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26 tools · grouped by what DollarSprout uses
  • Pinterest logo

    Pinterest

    · 6 mentions · 6 sources
    Social media
    “Now they use Pinterest, some Google ads, and some paid ads on Facebook for their articles.”
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    “With a new game plan in place, instead of continuing to devote resources to maintaining an elusive omnipresent marketing strategy, the cofounders went "all-in" on Pinterest.”
    low
    “that was our first little glimpse of success was when we first started out affiliate marketing and using Pinterest as a way to get traffic.”
    medium
    “So if you're active on multiple like social channels, so for us, our two channels that we use are Pinterest and Facebook”
    medium
    “One of our first breakthroughs in terms of building an audience was Pinterest. Neither of us had ever used Pinterest in our personal lives, but we heard it was a great traffic source for a lot of blogs so we decided to give it a shot.”
    medium
    “Real-world example: Jeff and Ben at DollarSprout used Pinterest as their primary growth engine in the early days, achieving a staggering 115,000%+ growth in Pinterest traffic over three months. They didn't use paid ads.”
    low
  • Facebook logo

    Facebook

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    Social media
    “Facebook will post stuff organically but that's more of just to do it and be present, but we also spend a little bit of money on Facebook ads just to drive traffic to our content.”
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    “Our first few months after the site was live was spent posting on social media (mainly Facebook and Twitter) and writing news-style blog posts on investing trends we were seeing.”
    medium
    “Now they use Pinterest, some Google ads, and some paid ads on Facebook for their articles.”
    high
  • WordPress logo

    WordPress

    · 3 mentions · 2 sources
    Blog
    “CMS: Wordpress (https://wordpress.com/) (our current theme is custom)”
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    “CMS: Wordpress (https://wordpress.com/) (our current theme is custom)”
    high
    “Jeff says that they have always used WordPress and love it.”
    high
  • QuickBooks logo

    QuickBooks

    · 2 mentions
    Accounting
    “Accounting: Quickbooks (https://quickbooks.intuit.com/)”
    high
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    “Accounting: Quickbooks (https://quickbooks.intuit.com/)”
    high
  • Gusto logo

    Gusto

    · 2 mentions
    Other
    “Human Resources/ Payroll: Gusto (https://gusto.com/)”
    high
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    “Human Resources/ Payroll: Gusto (https://gusto.com/)”
    high
  • Upwork logo

    Upwork

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    Hiring
    “We started off on Upwork, like everybody else does, finding someone that will write for five cents a word or whatever.”
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    “we started off on Upwork like everybody else does, finding someone what will write for 5 cents a word or whatever, and we slowly built that to where now we're investing more upfront in writers”
    medium
  • Ahrefs logo

    Ahrefs

    · 2 mentions
    Seo
    “SEO: Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com), SEMrush (https://www.semrush.com/), Keywords Everywhere (https://keywordseverywhere.com/), KWFinder (https://kwfinder.com)”
    high
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    “SEO: Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com), SEMrush (https://www.semrush.com/), Keywords Everywhere (https://keywordseverywhere.com/), KWFinder (https://kwfinder.com)”
    high
  • Keywords Everywhere logo

    Keywords Everywhere

    · 2 mentions
    Other
    “SEO: Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com), SEMrush (https://www.semrush.com/), Keywords Everywhere (https://keywordseverywhere.com/), KWFinder (https://kwfinder.com)”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “SEO: Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com), SEMrush (https://www.semrush.com/), Keywords Everywhere (https://keywordseverywhere.com/), KWFinder (https://kwfinder.com)”
    high
  • Google AdSense logo

    Google AdSense

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    Advertising
    “The next step for us was, we had AdSense ads on for a while and that made $2 a month or something.”
    high
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    “And the next step for us was we had AdSense ads on for a while,”
    medium
  • Zoom logo

    Zoom

    · 2 mentions
    Other
    “Communication: Slack (https://slack.com/), Zoom (https://zoom.us/), Loom (https://www.loom.com/)”
    high
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    “Communication: Slack (https://slack.com/), Zoom (https://zoom.us/), Loom (https://www.loom.com/)”
    high
  • Slack logo

    Slack

    · 2 mentions
    Productivity
    “Communication: Slack (https://slack.com/), Zoom (https://zoom.us/), Loom (https://www.loom.com/)”
    high
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    “Communication: Slack (https://slack.com/), Zoom (https://zoom.us/), Loom (https://www.loom.com/)”
    high
  • KWFinder logo

    KWFinder

    · 2 mentions
    Seo
    “SEO: Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com), SEMrush (https://www.semrush.com/), Keywords Everywhere (https://keywordseverywhere.com/), KWFinder (https://kwfinder.com)”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “SEO: Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com), SEMrush (https://www.semrush.com/), Keywords Everywhere (https://keywordseverywhere.com/), KWFinder (https://kwfinder.com)”
    high
  • S

    Subscribers

    · 2 mentions
    Other
    “Push Notifications: Subscribers (https://subscribers.com)”
    high
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    “Push Notifications: Subscribers (https://subscribers.com)”
    high
  • FlexOffers logo

    FlexOffers

    · 2 mentions
    Other
    “Affiliate Networks: Impact (https://impact.com/), CJ (https://www.cj.com/), FlexOffers (https://www.flexoffers.com/), iGain (https://igain.com/), Aragon, AdBloom (https://www.adbloom.com/) + more”
    high
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    “Affiliate Networks: Impact (https://impact.com/), CJ (https://www.cj.com/), FlexOffers (https://www.flexoffers.com/), iGain (https://igain.com/), Aragon, AdBloom (https://www.adbloom.com/) + more”
    high
  • iGain logo

    iGain

    · 2 mentions
    Other
    “Affiliate Networks: Impact (https://impact.com/), CJ (https://www.cj.com/), FlexOffers (https://www.flexoffers.com/), iGain (https://igain.com/), Aragon, AdBloom (https://www.adbloom.com/) + more”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “Affiliate Networks: Impact (https://impact.com/), CJ (https://www.cj.com/), FlexOffers (https://www.flexoffers.com/), iGain (https://igain.com/), Aragon, AdBloom (https://www.adbloom.com/) + more”
    high
  • AdBloom logo

    AdBloom

    · 2 mentions
    Other
    “Affiliate Networks: Impact (https://impact.com/), CJ (https://www.cj.com/), FlexOffers (https://www.flexoffers.com/), iGain (https://igain.com/), Aragon, AdBloom (https://www.adbloom.com/) + more”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “Affiliate Networks: Impact (https://impact.com/), CJ (https://www.cj.com/), FlexOffers (https://www.flexoffers.com/), iGain (https://igain.com/), Aragon, AdBloom (https://www.adbloom.com/) + more”
    high
  • H

    HelloBar

    · 2 mentions
    Platform
    “Email Capture: HelloBar (https://convertkit.com/)”
    high
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    “Email Capture: HelloBar (https://convertkit.com/)”
    high
  • Asana logo

    Asana

    · 2 mentions
    Productivity
    “Project Management: Asana (http://asana.com)”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “Project Management: Asana (http://asana.com)”
    high
  • Semrush logo

    Semrush

    · 2 mentions
    Seo
    “SEO: Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com), SEMrush (https://www.semrush.com/), Keywords Everywhere (https://keywordseverywhere.com/), KWFinder (https://kwfinder.com)”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “SEO: Ahrefs (https://ahrefs.com), SEMrush (https://www.semrush.com/), Keywords Everywhere (https://keywordseverywhere.com/), KWFinder (https://kwfinder.com)”
    high
  • I

    Impact

    · 2 mentions
    “Affiliate Networks: Impact (https://impact.com/), CJ (https://www.cj.com/), FlexOffers (https://www.flexoffers.com/), iGain (https://igain.com/), Aragon, AdBloom (https://www.adbloom.com/) + more”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “Affiliate Networks: Impact (https://impact.com/), CJ (https://www.cj.com/), FlexOffers (https://www.flexoffers.com/), iGain (https://igain.com/), Aragon, AdBloom (https://www.adbloom.com/) + more”
    high
  • C

    CJ Affiliate

    · 2 mentions
    “Jeff and Ben began their search for affiliates by joining affiliate networks such as cj.com.”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “Affiliate Networks: Impact (https://impact.com/), CJ (https://www.cj.com/), FlexOffers (https://www.flexoffers.com/), iGain (https://igain.com/), Aragon, AdBloom (https://www.adbloom.com/) + more”
    high
  • G

    GoDaddy Website Builder

    · 1 mention
    “Ben and I didn't know much about web design at the time, so we used GoDaddy's website builder tool.”
    high
  • Facebook Ads logo

    Facebook Ads

    · 1 mention
    Advertising
    “But we also, you know, spend a little bit of money on Facebook ads just to drive traffic to, to our content”
    medium
  • GoDaddy logo

    GoDaddy

    · 1 mention
    Web hosting
    “Jeff says that their first hosting site was GoDaddy and it worked for them in the beginning.”
    medium
  • HARO logo

    HARO

    · 1 mention
    Other
    “we also really focus on building domain-level links to our site through HARO, Help A Reporter Out, I'm sure you've heard of that.”
    medium
  • Twitter logo

    Twitter

    · 1 mention
    Social media
    “Our first few months after the site was live was spent posting on social media (mainly Facebook and Twitter) and writing news-style blog posts on investing trends we were seeing.”
    medium
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