Jonathan Martinez

Jonathan Martinez Contributor Share on X Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor How to spend your first $10K on paid ads Your B2B leads are going to waste

Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who’s helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups.

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How to spend your first $10K on paid ads

In the early days of your startup, it’s important to be as efficient as possible, not only with this $10K budget, but also with your time.

Your B2B leads are going to waste

Your B2B leads will go to waste unless you begin to create lapsed buckets and develop a strategy to attack them head-on.

A growth framework for reaching $1M ARR

I do not pretend to have a silver bullet, but I do have a tried-and-true framework you can use to help you achieve your first million.

5 growth lessons we learned while scaling from $2M to $3M ARR

Hire experienced talent early, allocate 10% of revenue to marketing, and continue dividing team responsibilities as you scale.

Add a free e-book to your B2B paid acquisition efforts

With a sound strategy to convert your leads, you can be well on your way to a successful paid acquisition campaign.

How to identify, interview and hire a head of growth for an early-stage startup

The individual you’re looking for will create and execute growth strategies, manage marketing initiatives and ultimately, drive revenue.

Don’t wait to identify your startup’s ideal customer personas

By identifying your ideal customer personas first, you will find product-market fit faster and identify the right customers to sell to.

The 3 stages of building world-class growth funnels

Thousands of startups have experimented with infinite variations and tweaks to their growth funnel. Why try to reinvent the same foundation?

Paid acquisition: The #1 way to find product-market fit

How can you find PMF in the most efficient and frictionless way possible? I argue that the answer to this question is paid acquisition.

You need to add some friction to your growth funnel

One of the biggest misconceptions when it comes to UX is that we must eliminate as many questions and barriers as possible.

CRO: Why startups should prioritize conversion rate optimization early

Think of CRO as a grand supplement to all the other items the growth side rolls out in the early days of a startup.

Are you spending too much on paid acquisition?

Let's examine when to start measuring diminishing returns and how to use a simple regression analysis to find optimal spending levels.

Your site needs more than just one user onboarding experience

I’ll describe the type of data needed to make onboarding unique and will share some examples of how I’ve implemented this myself.

3 ways to step up your short-form video and TikTok growth strategy

The fact that influencers are shifting their strategies to shorter-form content is a clear signal for startups to follow suit.

5 growth lessons I learned while scaling from $0 to $1M ARR

Learn from my mistakes: Stay hyperfocused on a few problems at a time, don’t overcomplicate things and get a trusted outsider’s opinion.

When it comes to early-stage growth marketing, it’s often better to imitate than innovate

While trying to gain traction, most of your time and attention should be focused on imitating successful marketing tactics.

Building a growth marketing team the right way

A solid growth marketing team will be instrumental in driving your next phase of growth, so it's worth putting some thought into building it.

4 video content tips for your startup’s growth marketing

If you’re entering 2023 without a video content plan for your startup, you will be missing out on a significant resource for creating brand awareness and reaching more consumers.

Teach yourself growth marketing: Which metrics really matter?

Many people will assume that the important metrics for companies like Uber and Coinbase will be new riders and traders. They would be wrong.

Teach yourself growth marketing: How to perform growth experimentation through A/B testing

Learn how to perform A/B tests, prioritize a list of tests, and run them with minimal external interference.
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