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  • Make your marketing plan
    How to market a SaaS productHow to market your B2B businessHow to market a D2C brandHow to market your marketing agencyHow to market your product as a technical founderHow to validate a business idea without spending moneyHow to create an ideal customer profileHow to do customer interviewsHow to do a competitor analysisHow to write a value propositionHow to choose marketing channels for a SaaS startupHow to choose marketing channels for a B2B companyHow to choose marketing channels for an ecommerce brandHow to choose marketing channels for an agencyHow to fit marketing into your week as a solo founderHow much to spend on marketing as a SaaS startupHow much to spend on marketing as a B2B companyHow much to spend on marketing as an ecommerce brandHow to set a marketing budget for your agencyHow to price a SaaS productHow to price a B2B product or serviceHow to price a productHow to price digital marketing services
  • Get your first customers
    How to get your first 100 SaaS usersHow to get your first B2B clientsHow to get your first sales on ShopifyHow to get your first sale on EtsyHow to get your first client as a marketing agencyHow to get customers online for freeHow to get traffic to a new website for freeHow to get people to try your productHow to get beta users for your startupHow to get clients for a consulting business without referralsWhy no one is buying your product, and how to fix itHow to fix a SaaS launch that got zero signups
  • Launch
    How to build a waitlist before you launchHow to announce a new business on social mediaHow to launch on Product HuntHow to post a Show HN on Hacker NewsHow to submit your SaaS to directoriesShould you do an AppSumo lifetime deal?How to launch a D2C brandHow to launch a product on AmazonHow to launch a B2B product
  • Get found on Google
    How long does SEO take to work?How to find keywords for SEOTechnical SEO checklist for a new websiteHow to get your website indexed on GoogleHow to use Google Search ConsoleHow to measure SEO successHow to write a blog post that ranks on GoogleHow to make an article rank higher on GoogleHow to write competitor comparison and alternative pagesHow to get backlinks for a new websiteHow to get backlinks from news websitesHow to do SEO for a Shopify storeHow to list your products on Google Shopping for freeHow to set up a Google Business ProfileHow to rank on Google Maps
  • Get recommended by ChatGPT and AI answers
    How to get your brand mentioned by ChatGPTHow to get on the "best of" lists AI tools citeHow to show up in Google AI OverviewsHow to add llms.txt and schema markupHow to track AI traffic and ChatGPT mentionsHow to get your products recommended by ChatGPTHow to get your company recommended by ChatGPT as a supplier
  • Make content people look for
    How to plan a content calendarHow to repurpose content across platformsHow to use AI for content creationHow to write a case studyHow to build a free tool that brings in leadsHow to get booked as a podcast guestHow to start a YouTube channel for businessHow to make short-form videos for your business
  • Grow on social media
    How to find online communities where your buyers talkHow to get your first 1,000 followersHow to write a LinkedIn profile that brings in clientsHow to grow on LinkedIn as a founderLinkedIn post ideas for B2B companiesHow to build in public on XSocial media post ideas for SaaS companiesHow to promote your business on InstagramInstagram post ideas for D2C brandsInstagram post ideas for a marketing agencyHow to sell on TikTok ShopHow to promote on Reddit without getting bannedHow to promote your business in Facebook groupsHow to build a community around your brand
  • Reach buyers directly
    How to create a B2B lead list for freeHow to find a decision maker's email addressHow to warm up an email domain for cold emailHow to write a cold emailHow to get replies to cold emailsHow to follow up on a cold emailHow to do LinkedIn outreachHow to cold call past the gatekeeper
  • Close the deal
    How to run a discovery callHow to make a sales deckHow to do a product demoHow to write a proposal that winsHow to sell to enterprise clientsHow to respond to an RFPHow to design a pricing pageHow to move from spreadsheets to a CRM
  • Sell through partners, events and stores
    How to set up referral partnershipsHow to run a co-marketing campaignHow to host a webinarHow to get meetings from a trade showHow to get clients from networking eventsHow to do account-based marketingHow to get your product into retail storesHow to find distributors for your productHow to get listed in integration marketplacesHow to get reviewed on Clutch
  • Get reviews, press, creators and referrals
    How to get Google reviews for your businessHow to collect testimonialsHow to get your first product reviewsHow to make a new store look trustworthyHow to get G2 reviewsHow to find micro-influencers for your brandHow to get UGC for your brandHow to get TikTok Shop affiliates to postHow to pitch journalistsHow to get into holiday gift guidesHow to start a referral programHow to start an affiliate program
  • Email and newsletters
    How to build an email list for freeHow to grow a newsletter from scratchHow to write an email popup that isn't just a discountHow to set up Klaviyo flows for a new storeHow to write SaaS onboarding emailsHow to nurture B2B leads by emailHow to write a win-back email
  • Paid ads
    How much to spend on adsHow to make ad creativesHow to set up retargeting adsHow to run Meta ads for a Shopify storeHow to test Facebook ad creativesHow to fix ads that get clicks but no salesGoogle Shopping vs Performance Max for a small storeAmazon PPC for beginnersHow to run Google Ads for SaaSHow to run LinkedIn ads for B2B
  • Turn visitors into customers
    How to make a website for your businessHow to write homepage copyHow to write a landing page that convertsHow to fix a SaaS website with traffic but no signupsHow to fix a Shopify store with traffic but no salesHow to get more leads from a B2B websiteHow to write a product description that sellsHow to reduce abandoned cartsHow to A/B test a landing pageHow to improve website speed
  • Keep customers and grow each one
    How to get feedback from your first usersFree trial vs freemium: which to chooseHow to improve activation rateHow to turn free trials into paying customersHow to reduce SaaS churnHow to increase repeat purchasesHow to increase average order value on ShopifyHow to run a sale without training customers to waitHow to raise prices without losing customers
  • Measure what's working
    How to set up conversion trackingHow to use UTM parametersHow to calculate CAC and payback periodHow to calculate break-even ROASHow to track which channel brought each dealHow to run a monthly marketing reviewHow to get growth moving again when it stalls
  • Get help: hiring, agencies and AI
    Should you hire a marketer, an agency or a fractional CMO?How to hire a marketing agency without getting burnedHow to use ChatGPT for marketing
  • Run a marketing agency
    How to start a digital marketing agency with no experienceHow to go from freelancer to agencyHow to choose a niche for your agencyHow to package your agency servicesHow to price social media managementHow to get agency clients without case studiesHow to write a cold email for a marketing agencyHow to get agency clients on LinkedInHow to get clients on UpworkHow to find clients online as a freelance marketerHow to write a scope of work that stops scope creepHow to onboard a new marketing clientHow to set up client approvalsHow to keep client brand voices separate when using AIHow to manage multiple client social media accountsHow to run Facebook ads for clientsHow to write a monthly client reportHow to explain SEO timelines to clientsHow to reduce agency client churnHow to raise agency pricesHow to sell AI visibility servicesHow to hire your first contractorHow to resell white-label SEOHow to scale a digital marketing agency
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    How to sell SEO services to web design clientsSoonHow to turn website projects into monthly retainersSoon
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AcademyGet help: hiring, agencies and AI

Section 17

Get help: hiring, agencies and AI

Decide when to get help, who to hire and what AI can do for you.

3 of 3 guides written. The rest are marked coming soon and become links when they are published.

Start here

  • Should you hire a marketer, an agency or a fractional CMO?Decide whether to hire a marketer, an agency or a fractional CMO with one sum: what each costs in 2026, how many customers it must bring to pay for itself, and what to do yourself until one channel works.
  • How to hire a marketing agency without getting burnedHire a marketing agency without getting burned: hand over one job that already works, keep every account in your own name, send your brief to 20 agencies, sign a 30-day paid test you can leave, and check results in your own records every Sunday.

Use AI

  • How to use ChatGPT for marketingUse ChatGPT for marketing as a working assistant: set up one free project with your business facts today, let it research your buyers and draft 100 personal messages and 20 answers a day that you finish and send yourself, and every Sunday check what ChatGPT tells your buyers and which work brought people.
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