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Notes: Go-to-market

Our thoughts, reflections and occasional rants on Go-to-market.

#88 — The Programmatic Influencer Marketing (pIM) playbook

June 27, 2025

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#88 — The Programmatic Influencer Marketing (pIM) playbook

Instead of ad-hoc one-off collaborations, move to systematic content series over months and many smaller influencers.

#87 — The Upgraded Go-to-Market playbook

June 25, 2025

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#87 — The Upgraded Go-to-Market playbook

Traditional marketing and growth channels are in a grim state. They’re crowded. They’re expensive. And to make matters worst, consumers and businesses are responding less to traditional marketing playbooks as novelty has waned.

#86 — Case Study: Userpilot's $900K Lean ABM playbook

June 23, 2025

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#86 — Case Study: Userpilot's $900K Lean ABM playbook

Ditch the expensive ABM platforms. Userpilot generated a $900K pipeline in 135 days with a $2.5K/month 'Lean ABM' stack.

#83 — How the APTK Framework turns SEO traffic into paying customers

June 17, 2025

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#83 — How the APTK Framework turns SEO traffic into paying customers

APTK is a content marketing strategy that helps you create content that drives more revenue & traffic from search engines/LLMs.

#82 — LinkedIn Ads best-practices for startups

June 15, 2025

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#82 — LinkedIn Ads best-practices for startups

Should you run LinkedIn Ads? The answer depends on your product-market fit, funnel alignment, and budget.

#76 — Optimizing Google Ads Quality Score

June 3, 2025

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#76 — Optimizing Google Ads Quality Score

Don't let bad ads burn your runway. Google Quality Score a direct signal of whether you're speaking your customer's language.

#75 — What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?

June 1, 2025

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#75 — What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?

AI search is exploding – proactively optimize your content for direct answers not just links, or risk invisibility in a new era.

#74 — What is App Store Optimization (ASO)?

May 30, 2025

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#74 — What is App Store Optimization (ASO)?

ASO ensures your app ranks higher in relevant searches, which is vital since search is the primary way users find apps.

#63 — How to make a marketing budget for your startup

May 7, 2025

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#63 — How to make a marketing budget for your startup

Don't just budget your marketing spend; treat it as a 'dynamic strategic weapon' that guides your ascent from idea to impact.

#62 — Marketing tactics for startups

May 4, 2025

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#62 — Marketing tactics for startups

Everything from SEO and content marketing to paid advertising and community building—to effectively drive growth and build a thriving business.

#59 — What is a go-to-market strategy?

April 27, 2025

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#59 — What is a go-to-market strategy?

Put new products and services in front of the right people and compel them to engage further.

#56 — Startup SEO: Cut through the noise

April 19, 2025

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#56 — Startup SEO: Cut through the noise

Ditch generic SEO checklists. Focus on high-intent defensive keywords, niche long-tail searches, and solving real user problems.

#53 — Scalable pricing for SaaS

April 11, 2025

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#53 — Scalable pricing for SaaS

Scalable pricing allows capturing more of the revenue that your customers are willing to pay, without putting off smaller customers that are not able to pay high prices.

#39 — Your first 10 B2B customers (Part II)

January 27, 2025

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#39 — Your first 10 B2B customers (Part II)

The best way to find your first customers is to email (or LinkedIn DM) them. Sourcing customers directly gives you better results.

#37 — Your first B2C customers (Marketplace Edition)

December 21, 2024

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#37 — Your first B2C customers (Marketplace Edition)

New marketplace platforms face a chicken-and-egg problem. Research on Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy shows the winning formula.

#35 — The rise of GTM Engineering

November 24, 2024

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#35 — The rise of GTM Engineering

GTM engineers are emerging as critical roles in SaaS companies, combining technical skills with business acumen to build scalable growth systems.

#34 — The 4 fits you need to build a $100M+ revenue product

November 7, 2024

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#34 — The 4 fits you need to build a $100M+ revenue product

Most founders focus on product-market fit, but building a $100M+ revenue business requires aligning four critical fits.

#32 — Case Study: WarpStream's engineering sales pipelines that replaces SDRs

October 8, 2024

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#32 — Case Study: WarpStream's engineering sales pipelines that replaces SDRs

A practical look at how WarpStream built an automated pipelines instead of hiring SDRs.

#31 — Custom affiliate marketing systems: the forgotten channel

September 20, 2024

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#31 — Custom affiliate marketing systems: the forgotten channel

Custom affiliate systems are emerging as critical growth engines for startups seeking sustainable acquisition channels.

#27 — The Programmatic Outbound (pOutbound) playbook

July 31, 2024

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#27 — The Programmatic Outbound (pOutbound) playbook

How to built a programmatic outbound engine that generated pipeline with zero SDRs and minimal budget.

#25 — Your first 10 B2B customers

July 4, 2024

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#25 — Your first 10 B2B customers

Scrappily start your sales process by identifying, approaching, and converting prospects into customers one at a time.

#18 — The Programmatic SEO (pSEO) playbook

March 30, 2024

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#18 — The Programmatic SEO (pSEO) playbook

The untapped growth lever helping startups like TripAdvisor and Zapier capture millions of search queries with minimal resources.

#16 — How to create subscription tiers that work

February 19, 2024

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#16 — How to create subscription tiers that work

Learn how to structure tiers that maximize revenue, align with customer value, and create clear upgrade paths for growth.

#15 — Pricing SaaS

February 6, 2024

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#15 — Pricing SaaS

How to approach pricing and packaging a low-touch SaaS product.

#14 — SaaS: In a nutshell

January 30, 2024

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#14 — SaaS: In a nutshell

Understand why SaaS businesses work and how to grow them.

#3 — Your first 100 B2C customers

October 14, 2023

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#3 — Your first 100 B2C customers

Why smart founders focus on making 100 people love their product rather than millions who merely like it.

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