At the time I’m writing this, the coronavirus pandemic is raging across the world, and I’ve seen many people share their thoughts and opinions on it. But I haven’t seen information on what someone can do during these difficult times to make money for their family’s food and bills. So in today’s post, I want […]

What do most entrepreneurs sell? Software. Apps. Online courses. Conventional, boring stuff. But Alex Craig had his own set of ideas. He sold potatoes. Yes, you heard me right; it’s POTATOES. Back in 2015, the 24 year-old app developer made a lot of money selling potatoes online. Six months after founding it, he sold the […]

Sounds unreal? Totally. But it’s also doable. Back in 2015, Mikael Cho had a problem. His startup was running out of cash, and he had to get a ton of users real quick to hang on. He didn’t have the cash to buy traffic. Blogging is also out; it’d take months to get traffic this […]

It was a day like another other back in 2014 when Ed Clay saw the perfect opportunity while searching for cleaning services online. He was excited because almost all of the local websites on Google were terribly designed. They looked like they were made ten, twenty years ago. Not only that, these sites had needlessly […]

Hacker news is an influential link aggregation website. The largest crowd there? People in the technology industry and startup companies. If you have a good product appealing to these people, Hacker News is a great place to get your story and product spread and then generate sales by doing it. On this post, I want […]

The accepted truth is that, to make money on YouTube, you need to produce: #1. Fancy videos #2. Viral content + click-bait titles #3. And that’s not enough… you need to produce a ton of videos – that means you’ll probably need a production team to pump them out at scale. The reality is: No, […]

How to sell a website for lots of money? Website exit attempt theories go like that: #1. Launch a website; #2. SEO it to the top of Google #3. Add a host of other traffic getting efforts to make it profitable #4. Sell for 10x profit on Flippa. That’s the “conventional” way of flipping a […]

I started this blog, Growthtext, as a side project in March of 2016. Every month, I wrote 1-2 blog posts, getting readers to sign up to my list using several lead capture forms I set up. I used it to launch an online course, Rapid 5K Subs. During my 10-days launch, 29 people paid $420 […]

Every city is unique. New York is unique. Toronto is unique. Melbourne is unique. The same goes for your city, it’s unique. No matter where you live, in a city or close to one, you can find products that are prized for belonging to that city. And there’s a whole market out there that’s emotionally […]

We are entering a new year… This made me stop and think about what I can send you as gift for being a loyal Growthtext reader. It had to be something worthwhile, something useful. So, this was what I did: 1. Closed myself in my room for 3 days straight (still ate and slept). 2. […]

Most people use WordPress to run their blog or website. But to most bloggers, WordPress security isn’t a top priority. Why? 1. WordPress security is not an exciting topic. 2. It doesn’t produce positive ROI; adding security to your WordPress site doesn’t grow your traffic; it doesn’t sign up more email subscribers; it doesn’t put […]

In this post, I’m going to show you how a 27-year old entrepreneur from Brisbane, Australia, is making $5000-$8000 a month growing his movie and TV soundtrack website, What-Song.com Let’s meet Tom Andrew. When Tom set out to build his now successful movie and TV music website, he had no clue about most of the […]

Today, I’m going to show you how a growth hacker gamed the Reddit algorithm and made herself 5 figures within 3 days launching her natural soap business. I promise, this post is going to open your mind to new possibilities. So, keep on reading… First, let’s meet Chloe Alpert. Chloe is a growth hacker and […]

“Hey Verena, how do I create social media visuals like these?” “They just look amazingly done. Any graphics tool you can recommend?” Nick, my client who just ordered his second website from me, was planning his new Facebook fan page. He’s on the hunt for tools he can use to create high quality social media […]

“After so much that I’ve read… I’m still getting stuck with social media marketing” “Jon Loomer seems to be a go-to-guy on Facebook ads, but I’m still trying to figure out how his Lookalike audience technique can work for my little blog… maybe his stuff is just too advance for me? Thought? Here is the […]

Want to 2X your email open rate? In this post, I’m going to show you how I doubled my email open rate. The best part is: I spent less than 1 minute to do it. Please read on… Side note: I grew this blog from nothing to a blog with 10,000 monthly visitors, working part […]

Today, I’m going to show you how one marketer cracked Reddit traffic. First, let’s meet Ryan Stewart. Ryan is the founder of Webris- one of the top seo agencies in Miami. Today, his blog averages 200K monthly visitors. When he first launched his blog back in 2015, the numbers weren’t that promising. SEO takes time […]

Want to increase your website traffic? In this post I’m going to show you a quick solution for killing your procrastination and taking immediate action to start driving traffic to your site. You see… I’ve shown people how I got 10,000 visitors to this blog within just a few months. I grew this blog from […]

I’ve successfully reached the goal I set for myself 5 months ago: getting 10,000 monthly visitors to this blog. Here are 10 things I’ve learned: I grew this blog from nothing to a blog with 10,000 monthly visitors, working part time and without using SEO. Want to know how I made it happen? I’ll show […]

I have hit 10,131 monthly unique visitors to this blog! If you have been following my blog for the past few months, you know I started GrowthText 5 months back with a mission to grow it from nothing to 10,000 monthly visitors without relying on SEO. I just wrapped up the 5th month and hit […]

If you Google “best WordPress plugins for internet marketers” or “top WordPress plugins for internet marketers”, you’ll be overwhelmed by all the available options. Yes, there are many great plugins around… but do you really need that many of them for your blog? No, you don’t. In fact, installing too many plugins makes for a […]

Hacker News is a link aggregation website where anyone can submit their link. The majority of their readers are in the technology arena. But as stated on their submission guideline, they welcome any submissions as long as it’s something that “gratifies one’s intellectual curiosity”. Hacker News monthly traffic is now hovering between 10 -15 million […]

If you’re providing services online, this freelance marketing technique will convert more leads and grow your business. If you’re not following up with your leads, you’re leaving a lot of money on the table. Marketers talk a lot about setting up follow-up emails to convert leads into buyers. In forums, discussion groups, blog posts, and […]

I just wrapped up the 4th month of my journey to 10,000 blog visitors. In this website traffic report, I’ll share what happen in both April and May. I was suppose to post my April report last month but didn’t do it as there wasn’t much to report on. So, I’ve decided to skip one […]

Want to build a sustainable online business? Email is the foundation. Not Facebook likes. Not Twitter followers. Not #hashgtags. Quick stat: Email- According to Silverpop, the average email open rate is 20.2% Facebook- Facebook organic reach runs around 6% for brand pages and 2% for pages with more than 500,000 likes. Twitter- Only 8-10% of […]

What’s the most important thing to grow your online business? To me, it’s list building. Yes, traffic is important. But if we’re not turning traffic into leads, we don’t own an audience. Simply put: Audience = asset From the first day I launched Growth Text, list building was my primary goal. I grew this blog […]

What’s the best time to email your subscribers? The ultimate answer- send when people are reading emails. Unless your subscribers are corporate readers, don’t send out emails in the morning or in the afternoon. Send out emails in the evening (I’ll explain why later). How do you know if your readers are not corporate readers? […]

What is Influencer Marketing? Influencer Marketing engages key leaders in your niche to drive your name to their larger market. Rather than shouting your name to the world by yourself, you approach key leaders in your niche to leverage their influence. Get them to get out the word for you. I grew this blog from […]

I wasted so much time on trying to learn how to increase web traffic… I spent years subscribing to marketing blogs; most of the time… I was disappointed. I usually find little to no actionable traffic tips I can implement in my business. Good content is rare, actionable content is even rarer. I know that […]

I’m on my journey to 10,000 monthly visitors. Every month I post a traffic report summarizing my traffic progress. March is our second month since we started Growth Text and we had a lot of fun growing our traffic this month. My blog traffic increased 380% in March over February numbers. I’m going to share […]

The same old Twitter marketing techniques tell us to: Engage with your followers; Use hashtags; Tweet on Sunday afternoon; And a host of others tips and tricks. But what about using Twitter to drive real visitors to your website? Now, those tips might help you add a couple more Twitter followers, but there will certainly […]

“Hey, Verena, where can I get high quality free stock photos for my site?” Cynthia dropped me a line after I completed her new website. “Are there any places online where I can find quality free stock photos?” she asked. I build websites for a living, and yes, I have a list of websites up […]

Welcome to my first traffic report! Every month I’m posting a traffic report summarizing my progress. I’ll also show you what traffic strategies I use during the month that make the difference in the amount of traffic and the number of opt-ins this blog accumulates.   February 2016 Traffic Report The blog was launched on […]