:
~2 years ago we hired someone to rebuild our agency from scratch.
It now does $3M+/yr.
Within 10 mins of meeting Ian, I thought:
"I had no right running an agency when people like him exist."
Hiring him was the one of the best decisions of my life.
Here's how we hired him:
Invites sent for Un-ignorable cohort 1!
If you're one of the lucky ~200 people who will be joining us for the next 3 weeks, check your email for one from Framework.
Content marketing of the past:
1. Do keyword research.
2. Create an article for those keywords.
3. Wait and repeat.
4. (Plus link to the article in a tweet and send it to your newsletter.)
Content marketing in 2023:
Tomorrow 63,244 founders and marketers are going to receive 3 unique growth tactics:
1. Boosting engagement with comments
2. Propaganda and Bensi
3. ChatGPT outlines
Check our profile to subscribe
Wow. 127 spots for the Un-ignorable Challenge sold out in 6 minutes!
Thanks to everyone who made this possible.
Congratulations to everyone who made it in!
Learning: It only gets slightly less nerve-wracking sending emails to 62,000+ people each week.
Just hit send on issue #100 of our Growth Newsletter
I remember being nervous pushing send to 1,000 for issue #1.
Thanks to everyone for the last 3 years.
Here's to many more
In 2019, Justin Welsh had 2,500 followers. Now he has:
- 350k LinkedIn followers
- 275k Twitter followers
- 67k newsletter subscribers
He makes 7 figures per year—96% profit. Part-time. Just him and some contractors.
Here's a breakdown of how Justin has grown and monetized:
launched Un-ignorable with a Google Doc & link to a simple signup form and sold out within hours.
No fancy website or tech.
Just a few compelling words and gifs.
In 2019, Lenny Rachitsky had 0 subscribers and 0 revenue.
Today he has over 275,000 subscribers, 1M+ podcast downloads, and makes 7 figures per year.
It's mostly just him and some contractors.
A deep-dive into how Lenny grows, and how he makes 7-figs:
3% to 5% of online courses are finished.
We blame the format. Most courses are just way too long.
That's why we're launching Sprints.
Video courses for startups looking to learn growth as efficiently as possible (in just 3 to 5 hours).
Our first topics ready for pre-order:
Course content officially available in mid-January.
Reserve your spot for $129 until Dec. 19th (regular price $199)
Don't see a topic you love?
Comment and let us know which topics you'd like to learn!
Brand Strategy Sprint
For startups who want to build an impossible-to-forget brand.
Learn how to launch the kind of brand that triggers consumers’ desire to buy.
Taught by brand specialist and head of our agency, Ian Martins.
Own the Inbox Sprint
Deliverability is the most important lever in email marketing, yet many marketers overlook it.
Keep your emails from going to spam/promotions.
Learn modern email deliverability from former Grammarly email marketer, Drew Price.
Creative Strategy and Testing Sprint
Ads are really hard to make profitable in 2023.
Learn to make ads that make people stop and pay attention.
Taught by strategist behind Nike Budweiser, Spotify, and Hershey—Rafael Gi from Bell Curve.
3% to 5% of online courses are finished.
We blame the format. Most courses are just way too long.
That's why we're launching Sprints.
Video courses for startups looking to learn growth as efficiently as possible (in just 3 to 5 hours).
Our first topics ready for pre-order:
Ahrefs is the king of SEO tools. They hit $100M in revenue this year.
Here's how their homepage converts visitors into customers:
(PS: I have no Ahrefs affiliation)
F*ck building an audience
Having an audience is useless if you do it wrong
Here are 6 tips for creating content that drives likes *and* sales (tip 1 is very important)
I can teach you to be a much better marketing copywriter in 10 tweets.
Improving a few words can easily double your conversion.
THREAD: 10+ copywriting mistakes:
Our agency, Bell Curve, hit $3M in annual revenue in year 2. 30+% profit margin.
No outbound sales.
Very little marketing.
$100k initial investment.
A small handful of full-time people, and a bunch of really amazing contractors.
We grew by a combination of 5 things:
We had 1-on-1 conversations with four superstars for the Growth Summit:
Tim Urban, Nir Eyal, April Dunford, and Dru Riley.
Whoops I mean @waitbutwhy, @nireyal, @aprildunford, @DruRly
I've got the recordings for you today: