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Clarity

Andrew Startups

San Francisco, California

15 years experience in early-stage startup growth. I consult on overall strategy, Paid Advertising, PR, SEO and more for young companies that are ready to start growing efficiently and effectively without wasting money and time! I have a long resume to prove it!

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37 minutes
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Startup Launch Advice From a Veteran

Are you a startup founder, entrepreneur or small business owner that's got some marketing, growth, advertising or otherwise business questions that a seasoned startup veteran with over 15 years experience launching small businesses can answer? This is your chance to spend $100 and save thousands. Pick my brain. Unfiltered access!

Growth Hacking Suggestions

Over the past 15 years as a Marketing lead for early stage startups I have taken over a dozen companies from ideastage to 6 figure monthly users in <6 months, with little to no budget. Two of those companies exited within 1 year and I've just started sharing my proven pre-funding Startup Marketing techniques that can drive traction, user engagement, press, VC interest and revenue with nothing more than time, focus and elbow grease. Let's chat today and I'd be more than happy to tweak each recommendation to your startup's industry and market.

SEO Advice & Strategy

I have spent 10 years consulting on SEO for different companies from directory listings sites, to ecommerce and B2B companies. A 30 minute call with me and we can outline an exact plan of action for your SEO strategy. I consult on how to strategize SEO, onpage SEO and offpage SEO. I also offer larger SEO audits that

Paid Ads Coaching

I've spent over $10mm on FB, Google, Pinterest, Reddit, Taboola, Quora, Twitter, IG, Linkedin and more for big brands like BBVA, Tinder, LivingSocial and many young startups with small budgets. I'll teach you best practices, tips, things to avoid, strategy and content ideas and more.

How to Hack Your PR

15 years experience in building and launching PR campaigns for startups. I will teach you the three core steps to building a successful PR campaign and how to get in large publications without paying a PR agency,

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Andrew Startups answered

What are some signs my startup may be "too niche" to ever become mainstream?

The easiest answer to this is something a mentor told me a few years ago when I was working on a niche app....she said "do you honestly feel like you could be passionate about this for the next 10 years"? That may not sound like it's relevant but it is...honestly that's the only thing that matters when starting a compay (besides the obvious of is this valuable)...That's the first thing to figure out. Then when I answered and said maybe, she said "do you think that this is the biggest thing you could be doing with your time? Why stop at helping a few thousand people, why not pour 10 years of your life into something that can help millions".....so reframe your question, is my product only helping a few people? Is there something else I could be doing that will help more people? If the answers are obvious then you know what you need to do...back to the drawing board.

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Customer validation

Early-stage Startups

Andrew Startups answered

I'm looking to hire someone to do PPC for me. What are some red flags when considering a candidate?

The easiest thing to ask identify an expert is what campaigns have they ran and what are some specific successes they've found....if they can answer this with exact keyword mentions...then they know their stuff.

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Digital Marketing

PPC Marketing

PPC

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What are the best practices with SEO?

Step one, spend a day researching competitors, keywords, onpage and offpage SEO...and then get yourself knowledgeable enough to find an expert who has experience in your industry and then work with them...try and implement their suggestions yourself if your team can...that will reduce cost.

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SEO Strategy

SEO Specialist

Andrew Startups answered

I sell ads on my social network of 9 million+ to small businesses, but I want to sell higher priced ads to corporations. How do I start?

I would really need to see the ads that you're selling to be able to suggest what method to scale them with... but you hit the nail on the head...You have two options really...building internal sales processes or going through an agency. Usually companies go through an agency first, to get professional handholding in "sales product" development...ie. they help you scale your pricing and ad units and offerings...and get your foot in the door with bigger clients...but you can do a short term contract with most agencies...say 6 months...so that after 6 months you are in a much better spot to handle it on your own and stop paying 30% to an agency...

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Sponsorship Sales

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Thanks for the chat! Some good ideas to implement!

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Tessa Thomas Source: Clarity

Awesome conversation and incredibly insightful. Looking forward to chatting again Andrew!

Ray Lui Source: Clarity

Andrew is clearly an experienced startup marketer - we're launching a fintech startup next year and was able to very quickly assess our goals/ budget/ resources for an effective go to market strategy. He answered a lot of specific qs (phased rollouts, PR, email marketing) and was able to reference other companies/ startups who faced similar marketing challenges (why it worked/ didn't) which was incredibly valuable! Highly recommend and look forward to more calls with Andrew. :-)

Shahirah Gardner Source: Clarity

Really enjoyed talking with Andrew! He really knows his stuff, and provided a lot of actionable tips that I hadn't heard anywhere else. He's also very candid so you'll hear everything that you need to know (both good and bad). Look forward to more conversations with Andrew.

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