

Leveling Up with Eric Siu
Eric Siu
Leveling Up is a weekly interview series with entrepreneurs and marketers on the latest in business and marketing. Learn actionable strategies & tactics on how you can make your business grow and mistakes to avoid during your journey. Learn from individuals who have founded billion dollar companies to best-selling authors. Entrepreneur and host Eric Siu also shares insights and learnings along the way.
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Jan 10, 2019 • 43min
How Atomic Habits Author James Clear Went from 0 to 450K Email Subscribers in Just 5 Years
James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, shares how he grew his email list to 450K subscribers. He discusses his focus on habits and continuous improvement, strategies for email growth, and the power of small habits. They also touch on travel's impact on perspective and positive endings for better habits.

Jan 9, 2019 • 22min
How Front Grows 10% in Revenue MoM and Doubled the Number of Employees in Just 1 Year
Hey everyone! In today’s episode, I share the mic with Mathilde Collin, the CEO of FrontApp. FrontApp lets you manage all of your communication channels in one place, thus helping your team collaborate more easily. Tune in to hear what inspired Mathilde to start her own company, how fast Front has been growing in the past 4 years, and what she does to maintain a healthy work/life balance. Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu

Jan 8, 2019 • 25min
How Trainual Grows at 35% MoM Simply by Communicating Their Goals and Achievements!
Hey everyone! In today’s episode, I share the mic with Trainual CEO Chris Ronzio. Trainual is a simple and effective tool you can use for small- and medium-sized businesses to onboard or train employees. Tune in to hear why it’s crucial to organize your process, what processes have made Chris so successful, and how they manage to grow at 35% MoM simply by communicating their goals and achievements! Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu

Jan 7, 2019 • 32min
How Steve Sims Spends Rich People’s Money For a Living & Teaches Others Do The Same
Hey everyone! In today’s interview, I share the mic with Steve Sims, CEO and speaker at Bluefish. Bluefish is a concierge firm that offers adventure and experiential services to executives, celebrities, and other high-end individuals. Tune in to hear how Steve sets up one-of-a-kind experiences for wealthy people (i.e. going on stage with Journey, formula 1 racing experiences), how he teaches other entrepreneurs to get media coverage, and why he believes you pay to play. Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu

Jan 6, 2019 • 33min
Sales Expert John Barrows Reveals How He Helped SalesLoft Hit 123% Of Their Target
Hey, everyone! In today’s episode, I share the mic with John Barrows, sales trainer to the world's fastest growing companies, who helps top organizations build world-class sales teams. Tune in to hear John share about the moment he realized he wasn’t a corporate fit, how he helped SalesLoft hit 123% of their target, and why he believes that people should look at sales as a science! Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu

Jan 5, 2019 • 26min
Mikael Lauharanta Shares How They Grew Smarp Through Content Marketing & SEO
Hey everyone! In today’s episode, I share the mic with Mikael Lauharanta, Co-Founder and COO of Smarp, a leading employment engagement and advocacy platform. Tune in to hear how Smarp went from a social media consulting business to its current business model, how they help employees engage better with both internal and external communication, and how they increased their reach significantly through content marketing and SEO. Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu

Jan 4, 2019 • 26min
How AWeber Continues to Stay on Top of Their Game by Having a Dedicated Marketing Team
Hey everyone! In today’s episode, I share the mic with Erik Harbison, Chief Marketing Officer at AWeber, an email marketing platform. Erik has a great deal of experience with digital marketing and even serves as an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University, where he lectures about new media marketing. Tune in to hear Erik share about being the first company to build an auto-responder, how AWeber stays at the top of their game by hiring problem solvers, why they’ve never changed their pricing structure, and how they’ve managed to stay successful for 20 years. Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu

Jan 3, 2019 • 32min
CEO Kerry Bianchi on How Visto's Sales Team Became Key to Their Customer Acquisition Success
Hey everyone! In today’s episode, I share the mic with Kerry Bianchi, President and CEO of Visto, a company dedicated to bringing transparency and accountability to digital advertising. Tune in to hear about how Kerry started from the agency side which set her up for success, what spurred Visto's desire to democratize the process of trading media and marketing, why marketers are freaking out about transparency, and how she helped enact a major change in the company by enhancing the internal communication. Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu

Jan 2, 2019 • 29min
How a Software Engineer Became an Entrepreneur Out of Necessity (And Doubles Their Revenue YoY!)
Hey everyone! In today’s episode, I share the mic with James Smith, Founder of Bugsnag, an automated crash protection platform for web and mobile. Bugsnag allows its customers to make data-driven decisions about building new features and fixing glitches. Tune in to hear how James turned his passion into his profession, how Bugsnag’s Customer Success Team owns up to their motto of “Land and Expand”, and why attending conferences can be a lucrative decision. Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu

Dec 30, 2018 • 27min
How Klipfolio Gets 5K to 6K Trials Each Month Solely From Their Inbound Efforts
Hey everyone! In today’s episode, I share the mic with Allan Wille, President and CEO of Klipfolio, a dashboard company that seeks to help other companies grow. Tune in to hear the struggles Klipfolio went through as a company in early days, how their pricing structure differs from competitors in the space, and how all their sales and marketing efforts are inbound. Click here for show notes and transcript Leave Some Feedback: What should I talk about next? Who should I interview? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @EricSiu


