This Guy Might Be the Biggest Underground Growth Hacker Ever, EP 304: Vincent Dignan

Published: June 20, 2016, 3:03 p.m.

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Vincent Dignan is a growth hacking expert who was voted the best speaker at South by Southwest this year. He\\u2019s just launched The Growth Hacking Playbook and he\\u2019s turning marketing upside down by ditching the platitudes and giving people practical advice and tools on how to actually generate traffic. Listen in to hear about how to get to 1 million unique website views per month, how to find anyone\\u2019s email online, and why networking events are a waste of time.

Famous Five:

Favorite Book? \\u2013 The 48 Laws of Power
What CEO do you follow? \\u2014 James Altucher
Favourite online tool? \\u2014Audiense
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 Yes
If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?\\u2014Don\\u2019t go to networking events. And start public speaking earlier.

Time Stamped Show Notes:
01:10 \\u2013 Nathan\\u2019s introduction
01:34 \\u2013 Welcoming Vincent to the show
01:50 \\u2013 Vincent provides consultancy, coaching, and speaking services that help them to grow their business
03:00 \\u2013 Use Charlie app - it will find all of the publically available information from someone\\u2019s email address
03:33 \\u2013 Email Hunter is a free tool to help you find anyone\\u2019s email
04:02 \\u2013 Discover will show common connections on social media
04:30 \\u2013 Profile Hopper visits people\\u2019s Linkedin profiles to generate return views to your profile
04:55 \\u2013 Rebump is a Gmail tool that will re-send emails that haven\\u2019t been responded to
05:34 \\u2013 Vincent has a small number of clients who pay him $5-10k per month
06:10 \\u2013 Magnific is Vincent\\u2019s agency
06:40 \\u2013 Vincent employs over 750 writers, editors, and marketers
07:40 \\u2013 How could Nathan get to 1 million unique website views per month?
07:58 \\u2013 Optimise his email list, and build his Twitter following
08:30 \\u2013 Would create a tool to add \\u201cYou like this, read this next\\u201d to the website
09:40 \\u2013 Which articles do I send to which parts of my list?
11:10 \\u2013 Start executing things - move your project along
12:45 \\u2013 Vincent doesn\\u2019t take equity when it\\u2019s offered
15:20 \\u2013 Connect with Vincent on Facebook
15:45 \\u2013 The Famous Five


3 Key Points:
Get in front of audiences. Start public speaking and sharing what you know.
Use the right tools to build your list and drive traffic. The money\\u2019s in the list - so have the right tools to work it.
Start executing. You can go to a hundred networking events and still achieve nothing. Move your project along.
Resources Mentioned:
Freshbooks - The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
Host Gator \\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
Leadpages \\u2013 The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
Audible \\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he's driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

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