The Growth Letter by Tim Cakir - Issue #2

March 09, 2020

Hi guys,

In this second issue of my growth letter I am excited to introduce a quick description for each of the good reads I share. In these descriptions you can quickly understand if that recommendation is for you or not. I really do not want to waste your time as I know that is the most important thing we’ve got.

Coronavirus: I am actually not going to talk about it as we all somehow have to continue our day to day activity. Wash your hands and don’t get too close to people. That’s my only recommendation for the time being.

Hope you enjoy this second edition!

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Highlight

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Crazy Me on the BBQ trying to grill calçots

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Good Reads

A lot of my clients struggle with Case Studies especially early stage startups, so here I thought this article might help anyone looking to publish great Case Studies:

Whether it’s pesky NDAs, tight-lipped customers or a complete and total lack of tracking, getting concrete success metrics to share in a case study can feel like herding cats with Red Bull for blood. What do you do when your client can’t – or won’t – give you any numbers to work with?

If you are still having issues with tracking on Google Analytics then this one is for you:

But what if this data is flawed? There’s a high risk of making bad decisions if you’re blindly relying on the data that you see in Google Analytics. You know the saying: garbage in, garbage out.

Affiliate marketing is huge right now and if you still are not using it as a leverage for growth you are missing out, so check out this article:

Sales and marketing - the subject that determines business success. Wherever you are, you have to try and reach your prospects and convert them to loyal customers. Regardless of your business domain, marketing is essential. Sales are also part of business growth.

For all of you asking me how to grow your LinkedIn and how to better use LinkedIn:

LinkedIn is an amazing platform. Here you can reach 100k audience with $0 ads spend.

If you are still struggling to choose an SEO tool, here is a great comparison of the top 2 SEO tools available out there:

Two tools dominate the SEO landscape: SEMrush and Ahrefs. They also happen to be my two favorite SEO tools. So doing this comparison is going to be much tougher than the SEMrush vs Moz comparison post I published a few years ago, where I clearly preferred one tool over the other.

Tools

Dux-Soup: The smarter way to generate new business using LinkedIn

I have been using Dux-Soup for two years now and it is an incredible tool that helped me grow my LinkedIn.

Check it out on here and let me know if you have any questions.

What am I reading right now?