Articles
Exponential growth hacks for startups and SMBs.
How to Get On Podcasts as a Guest in 2026: The Easy Way
The best way to get on podcasts in 2025 is also the easiest.
How to use press releases for SEO and LLMs
How a single inexpensive press release influenced AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, and Google intro recommending the author’s product.
My LinkedIn Hacks Got This Guy Hired
3 LinkedIn hacks to make recruiters and interesting people reach out.
My system for coming up with viral social content
The system I’ve been using to consistently put out viral social content on Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
AI SEO/GEO/AEO: How to Get Shown in LLMs in 2026
How to get shown in LLMs – how to find prompts people use, and show up for those prompts so you get mentions, visits, and conversions.
Topical Authority makes content rank for keywords it’s not optimized for
How Reddit shares with strategic language expanded my topical authority so that my podcast ranked #1 for new terms it was not targeting.
My formula for Instagram growth, sales, and visibility
My simple repeatable formula for Instagram growth, sales, and visibility – what I’ve learned after 1,100 consecutive days posting.
5 SEO Things That Will Make You More Money, Get You More Visibility, and Make You a Happier Person
5 SEO things that get results – more paying customers, more visibility, less stress, more happiness.
Getting Sales with Facebook on Autopilot… (No Extra Content Required)
How I’m growing and getting sales on Facebook with only repurposed content, often auto-posted.
Posting 10x/day on LinkedIn experiment: 525,000 weekly impressions!
I tried posting 10x/day on LinkedIn. My impressions are skyrocketing to a mind boggling degree.
My Exact Social Media Posting Strategy
This is my exact social media posting strategy, learned from posting videos for 800+ consecutive days. 3,000+ total posts.
I thought this video was terrible… now it makes me thousands a month
I thought this video was terrible and almost didn’t post it. Now makes me thousands a month.
The Magic Pill in SEO: Topical Authority
A possible magic pill in SEO that led to me ranking #1 with 10 minutes of work.
4 SEO Strategies From This Week’s Podcast Guests That ACTUALLY Move the Needle
4 conversion-based SEO strategies from guests on The Edward Show podcast. Creative SEO tactics that drive sales.
How I’ve 10x’d My Podcast Growth Year Over Year
All the changes I made to 10x my podcast growth year over year since starting nearly three years ago.
Sora 2 Is a Fleeting Opportunity for Crazy Visibility
How to use Sora 2 for viral content, bypass its limitations, and get ahead before everyone else catches on.
How This Startup Hit $1M ARR in 6 Months Using AI and LinkedIn
How a startup scaled from $0 to $1M ARR in 6 months using AI and organic LinkedIn. Get the strategy, tools, and growth tactics behind this success.
The 2026 SEO Playbook – Maximize Coverage
The playbook to dominate SEO in 2026 – maximize coverage with keyword-targeted UGC in addition to a website.
The 15-Minute Rule: How to Build Authority and Opportunity Online
Turn 15 minutes a day into explosive authority. Grow your audience, get promoted on every platform, and attract wild opportunities.
Ranking on Google in Hours with Claude Artifacts
New discovery showing how Claude Artifacts rank on Google within hours while also being cited by Perplexity and AI Overviews.
Content Refreshes in SEO: How to Double Your Traffic Fast
Why content refreshes may be the greatest hack in SEO and how to do them.
How to Humanize ChatGPT Content
How to make ChatGPT content sound completely human, the best places to use ChatGPT content, and when to avoid it.
22x SEO Traffic in Under 2 Months
How this AI-generated site 22x’d its already impressive SEO traffic in under 2 months.
How to Grow On Instagram in 2025
Proven instructions for how to grow on Instagram in 2025. Examples, tools, and a step-by-step walk-through.
2x MORE Subscribers From 2.5x LESS Views: Why
How useful content got 2x MORE YouTube subscribers than entertaining content despite getting 2.5x LESS views.
7 SEO Experiments, Case Studies, and Lessons Learned
Seven SEO experiments, case studies, and insights that will give you new best practices for ranking #1 on Google and AI.
Say Less, Get More: The Science of Short Marketing That Works
How shorter headlines, emails, CTAs, prices, and value props outperform longer ones. Say less to get more.
Evergreen Subject Matter
How I guarantee virality without luck and use this to grow my sales and audience.
Push Past the Plateaus
Stories of the many month-long plateaus I’ve faced, how I pushed through, and the rewards I received.
Same Views, 200x More Followers
Two Reels. Same views. One got 61 followers, the other 12,269. This is the difference.
Instagram’s SEO Notice to Creators
Instagram has quietly been issuing an SEO notice to creators through the Instagram mobile app. I received it.
Manufacturing Social Proof to Build an 8-Figure Business
Tricks used to build an 8-figure agency – manufacturing social proof, free influencer marketing, and AI client retention.
Don’t give up on your content
Two examples where not giving up on my content (social video, then SEO) resulted in massive success.
The biggest mistake digital marketers will make this year
UGC platforms are exploding for SEO. The biggest mistake digital marketers will make in 2025 is missing this opportunity.
How I write YouTube and SEO Page Titles that get more clicks
My easy, repeatable tactics for writing YouTube and SEO Page Titles that get more clicks.
How to do SEO for services businesses in under a minute
This is how to do SEO for services businesses in under-a-minute read time.
The biggest SEO opportunity may still be ahead of us
Rand Fishkin explains why the biggest SEO opportunity may still be ahead of us.
10-Minute SEO Hack That Took My Page From Invisible to #1 on Google
A 10-minute SEO hack that caused my page to go from not ranking at all to ranking #1 in 2 weeks. If you have a page that’s languishing, try this.
No link building budget could buy these results
Simple linkable assets that get more and better backlinks than any paid link building campaign could – and how to make your own.
Give visitors what they want before they start scrolling
The greatest trick in Google Search right now is to give visitors what they want before they start scrolling.
Quality Ideas, Not Gear
How you can make videos that sell even without quality recording equipment (and a content strategy you can steal).
Target Competitor Brand Names Using Video
How to show up in Google for your competitors’ brand names using video and why this is so crazy.
Easy SEO to Get Big Purchase Orders
How to use low-effort SEO to get in front of decision makers when they are ready to make big purchase orders.
The Café Trick
How I get a lot more engagement on content recording from noisy cafés (results included).
Three Podcasts
Three podcasts and five growth hacks from some very savvy digital marketers: Keida Dervishi, Bill Hartzer, and Matthew Stafford.
Increase Email Open Rates With These Four Hacks
Four quick hacks to increase email open rates – newsletters, lists, and more.
I Used a Celebrity’s Death to Go Viral
How I used a celebrity’s death to go viral and sell my software.
How to Rank on Google for ‘Best of’ Keywords
How to rank on Google for ‘best of’ keywords. Google is changing and it’s once again easy to rank for these lucrative terms.
How Often to Post on Instagram in 2025 – As Much as You Can
The more you post (literally even 100 times a day), the more visibility and followers you get.
How to Get On Google Images
How I brute forced more images of my brand on Google Images and how you can do it too.
The Greatest Networking Hack
Network while simultaneously building a brand, doing SEO, and getting paid for each networking call.
Trending Keywords
An easy trick to rank for annual-specific trending keywords like, “SEO trends 2025.”
The Most Powerful SEO
SEO where you don’t need a website, can rank the next day, and can take over a SERP.
Search Engine Deoptimization
Deoptimizing link building and on-page optimization to rank for competitive keywords.
Steal This Product Promotion Format
A very solid product promotion format for social video. Especially great for individuals speaking to the camera.
Outranking the New York Times in 5 Minutes
I outranked the New York Times in Google Search within 5 minutes of publishing an article that I outsourced for free.
Pour one out for Help a Reporter Out
Help a Reporter Out / Connectively is shutting down. Source of Sources, its incarnation is even better.
Engagement Statistics From a Viral Short-Form Video
Correlations and engagement stats from a viral video across YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, and TikTok.
25 Hooks for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts
25 thumb-stopping hooks for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
If people like it once, they’ll like it again.
Unless the subject matter is based on current events, if people like it once, they’ll like it again.
Five marketing stories that will blow your mind
Five insane marketing stories. Two on SEO hacks. Two on organic social media hacks. One on copywriting.
I got harsh feedback. I listened.
Rather than getting demoralized by harsh feedback, I listened. It made me viral.
YouTube SEO, EMDs in SEO, and Instagram’s Flagged for Review Followers
Wild digital marketing experiments and results from this week.
Ranking My Newsletter
Exactly how I got my newsletter to rank #1 on Google for “growth hacking newsletter.”
Link Getting Backlinks in Hyrule
How marketers are using 𝕏’s Grok 2.0 and the crazy podcast guesting plan I have for my product launch.
Using SEO to Get Guest Writers, Clout, and Users
How I used SEO to get guest writers for our unknown blog, bringing us more top-of-mind awareness, users, and Domain Authority.
YouTube Shorts SEO
YouTube Shorts SEO is one of the biggest opportunities in marketing that so few marketers are thinking about.
Lessons From Ryan Reynolds
Lessons from seeing Ryan Reynolds, Jay Penske, and Jonathan Grey speak at the 2024 Forbes Iconoclast Summit.
Going Viral Ten Times With One Video
How to create a library of evergreen viral content that will continue to go viral forever.
LinkedIn Video Is Getting Turbocharged: How to Take Advantage of LinkedIn’s New Prioritization of Video
LinkedIn video is getting prioritized in the LinkedIn feed. Here’s how to take advantage of this new change.
Pareto SEO: The 20% of SEO That Matters
SEO, like everything in life, abides by the Pareto Principle. You get 80% results from 20% effort. Here’s a good deal of this 20%.
Ranking on Google in Under 24 Hours
How I repeatedly rank on Google in under 24 hours of posting my content.
SEO Experiments From the Google Algorithm Leak
SEO experiments with crazy results in the wake of the May Google Algorithm Leak.
When do I use music in my videos?
My thoughts on when it is best to use music in mobile videos such as TikToks or Instagram Reels.
Personalize: How He Gets $1,000,000 ARR With Only 450 YouTube Subscribers
How Hale Fitness uses personalized YouTube videos to close 50% of cold prospects from paid ads.
The Head of Instagram Won’t Stop Talking About This
Three powerful marketing tricks I learned this week. Instagram, Gmail, and content marketing.
How Much Do Instagram Accounts Sell For?
This is how much money Instagram accounts sell for. Learned from somebody who flips accounts and just had an acquisition.
SEO – Down the Funnel
Marketers and SEOs are waking up to the death of top-of-funnel keywords. Finally.
Viral Stunts: Lower CaC, Increase Awareness, and Get Backlinks
Three brilliant viral stunts that reduce CaC, increase awareness, and attract SEO backlinks.
No Extra Work
An automation that’s getting me tons more visibility – without me doing any extra work.
Pulling off a Crazy Launch With No Money – The Pimentae Tequila Story
How Pimentae Tequila had a successful launch after running out of money during development.
Raise Prices: Stories of Effectively Charging More
This advisor to Stripe tried 31xing his prices. And nearly got away with it…
The Inside Story of How Tony Delivers Manufactured Virality With No Marketing Budget
How Tony Delivers went from ideation to filled capacity in a week after launching using only free viral marketing.
I Used This to Meet with Top Business People While Living Around the World
How I use Lunchclub to meet with top business people while living anywhere.
Low-Priced TikTok Outsourcing and Easy Backlinks for New Sites
Three incredible content, SEO, and networking hacks.
Stories of persistence in marketing
Stories of big wins in marketing achieved by not giving up.
De-scamming scammers and finding big wins
How to use MozBar to discern the legitimacy of websites and find big SEO wins. I use this daily.
How to do SEO for a newsletter
Everything is revealed. This is the exact SEO I’m doing for my personal newsletter, which is working very well.
Seven viral hooks
Seven viral hooks to use on TikTok, Instagram Reels, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts, and TwitterX.
The 24 Best Games for YouTube in 2024
A highly researched list of the best games to play for YouTube videos in 2023. Includes games from all platforms as well as mini-games.
