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Rand Fishkin Reflects on 17 Years of Moz & Search Engine Optimization
Ground Up Podcast

Rand Fishkin Reflects on 17 Years of Moz & Search Engine Optimization

When we first booked Rand Fishkin for Ground Up, I admittedly struggled on how to angle the interview. Do we focus on SEO? After all, ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Sep 24, 2021
What Changes After Your First 100 Customers? [Podcast]
Ground Up Podcast

What Changes After Your First 100 Customers? [Podcast]

When we first launched Ground Up back in October, one of the first episodes we recorded was around the ideas, strategies, and insights behind acquiring ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Sep 24, 2021
9 Strategies IMPACT Used To Scale To $5M+ In Annual Revenue
Management

9 Strategies IMPACT Used To Scale To $5M+ In Annual Revenue

In 10 years, Bob Ruffolo has gone from a fresh-faced college grad who nobody would hire to the leader of a $5+ million marketing agency. ...

Author's avatar by Peter Caputa IV | Nov 17, 2022
Convert More Visitors Into Leads With These Proven Strategies From 25 Digital Marketers
Marketing

Convert More Visitors Into Leads With These Proven Strategies From 25 Digital Marketers

Do you ever feel like you are participating in a digital marketing arms race? You know how this works: some cool, new tactic begins to ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Jun 12, 2024
How One Startup Is Disrupting The Way You Send Marketing and Sales Emails
Marketing

How One Startup Is Disrupting The Way You Send Marketing and Sales Emails

More than anyone we’ve talked to so far on Ground Up, Mike Donnelly scratched his own itch when he launched Seventh Sense. Donnelly was in ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Sep 24, 2021
53 Digital Marketers Share Their Top-Performing Blog Posts from 2017
Content Marketing

53 Digital Marketers Share Their Top-Performing Blog Posts from 2017

In 2017, it became harder than ever before to write content that would rank for organic search terms or get shared on social media. Marketers ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Jul 11, 2024
20 Social Media Marketers Share Their Top Instagram Posts for A B2B Audience
Marketing

20 Social Media Marketers Share Their Top Instagram Posts for A B2B Audience

Instagram has become one of the 5 most popular apps on the Apple App Store and top 10 on Google Play. As of September 2017, ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Jan 12, 2022
Here’s How One Agency Went from Out of Business to the Inc. 5000
Marketing

Here’s How One Agency Went from Out of Business to the Inc. 5000

In 2009 Element Three was essentially out of business. Their annual revenue was $412k, and they had lost $250k as a business that year. While ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Sep 27, 2021
3 Mental Mistakes That Prevent You From Hitting Your Business Goals
Marketing

3 Mental Mistakes That Prevent You From Hitting Your Business Goals

Do you know what separates top performers from the average? They don’t necessarily work more than most.  It probably isn’t an incredibly high IQ. They ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Apr 19, 2022
Not Your Average HubSpot Agency Partner
Agencies

Not Your Average HubSpot Agency Partner

“I don’t know that we’ve ever fit into HubSpot’s perfect partner bucket.” It might have been her refreshingly honest take, or maybe the unapologetic nature ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Dec 20, 2017
Monthly Goals, Checked Daily Are The Secret to Hitting Annual Targets
Marketing

Monthly Goals, Checked Daily Are The Secret to Hitting Annual Targets

If you consider yourself a data-driven marketer, you have probably heard the same incomplete goal-setting advice over and over again: Set SMART goals. Track your progress ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Apr 1, 2021
The 5 WordPress Plugins I Use To Eliminate The Crappy Parts of Publishing Blog Posts
Content Marketing

The 5 WordPress Plugins I Use To Eliminate The Crappy Parts of Publishing Blog Posts

When I started my job as a content marketer 9 months ago, I was shocked by the number of hours I wasted on formatting blog ...

Author's avatar by Tamara Omerovic | Dec 14, 2017
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