Dan Sanchez's 3 Pillars for Audience Growth

Dan Sanchez (a.k.a., Danchez) shares his 3 pillars for building and growing your audience. Download the free powerups cheatsheet: https://marketingpowerups.com/040

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🎉 About Dan Sanchez

Dan Sanchez, also known as "Danchez," is a leading LinkedIn influencer and inbound marketing expert. With over a decade of experience in digital marketing and social media, Dan focuses on helping brands grow and engage their audiences through compelling content and strategic influencer marketing. In just a few short years, Dan has rapidly grown his own following on LinkedIn to over 25,000 engaged subscribers. He provides regular tips and trainings on optimizing profiles, developing shareable content, building communities, and leveraging LinkedIn to accelerate lead generation. 

🕰️ Timestamps and transcript

• 00:00:00 Danchez's audience growth pillars.
• 00:01:51 Story of pain, growth through ads, big team.
• 00:05:21 Building relationships through owned media is important.
• 00:08:47 Discover gift, offer value, receive feedback.
• 00:11:43 Book and talking, learn through posting.
• 00:12:54 Start podcast, share lessons, become industry expert.
• 00:16:42 People become aware of growth plateau.
• 00:19:31 42 Agency — build a predictable growth engine.
• 00:20:16 Riverside FM — my preferred video podcast recording platform.
• 00:22:47 Borrow tactics: paid, owned, and earned media.
• 00:25:48 Help audience succeed, engage, teach, promote, elevate.
• 00:32:09 Employee's connections lead to increased engagement.
• 00:35:31 Small curated groups engage to rank posts.
• 00:38:27 AI-generated, expert-curated content key for future search.
• 00:42:15 "Recently discovered niching down for success."
• 00:45:20 Stick with it for 3 years, then reassess.
• 00:46:34 "First podcast needs niche, free, interviews"

✨ Useful links

• Dan Sanchez's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/digitalmarketingdan
• Dan's website: https://danchez.com/
• Dan Sanchez's Audience Growth School: https://audiencegrowthschool.com/
• Sales Feed by Vidyard: https://salesfeed.vidyard.com/