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Oct 2024
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Eight Figure Exit to Hugely Profitable L...

Edward Sturm
About this episode

E468: Nik Hulewsky (https://x.com/CoFoundersNik) shares local marketing hacks that are overlooked and profitable anywhere. Tricks that anybody can do now.

- Local SEO and Google Business Profile Optimization - Local Newsletters and how to grow them

Then we talk about content marketing success stories (going deep into the details of how they happened) and a story of how him and Chris Koerner used Reddit marketing to get a new business to 1,000,000 in profit (10,000,000 in revenue) in just 3 months of launching.

I had a lot of fun recording this one, you’re going to like it.

Nik Hulewsky’s podcast, Nikonomics - https://www.youtube.com/@NikonomicsPodcast

00:00 Introduction 00:45 Early Entrepreneurship 04:12 Customer Acquisition in Healthcare 05:16 Local SEO Is Overlooked 11:25 Google Business Profile 17:25 Local Newsletters Are Crazy 23:22 Monetizing an Audience 27:14 Authentic Content 27:22 Simple Tools 28:01 Content Over Production Quality 28:34 Subject Matter and Engagement 29:02 Meeting Chris Koerner 31:10 Chris's Ideation and Validation Phase 32:14 Launching a Crypto Mining Business 32:42 Challenges and Successes in Crypto Mining 38:32 Operationalizing and Scaling 40:00 Perfume Vending Machines 43:04 Sales and Marketing Strategies 47:37 Data Management and AI Integration 50:42 Conclusion

The Edward Show. Your daily digital marketing podcast: https://edwardsturm.com/the-edward-show/

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