I’m developing a campus-based app that helps students earn money by doing small tasks, but I’m struggling with marketing and reaching the right audience. Does anyone have advice or growth ideas?
We just wrapped up our first ChatGPT ads test for our B2B tool, and we're scratching our heads at the results. We definitely saw a 20% jump in signups during the campaign, but GA4 shows zero ChatGPT referrals. Everything's shown as direct or organic search.
Is it possible to show the impact of ChatGPT ads at the moment,, or is it still early?
I graduated with a stats degree last year and spent months applying for entry level data analyst roles.
Every single job posting said the same thing: 1-2 years experience required. For an entry level position.
I had done every free course I could find. SQL, Python, Tableau, the whole roadmap. But my portfolio was full of clean tutorial datasets where the answer was always obvious and tidy. No mess, no ambiguity, no real decisions.
Interviewers kept asking about situations where data was missing or inconsistent. Where I had to make judgment calls without a tutorial guiding the next step. I had nothing to show for any of that.
I started looking into structured options to close that gap. Things like General Assembly, Correlation One, and shorter programs like Mayerfeld Consulting's data analyst practicum. The appeal of something like Mayerfeld was the price point, around €169, and the fact that it uses real messy business datasets rather than clean tutorial data, with actual mentor feedback on your work.
Has anyone here gone through something similar? Whether it was a bootcamp, a practicum, or just grinding through personal projects, what actually worked for closing the experience gap and getting that first role?
In my team, I have hired one content writer and one video editor.
We have budget constraints since we are just starting our startup. The videos are not giving us proper ROI. It's not exactly bringing any leads that I predicted earlier.
What I am thinking of right now is that instead of these 2 people, I have to let go of one and hire a growth hacker or a growth marketing guy.
I want a person who can help me in Linkedin outreach, email outreach and in future might handle cold calls as well.
Just tell me whether I am correct or not? And if you have any other suggestions please let me know.
I manage socials for 4 local service clients. Writing and scheduling posts takes all day, but if I bulk generate with AI the content feels generic and gets zero engagement.
I need a way to pull recent job photos from a Google Drive folder, draft captions in the client voice, get approval from the owner, then schedule. Right now I am in DMs asking for photos, then copy pasting into Canva, then into Buffer. Too many steps. What is a realistic workflow that saves time but keeps posts authentic?
Been trying to build a better way to handle creator outreach lately. manual emails just take way too much time, especially since you actually have to watch their videos so the pitch doesn't look like generic spam. tech and lifestyle creators get flooded with so much garbage that they instantly ignore anything that feels automated.
My current setup is basically a python script watching youtube for specific keywords. when a targeted creator posts something relevant, it grabs the transcript and their channel stats. throwing thousands of transcript chunks directly at an API was causing massive timeouts during overnight runs, so I ended up routing all the calls through zenmux. having the auto-failover keeps the batch jobs stable. if a provider drops, it just reroutes to a backup without crashing the whole script.
I split the logic between two models to keep things efficient. deepseek v4 acts as a strict filter to scan the transcript and drop anything that isn't brand safe. it catches a ton of noise. If the profile passes, gpt-5 takes over and drafts a casual email referencing a specific quote or timestamp from that exact video so it feels real.
we never let the bot actually hit send though. all the drafted emails just get dumped into an excel sheet. every morning I just skim the list, tweak a few words so it sounds completely human, and then fire them off. it's helped us scale the volume without losing the personal touch.
Has anyone else set up a custom outreach pipeline like this?
I’ve been trying to grow a Twitter/X account for a while, and it feels harder than it used to be. I’m posting consistently, replying to people in my niche, and trying to make the account look active, but the follower count barely moves.
I’ve been thinking about buying Twitter followers mainly for social proof, not to make the account look huge overnight. I’d rather start small and keep it natural so the profile doesn’t look botted or suspicious.
Has anyone here tried buying Twitter followers before? Did the followers actually stay, and did it help the account look more credible, or did it hurt reach and engagement?
Been running a small Facebook page for a few months now and honestly the early stage is brutal. Everyone always says just make good content and stay consistent and I get that, but when your page is tiny it feels like nobody even sees your posts in the first place. Sometimes I’ll post something I genuinely think is solid and it just dies with barely any likes or comments.
One thing I’ve noticed though is that posts with even a little engagement already on them seem to perform better. Maybe it’s just psychology, but people seem way more likely to interact when a post doesn’t look completely empty. I catch myself doing the same thing when scrolling sometimes.
So I started wondering if giving posts a tiny push early on actually helps with getting more organic engagement afterward. I’m not talking about buying thousands of fake likes or anything crazy just enough activity so the page looks alive and people feel more comfortable interacting with it.
The issue is most sites selling engagement look sketchy as hell. Every review section is full of people complaining about bots, disappearing likes, or dead accounts.
Has anyone here actually tested this with a smaller page? Did small amounts of paid engagement help at all, or was it basically a waste of money?
If you’re struggling to get your product seen, I can help you with marketing across Reddit, LinkedIn, and Meta.
I focus on real visibility, not spam or fake engagement just clear positioning and content that attracts the right audience.
If you want more eyes on your product, drop a comment or DM me and tell me what you’re building.
Hi everyone.
I recently created a new X account focused on a specific niche, and I want to grow it. But since I currently have 0 followers, no one seems to take the account seriously, follow me, or like my tweets.
I was thinking about buying followers to make my page look better, but some people say it doesn’t really help. What would you recommend? How can I grow an account from zero?
I started my own little business this last week. I made a website with the product that I am selling, but am now on the part where I get people to the website to buy. I’ve never had a huge social media presence, so I can't just "hey everyone, come check this out". I know it might take a while to get conversions. Any ideas on how to market? I have never done any of this before.
So the prob is I have a idea for a SaaS tool and in my vision the idea is fabulous. But I Suck at marketing tbh and need some guidance. Wish to have someone to direct in me in the right way . I'm from India btw
I run a small web development business and we have worked with around 45 clients so far. The funny thing is that building the websites is not the hardest part anymore. We can handle the work, revisions, delivery, and client communication. The part I am still trying to figure out is how to get new clients in a consistent and predictable way.
Until now, most clients came through referrals, friends of clients, local contacts, or people who saw our previous work. That has worked well, but it is not stable. Some months are full and some months I am wondering where the next few projects will come from. I do not want to spam people with cold messages or keep posting the usual “we build websites” content everywhere, because I know that usually turns people off.
I want to understand how people actually grow this kind of service business. Should I niche down into one type of client, like clinics, restaurants, coaches, construction companies, or local service businesses? Should I create content around website mistakes and case studies? Should I do cold email with free website audits? Or are partnerships and referrals still the best way?
For anyone who has grown a freelance or agency business, what would you do at this stage? And for business owners, what would make you trust a web developer enough to work with them?
So I’m pretty shit at marketing and sales.
I am a founder recovering with PTSD and find strangers can be quite unkind and absolutely horrifying. I’ve also got chronic illness and full time job which means my energy is not infinite.
I’m pushing my boundaries but I think I need someone to do some of the extroverted-oriented activities I think eg speaking to people for interview and advertising + need someone who has the time and energy for the activity we need.
We have pet health companion app with an web app and now releasing Android mob app in June. We have brand strategy, product roadmap a website a product and a good team of tech lead, designer and product manager.
When do you know it’s time to hire someone?
My concern is a few things
- finding the right person; i’ve looked at upwork and I’ve spoken to a few consultants who are content marketing specialist some of them are quite expensive and some of them. I don’t actually know if I can trust them so I don’t even know how to Vet them if there are any other places that I should be looking at please to let me know.
- Having the funds to do so I am completely bit strapped so I just wanna make sure that if we are spending the money, it’s really worthwhile
- Have I tried enough on my own? Am I not pushing myself enough? I’ve started going to places like cafés to ask them if I could leave leaflets for my app
Hey,
I’m really good at creative but I’m absolutely crap at marketing/ads/socials (also I’m 56, so although I can still kick it — to a degree — I’m definitely not “down with the kids” and have no idea how to reach them: or anybody actually).
I’m starting from scratch launching an attire company and I was literally about to sign up to Zeely but, thankfully, checked here first, where the overwhelming consensus is that it’s a scam/absolutely awful — which makes sense given their relentless advertising and too good to be true claims.
So, can anyone recommend a good app/service that can help with all the promo and social customer growth,and ads malarkey? (Basically what Zeely promises to offer, but real and good). So I can just get on with what I’m good at. As a (currently incomeless) new biz owner I’m limited on budget to a degree, like, an agency would be waaaay out of my reach, as would a pro specialist.
I have subscriptions to Shopify, Canva, Designer, Gemini, Pixi pro, Squarespace (and some other things I’ve forgotten about because, as I said, I have no clue what I’m doing).
Please help peeps!
Mxxxx
I am getting a degree in digital marketing, and when i applied for it, honestly, I had no idea what i was getting myself into; at that time it felt like the right thing. Now i have reached the part of applying for jobs or internships, but i have no idea what i am supposed to do...marketing is such a branched-out field; idek what i got myself into and how I am supposed to shine in the whole mess. I need someone to help me out with the whole thing: what am i supposed to have in my CV and what skills am i supposed to have and all that.
Wherever I have done research, it's showing i need to niche myself down and focus on one 'branch' of marketing, and as a starter i could start at any one of these branches, so 'niche down' is very vague.
Ik this sounds really dumb, but i have no idea what i am supposed to do. i am doing some random courses that seem relevant to kind of build my CV; other than that, I have no idea where to really start. And all these job or internship applications seem so overwhelming; they are demanding so much, and i have nothing as of now, starting from total scratch, so the whole finding a job or internship seems impossible.
So any sort of guidance is really helpful; please let me know what i should do, and what you had done when you started off in your career. Just to clear, I have no whatsoever experience so the whole 'shine thro your work experience' isn't really relevant to me for atleast 2 years.
I've been trying to improve how I track conversations around my niche, things like customer pain points, competitor mentions, trends and overall brand sentiment. Right now it feels like manual searching takes forever and I still miss important threads. Are you guys using some kind of system that actually work?
Hi everyone,
I’ve built an automation platform that my colleagues and I use every day for real work. It helps automate repetitive tasks, connect APIs, build workflows, process data, send notifications, and create AI-powered pipelines.
The main value is that it’s much more affordable than big automation tools, while still being flexible enough for practical daily use.
The target audience is mainly:
I’m looking for advice on how to market and sell it better.
What would be the best way to position this kind of product?
Should I focus on price, simplicity, AI workflows, or real use cases?
Which channels would work best for finding early users?
And what kind of message would make people actually try it?
I’d really appreciate any feedback, ideas, or criticism. I’m still improving the product and want to understand how to communicate its value better.
First, I need to understand whether there is real demand for this product. Once I see that people actually need it, I’ll be ready to invest more in marketing.
Thanks!
Hey Everyone,
I worked as a CTO for over a decade, and a while ago I started my own gig.
I was only a little bit involved in the marketing processes, so I want to read some articles talking about the basics and maybe a little more advanced stuff later on.
Also, I see things have been changing quite rapidly nowadays, so I would like to read recent articles about SaaS marketing if possible.
Thanks for your help!
Hi everyone,
I am a final-year Commercial Economics student (Netherlands) conducting research for my thesis on Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), the practice of making brands and businesses visible inside AI-driven search tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.
What the research is about
Search behaviour is shifting fast. Instead of clicking through to websites, people increasingly get answers directly from AI systems. My research investigates how Dutch B2B companies experience this shift, what pain points they run into, and what they actually need from a service that improves their visibility inside these AI tools. The findings will be used to develop a validated go-to-market strategy for a GEO service.
Who I am looking for
I am looking to interview people who are:
The interview is semi-structured, takes approximately 30 minutes, and can be held remotely via Google Meet or Teams.
What you get in return
Every participant receives a free GEO audit, a concrete analysis of how visible your brand currently is inside generative AI systems, including actionable recommendations.
Interested?
Drop a comment below or send me a DM. Happy to answer any questions about the research first.
Thanks in advance!