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Feb 2018
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How Noah Kagan Would Launch a Business W...

Louis Grenier | Marketing & Branding
About this episode

I've just launched a new YouTube channel!! The concept? I take real businesses struggling to stand the f*ck out, provide my positioning/branding/lead gen help, and record it all for YouTube. The first mini-series features three freelance marketers (copywriter Rob, ecommerce designer Laura, and non-fiction book coach Vicky).

I hope you'll set aside half an hour to watch it through. Maybe with your morning coffee? Or lunch break? Or evening onion soup? And then, the usual "Subscribe, Like, Share" would go a long, long way too.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdNXaHHVnVntg5gpveB-5_Q

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Today I’m talking to Noah Kagan, a successful entrepreneur and founder of two multi-million dollar businesses including AppSumo, Sumo and Briefcase.

Noah is someone who does marketing all day long, but rarely calls it marketing. He has a successful blog, podcast, YouTube channel, and over 700,000 subscribers on his email list.

He has worked for Intel, Facebook and Mean.com before striking out on his own.

Listen in as Noah takes us through how he would launch a business with $1000 anonymously and his thoughts on marketing today.

Topics covered:

  • Launching a business idea
  • How to find a marketable service to provide
  • Starting by working for free
  • Validating ideas manually before starting with automation
  • Networking methods to find clients
  • The 80/20 rule: Spend 80% of the time sticking with what works, and 20% experimenting
  • Becoming a better marketer and Noah’s advice and resources

Resources mentioned:


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Buy my book: book.stfo.io
Watch my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdNXaHHVnVntg5gpveB-5_Q
Take my 60-second quiz: stfo.io/q
See my pretty face on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisgrenier/
Leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3p4wL4r
Leave a review on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iEF1qovZZiaP1iRtxGARo


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