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In this episode, Eric shares the mic with Ryan Blair, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, multi-millionaire, and CEO of ViSalus. Listen as Ryan takes us on a journey through his days at rock bottom—poverty, an abusive father, and gang life—to his days as a rockstar living on his own terms. Learn how he started a venture fund called HashtagOne that invests in technologies that they want to learn about, how he bought ViSalus for $75,000 in 2005 and sold it in 2008 for $32 million, and why he says that being a better student than a teacher led to his success. Click here for show notes and transcript.  Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

  Hey everyone! In today’s episode, I share the mic with Guillaume Decugis, Co-Founder and CEO of ScoopIt, which is a B2B software that allows businesses and individuals to curate and publish the best possible content. Tune in to hear Guillaume shed some light on his 15 years as an entrepreneur, how he attempted to build a mobile widget platform, and how he grew Scoopit to 200 B2B customers and 4 million freemium users!  Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you realized that we only have 6 months to make our mark on 2019! Do you know the latest and greatest in marketing hacks that will have you dominating the rest of the year? Tune in to hear Eric Siu share his favorite 6 new marketing hacks that are changing the game.  Get your update and jump ahead of the curve now before 2019 is over.  Click here to watch the full YouTube video  Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The average person gets ~147 emails a day — we delete 71 emails in an average time of under 3.2 seconds each. Is it any wonder that most salespeople struggle to get a response rate of 10%? Most cold email templates out there are going to feel spammy and overused; you can smell those emails from a mile away. So, when you're writing cold emails, how do you come off as somebody the other person wants to do business with?  Tune in to hear Eric Siu share his secret to winning with cold emails. Click here to watch the full YouTube video  Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi, everyone! Today I share the mic with Ross Andrew Paquette, CEO of Maropost, which provides powerful, easy-to-use, enterprise-grade software solutions to scale your sales and marketing. Tune in to hear how Maropost went from doing $300,000 in revenue to millions in revenue, how they achieved this without raising any capital, and how they compete with more established email marketing companies. Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone! In today’s interview, I share the mic with Michael Monteiro, CEO and Co-Founder of Buildium, a property management software.    Tune in to hear Michael explain how Buildium serves as a solution for so many property management companies, how it took them 2 whole years to get their first 50 customers and how they now have 14,000 customers in over 40 countries!  Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone, today I share the mic with Rodrigo Fuentes, CEO of ListenLoop, which zeroes in on account-based marketing for B2B companies. Tune in to hear Rodrigo break down how account-based marketing works, how a background in electrical engineering and law led him to a B2B retargeting startup, how one ListenLoop client saw a 22% increase in web traffic engagement with ABM, and what their most effective customer acquisition method is. Click here for show notes and transcription. Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed  Connect With Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-service may be the answer to scale your online business. Tune in to hear Eric Siu sit down with Matt Munson, Twenty20 Founder and CEO, as he reveals how he used his own money to fund his business during its rough patch, the difficult ways he decreased his costs, and the power of self-service for online businesses. Click here to watch the full YouTube video  Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you taking full advantage of the customer data that you have?  Tune in to hear Eric Siu reveal his #1 sales tip that will have you crushing your sales goals in 2019.  When you are trying to do sales, you are trying to generate a conversation with someone.  Make that conversation as personal as possible using this #1 sales tip and you'll see improvement in your conversions! Click here to watch the full YouTube video  Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What worked in marketing yesterday might not work today...you know this to be true.  It's the same with tools.  That tool that that you found and were obsessed with last year might be outdated this year. Tune in to hear Eric Siu round up the top marketing tools he has shared on his YouTube channel that will have you dominating 2019. Click here to watch the full YouTube video Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey everyone, in today’s episode, I share the mic with Sol Orwell, the founder of Examine.com. Listen as Sol shares how going from fat to fit led him to create a 7-figure nutrition business, how he built that business off of his Reddit followers, how Examine.com generates 100% of their revenue with just 3 products and why his quest for independence is the guiding principle to how he runs his companies. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed  Connect With Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're talking with Infusionsoft Co-founder and Senior Vice President of Product Strategy, Scott Martineau. Infusionsoft provides all-in-one automation software for small business owners looking to grow. To date, the company serves 25,000 small businesses with 60,000 users and is closing in on $100 million in revenue. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: Who should I interview next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Believe it or not, you CAN make a profit with YouTube ads. Tune in to her Eric Siu sit down with John Crestani, an affiliate marketing guru, as he gives an inside scoop into his inspirational business story. You will learn how to find your niche, connect with your customers, reach a high ROI, and the importance of marketing channels. Click here to watch the full YouTube video  Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What company do you think of when you think of SaaS? Tune in to hear Eric Siu share his list of the most influential and revolutionary SaaS companies of the decade like EchoSign, Adobe, Salesforce and Amazon AWS. Click here to watch the full YouTube video Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When your company is starting to fall apart, does that mean it's time to give up or can you still turn things around? Tune in to hear Eric Siu share some of the biggest signs to look out for when a company is about to go bust. Packed with personal stories and business lessons, this episode is a must listen for any entrepreneur or business owner. Click here to watch the full YouTube video Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you thinking about starting a podcast and want to get the best gear? Or maybe you've been running a podcast for a while and want to upgrade your tools. Tune in to hear Eric Siu share his favorite podcasting equipment recommendations to get your podcast set up for success.  He'll discuss the best podcast microphone to use when starting out as well as budget podcast gear recommendations. Learning how to podcast and get your basic starting studio set up will help you get started in content marketing and building an audience. Click here to watch the full YouTube video Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hi everyone, today's interview is with Nathan Chan, founder of Foundr Magazine, an app-based subscription publication that features high-quality interviews with entrepreneurs like Richard Branson, Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, and Barbara Corcoran. Beyond revealing his process to actually land these interviews with such seeming hard-to-get celebrity-level entrepreneurs, he also reveals the step-by-step process he went through to grow Foundr Magazine's Instagram account from zero to 300,000 subscribers in just 10 months. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we're talking to Sachin Kamdar, CEO and Co-Founder of Parse.ly, a company that works with digital publishers by helping them measure their content ROI and predict which of their pieces will become viral. He's got a lot of insight about how Parse.ly's analytics dashboard differs from Google Analytics or platforms tailored to e-commerce, and why those differences are so important for content producers. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you know if your marketing campaigns are working? If you have a new idea and want to test it, what marketing software do you use? Tune in to hear Eric Siu share his favorite tools for marketing that will help you build out your marketing plan and how to scale marketing. Click here to watch the full YouTube video Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growing a business is all about people. If you can learn to manage and lead your people, then your chances of success grow exponentially. Tune in to listen to Eric Siu round up the top lessons he has shared on his YouTube channel about leadership and management - and curated the best snippets all together in one master video to help you get the most out of the channel. Click here to watch the full YouTube video Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @Ericosiu Instagram @Ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices