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Paul Hayes Growth & Productivity Hacker

Zürich, Switzerland

My passions are Growth & Productivity hacking and App development.

I built www.writing-studio.com -> one of the world's largest communities of it's kind and have a lot of experience with startups.

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Having watch Paul in action over the past few months I have been astonished at his work ethic, grasp of business and marketing and ability to execute in even the most difficult situations. In addition to this he always took the time to answer colleagues questions, share his knowledge and do everything he could to help those around him succeed. I would happily work with or for Paul in any future venture he undertakes.

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Paul knows how to get his knowledge into practice and is simply a great person to collaborate with. Highly recommended. Thank you, Paul!

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Paul Hayes

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My passions are Growth & Productivity hacking and App development.

I built www.writing-studio.com -> one of the world's largest communities of it's kind and have a lot of experience with startups.

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Paul Hayes answered

What are the best practices in monetizing a blog post with 30k visitors consistently each month?

It's so simple. Simply ask your visitors how can you help them. There are many ways to do this, but the best thing you can do right now is figuring out why they even come to your site... What problems are they experiencing that drove to them search for tumeric and health benefits in the first place?

I would recommend doing this in a quantitative and qualitative fashion. Look for the common issues, the problems that the majority experience that causes them the most pain.

Once you know the major commons problems they are experiencing, and how desperate they are to solve these problems, then you can very easily monetize this gold mine of a website.

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What are the differences/similarities between creating a consulting business in the IT fields and startup IT business?

I think consulting is the perfect way to find the right SaaS opportunity. Consult with as many different companies as you can, find out the problems they have that make it difficult for them to achieve their goals.

Try and look out for the problems that are common between the various companies. Then you're already in a great position to validate and pre-sell a SaaS platform.

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What day and time is best to release an app for best exposure?

If you're hoping for a best time and day to sell your app then I think you're really going to struggle...

What you need is a proven strategy that will create predictable results. Research the top 50 most successful app launches and you will find a pattern, I guarantee it. Distill this pattern into a formula, and then execute.

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Is now the right time to launch a Chatbot development startup?

That's a bad gamble imo. What exactly do you mean with validated????

Validated to me usually means pre-sales. Literally, their money in your bank account before you risk any of your hard earned money and precious time, then there is much less risk to you and the fact they are prepared to kickstart your development is a strong validation signal...

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How can I attract my target readers to my blog?

Leverage pre-existing communites aka similar sites to yours - guest blogging is your friend here. Use the alexa traffic rank chrome extension to see how much traffic any similar site to yours has.

Go to Mixergy and listen to every interview on guest blogging.

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Online business

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What are the best practices in transitioning from freelancing to working in a company with clients/employees?

This is my favourite topic, this is all about productivity hacks and tools.

Read Brian Tracey's Master Your Time book, then start checking out Productivity Management tools like Pomodoro and DaPulse and more...

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How much should I pay an existing affiliate, when they refer a new affiliate to signup for my affiliate program?

yes, absolutely

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Venture Capitalists: How do you deal with companies that are cashflow positive in your portfolio but will never be acquired/IPO?

I think you're looking at the low hanging fruit rather than digging for the gold that is surely inside these goldmine companies...

What I recommend is to advise all of these startups is to master internet marketing. It's the one skill set that once mastered, can and should give rise to new business strategies that can achieve that which you really want, which is an exit at 10x - 100x whatever their current valuation is...

Literally ask them and their teams to spend 4 hours a day minimum learning about internet marketing, starting with the fundamentals, the pirate metrics...

AARRR - google it if you don't what these are....

Have all your startups declare these metrics, then have them focus on ONE of these metrics, set a goal that is achievable but shows real progress. Give them a goal for every quarter...

And don't worry about anything other than these startups meeting these pass/fail goals

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What are some criteria I should look for when searching for a business coach?

Metrics driven, results oriented.

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What's the best SaaS system for mass marketing including the Ask Method?

Think of yourself as a content marketer first, which is effectively what you're doing, then check out convertKit, which is specifically for bloggers but works great for your situation too.

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My direct competitor is growing fast, my start-up is still at an early stage. Do I need to cancel the initiative and try something new?

You can compete against any competitor if you grind 120% every day, devote 25% of every day to studying to internet marketing. Those who master internet marketing, are dominating almost every verticle.

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Having watch Paul in action over the past few months I have been astonished at his work ethic, grasp of business and marketing and ability to execute in even the most difficult situations. In addition to this he always took the time to answer colleagues questions, share his knowledge and do everything he could to help those around him succeed. I would happily work with or for Paul in any future venture he undertakes.

Jake Lawton Source: LinkedIn

Paul knows how to get his knowledge into practice and is simply a great person to collaborate with. Highly recommended. Thank you, Paul!

Jelmer de Jong Source: LinkedIn

Member since July 2013