Guides on Content Marketing, SEO, & Agency Growth
SaaS Content Marketing
Driving traffic and sign-ups for SaaS companies with content and SEO.
How Intercom Built a $50MM ARR Empire Using Strategic Content Marketing and SEO
When it comes to building a startup, growth is king. Close second? Recurring revenue. Especially in the world of SaaS companies, having a steady stream of monthly and annual revenue is the hallmark of success. So, imagine building a business and scaling it to $50MM...
Content Marketing Secrets from Buffer’s Rise to 4 Million Users (And Beyond)
If you’ve been on Twitter at all in the last half decade, then you’ve likely heard of Buffer. The social media sharing and scheduling app has been a catalyst for a new paradigm in social media marketing. It allows users to find content or schedule messages to be...
Startup Content Marketing
Building a sustainable growth engine for bootstrapped and venture-backed startups.
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B2B Content Marketing
Using content marketing and SEO to drive demand and generate leads.
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Content & SEO
Articles, lessons, and takeaways on content marketing and SEO.
How to Measure & Track Content Marketing KPIs Without Getting Distracted
Bryan shares his real-life experience in building a successful business and the content marketing KPIs that he uses to stay focused on the metrics that matter. Blanketed by darkness in the eerie solitude of a desolate Oakland Coliseum, Athletics General Manager Billy...
Strategic Content Marketing: A Recipe for Growth
Content marketing without a strategy is a lot like throwing spaghetti at a wall. (Stay with me here.) When you're cooking spaghetti, one way to tell if it's done is--supposedly--to simply fling the noodles at the wall. If the pasta doesn’t stick, it's said to need...
Content Marketing in 2021: The Low-Hanging Fruit Checklist
I’m going to pretend that I found myself running a SaaS company when I woke up this morning. Our goal in 2021 is to grow, hit slightly-ambitious targets, and put the wrecking ball that was 2020 far behind me. My constraints are that I have: A small budget. Maybe 1-2...
How Intercom Built a $50MM ARR Empire Using Strategic Content Marketing and SEO
When it comes to building a startup, growth is king. Close second? Recurring revenue. Especially in the world of SaaS companies, having a steady stream of monthly and annual revenue is the hallmark of success. So, imagine building a business and scaling it to $50MM...
The No-BS Guide to Crushing it at Search
Fair warning. This post is probably going to piss some people off. Here's why: SEO can be complicated as hell. There are a billion on-page and off-page factors. The algorithm is constantly changing. And everyone is jockeying for a little leg-up over their...
Let’s Talk About “Growth Hacking”
“Grow or die.” “Growth is all that matters.” “Growth, growth, growth, growth.” Everyone loves growth. I get it. But most people seem confused about how growth actually works. When you’re building a company, it can feel like you’re just one brilliant idea away from...
Agency Journal
Stories from our journey building a multi-million dollar content marketing agency from scratch.
Content Marketing Strategy
Content marketing is tough. Often, companies think that it seems like the easiest strategy for growth. After all, all you have to do is write stuff and post it on your website--right? Of course, that’s an incredible simplification. Much, much more work and thought...
SEO for Startups: How Content Marketing Drives Organic Growth
If you’re a startup, you probably already know that one of the best marketing channels you can master is search. With the right SEO for your startup, you can bring in hundreds or even thousands of targeted visitors looking for your product or service every day and...
7 Fundamental Content Marketing Frameworks to Drive Traffic, Improve SEO, and Build Community
I started working in content marketing nearly (ahem) 10 years ago. Admittedly, I had no clue what the hell I was doing. I had just graduated from college with a degree in journalism and knew I liked to write. I was running a tiny online magazine (mostly for fun,...
The ROI of SEO: How to Calculate the Value of Organic Search Traffic
Imagine that you're thinking about hiring a marketing agency. Assuming that you don't have infinite money and you're actually looking to make a smart decision, you'll probably want to know a lot about what the agency will offer. In particular, you probably have two...
How We Scaled a Startup from 0 Organic Traffic to 100,000 Visitors/Mo (In About One Year)
A few years ago, I was tapped for a startup content marketing opportunity that quite literally changed my life. This is the story... My friends at College Raptor had just raised a Series A round for their incredible college matching technology. And the CEO asked me to...