Dan S - Practical Growth

Growth Marketer's Best Friend / Ex-ButcherBox + 5 other startups / Building and / Dad and coach / Vermonter / Go Buffalo

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

I've been the first growth hire at 6 startups:
1 failed
1 got to $2 mil
1 got to $20 mil
1 got to $30 mil
1 got to $50 mil
1 got to $500 mil
As an 80/20 marketer, AI tools have me excited at the possibilities. Will be building and sharing here!

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

@jjacobs22 This is one my kids have used for hoops. The social aspect isn’t really great yet but there are leaderboards. https://t.co/HiJ74pspLS

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

@transformbball SSG

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

A lot of people hate email. I'm not one of them - I've always liked email for certain needs: simple communicaion, using it as a to-do list, keeping records of conversations etc.

One of the most valuable use cases for me over the years has been summarization of information. There's just way too much info out there to find myself - so I subscribe to several roundup type emails. Marketing Brew for digital marketing news. The Coach's Clipboard for youth basketball drills. And now that I'm close to 50, Thrive25 for health and longevity news.

A few months back, I was looking for a tool to help me create my own newsletter around the intersection of digital marketing and ChatGPT. I found a niche service called Newsblok that had all the functionality I wanted. I happened to come across it on https://t.co/6vWqM3isTL - a couple of great entrepreneurs from Morocco built in and were looking to sell it. I had some great conversations with them and ended up purchasing it.

I wanted to add new features and change the brand a bit, so I worked with one of the developers to build it out over the last few months.

And now we're re-launching it as Newsblocks --> https://t.co/Le3tvmH1sd

It's still in beta, but please check it out and let me know what you think. It's perfect for people looking to create roundup-type email newsletters (aka information summarization). The chrome extension allows you to add and summarize article as you're reading them (your "blocks"). And then the AI will help to generate a full newsletter. It's not going to replace your opinions and original thoughts, so you'll need to add those yourself as usual. But it will save tons of time by summarizing and creating the structure for you.

It's certainly a beta product, so be kind. Or don't! Either way, would love to hear if you have any comments. Thanks!

[Primal Baseball @primalbsbl]

🧵NEW THREAD🧵

How I went from an Average D3 Pitcher to First - Team All - American and Cape Cod New
England Player of the Year, in less than 2 years.

This isn't a thread for me to post my accomplishments. This is to show baseball performance is not what social media makes it.

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

@primalbsbl “Be the idiot” definitely gotta tell Cam and Henry that one

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

Intuit announced today they're shutting down Mint. Here's a good post on options for managing your household finances from the first product manager at Mint and CEO of Monarch.

[Monarch @monarch_money]

Mint will be shutting down on January 1st. What should Mint users do?

Here are some thoughts on the situation and suggestions from our CEO, who was also the first product manager at Mint.

https://t.co/dV8fMLAODO

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

Give this dude a chance somewhere!

[Nick Johnson @nicholasmilo]

It’s 9:55 pm on a Friday and I’m watching Jordy Allard’s split change. I’m willing to die on the hill that it was a top 5 pitch in D1 in 2022. 46% whiff 44% chase. .164/.197/.233 .430 ops against it.

The King of Vermont and pride of Babson and Northeastern deserved a pro opportunity.

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

@BreakthruBball Ok done!

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

Picture this: You're the first and only marketer in a growing startup. Your task? Figure out which marketing channels to attack first. Sounds daunting! But what if I told you it's not only manageable but also an opportunity for unparalleled growth?

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

It's a big challenge, but it's also the most exciting part of joining a startup.

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

Picture this: You're the first and only marketer in a growing startup. Your task? Figure out which marketing channels to attack first. Sounds daunting! But what if I told you it's not only manageable but also an opportunity for unparalleled growth?

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

Finally, the channels. Paid search is the lowest-hanging fruit. Beyond that, the most effective channel isn't always the most obvious. Look for underutilized platforms where your audience hangs out. The road less traveled often holds a lot of promise.

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

I'm on Product Hunt! If you've ever built an AI tool/product/service and needed to know where to advertise, this is for you. Please check it out and give me any feedback you have. AI Marketing Directory: The ultimate directory of AI publications https://t.co/SBEaF4gbzZ by @dlls

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

Game-changing super-prompt for growth marketers:

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

Game-changing super-prompt for growth marketers:

𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

Game-changing super-prompt for growth marketers:

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗧𝗔𝘀

[Dan S - Practical Growth @DLLS]

Game-changing super-prompt for growth marketers:

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗸𝗧𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗧𝗔𝘀