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PR & Marketing

Passing the Button-Clicker Test, and Other 0 to 1 Lessons from Lattice’s First Marketing Hire

The behind-the-scenes story of how Lattice built its marketing strategy from the ground up, as told by its third employee and first marketing hire, Alex Kracov.

PR & Marketing

How to Build an Iconic Brand Without Breaking the Bank — This Founder's Formula for Early Marketing

Studs co-founder Lisa Bubbers shares how they melded a strong brand with operational rigor to build a thriving business with minimal marketing expenses.

PR & Marketing

The Playbook for Hiring the Right Marketer at the Right Time for Your Startup

Should you hire a brand, product or growth marketer, and how do you know when you've found the right candidate? Maya Spivak, former marketing leader at Segment and Wealthfront, unpacks her frameworks for identifying the type of marketer your startup needs, interviewing and closing candidates.

Product

Pinterest and Grubhub’s Former Growth Lead on Building Content Loops

While at Pinterest and Grubhub, Casey Winters relied on content loops, an overlooked path to growth. Now a scaling advisor to companies such as Eventbrite and Reddit, he shares a 5-step process and three more advanced strategies for using this approach to achieve steep and sustainable growth.

PR & Marketing

The Top Comms Mistakes Startups Make — And How To Avoid Them

After two decades of comms experience with companies like Eventbrite, Yahoo, Mattel and Nike, Terra Carmichael shares four common PR mistakes and her techniques for sidestepping them.

PR & Marketing

How Food52 Strikes a Winning Balance Between Content and Commerce

Food52 co-founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs have always led with engaging content, confident that sales would follow. Here's what startups can learn from them on how to connect content and commerce to build a brand.

PR & Marketing

How New Startups Can Win at PR — Advice from a 20-Year Comms Career

Terra Carmichael leverages two decades of comms experience with companies like Eventbrite, Yahoo, Mattel, Nike and more to dispense advice to young startups finding their footing with the press.

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Our 6 Must Reads to Build a Brand That Breaks Through the Noise

Building a brand is vital for startups, as they challenge incumbents in an existing industry or attempt to define a new one. Getting the right branding formula can feel more like an act of sorcery than strategy. This roundup provides some practical tips and process.

PR & Marketing

Our 6 Must Reads on Content Marketing

Exceptional content marketing — and its accompanying, loyal audience — takes time to build. Here are six tips to help you start creating resonant and enduring content today.

PR & Marketing

The [Adjective] [Number] Things You Need to Know About Clickbait

Former MyFitnessPal and Under Armour marketing VP Tara-Nicholle Nelson lays down the content marketing law: stop publishing clickbait. Here, she outlines how to create true engagement.

Product

The SEO Tips That Helped Tally 20 Million Visits A Month

Yummly Chief Growth Officer Ethan Smith outlines the inflection points and key tenets for high-performance SEO.

PR & Marketing

Content is Eating the World — Contently's CEO on Winning at Marketing's New Hotness

Joe Coleman has been helping companies of all sizes publish quality content for years. Here's his advice for startups as this new marketing trend reaches fever pitch.