

Leveling Up with Eric Siu
Eric Siu
Leveling Up is a weekly interview series with entrepreneurs and marketers on the latest in business and marketing. Learn actionable strategies & tactics on how you can make your business grow and mistakes to avoid during your journey. Learn from individuals who have founded billion dollar companies to best-selling authors. Entrepreneur and host Eric Siu also shares insights and learnings along the way.
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Jun 25, 2017 • 34min
GE Ep 94 [2015]: How AdEspresso Spends as Little as $0.03 per Click on High-ROI Facebook Advertising
Hey everyone, today we're talking to AdEspresso's CEO Max Chieruzzi about how to quickly optimize and A/B test Facebook ads. He's got some interesting insights on setting up an online inbound marketing funnel and how to evaluate the cost of a click vs. the cost of lead and customer acquisition. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu

Jun 24, 2017 • 33min
GE Ep 93 [2015]: How Bplans Created A Content Production Process That Helped It Eclipse 300,000 Users
Hey everyone, today we're talking to Noah Parsons, COO of Bplans and LivePlan. Noah and his team focus on teaching small and medium-sized businesses how to grow and make things right with business planning tools that make creating forecasts, budgets and goals more relevant than 40-50 page long 'business plan' documents. Click here for show notes. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu

Jun 2, 2017 • 29min
GE Ep 83 [2015]: How Blinkist Used One Piece of Content Marketing to Bring in 500 New Users
In this engaging conversation, Sebastian Klien, co-founder of Blinkist, shares insights from his journey in building a platform that condenses the essence of books into 15-minute summaries. He discusses the importance of monetization strategies from the outset and the challenges of launching a startup. Klien also dives into the adoption of Holacracy as a way to enhance teamwork and employee motivation, along with lessons on hiring the right talent and maintaining resilience during financial struggles. It's a thought-provoking exploration of startup dynamics!

Jan 7, 2016 • 29min
Former Salesforce Director of Sales Shares How He Helped Grow Revenues To Over $100 Million
How do we grow revenues?
It’s a question I ask myself almost every day and it’s a fun problem to try to tackle. Having an internet marketing background pushes me to utilize more inbound strategiessuch as content marketing, SEO or social.
But what about tried and true sales strategies? I wanted to learn how to build a scalable revenue stream for Single Grain so I thought who better to talk to other than Aaron Ross, the author of best-selling sales book Predictable Revenue and the former Director of Sales at Salesforce.
Dec 7, 2015 • 43min
How 10X Content Marketing Got Snack Nation 10x in ARR in 1 Year
Hey everyone! Today’s interview is with Sean Kelly, co-founder of Snack Nation (parent company is Human Healthy Vending – Helping Unite Mankind and Nutrition), an easy, hassle-free way to get delicious, healthy snacks delivered right to your office. I used to intern for Sean, so it’s great to be able to chat with him again! In this interview, Sean and I talk about B2B versus B2C business models, how content marketing has enabled them to grow at high double digits, month over month, why educating their customers with awesome 10x content gives them about 1/3 of their leads in return, and how showing vulnerability makes you a stronger leader. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu

Jun 16, 2015 • 3min
The Importance of Documentation
Piggybacking off Friday's episode, there's a bigger picture item to creating checklists. At the end of the day, it's all about building a culture of documentation. It's really easy when you're on-boarding someone new: all you have to do is tell them to look through specific documents to catch them up to speed. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed
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Single Grain
Twitter @ericosiu

Jun 12, 2015 • 3min
How Checklists Can Help Grow Your Business
Today I want to talk about the importance of having checklists. I've alluded to it in the past, but they're so important to grow your business, I think they deserve their own little segment. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed
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Single Grain
Twitter @ericosiu

Jun 11, 2015 • 2min
Book Recommendation: Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements
Today I’ve got another book recommendation: Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed
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Single Grain
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Jun 9, 2015 • 6min
Book Recommendation: The Art of Learning
Today I’ve got a book recommendation for everyone. The book is called The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance. The author started out as a chess prodigy who parlayed his process of learning into Tai Chi and became a Tai Chi Champion. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed
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Twitter @ericosiu

Jun 5, 2015 • 4min
Checking Your Ego At The Door
What I want to talk about today is checking your ego at the door, especially if you're younger, sitting in high-stakes meetings with Type A personalities who've accomplished a lot in their careers. If you're younger, people will think they know more than you. Leave some feedback: What should I talk about next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed
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