Neil Patel

My name is Neil Patel. I am the co-founder of NP Digital. We're a global ad agency, have a few software companies, and we spend our time just helping companies grow, drive more traffic, lead sales, and pretty much it.

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On like two minutes, I'm like, I already dragged it out. I'm like, I got like two seconds, but all right.

Yeah, so we are in, I think, 20-ish countries, 19 or 20, something like that, or 21. We have people all around the world. And let's say if you're a company like L'Oreal, which we work with, or Adobe, or pick a name, you know, where they say we need to do marketing to sell more cosmetic products or software or enterprise security, whatever it may be.

Yeah, so we are in, I think, 20-ish countries, 19 or 20, something like that, or 21. We have people all around the world. And let's say if you're a company like L'Oreal, which we work with, or Adobe, or pick a name, you know, where they say we need to do marketing to sell more cosmetic products or software or enterprise security, whatever it may be.

We market to companies and people within all the countries that they're targeting.

We market to companies and people within all the countries that they're targeting.

They typically have people in-house and then they hire companies that specialize in certain things that they can help their internal team just get faster results and better results.

They typically have people in-house and then they hire companies that specialize in certain things that they can help their internal team just get faster results and better results.

You can hire one at any stage. I don't necessarily know if everyone needs one, but like for example, if you're at a million, $2 million, there could be a contractor that you know that will charge you $2,500 a month and can do really well and just drive a ton of Facebook ads and drive you more revenue. And that's great.

You can hire one at any stage. I don't necessarily know if everyone needs one, but like for example, if you're at a million, $2 million, there could be a contractor that you know that will charge you $2,500 a month and can do really well and just drive a ton of Facebook ads and drive you more revenue. And that's great.

If you hire someone full-time internally, it may cost you a hundred grand a year. Why not pay the person 2,500 bucks a month, which ends up being $30,000 a year, which is way cheaper than hiring that full-time person for a hundred grand a year.

If you hire someone full-time internally, it may cost you a hundred grand a year. Why not pay the person 2,500 bucks a month, which ends up being $30,000 a year, which is way cheaper than hiring that full-time person for a hundred grand a year.

do whatever you're passionate about. If you already know you love something like cooking or making necklaces or hats, go do that. If you're like, one day I want to start a business in this space, instead of just going off and starting a business, I highly recommend working for someone for a little bit. Ideally a fast growing growth stage startup, not an early startup, but a growth stage one.

do whatever you're passionate about. If you already know you love something like cooking or making necklaces or hats, go do that. If you're like, one day I want to start a business in this space, instead of just going off and starting a business, I highly recommend working for someone for a little bit. Ideally a fast growing growth stage startup, not an early startup, but a growth stage one.

So you can learn from a lot of their mistakes and also build up your Rolodex and gain connections from working there for a little bit. And then go venture off on your own because you'll avoid making a lot of the common mistakes.

So you can learn from a lot of their mistakes and also build up your Rolodex and gain connections from working there for a little bit. And then go venture off on your own because you'll avoid making a lot of the common mistakes.

If you have a few hundred grand, I would recommend investing in yourself. You're gonna be the best investment, hands down, whether it's leveling up your skillset, your knowledge, your Rolodex, your connections, whatever it may be, invest in yourself.

If you have a few hundred grand, I would recommend investing in yourself. You're gonna be the best investment, hands down, whether it's leveling up your skillset, your knowledge, your Rolodex, your connections, whatever it may be, invest in yourself.

If you wanna park money somewhere else, stock market, startups, or whatever it may be, I would actually start off with the companies that you use on a daily basis that you're super passionate about. So for example, if you know all you and your friends are addicted to buying on Amazon instead of going to Walmart, then just buy a little bit of Amazon stock. For sure. It's a really simple model.