Codrut Turcanu

Advisor and co-thinking partner for consultants and agency owners. Trusted by Steve Wiideman, Tarun Gehani, Shane Barker, Robb Fahrion. 50+ clients.

[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

Most agency owners use ChatGPT in a way that quietly kills their positioning.

Not because ChatGPT is bad.

Because the way they prompt tells buyers they’re replaceable.

Let me show you what I mean.

Click this: https://t.co/XkdRkZiGlH

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[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

One pattern I keep seeing with experienced SEO consultants:

They already have strong ideas.

What they don’t have is a clear structure behind them.

Here's why this matters:

https://t.co/3GvpfN3fGx

[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

At that point, SEO becomes harder to “fix”.

Not because you don’t know what to do.

But because you’re trying to fix something that isn’t SEO anymore.

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Curious if others working with multi-location clients are running into this.

[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

Multi-location SEO doesn’t get harder because of SEO.

It gets harder because of how decisions are made.

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At the beginning, everything feels manageable.

You fix things.
You optimize pages.
You standardize what you can.

And it works.

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Then something shifts.

[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

But the results don’t compound the same way.

Because the problem is no longer at the SEO level.

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It’s in how decisions are made across the system.

Who owns what.
What gets standardized.
What gets adapted.
What gets ignored.

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[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

@TheGeoMethod Sales

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@HampOldshue Congrats. So how long did you keep it listed on afternic before the sale? Did you do any outbound for it?

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@JamesEbringer Tap

[James Ebringer @JamesEbringer]

95% of affiliates earn less than $500/month

Not because they can't drive traffic

Because they get paid once and start from zero every single month

I built a network where one sale pays you forever

100% upfront commission + 50% of every monthly payment for life

RT + Comment "TAP" and I'll DM you how to join

[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

@MilaChervenkova Do you also buy sites ?

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@JamesEbringer Their site isn't working on my end.

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@ecomchigga Shelf

[ecomchigga @ecomchigga]

found a gumroad exploit that's basically free sales and nobody's using it

the related products hack

here's what most people don't know:

gumroad has a "discover" section that recommends products based on what people already bought

you can't control if gumroad features you

but you can hijack other people's traffic

the exploit:

step 1: find the top 10 sellers in your niche on gumroad

step 2: look at exactly what they're selling. price point. format. title structure.

step 3: create a product that's the obvious "next step" from theirs

they sell cold email templates?
you sell "how to personalize cold emails at scale"

they sell a budgeting spreadsheet?
you sell "how to automate your budget with free tools"

step 4: price yours slightly lower than theirs

step 5: use similar keywords in your title and description

what happens:

gumroad's algorithm sees keyword overlap
buyer purchases their product
gumroad recommends yours as "related"
you get their traffic for free

one guy i know does $4-6K/month entirely from related product traffic

he's never posted content
has zero followers
doesn't even have a social media account

just has 7 products that sit "next to" top sellers

he calls it "digital shelf placement"

same reason brands pay millions to be at eye level in grocery stores

except on gumroad it's free if you know the keywords

the real shit:

you can research which products get recommended together

buy the top product in your niche
screenshot what gumroad recommends after purchase
those are your targets
reverse engineer their keywords
build the "part 2" they didn't make

i mapped out the whole system. finding top sellers. keyword extraction. product positioning. title formulas that trigger the algorithm. the "next step" framework.

RT and comment "SHELF" - i'll send everything (must be following)

[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

@ecomchigga Faceless

[ecomchigga @ecomchigga]

sold my first faceless account last month for $47,000

i built it in 11 weeks

let me explain why this is the most underrated play in digital products right now

faceless accounts sell for 30-40x monthly revenue. that's not a typo

account making $1,200/month = $36K-$48K asset
account making $2,500/month = $75K-$100K asset
account making $4,000/month = $120K-$160K asset

you're not building a content page. you're building a sellable machine

the one i sold was doing $1,400/month with a $39 template in a niche i have zero personal interest in. meal prep for night shift workers. found the idea from a reddit rant with 400 upvotes

never showed my face. never used my name. never attached my identity to it

which meant when a buyer came along asking "can i take this over completely" the answer was yes. because the account wasn't me. it was just a system

personal brands can't do this. when you ARE the product the business dies when you leave

i kept the template. sold the account. still make passive income from a product attached to an account i don't own anymore

now i'm building my 4th one using the same process

find overlooked niche on reddit. validate demand. build one ugly template. grow 4 faceless accounts around it. sell the accounts. keep the product. repeat

i documented everything from the account i sold. the niche research. the content strategy. the growth timeline week by week. the exact conversation with the buyer. how the deal closed

RT and comment 'FACELESS' - i'll send the full breakdown (must be following)

[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

@quietly_rich Share a real life example

[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

@TheGeoMethod Does this also work great in B2B?

[Codrut Turcanu @codrutturcanu]

@benjaminprinter Got it. Nicely put. Framing is everything, or almost.

But, on average, how long does closing deals take?