Want to hear some grim statistics? 81% of “bloggers” never make even $100. An author averages only 8-15 cents on every dollar made on their own book. The “average” YouTuber with 5K views per month makes just $15/month. Pretty depressing, isn't it? But luckily there’s one piece of content out there that subscribers still value […]

Two months ago, the Sumos were sitting around having tacos and whiskey (typical lunch here), and a question came up: “If you had to grow a blog from scratch with no existing audience or mailing list, how would you grow it to 10,000 visitors per month, in just a few months?” Over 350,000 sites have […]

Adwords used to cost five cents a click.  Ranking #1 for a competitive term used to consist of stuffing the bottom of your page with the keywords you wanted to rank. Crazy, right? Now, I want to kick myself for not taking advantage of these things. But in marketing, there’s always a period when a […]

April, 2014. I’m sitting in our HR rep’s office, resigning my 6-figure job. Two weeks later I’ll be out of the workforce, officially unemployed. Yet, as nervous as others (mostly my dad) said I should be, I was confident I could make something work. Why? Because, during the last 30 days of my job, I […]

Surprise! This guide may not be for you. If you’ve hit your first 10,000 visitors a month and want to turn the heat up, go read our guide about the 130 ways to get traffic to your website, and wipe that smug look off your face. But if you read that guide and wanted to […]

Are you looking for a way to double your business without spending a ton of money? Do you already offer a good product or service but can’t find a way to jumpstart sales? I have a story for you… My name is Ryan Luedecke and I’m the CEO of a beef jerky of the month […]

The #1 question we get over, and over, and over again, is “how do I get more traffic to my site?” To answer that, we came up with 134 ways to do just that and every single one has a short description to help get your ideas flowing. Since this is a MASSIVE list, here’s […]

This Jan I spent a couple of weeks Dubai and Kuwait. After talking to several entrepreneurs in the region and comparing it to my conversations with entrepreneurs around the world, I was convinced that the problem is universal – most startups have trouble figuring out a repeatable, scalable way to get, keep and grow customers. […]

When you look at the landscape of programming education companies today, there are dozens if not hundreds of options to choose from. There are free online coding lessons, intensive bootcamps that last several weeks and cost thousands of dollars, and everything in between. Although General Assembly got its start as a shared coworking space, it […]

When I was 24, I was broke and living on my sister’s couch after a career-ending football injury. My dream of being a pro-football player was done. I had no work experience and a pile of mounting credit card debt. My arm was in a huge cast that was really uncomfortable (for 6 long months). […]