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Procrastinating marketing tasks? Here are 30 time-proven ideas to grow your startup

30 actionable marketing tasks for Bootstrapped Founders from MakerBox Workbook.

1️⃣ User Acquisition

  • Run a Twitter giveaway
  • Partner with other brands
  • Improve your on-page SEO
  • Launch on AppSumo
  • Sponsor a newsletter issue

2️⃣ Activation

  • Start doing product demos
  • Improve your product onboarding
  • Create a welcome email sequence
  • Offer the part of the product for free
  • Write better user documentation

3️⃣ Conversion

  • Add parity pricing
  • Write a case study
  • Get testimonials from opinion leaders
  • Improve your pricing page
  • Create a limited offer

4️⃣ Operations

  • Run a usability test of your landing page
  • Analyze your competitors
  • Define your marketing metrics
  • Brainstorm marketing campaigns
  • Run customer interviews

5️⃣ Strategy

  • Define your positioning
  • Understand your marketing funnel
  • Complete your StoryBrand framework
  • Define your Personas
  • Describe your Tone of Voice

6️⃣ Personal Brand

  • Share your startup progress on Indie Hackers
  • Start a newsletter
  • Define your content matrix for Twitter
  • Connect with 5 Startup Founders in your niche
  • Start posting on LinkedIn

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  1. 2

    Great points Dan!

    Thank you for sharing, will try to implement these for my product ruttl

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      do it my man! 💪

  2. 2

    Dan, I can't thank you enough for your continuous value editions to the community. The listicle arrived at the right time it is needed ✌

  3. 2

    Hey Dan, great post!

    1. 1

      hi, thank you! appreciate that 💪

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    Tbh I didn't expect this. Will definitely use them in DoTenX.

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    Thanks, Dan! Running a Twitter giveaway and sponsoring a newsletter are definitely good strategies!

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