Neil Patel

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A lot of people saw their traffic drop. And of course, at the same time, people saw their traffic increase because when one site goes down in rankings another site moves up to take its spot. I’ve been doing SEO for a long time… roughly 18 years now. The only one who actually knows is Google. A new trend.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 12, 2021

Who is your target audience? Start by creating a buyer persona map , which will help you understand who your audience is and what they want. What features do people ask for, and what features do they dislike? Who is using these apps? Considering building an app? You’re in good company. How to Build Out Your App Idea.

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Upscope

JANUARY 5, 2020

Related : 10 Companies Show you their Go-to-Market Strategies Also see : 3 Copywriting Secrets for Ranking on Google And : Using Jobs to be Done Method to Explain What Your Company Does Contents Skip this blog post and just read the book Why positioning matters What is positioning? This is not one of them. That's not gonna be me.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 7, 2021

Many question whether or not Google penalizes you for certain things like bad links , keyword stuffing, and shady black hat strategies. But the fact that high-quality content always outranks its competitors is proof that it’s essential to follow white hat strategies. Information is timeless. Penalizing Information Removal From Google.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Over 500 million people use Stories each day, but how can you use this social strategy to boost your professional reputation on LinkedIn? In this guide, I’ll show you how to use LinkedIn Stories and share strategies you can start implementing today. What Are LinkedIn Stories? Pull Back the Curtain. Document the Hustle.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Doug Kessler is the co-founder and creative director at Velocity Partners , a B2B Marketing Agency with a laser-sharp focus on content strategy, and the writer of articles such as The Search for Meaning in B2B , Crap , and Insane Honesty. There were still people taking four-hour lunches and coming back or not coming back at all.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

At some point in your journey, you’ll need to think about your exit strategy from your SaaS startup. We’d hate for that to happen to you. Develop a Full Marketing Strategy 2. Running a profitable SaaS business allows you to take control of your own schedule - some would even say your life! Table of Contents. Why Would You Sell?

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 9, 2020

This data is here to help you understand what type of content your audience is interested in so you can improve your YouTube strategy. If you hate wading through data, you’ll be happy to know YouTube analytics is pretty straightforward. It’s possible! How do you know whether your video has impacted your business?

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Casey Accidental

JANUARY 2, 2018

This blog post was adapted from a presentation I did recently. Who does this team report to? The best way to understand the frequency on which you should measure that metric is how often people solved this problem before your product existed. If it flattens out, that means some people are finding continual value in the product.

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How SaaS Works

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These are the real-world lessons learned from founding a SaaS company from ground zero to growing it all the way to acquisition as well as case studies from other SaaS companies who have both succeeded and failed. Architecting an effective, long running content marketing strategy has proven difficult for most companies.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2021

For the video people, by the way, my slides are much better looking than I am. ” It’s a myth that unicorns, just because they were successful, that everything they did was smart, and everything they say since having become a unicorn is right and true, and applicable to all people. Dharmesh : Thanks everyone.

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SaaStr

JULY 29, 2022

If we want to queue up the conversation, we did a blog post on SaaStr last week, about how everyone from Salesloft, to Zendesk, to Salesforce, Workday said they’re really seeing no slow down. Jason recently opened up an AMA on Twitter Spaces to answer questions about how to scale faster. Jason Lemkin: Okay. Let’s get it going.

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OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Editor’s Note: This article is Part 1 of a 4-part series that was first published on the Product Led Institute blog here. Instead, I’m going to share the same tactics and strategies I use to help SaaS companies optimize million-dollar user onboarding funnels. You’re going to see tested strategies that are working right now.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

G2 does a great job of suggesting the first app for new prospects who are seeking a specific solution, but Ryan sees great potential in becoming a trusted partner that solves problems the customer hasn’t thought of yet. That’s why more and more businesses are turning to sites like G2.com Ryan joined G2.com Prior to G2.com,

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

David is also the author of foreentrepreneurs.com the must read blog in the world of SaaS metrics. Who actually gets into these outlets? 309: David Skok is a General Partner @ Matrix Partners, the firm with a portfolio including the likes of Hubspot, ZenDesk, Quora, CloudBees and more incredible companies. Loving our podcast content?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jason Green : So who’s a founder in the room? And we are super excited to have two leaders who have been at the helm of creating literally hundreds of millions of dollars of enterprise value, maybe billions in the last few years. I just think you’re selling to people. So first of all, thank you both for joining us.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2018

300 people showed up to learn about all the new advancements in Sales Technology. In March of 2014, I started the SalesHacker.com blog. I actually negotiated to buy SalesHacker.com from someone who was writing a sales book and scooped up a bunch of domains. The Original Sales Hacker Blog. This was an inflection point.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The race to the 2017 finish line is in full throttle – While last minute closed deals are still trickling in, B2B organizations are researching how to shape next year’s sales strategy to align with the top sales trends that are expected to emerge in 2018. Growth of Omni-Channel Sales Strategies & Social Selling.

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Hacking Revenue

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

This sentence has been repeated by many experienced business people, especially since the introduction of SaaS and other cloud based online services. Having a face, a story and values, even if your product is only a blog (ahem, ahem) or a simple tool, is as important as the product itself. “In today’s world, It’s easier than ever.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 27, 2021

There are tons of strategies for driving more traffic. You can write more blog posts and e-books, leverage better keywords, and create a social media publishing schedule. To top it all off, inbound marketing trends shift almost as fast as SEO tactics. You can achieve this with great SEO, blogging, social publishing, and more.

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GetUplift

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

They find you through the content marketing plan you painstakingly designed, the comprehensive SEO and linking strategy you built, the paid ads… … And all the other marketing you put in place. It’s one of our blog posts. Visitors don’t just stumble on your site by accident. It’s very helpful.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 15, 2019

That means there is 1 website for every 4 people in this world. Drastic Change #1: SEO won’t look the same. I’m starting with this one because I know you are going to hate this. SEO is moving to voice search. That means more people will be searching through devices like Google Home or Alexa. That’s crazy!

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Shaan and I are in this text group where people talk about BigClout, your name comes up. Shaan: And I just want to describe for people who are not watching. I can't tell exactly who it is, John Lennon maybe. And he says that he listens to us almost every day for the past 60 days. Dharmesh: Yeah. Shaan: Amazing.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 16, 2021

Content upgrades could be the difference between your blog post converting at 6% and converting at 60%. Upgrading content involves: Writing a blog post Creating a piece of content that goes more in-depth on the post’s topic Offering readers of your blog post the option to receive the upgraded content in exchange for their email.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 2, 2019

So, you head to all of the marketing blogs to learn how to fix this, but for the life of you, your traffic won’t go up no matter which tactic you leverage. More so you have to change up your strategy. Week #1: Respond to comments on other people’s blog without spamming. I know what you are going through. Of course not!

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Neil Patel

JUNE 25, 2019

But hey, I can’t really hate on Facebook. For example, you may learn about new blog posts I publish through my email lists because every time I publish a new post, I usually send out an email blast. Every time I release a blog post or a video… again, I send a message out through push notifications.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Private Blog Networks (PBNs) claim to work because they generate backlinks – and that much is true. We know backlinks work to improve SEO and therefore visibility in the SERPs , but do PBNs work? What Is a Private Blog Network? What Is a Private Blog Network? At that moment, private blog networks were born.

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Neil Patel

MAY 19, 2020

As you can see from the screenshot above, I’ve driven 30 million visitors to my website from SEO. Technically it’s more, but who’s counting. I know that sounds contradictory because if you are an SEO, why wouldn’t you obsess about traffic, right? Lesson #2: The easiest way to grow your SEO traffic is international expansion.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 18, 2022

However, blog posts are still the top asset to engage with your audience and generate leads for your business. So what’s the one tool that can allow you to pack more power into each blog post so that generating leads isn’t like climbing a mountain? Audit Your Popular Blog Content. It happens to all of us.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Shaan and I are in this text group where people talk about BigClout, your name comes up. Shaan: And I just want to describe for people who are not watching. I can't tell exactly who it is, John Lennon maybe. And he says that he listens to us almost every day for the past 60 days. Dharmesh: Yeah. Shaan: Amazing.

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