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@randfish

Founder of , husband to , feminist, author of "Lost & Founder". Formerly . I tweet ~40X/wk on marketing, tech, & startups.

Joined June 2007

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 4

    My new book: Lost and Founder exists to bring transparency to topics the startup world seems scared to tackle: - Depression - Layoffs - Failure - Why growth hacks fall flat - Why pivoting sucks - Why MVPs fail - How much $$ founders+employees actually make

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  2. 8 hours ago

    This is a really compelling idea. I like having rough, long term guesses, but calling them "guesses" sets everyone up for reacting intelligently to new information vs being trapped by "plans." h/t (from +)

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  3. 9 hours ago

    Happy birthday to the love of my life. Flying home to take you out to dinner ❤️❤️❤️

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  4. 9 hours ago

    Sadly, I think is moving in a more "serious,"/"enterprise" direction, so they're not using the amazing thumbnail I made for this week's WB Friday . I bought this costume specifically for it. You'll just have to imagine :-)

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  5. PPC/SEM folks in Puget Sound -- -- Expedia's hiring an SEM manager; have heard good things about this team, & if you're looking for a powerful player in a challenging field, this is it.

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    23 hours ago

    Poll: Thinking of starting a free SEO newsletter because I'd like to share+discuss more great content out there (beyond Zyppy). What do you think?

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    Sep 3

    Fortnite is impressive, but it’s absolutely dwarfed by the world’s largest video game, LinkedIn, played exclusively by 40-50 year old white guys who compete by sending random connection requests in a quest to build the furthest-reaching “professional network.”

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    Sep 6

    Startup storytelling should not only make your audience evoke emotion, but you too should be emotionally passionate. Thanks for taking a stand on entrepreneurs taking control of their life and business opportunities. is building something special!

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  10. Sep 6

    My presentation from on the things that would have made me (and will, hopefully, make you) a better entrepreneur:

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    Sep 6

    Here's something from you don't always see companies do - respecting your privacy. By default, the toggles for receiving e-mails / updates are turned off. If you want to receive any communications, you have to opt-in for it. Neat one, .

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    Sep 5

    Interesting Data: Correlation isn't causation, but Shopify/Wordpress sites receive FAR more Google traffic per domain than Wix/Weebly: Which CMS platform performs best on Google? – A study of 1-million websites

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  14. Sep 5

    Joined & 's podcast: The Law of Startups to chat about the structural and legal innovations that startups can consider (& a little bit about regulations, crypto, societal goods+bads, too)

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  15. Sep 5

    Love this piece from . The discipline, self-awareness, & courage required as a public company founder to reject growth at all costs is no small thing.

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  16. Sep 5

    Another feature of Trending I love is seeing the marketing world's reaction to the news, e.g. Google's proposals to kill the URL:

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  19. Retweeted
    Sep 5

    I'm not going to go into details, but for those who have been following my latest experiment which sparked much controversy in the security world, I have on final update. Google has issued a pure spam penalty which is now visible in the new Search Console.

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    Sep 5

    New — 10 Elements of Power Category Pages That Rank + Convert The techniques to turn invisible category pages into valuable SEO assets. Please share!

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