Best 37 Growth and Marketing Blogs of 2021
The best Growth and Marketing blogs you should follow
1. Crowdstack Blog
All-in-one community software that makes it easy to engage your crowd.
2. Growth Insider Blog
đ Hey, Gene here. My goal is to help startups turn their visitors into paying customers. Growth Insider looks at successful companies and breaks down their designs and successful growth into actionable takeaways. Every few weeks I send out a breakdown of an app, startup, or an established business, so you can try and replicate their success.
3. Unbounce Blog
Unbounce is a drag-and-drop builder that lets you create and publish your own landing pages, without needing a developer to code âem. Itâs an easier and faster way to get more conversions from your traffic.
How to Build a Landing Page Wireframe
A landing page is only as strong as the foundation it's built upon. Here's how to craft a landing page wireframe to set your page up for success.
Copy or Design: Whatâs More Important to Your Landing Page Success?
Should you spend more time optimizing the design or the copy on your landing pages? We analyzed data from 36,928 page variants to find out.
4. BareMetrics Blog
Metrics, dunning, and engagement tools for SaaS & subscription businesses.
Scenario Planning and Financial Forecasting: A Starterâs Guide
Part of being an agile company is anticipating market forces before they happen and having a plan in place to dodge potential pitfalls while taking advantage of new opportunities. To do this, you need...
How to make a hiring plan that stands up financially
As your user base increases month to month, youâll naturally need more employees. Your customer success teams need to grow with your user base to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.Your ma...
5. Stacked Marketer Blog
Carefully curated digital marketing news, tech, and actionable advice.
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6. Mailup Blog
MailUp is the powerful, scalable, and integrated marketing solution for creating quality relationships with your customers.
How to give web images the ideal weight
When enjoying or working with the world of the web, you'll often have to optimize your webpage images, reducing their weight to boost your website speed and, above all, SEO. This post will help you fi...
Growth Hacking techniques to grow your business
rowth Hacking you can achieve exponential business growth. Want to know the strategies to use? Read the article for tips on the best way to implement them. The post Growth Hacking techniques to grow y...
7. First 100 Users Blog
Critical writing for founders looking for their first 100 users
8. Stacking The Bricks Blog
Helping you launch products that sell.
4 things nobody tells you about preselling your product
So, youâre thinking about pre-selling your product, eh? Thereâs a good chance youâve experienced pre-selling one way or another. Maybe you backed a Kickstarter, or ordered a new book you were excited ...
9. Starter Story Blog
At Starter Story, we interview successful entrepreneurs and share the stories behind their business. In each interview, we ask how they got started, how they grew, and how they run their business today. The stories are inspiring and also provide specific advice and insight into starting a business. By sharing these stories, we want to help others get started.
10. MailerLite Blog
Email marketing resources, webinars & tools to grow your business.
New feature: Domain alignment improves deliverability even more
Introducing our brand new feature: domain alignment! Use it to protect your sender reputation and boost your email deliverability.
The upside-down marketing funnel (aka focusing on customers first)
The idea behind the upside-down marketing funnel is simpleâhave a good product, take care of your customers and give them the tools to recommend you.
11. ConvertKit Blog
ConvertKit is email marketing software for online creators - the authors, makers, podcasters, photographers, YouTubers, teachers, artists and other creators building the future.
12. Crowdfire Blog
Crowdfire is a powerful social media tool used by businesses and individuals all over the world to drive social media engagement and growth.
Social Media Updates this week [Sept 18 âââSept 24, 2021]
Social Media Updates this week [Sept 18 â Sept 24, 2021]Stay on top of Social Media newsWhat happened on Social Media this week đTwitterIs working on the new media editor that includes all the Fleets...
Social Media Updates this week [Sept 11âââSept 17, 2021]
Social Media Updates this week [Sept 11 â Sept 17, 2021]Stay on top of Social Media newsWhat happened on Social Media this week đInstagramIs developing a new âmontageâ feature to convert Stories to R...
13. Plausible Analytics Blog
Plausible Analytics is an open-source project dedicated to making web analytics more privacy-friendly. Our mission is to reduce corporate surveillance by providing an alternative web analytics tool which doesnât come from the AdTech world.
How we bootstrapped our open source Google Analytics alternative to $500k ARR
Weâve had an amazing journey to date. It took us 324 days to reach $400 in monthly recurring revenue (MRR) since we got our first paying subscriber on May 14 2019. Then things got a bit crazy. It took...
58% of Hacker News, Reddit and tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics
There are several privacy concerns with running Google Analytics but there are worries about data accuracy too. How much data is missing from Google Analytics due to adblockers and privacy-friendly br...
14. Buffer Blog
Buffer is an intuitive, streamlined social media management platform trusted by brands, businesses, agencies, and individuals to help drive meaningful engagement and results on social media. We have a suite of products for publishing, engagement, analytics, and team collaboration. Our products are carefully considered and highly refined in order to help social media marketers and teams work more efficiently and effectively.
A Branding Expert Shares: How to Use Design Templates Like a Pro
Whether youâre using Canva, Adobe Spark, or any of the other design template tools on the web, read on for my best advice for making sure your brand continues to shine.
What Employee Ownership Means for Trident Cafe and Booksellers
Featuring insights from Bufferâs Small Business, Big Lessons podcast episode four, and the accompanying unpublished interview, multiple employee-owners of the Trident shared why the bookstore moved to...
15. Email Octopus Blog
EmailOctopus is an affordable, easy-to-use email marketing platform for anyone with an audience. Weâre committed to saving you money, weâll never compromise on deliverability, and weâre passionate about providing great service with a personal touch.
The best email marketing solutions for Amazon SES
Amazon SES â which stands for Simple Email Service â is a cost-effective, reliable and scalable email service built on the same infrastructure that Amazon.com developed to send communications to their...
Top Black Friday SaaS deals for marketers, entrepreneurs and small business owners
Black Friday is around the corner and SaaS (thatâs âsoftware as a serviceâ for the uninitiated) companies of all shapes and sizes are preparing their discounts for the weekend. Which makes it an excel...
16. Intercom Blog
Intercom is a suite of customer messaging products that drives growth at every stage of the customer lifecycleâacross acquisition, engagement, and support. Today more than 30,000 businesses use Intercom to connect with a billion people worldwide.
The ultimate customer support tech stack for 2022
Outdated, disconnected tools are no longer good enough. Learn how to future-proof your customer support tech stack for the modern conversational era.
Supercharge your learning with the 15-minute rule
When you encounter a problem, you have two choices â figure it out for yourself, or ask for help. Both have benefits, and drawbacks. Follow the 15-minute rule to strike a balance between the two.
17. Hubspot Blog
Marketing, sales, and service software that helps your business grow without compromise. Because âgood for the businessâ should also mean âgood for the customer.â
A Step-by-Step Guide to Advertising on Instagram
Instagram has finally surpassed 1 billion users. Yes â that's a billion with a B.
What Will Influencer Marketing Look Like in 2020?
Have you ever purchased something because a well-known person you admire used the product or service?
18. Marketing Examples Blog
Hey, I'm Harry. Each week I share a new case study in my newsletter. Itâs short, sweet, and practical. 30k marketers read it. Iâd love you to join.
19. Growth Content Blog
Growth isnât about knowing all of the right answers. Itâs about learning and making progress. My writing captures ideas, thoughts, frameworks, and great examples of content marketing.
How I Build Content Briefs Using Frase
Buzzfeed Content Teardown: What About SEO?
Buzzfeed has a massive opportunity in search and SEO but theyâre not taking advantage of it. They have the content. They have the topics. They have the expertise/authority. But they havenât stitched i...
20. Zero to Marketing Blog
Hey there, my name is Andrea and I'm a marketer with over 10 years of experience. Every Monday I pick a new online business and write a case study with actionable tips on how I'd grow it.
21. Business Grow Blog
Keynote speaker, marketing strategist, podcaster, author of 7 books including Marketing Rebellion. I extract the signal from the noise. COO of B Squared Media.
22. Contentful Blog
The API-first content platform to build digital experiences.
How to load responsive images in AVIF and WebP using the HTML <picture> element
The Contentful Images API now supports AVIF! This means you can return your images stored in Contentful in the new AVIF format via the REST API or GraphQL API.
Jamstack, a11y, Cookies and Coronavirus â a look back at Fast Forward 2021 Day 2
On Day 2 of Fast Forward 2021 we brought you a veritable smorgasbord of delicious content from the developer community.
23. The Startup Blog
My name is Richard Awoyemi, and Iâm the author of The Startup. Iâm an Actuary, Self-Taught Developer, Entrepreneur and Investor.
The Future Is Autonomous
Intro To Blockchain Technology â Part 2
The Future Is Decentralised
"Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.â â William Pollard What Got Me Thinking đ đ Andreas M. Ant...
24. Brandwatch Blog
Brandwatch is the worldâs leading enterprise social intelligence company, allowing users to analyze and utilize conversations from across the social web. It is the perfect platform to make sense of the chatter about your brand online.
Brandwatchâs 50 Most Influential People on Twitter 2021
The 20 Most-Liked Videos on YouTube
25. copyblogger Blog
Since January 2006, Copyblogger has been teaching people how to create killer online content. Not bland corporate crap created to fill up a company webpage. Valuable information that attracts attention, drives traffic, and builds your business.
Permission to Get It Wrong
We talk a lot about strategies that help you grow your writing career, because we want to position you to... Continue Reading The post Permission to Get It Wrong appeared first on Copyblogger.
Guest Posting Best Practices for Serious Writers [2022]
Note: The most important guest posting best practice to keep in mind is pitching articles to sites that actually accept... Continue Reading The post Guest Posting Best Practices for Serious Writers [2...
26. Hypefury Blog
Simple social media automation for entrepreneurs who dream big
Twitter Ghostwriting: Turning Twitter into big business
Twitter ghostwriting: The perfect side hustle for Twitter lovers, and how it can help you build an audience online. Growing a Twitter account is one of the most rewarding ways to establish yourself on...
Twitter Blue: The Enhanced Twitter Experience
Twitter has finally rolled out its paid subscription offering âTwitter Blueâ, enabling users to pay a monthly fee to gain access to a range of additional tweet features and tools. Currently, the subsc...
27. Bootstrapped Branding Blog
A free newsletter on building a powerful brand, for makers, builders, & scrappy self-starters of every stripe.
28. ProfitWell Blog
We solve the hardest parts of subscription growth to support your business from end to end.
29. Sterling Schuyler Blog
Copywriter for busy founders, investors and entrepreneurs. Writing about business and finance.
30. Product Marketing Alliance Blog
PMA is a collective of passionate product marketing managers committed to driving demand, adoption & the overall success of their products.
How to leverage blog content to generate leads
Blogging is more than just sharing company news, events, or updates with your users. When itâs done properly, it can elevate you to thought-leader status and establish your service as the authority in...
Differentiating developer product marketing from traditional product marketing, LinkedIn
Averie and Mark dig into how developer product marketing and traditional product marketing differ. They also discuss the challenges and benefits of marketing to developers, and why developer PMM is li...
31. Wes Kao Blog
I'm Wes Kao, a marketer helping B2C brands launch new products and create new categories.
32. Femstreet Blog
Hand curated weekly resource for must-read content by female startup operators and investors.
Lift others as you climb; Valuation myths; How to become a feedback magnet
Where women in tech lead, shape and fund the future.
Inside the portfolio of eToro's most copied female trader; Changing careers in 2022; and more.
Femstreet Member Briefing No. 88
33. The Slice Blog
Discover the tools that traject founders growth. Get the weekly email that keeps founders up to date with emerging SaaS, hot podcasts, and actionable resources to grow your project.
34. David Perell Blog
I write, host a podcast, and run a writing school called Write of Passage. Each week, I write two popular emails. Monday Musings is a collection of the coolest things I learn every week. Meanwhile, Friday Finds is a links-only newsletter where I only share the kinds of ideas you wonât find anywhere else.
How Should You Write?
There are two ways to write: The Printer Method and the Pixel Method. With the Printer Method, you write and rewrite every sentence until itâs perfect. Nail the first sentence, then the second, and so...
Against 3X Speed
Mike boastfully reads 100 books per year. He listens to audiobooks at 3x speed whenever he drives, and swears he can remember it all. His browser has a plugin that lets him speed up YouTube videos, an...
35. SeoTesting Blog
SeoTesting is run by Nick Swan, who's been building websites and working in SEO since 1998. The blog shares insights on current SEO practices and is a great resource for makers looking to learn how to get more traffic to their sites. The articles are beginner friendly and explain SEO in a way which is easy to understand and implement.
Striking distance keywords report using Google Search Console API and C#
Filter the query data coming back from the Google Search Console API, so we report on queries that are on page 2. These 'Striking Distance' keywords are low hanging fruit that we can work on to get th...
Introduction to Google Search Console API with C#
Get started working with the Google Search Console API and C# code with this complete walk through on how to get access to query data in Search Console.
36. Pat Walls Blog
Founder of 24hrstartup.com and Starter Stories
Metaverse (thread)
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Life is much better logged out of Twitter.
37. Start Imperfect Blog
I write about marketing, productivity and note-taking.