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Whitson Gordon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
180 total appearances

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

And I, that sounds crazy, but I am kind of really obsessive and meticulous about things like headlines and, and what are we going to send out on Twitter and Facebook?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

How are we going to get as many people to see this and then to click on it and then not be disappointed when they click on it, you know?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

Well, assuming that the content delivers on that promise.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

Yeah, let's say content's great.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

I, you know, I would try to specify that more.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

You know, there are a ton of articles out there on how to be a millionaire when you're 30.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

So, you know, that article may do really well today when we push it out.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

But how is it going to do well on Google a couple months down the line, a couple years down the line?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

What's going to put that at the top of Google and make people click on that over every other?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

So what would you change it to?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

Well, you know, I would look at the article and say, OK, what's different about this?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

How are we how are we becoming a millionaire by the time you're 30?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

And how is that different from, you know, what other people are saying or what's specific to this article?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

And I think part of this is about writing the article.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

You want it to be specific.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

You want it to hone in on something.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

You know, the broader you are, the less you're going to the less substance you're going to have and the less you're going to be able to compare yourself to all of the other articles.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
How Lifehacker Went from 1m to 10m Monthly Uniques Fast with Whitson Gordon EP 187

You know, the other thing I would mention is that, you know, if you have an article that's these top 10 on 60 ways, why not just take one of those and write an article just about that?