What was the bounce rate, avg visit time and conversion rate (email signup) between people who came from the non-designed vs. designed ad though? A higher clickthrough rate isn't necessarily better if more of the people…
One of the most useful design-related tools I've found is this color picker which generates complimentary colors for you based on model of your choice (triadic, analogous, etc.):…
What made the biggest difference for me was using a text to speech reader to proofread and edit. You are able to catch a lot of phrasing that looks ok but sounds wrong or awkward this way.
Agree the post over-complicates this. Also, the message and approach should be very different depending on who you're reaching out to and for what reason (example: getting a job versus getting a client). Providing value…
As other people have already commented, Gumroad raised venture capital (https://medium.com/s/story/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build...) before. Sahil had to revert Gumroad to a solo lifestyle business after it didn't…
It would be really cool if you could paste the url to an image, have a generator overlay the fire effect on top, and you can save that as a gif.
I would actually look up mid-size businesses you'd like to work with (who can use your skills) and email the owner or manager who works in an area related to your services. Let's say you're a developer. In this email,…
To add to this, it may take a long time to build a big enough audience to make money off ads. But you can use these educational articles as content marketing and lead generation for programming services (example:…
Believe it or not, really realistic looking computer generated Instagram influencers already exist. Example: https://www.instagram.com/lilmiquela/ - 1.2m followers
Have you taken a look at his main site? He's selling a course on growth marketing. I'm pretty sure being a freelancer journalist is not his main gig. Rather, this article was supposed to demonstrate one of the ways he…
Maybe the time and effort demands of both wouldn't have allowed it but given how Patrick's personal debt grew, it seems it would have helped to do at least a little bit of consulting while he was working on Appointment…
Random: I'm surprised that Boosted Board is still using "perfect for the last mile of your commute" in their marketing slogan. All the influencers I've seen with it (like Casey Neistat) use it to commute pretty long…
I just created a separate email address to receive all the newsletters I enjoy reading but don't want to mix with my work/personal emails. I check it 1-2 times a week. Works beautifully.
A lot of the students enrolled hoping to get a job later. The scam aside, this goes to show that too many people still believe in the old system: learn skill in school -> get job. Especially that one student who…
If you read the interviews of a lot of investors, many of them mention they invested because they believed so strongly in the founder. Afterwards, when their crazy concept works (example: Musk with SpaceX), these…
As a regular user of all the main email marketing services: I feel Mailchimp is missing the boat by focusing entirely on email and not offering a way to contact customers via: 1. In-app messages 2. SMS 3. Push…
What was the bounce rate, avg visit time and conversion rate (email signup) between people who came from the non-designed vs. designed ad though? A higher clickthrough rate isn't necessarily better if more of the people…
One of the most useful design-related tools I've found is this color picker which generates complimentary colors for you based on model of your choice (triadic, analogous, etc.):…
What made the biggest difference for me was using a text to speech reader to proofread and edit. You are able to catch a lot of phrasing that looks ok but sounds wrong or awkward this way.
Agree the post over-complicates this. Also, the message and approach should be very different depending on who you're reaching out to and for what reason (example: getting a job versus getting a client). Providing value…
As other people have already commented, Gumroad raised venture capital (https://medium.com/s/story/reflecting-on-my-failure-to-build...) before. Sahil had to revert Gumroad to a solo lifestyle business after it didn't…
It would be really cool if you could paste the url to an image, have a generator overlay the fire effect on top, and you can save that as a gif.
I would actually look up mid-size businesses you'd like to work with (who can use your skills) and email the owner or manager who works in an area related to your services. Let's say you're a developer. In this email,…
To add to this, it may take a long time to build a big enough audience to make money off ads. But you can use these educational articles as content marketing and lead generation for programming services (example:…
Believe it or not, really realistic looking computer generated Instagram influencers already exist. Example: https://www.instagram.com/lilmiquela/ - 1.2m followers
Have you taken a look at his main site? He's selling a course on growth marketing. I'm pretty sure being a freelancer journalist is not his main gig. Rather, this article was supposed to demonstrate one of the ways he…
Maybe the time and effort demands of both wouldn't have allowed it but given how Patrick's personal debt grew, it seems it would have helped to do at least a little bit of consulting while he was working on Appointment…
Random: I'm surprised that Boosted Board is still using "perfect for the last mile of your commute" in their marketing slogan. All the influencers I've seen with it (like Casey Neistat) use it to commute pretty long…
I just created a separate email address to receive all the newsletters I enjoy reading but don't want to mix with my work/personal emails. I check it 1-2 times a week. Works beautifully.
A lot of the students enrolled hoping to get a job later. The scam aside, this goes to show that too many people still believe in the old system: learn skill in school -> get job. Especially that one student who…
If you read the interviews of a lot of investors, many of them mention they invested because they believed so strongly in the founder. Afterwards, when their crazy concept works (example: Musk with SpaceX), these…
As a regular user of all the main email marketing services: I feel Mailchimp is missing the boat by focusing entirely on email and not offering a way to contact customers via: 1. In-app messages 2. SMS 3. Push…