Comments on post “The Growtheme”
Jascha Brinkmann
@jaschaio · Entrepreneur, jascha.io
Very excited to see the Growtheme on PH 😍
I've build this theme out of a massive pain for myself. In the past year I’ve build together with my spouse a Blog from zero to 10.000+ email subscribers. Without SEO. Without paid clicks. Without any previous experience and with just one post per week.
We focused on techniques used by big Bloggers like Noah Kagan, Derek Halpern or Neil Patel. What we noticed was that it's really hard to do the same if you start from zero. You either need to be a developer yourself, or use several plugins on a monthly basis that are very unflexible and make a complete mess out of your blog.
As I noticed that other bloggers were searching for a solution to the same problem, I decided to turn our custom made theme into a product anybody could use. (Making the first version in a 48h product challenge inspired by @amyhoy and @nathanbarry)
I know that some of the techniques (like popups) are sometimes questioned. But the truth is that they do work and can be used in an ethical way that provides real value to visitors.
Additionally if you are just starting out as a Blogger you don't have any time to loose and so much things to learn.
If you have something that takes away all the technical worries, you have more time to focus on the things that really matter for a successful blog: Writing great content and building real relationships with your readers.
AMA regarding the Product, Email List Building or Blog Growth in general. I had the pleasure to work with some of the big bloggers out their, so I am happy to help :)
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Ross Currie
@rossdcurrie · Founder, CrowdLoot
@jaschaio @amyhoy @nathanbarry Great concept... while I agree with @bentossell's general sentinment, I also agree that there are a lot of themes out there that don't really offer basic methods for your users to get onboard.
My one comment would be that your main site and your demo site don't really operate as full sites, so it's hard to see how I might use your theme as a regular user. I can't see the "full site experience" and without that, all I'm really seeing are plugins disguised as a theme (thus preventing me from using my regular theme).
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