Strikingly developed its unique startup culture with ideas born in CEO David Chen’s college dorm room. His experience running for student government and putting up a campaign website gave him a firsthand glimpse into the struggles of making web design work. Having had to personally overcome the...

How One Badass Reddit Post Produced 170 New Customers in under 3 Hours Here’s the thing about promoting your brand-new business or service - We all need the validation that people not only want our services, but are willing to pay for them. So getting those first few clients can be critical...

The Instagram strategy for your SaaS company didn’t quite perform the way you wanted it to, did it? Many of us marketing managers produced the same results, implementing the same Instagram (IG) protocol. Post 3-4x per dayS4S (or Share 4 Share)The follow/unfollow methodCurate content from other...

We could all use a little extra cash right? Supplements are not cheap and new workout gear can be damn ‘spensive! And you deserve it because you put in the time to look and feel good. But if you add in a family and other responsibilities… ...you can definitely feel the pinch. Matt Toman is a...

How to Create a Landing Page to find the Next Dollar for Your Charity The world feels like it’s on fire (especially on Twitter). Hurricane destruction, refugees, water crisis, education crisis, abused animals, and the list goes on. You’re ready to get off the bench and get in the game to raise...

Originally published on Mashable Avoid the Pitfalls: Build a Business with Your Friend without Ripping Each Others’ Throats Out (The Extended Version) (Co-founders of Strikingly, in order of appearance: Teng Bao, Dafeng Guo, David Chen) Everyone has heard this advice. Everyone. DO NOT mix...

All Star Customer Success: The One Part of Your Business You’ve Been Neglecting We need to growth hack. We need to focus on our SEO to rank higher. Traffic. We need more traffic! Most brands spend THOUSANDS of hours, and dollars, looking to get more customers to use their product or service....

Hail Mary Marketing MVP: How One Entrepeneur Threw Together A Last Minute Kickstarter Campaign, Raised 2X Their Goal, And Came To Market There are currently 229,921 Kickstarter Projects that have been unsuccessfully funded. Usually this is due to a lack of planning, promotions, or both. ...

How Tweaking Your Landing Page Can Result in Up To 300% More Sales (With Just 4 Simple Ideas) You have 6-8 seconds. Most people think just getting people to their store will result in an immediate sale, but it's usually not that easy. In reality, you have between 6-8 seconds for your new...

Side Hustle Case Study: How A Mom Of Five Made $2,653 (In Recurring Revenue) With A New Side Project Today we're going to show you how a mom of five managed to create a thriving side business that generates $2,653 of recurring monthly income in less than 5 months. And she manage this despite...