Digital ad spend is up 31% this year.

More competition, more expensive clicks.

How to master 5 FREE marketing channels:

1. Email Newsletters

Ethan Brooks offers a million dollars of value in this mega-thread on how to build a 7-figure newsletter empire:

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2. SEO

Hrishikesh Pardeshi, founder of Flexiple and Buildd, reveals his 30-step framework for how a startup should approach SEO:

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2. SEO (continued)

Yannick from Hypefury delivers a powerful guide to key SEO concepts with examples, tools and recommended videos to dive deeper.

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3. Organic Twitter

Learn how Aadit Sheth writes killer threads that have earned him over 80K followers:

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4. Community

Follow the Bored Ape Yacht Club (342K followers) for a blueprint on community.

What began with ape NFTs has evolved into a wild subculture that includes clothing, meetups, mutants, online games and aping into a whole new way of life.

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5. Cold Email (B2B)

Learn how Will Cannon has built a $70M B2B SaaS company by perfecting cold outreach:

https://t.co/7oWXDSg31h
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Peace.

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