What is the best marketing blog or content out there that gives real actionable information?
I am about to launch a pre-market campaign (similar to Robinhood's viral pre-launch). Will give Facebook and Google advertising a go, which seems simple, but I want to dig deeper into the nitty gritty of Marketing.
IMHO most of the stuff on https://growthhackers.com/posts is really actionable and insightful
Thanks @orliesaurus
The Ahrefs— https://ahrefs.com/blog/ — blog has been killing it for the past 18 months as far as actionable content goes.
Dan Shure's Experts on the Wire podcast also gets quite detailed and makes sure that you leave with takeaways that you can immediately put to work.
https://neilpatel.com/ - great source of high quality actionable content!
You definitely need to check out Matthew Barby's blog. He's HubSpot's customer acquisition manager and his article are excellent.
Here's an article he wrote on Growth Hacking for Startups https://www.matthewbarby.com/saas-startup-growth-hacking/
^100%. Also @SimonChamorro Matt has a private training community (I'm also a Partner there) where we provide hands on support for members. More info here; https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/growing-a-knowledge-sharing-community-to-six-figures-in-ten-months-980ea57924
Is it all SEO or is it growth/marketing in general also?
I was just on a walk and listened to an episode of The Tropical MBA podcast (after I finished IH, of course :)), and they were interviewing Justin Jackson. He was talking about the reality of bootstrapping, how many of the stories we hear aren't the whole story, among other topics. Turns out he wrote a book called "Marketing for Developers" that is his main claim to fame.
I know that's not what you asked for, but it seems pretty relevant. You could give the podcast a listen. I'm going to read the sample chapter and find out if that book is right for me:
https://devmarketing.xyz/
Just listened to that Tropical MBA episode - it's brilliant, especially the bootcamp stuff. Thanks for sharing!
And just read the free chapter. I don't think it's what you're looking for. Might be a bit vague and less actionable (at least from a "How to use adsense/fb/etc" pov). It's also $50.
If you are looking for facebook advertising you definitely have to listen to Molly Pittman and Ralph burns on Perpetual Traffic https://www.digitalmarketer.com/podcast/perpetual-traffic/
As for anything growth related Julian.com would be one of the best resources.
The following two courses gave me a good foundation in Google Ads and Facebook Ads, but I feel. https://www.udemy.com/the-ultimate-google-adwords-training-course/
https://www.udemy.com/facebook-ads-facebook-marketing-mastery-guide/
I also ran an experiment with $2 of FB Ads https://www.indiehackers.com/forum/i-ran-2-of-facebook-ads-for-12-hours-9335aed90d
I find https://www.ducttapemarketing.com really useful and full of practical stuff. Growthhackers is really good as well!