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Create and Go is an online business education brand that teaches people how to build blogs and online courses, selling courses such as Launch Your Blog Biz a...

createandgo.com · Founded 2017 · 39 public sources · Updated 16 minutes ago

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How Create and Go Grew

Online business education teaching people to build profitable blogs and courses

How did Create and Go grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Create and Go grew by focusing heavily on building an email list, which it describes as its best strategy for growth alongside diversifying traffic sources. Its main traffic sources have included Pinterest and YouTube, which drove a lot of traffic to its site and helped grow its email list. Alex Nerney's team began with Pinterest, then added YouTube and SEO, and later started a podcast.

Channels

15 channels · grouped by how Create and Go grows

  • Organic social media

    · 7 mentions · 7 sources
    “Alongside just promoting our content on Pinterest, we also began to put some serious effort into our Youtube channel. While there was no real strategy to producing on a schedule or anything, I did put as MUCH effort into every video as possible.”
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    “YouTube Experiments, behind-the-scenes, and raw lessons from real creator growth stories. Watch”
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    “Weekly blogging tips — unsubscribe anytime No spam. Instant delivery — add us to your contacts so your plan doesn’t land in spam.”
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    “They are also authentic and connect with their readers and students. I look to them as an inspiration for sure. They went from nothing to over 100k every month.”
    medium
    “We've been cutting costs and taking on the responsibility for almost all of the work again as we begin to rebuild our foundation from the ground up. I'm talking about everything except for customer service and some affiliate program management, which is still handled by Cathy Dean on our team. Bu...”
    medium
    “Since Noah bought out half of Create and Go, we have been super hard at work on new content - YouTube, podcast, and course updates. It's all very exciting but not always easy.”
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    “Since Noah bought out half of Create and Go, we have been super hard at work on new content - YouTube, podcast, and course updates. It's all very exciting but not always easy.”
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  • Pinterest

    · 5 mentions · 3 sources
    “Lauren and I had already seen so much success from Pinterest with Avocadu that we knew we had to start there. We began making pins for our content and putting them out as well as using all the strategies we had developed, which included pin design, optimizing them for pinterest search, and using ...”
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    “Lauren and I had already seen so much success from Pinterest with Avocadu that we knew we had to start there. We began making pins for our content and putting them out as well as using all the strategies we had developed, which included pin design, optimizing them for pinterest search, and using ...”
    high
    “The most important tools for us currently are the social media platforms we use, specifically, YouTube and Pinterest. These two platforms drive tons of traffic to our site every single month and helps us to grow our email list exponentially.”
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    “Ok, y’all–it’s time to talk about the big, red elephant in the room: Pinterest. The platform we all love to hate. All the changes to the algorithm, video pins, idea pins, pins without links…it’s all so frustrating...”
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    “We started a health and fitness website back in 2015 and we were able to get 500,000 views a month from Pinterest just a few months later. We took a lot of the experience that Alex had in the real world and put that into the online diet and weight loss programs that we created.”
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  • Email List Growth

    · 5 mentions · 4 sources
    “Along with being transparent, we put a lot of emphasis on building an email list. We knew the power of email marketing from our first blog and by collecting emails, we were able to really connect with our audience and build trust with them before ever promoting our products.”
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    “It lets you: Host your content where no algorithm can bury it Collect emails instead of likes Build a real asset, not just an audience”
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    “YouTube and Pinterest ... helps us to grow our email list exponentially.”
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    “Turn readers into subscribers, customers, and opportunities ... Grow an email list from that traffic”
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    “Diversifying our traffic sources and focusing heavily on growing our email list has always been our best strategy in terms of growth.”
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  • SEO

    · 5 mentions · 5 sources
    “As I was thinking about these updates, I thought it would be great to get Noah back on the podcast to talk about some of the updates in the SEO world - ahead of our SEO course updates. Consider it a little sneak peak of sorts. The rise of AI writing tools like Jasper (our favorite) has brought wi...”
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    “That's why we teach blog-based businesses, because your blog is your home. It's hosted on your domain. It's yours. It lets you: Host your content where no algorithm can bury it Collect emails instead of likes Build a real asset, not just an audience”
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    “Rank on Google without gimmicks Turn useful content into steady search traffic Grow an email list from that traffic Get Your Next 1,000 Readers → For blogs that are live but quiet · 14-day guarantee Get Traffic Course · Keyword planner · Content plan · Traffic system”
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    “Pinterest was first, then YouTube, then went full steam with SEO, and my latest project was starting a podcast.”
    high
    “As I was thinking about these updates, I thought it would be great to get Noah back on the podcast to talk about some of the updates in the SEO world - ahead of our SEO course updates.”
    medium

  • Podcasting

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “Welcome to the Launch Your Blog Biz podcast, where we take a deeper dive into the world of building a creator and share our best tips and strategies for starting a creator business, building an audience, and earning a full-time income online. This podcast is going to be to our outlet to get even ...”
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    “Podcast Honest convos about the messy middle of building something meaningful online. Listen”
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    “Pinterest was first, then YouTube, then went full steam with SEO, and my latest project was starting a podcast.”
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  • Video content

    · 2 mentions
    “The most important tools for us currently are the social media platforms we use, specifically, YouTube and Pinterest. These two platforms drive tons of traffic to our site every single month and helps us to grow our email list exponentially.”
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    “Alongside just promoting our content on Pinterest, we also began to put some serious effort into our Youtube channel. While there was no real strategy to producing on a schedule or anything, I did put as MUCH effort into every video as possible.”
    high

  • Email marketing

    · 2 mentions
    “The two most important tools in our business are what we use to grow and sell are: ConvertKit for email marketing and Teachable for selling online courses.”
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    “Along with being transparent, we put a lot of emphasis on building an email list. We knew the power of email marketing from our first blog and by collecting emails, we were able to really connect with our audience and build trust with them before ever promoting our products.”
    high

  • Craigslist

    · 1 mention
    “The most important tools for us currently are the social media platforms we use, specifically, YouTube and Pinterest. These two platforms drive tons of traffic to our site every single month and helps us to grow our email list exponentially.”
    high

  • Backlinks

    · 1 mention
    “We also do the basics of keyword research, outreach, link building, etc.”
    high

  • Partnerships

    · 1 mention
    “Now, we focus on networking and building partnerships with brands and companies to build better links through great, shared content.”
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  • Online Community

    · 1 mention
    “Join Our Creator Community Get weekly insights, strategies, and resources to help grow your creator business.”
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  • Newsletter

    · 1 mention
    “Start Small (Free) Free Weekly Newsletter”
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  • Tik Tok Creator Partnership

    · 1 mention
    “It's all about the pros and cons of selling products on marketplace platforms like Etsy, Amazon, Skillshare, Udemy, etc.”
    medium

  • Weekly newsletter

    · 1 mention
    “Free Weekly Newsletter Stories, strategy, and support to help you build a business without burning out. Subscribe”
    medium

  • Event marketing

    · 1 mention
    “Today, I’m sharing some of our experiences with paid ads for our blog, including using an ads company for almost a year now.”
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How 3,299 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Create and Go’s highlighted.
  • Social media
    64% ◀
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    63%
  • Search/SEO
    58% ◀
  • Email
    47% ◀
  • Community
    37% ◀
  • Content/Inbound
    35% ◀
  • Partnerships
    32% ◀
  • Events
    24% ◀
  • Paid ads
    23%
  • Outbound/Sales
    19% ◀
  • Press/PR
    17%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    12%
  • Podcasting
    4% ◀
  • Influencer partnerships
    3%
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