Growthartic - The Art Of Growing Your Business

Is the number of Social Media Followers really important? Hendrik And Ben discuss the type of followers they want, if you should create content or get followers first and what they would do if they only had 1 week to create a social media strategy. This Episode also starts the "10K LinkedIn Challenge" where Hendrik and Ben try to grow their LinkedIn to over 10.000 followers. Are you up to the challenge? Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know if you want to participate in the "10k LinkedIn Challenge". iTunes YouTube Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud   Write us a Message at be@growthartic.com to join the Challenge!

Do you need a business plan or just a plan for your business? Many founders and entrepreneurs think they HAVE to do one but is this true? Ben and Hendrik share their opinion on when and why a business plan might be useful for your business or if it is a complete waste of your time.   Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know if you have a business plan or just a plan for your business. iTunes YouTube Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud   Shownotes: Venture Hacks Pitch Deck Guy Kawasaki Pitch Deck Business Model Canvas NUK Business Plan Competition Rheinland Pitch

What are your Goals for 2019? Should doubling your Revenue be one of them? In this Episode Ben and Henrik talk about the why, what and how of doubling your revenue every year. They touch on topics like team building, scalable business models and share their tactics on how they are planning to double their revenue next year. Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know what your main objective for 2019 is. iTunes YouTube Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud  

A/B testing is a Buzzword that is thrown around a lot in the Marketing Space. What makes sense to test and what does not? And what Split tests do Hendrik and Ben do regularly? In this Episode Ben and Hendrick talk about their favourite A/B testing Tools and share what they learned on their journey.   Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know what you like to A/B test! iTunes YouTube Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud   Shownotes: Instapage Wordpress Unbounce Google Optimize Google Tag Manager

Podcasts are a great opportunity to spread your message. They are getting more and more popular but how do you actually grow a podcast and what are the challenges you might face? In this Episode Ben and Hendrik talk about their strategies to growth hack the podcast and all the things they know they should do but don`t. You will learn the tactics that we use ourselves to grow this podcast and some ideas on how to avoid our failures. Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know if you have your own podcast or are thinking about starting one. iTunes YouTube Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud Shownotes: http://www.growtheurope.com/ https://pirateskills.com/ Steuern steuern by Johann C. Köber Profit first by Mike Michalowicz

Offline Events are easily overlooked by the Online Marketing community because they are not very easy to scale. In this Episode Hendrik and Ben talk about the fact that this is a good thing and how you can use events to get raving fans. You will learn why events are so valuable and learn strategies to get people to attend your event. Enjoy the Show! Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know if you have your own offline event. iTunes YouTube Stitcher Spotify Soundcloud Shownotes: Do Things that don`t Scale: http://paulgraham.com/ds.html

Mental Blocks.. something every Entrepreneur battles on a regular basis. How do you overcome the thing that is holding you back all the time? How can you start executing on the thing you are putting of for months? In this Episode Ben and Hendrik share their battles with resistance and how it is holding them back personally and share their best strategies to overcome it and do the work.  Enjoy the Show and let’s fight resistance together! Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know what your biggest mental blocks are. Soundcloud iTunes YouTube Stitcher Spotify Shownotes: The War of Art - by Steven Pressfield Do the Work - by Steven Pressfield and Seth Godin Getting Things Done - by David Allen

“#15: There seems to be a never ending War between Marketing and Sales. In this Episode, Ben and Hendrik talk about what causes this War and some ideas on how to end it. Should the Marketing and Sales Department be separate? Or should there only be a Growth Department? What can Salespeople learn from Marketers and what can Marketers learn from Salespeople? These are just some of the questions Ben and Hendrik touch on in this Episode. Enjoy the Show and let’s end the War! Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know if you think that sales and marketing should be separate or united. Soundcloud iTunes YouTube Stitcher Spotify

“#14: Personal Finance for entrepreneurs” Ben and Hendrik talk about money. This is for sure not our favorite topic to talk about…But it is really important. What do you earn? What about savings? What about your life-standard? What about investing in the coming? Taxes? Automation and tools? How much should be your salary as an entrepreneur. Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know what your challenges are in terms of money and finances… Soundcloud iTunes youTube Stitcher Spotify Links: Fastbill N26 Kontist

“#13: Startup Tech F*ck Ups” Ben and Hendrik talk about Tech. The importance of technology is rising. Most of th people are not able to code. But at least we all have to understand what is possible with technology and what now. We have to understand the language of developers to discuss with them how to solve our technical challenges. What does a MVP cost? How and when to build a MVP? What about this CTO thing? Legacy code – Pfuiiii! Subscribe and listen to this new GROWTHARTIC episode and let us know what your biggest tech f*ck ups were… Soundcloud iTunes YouTube Stitcher Spotify Links: https://selfhtml.org/

Welcome to episode 12 of the GROWTHARTIC podcast. Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz talk about the importance of Mental Health if you are an Entrepreneur and their strategies to stay sane.   Shownotes: - Get your Sh*t together by Sarah Knight - Send some thoughts to be@growthartic.com   Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik

Welcome to episode 11 of the GROWTHARTIC podcast. Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz talk about the importance of thinking in funnels and how they do it.   Shownotes: - Expert Secrets by Russel Brunnson - Dotcom Secrets by Russel Brunnson - CrazyEgg Blog (Neil Patel)    Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik

Welcome to episode 10 of the GROWTHARTIC podcast. Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz talk about their favourite Social Ads and which strategies worked best for them.   Shownotes: - Linked Helper (LinkedIn automation Tool) - Send some Design Ideas to be@growthartic.com   Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik

To brand or not to brand? That is the question.... of todays episode 9 of the GROWTHARTIC podcast with Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz.   Shownotes: Traction by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares Building A Storybrand by Donald Miller Be@GrowthArtic.com   Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik

Welcome to episode 8 of the GROWTHARTIC podcast. Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz talk about the difficult decision most entrepreneurs have to make. Should you stay Solo or build a Team?     Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik

Welcome to the seventh episode of the GROWTHARTIC podcast. Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz talk about the best Methods to learn something new and what type of information they consume most.   Shownotes:   Books Mentioned: - Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares - Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success by Morgan Brown and Sean Ellis - Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0) by Verne Harnish - Kopf schlägt Kapital by Günter Faltin - The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss   Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik

Welcome to the sixth episode of the GROWTHARTIC podcast. Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz talk about the best age to start a new business and when they became entrepreneurs themselves.   Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik

Welcome to the fifth episode of the GROWTHARTIC podcast. Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz talk about a never ending challenge – who is my typical target group and where can I find them? Shownotes: Tools Mentioned: Google Suggest Google Analytics Facebook Audience Insights   Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik

Welcome to the fourth episode of the GROWTHARTIC podcast. Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz talk about the GDPR / DSGVO and what they are doing about it. *Disclaimer* We are not lawyers! Don`t listen to our Advice in this Episode!   Shownotes: The Post from Segment: https://segment.com/blog/segment-and-the-gdpr/     Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik

Welcome to the third episode of the GROWTHARTIC podcast. Ben Sufiani & Hendrik Lennarz talk about their favourite Growth Hacking Tools and how to they use them. Shownotes: Hendrik´s and Ben`s Favorites: CRM Intercom Hubspot Mailchimp / Active Campaign E-Mail Mailchimp Hubspot Convert Kit (For bloggers) Active Campaign Intercom Websites Wordpress (Avada / Mesmerize) Instapage Optimize Press Wix (For extreme Non-Techies) Analytics Google Analytics Hubspot Segment Facebook Analytics Google Tag Manager Bookkeeping Fastbill Freshbooks All in one: Hubspot Clickfunnels Segment   Thank you very much for listening to our Podcast and enjoy! Ben & Hendrik   www.GrowthArtic.com