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Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

How Eric Siu Gets Ahead of His Competitors | Ep. #1201

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

In episode #1201, we talk about how Eric Siu gets ahead of his competitors! From attending events and going to bed early, Eric has a bunch of helpful tips and possible jumpstarts for you and your business. Tune in to hear what he does and find some new things for yourself! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: How Eric Siu Gets Ahead of His Competitors. [00:46] Scanning the media landscape for numbers from founders and startups. [01:15] What Eric does with this information and the things he pays attention to. [01:56] Holiday work and putting in the time to get ahead. [03:02] Looking at numbers and comparing these with competitors. [03:20] Blocking off time for peaceful strategizing. [04:19] Competing with bigger and more well-resourced competitors. [06:17] Getting up early in the morning, a focus on sleep and attending events.  [07:59] That’s it for today! [08:02] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Nathan Latka The Top Leave Some Feedback:   What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.   Connect with Us:  Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout  Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel  Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.

0:11.5

Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with

0:14.0

your instructors Neil Patel and Eric Sue.

0:19.2

All right guys before we start we got a special message from our sponsor.

0:24.0

If you want to rank higher on Google,

0:25.9

you got to look at your paid speed time.

0:28.5

The faster your website loads, the better off you are.

0:31.3

With Google's core vital update,

0:33.0

that makes it super, super important

0:34.8

to optimize your site for low time.

0:37.6

And one easy way to do it is use the host

0:40.0

that Eric and I use, Dreamhost.

0:42.0

So just go to Dream Host or Google it.

0:44.8

Find it, check it out, and it's a great way

0:47.0

to improve your low time.

0:50.4

Welcome to another episode of Marketing School. I'm Eric Sue and I'm Neil Patel and today

0:56.0

we're going to talk about how Eric Sue me gets ahead of his competitors.

1:00.7

So Eric what do you do to get ahead of your competitors? We're getting close to the end of the year. You know, you have a few different companies. You have single grain, you have quick flow. What's the first thing that you do that helps you get a head start of your competitors before the next year starts?

1:17.0

Well, I like looking, we've talked about this before, but I like scanning the net for all the podcasts, all the interviews, everything they've done

1:24.8

where they shared their numbers, especially on the SAS side, I go listen to Nathan Lekas, the top,

1:30.6

but I'll just generally search for, you know, the founder's name or the company's name,

1:35.5

listen to the podcast, and then I have some intel on what they're up to, right?

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