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16 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Side Hustles

Hearpreneur

I started my side hustle back around late 2014, early 2015. 7- DIY SEO blog. Due to the need of having to market myself, I learned social media and SEO. Pretty soon I started getting known as an SEO expert within the photography industry. Thanks to Feuza Reis, Next Level SEM ! #8- Photo Credit: Cynthia Brown.

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How to Use Growth Hacking to Increase Revenue 20x in Just 12 Months

Up and Running

Between January 2015 and January 2016, we grew our platform Slidebean from $1K to $20K in monthly recurring revenue. This is what our hiring landscape looked like over the past year: Pre-2015, we hired three founders: 1x hustler in charge of strategic growth hacking. Google AdWords or SEM (expensive). Display ads (cheap).

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How Can We Really Measure The ROI of Optimization?

ConversionXL

How can you tell what caused that – optimization, SEM, seasonality, word-of-mouth, or something else? Did those 30 new SEO pages cause the rise in conversion or was it just noise or something else? Leonardo Saraceni (@leosaraceni) August 27, 2015. Same question: how can you justify your contribution? Word-of-Mouth.

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28 Surprising Facts to Guide Your Small Business Marketing Strategy

crowdSPRING Blog

However, as of 2015 60% of small businesses did not have a website! Note that both word-of-mouth and SEO techniques are organic in nature. Note that both word-of-mouth and SEO techniques are organic in nature. Click To Tweet. A website is essential for every business. Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet.

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How To Make Audio Stories Using Podcasts To Tell Your Brand Story

Brandanew

I wrote about the Mystery Show earlier on SEM Rush as being supremely original and exciting. Use SEO optimization when you upload and edit your podcasts (e.g. Even if you didn’t care about the company yet, you began caring about the people. A humanized narrative got listeners invested into the brand and stories.

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25 Marketers Share Awesome Social Analytics Tools For 2016

Brandanew

2015 was a great year for Content marketers and brand owners. He has 12 years of experience helping agencies & businesses improve their online marketing efforts through SEO, SEM, and social media services. Adam Busch is a Content Marketer and SEO Specialist for RentLingo. image credit. Tool 7: Moz Pro.

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