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Old content marketing: - Find high-volume keywords in your industry - Write articles starting with the lowest DA - Make sure your Yoast light turns green - Post a link to the article on all socials New content marketing: - Understand your audience and their pain points - Find product- and pain point-focused keywords - Take time to learn the searcher's true intent - Write great content with distribution in mind - Embed a content upgrade to capture emails - Turn the article into your next email newsletter - Create videos to promote on TikTok/YouTube/Instagram - Write a Twitter thread and promote the blog at the end - Screenshot the Twitter thread for a LinkedIn carousel - Extract and write 5+ LinkedIn posts from the article - Extract and write 10+ Twitter posts from the article - Repurpose and redistribute every 3+ months Do new content marketing in 2025. 1 long-form → 20+ short-form 1 channel → Multi-channel distribution Publish → Promote and repurpose forever

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Most brands in India are stuck in production mode: shoot more, design more, post more. Feels like progress. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭. What actually happens: You create one good piece… post it once… and move on. That’s not content marketing. That’s 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥. The real gap isn’t creativity. It’s 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. Typical flow: → Instagram post → Maybe LinkedIn → Occasionally an ad And done. Meanwhile, the same content could be: → A WhatsApp forward → A sales asset → A website hook → A YouTube short (or long-form) → Even offline (store, packaging, events) But it rarely is. So the issue isn’t: “Content isn’t working.” It’s: → 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠. In India, distribution is fragmented: → Platforms behave differently → Tier 1 vs Tier 2/3 consumption varies → Language changes reach If you don’t adapt distribution, you limit growth. Hard truth: One strong idea shouldn’t live once. It should be: → Repurposed → Reframed → Redistributed Until it’s fully extracted. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. Before your next post, ask: → Where else can this live? → Who else can use this? → How can this adapt across audiences? Because ROI doesn’t come from creation. It comes from reach. If you only think like a creator, you’ll stay stuck. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬. #ContentMarketing #DistributionStrategy #MarketingIndia #BrandGrowth

I've been researching AI adoption patterns across Indian startups for my behavioral study and stumbled into something unexpected and not relevant for my research but could be of use to my network so here we go 👇 The companies doing well aren't the ones with the best AI features; they're the ones who rebuilt distribution from scratch. Why? 58% of Google searches now end in zero clicks. Social platforms actively suppress external links. Moreover, your customers can rebuild basic features using vibe code in an afternoon so how to really build that stickiness and word-of-mouth growth? • Content as product, not promotion: Create genuinely shareable insights that never mention your product. Educational content that people forward without you asking. Grant Lee from Gamma does this so well on LinkedIn. • WhatsApp-first distribution: Go where users already are. Building distribution channels > renting them from platforms. • Founder newsletters for insights: Never sell your product. Share what you're learning. Transparency builds trust that converts better than any landing page. Zerodha founders and the team are so good with this. • Relatability over polish: Funny videos, day-in-life content, behind-the-scenes. Humanize your company when software building is democratized. Aeos Labs's recent 'day-in -life' video series deserves a mention here. • Generative Engine Optimization: Optimize for reddit, discord, social channels where AI models actually learn and cite your content/brand. HubSpot does this really well via AI SEO. Midjourney grew entirely through discord. What's actually defensible in this new world: • Velocity as moat (ship daily, not quarterly) • Data as moat (proprietary user data in memory) • Brand as product exercise (felt through interactions, not logos) • Ecosystem integrations (e.g. first-mover on OpenAI App Store matters) The companies winning in India right now are building in public, letting employees do socials, partnering with creators on YouTube/Instagram/Linkedin and treating distribution as a product problem, not a marketing one. I could be wrong (watching this evolve daily) but the companies optimized for old channels are struggling while those treating growth as a product challenge are doing really well. The channels that built the last decade of SaaS are fundamentally shifting. If your growth strategy still centers around funnels and social media ads, it might be time to rethink. Truth is we all hate ads. Thoughts?

Discoverability > Virality. If you’re building a personal brand (or managing one), how your content is distributed matters more than you think. This week, I got a message on Substack that read: “I first found your words in a TikTok. Then again on Facebook. Now I’ve found you here.” Same message. Three platforms. One connection that stuck. It told me: ✅ TikTok caught attention ✅ Facebook reinforced the message ✅ Substack built trust The platforms didn’t work in isolation - they worked in sequence. And that sequence led to action. I didn’t have a perfect content strategy. But I did: • Keep the same message across channels • Use familiar visuals and tone of voice • Show up consistently in multiple places This is the part we often forget: 🔁 You don’t always need new content - just better distribution 🧠 People rarely convert on first touch. Repetition builds recognition (and conversion) 📍 Visibility across platforms makes you easier to trust - and easier to remember And here’s the truth: Substack wasn’t even part of my original plan. But testing it gave me access to a more engaged, more reflective audience - without reinventing the wheel. It was a natural evolution to what I was already doing on other platforms. So if you’re creating great content, don’t let it live in one place. Optimise it. Multiply it. And let your message do the heavy lifting. 🤌🏼

Last month, I shared the 4 Levers of Distribution every modern software founder must master: Borrowed – piggybacking on someone else’s audience Bought – paying for reach via ads, affiliates, sponsorships Built – creating your own channel: blog, YouTube, email list Baked-In – product-led loops like referrals, sharing, invites These levers are powerful on their own—but transformative in combination. After reading through "How Top Consumer Startups Got Their First 1,000 Customers" by Leo L. of Consumer Startups, I wanted to share how those companies used these levers—and how you can, too. 🔁 Phase-by-Phase Playbook Here’s how early-stage consumer (and PLG SaaS) companies applied the levers: 🛠 Phase 1: Manual Hustle & Borrowed Distribution Before anything scales, it’s you doing things that don’t scale. → Use Borrowed to shortcut trust. Dub manually onboarded copy traders, building deep feedback loops and relationships. SoundMap seeded its audience by cross-posting to Discord groups from previous projects. Fora used TikTok creators to build a pre-launch waitlist of 10K+ users. 💡 Borrowed distribution gets you into rooms you can’t yet build yourself. 💸 Phase 2: Paid Tests & Creator-Led Acquisition Once messaging resonates, dial up Bought reach. Fora scaled its waitlist with paid ads and affiliate-style partnerships. SchoolHack used Snapchat ads to validate student demand. GigaBrain used Reddit ads to match its audience’s channel and vibe. 💡 Great founders don’t just throw money at ads—they validate CAC vs LTV fast and cut quickly when it doesn’t work. 🌱 Phase 3: Build Channels That Compound Start Building your own channels early—even if they won’t pay off immediately. Loora grew via daily bite-sized TikTok content on AI language learning. Perkies (D2C) ran founder-led Instagram, TikTok, and email campaigns. 💡 Built distribution compounds. Even a small list today becomes your unfair advantage tomorrow. 🧬 Phase 4: Product-Led, Baked-In Growth The best consumer products don’t just grow—they spread. Dub: friends invite friends = instant trust loop. Loora: bite-sized voice feedback created shareable moments. Calendly / Loom / Slack: every use case invites a new user. Snappic: photo booths + social sharing = viral growth built into the experience. 💡 Baked-in growth happens when distribution is part of your UX, not your marketing plan. 🚀 The best founders combine them. Borrowed for launch (partner audiences, integrations, community drops) Bought for acceleration (ads, affiliates, creators) Built for defensibility (SEO, email, brand) Baked-in for scale (virality, referrals) If you’re building a product today, think about the 4 B's. 👉 What’s my Borrowed? 👉 What’s worth Buying? 👉 What can I start Building? 👉 What’s naturally Baked-In? And get to 1,000 customers - by design, not by luck. Defence wins championships, and distribution wins markets. Make distribution a core competency, not an afterthought. 

Content is only half the battle. The other half? Getting the right eyes on it. Most B2B marketers focus 80% of their energy on creation: - Let's write another blog post - We need more case studies - Should we make a video series? But they spend 20% on distribution. This is backwards. Here's the reality: - Average content gets 10x results with great distribution - Great content gets 0 results with poor distribution Your competitors aren't creating better content than you They're just better at getting it seen. The best B2B teams flip the equation: → 30% creation, 70% distribution Here's how they do it: 1. Build a distribution-first mindset - Before creating, ask: How will this reach my ICP? - Map out 5+ channels for every piece of content - Plan repurposing before you hit publish 2. Turn 1 insight into 20 touch points LinkedIn post → Newsletter → Blog → Podcast → Email sequence Interview → Short videos → Quotes → Infographics → Thread Case study → Social proof → Sales collateral → Webinar content 3. Leverage other people's audiences - Guest on industry podcasts - Collaborate with complementary brands - Get featured in newsletters your buyers read - Comment strategically on industry leaders' posts 4. Activate your internal network - Train your team to share and engage - Create employee advocacy programs - Turn customers into content amplifiers - Get your CEO posting regularly The biggest mistake? Creating content in isolation and hoping it finds its audience. Your content deserve an audience. Your distribution strategy earns one. Need help building a distribution system that actually works? We help B2B founders create content strategies that generate qualified pipeline, not vanity metrics. → DM me "DISTRIBUTION" to discuss your content marketing strategy.

Have you ever wondered how Netflix streams 4K video with almost zero lag across the globe? The secret: CDNs. Netflix uses a custom CDN called Open Connect, designed specifically to handle their massive video traffic efficiently. A content delivery network (CDN) is basically a network of interconnected servers that speeds up webpage loading for data-heavy applications. And a CDN relies on three types of servers: Origin servers: The actual source of truth which has original versions of contents (Example: AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage) Edge servers or Edge locations: They act as intermediate caches between origin servers and users which are located in  multiple geographical locations around the world, also called “points of presence” (PoPs). DNS servers:  Domain name servers keep track of and supply IP addresses for origin and edge servers and based on this the contents are served to the users. Now, since the primary goal of the CDN is to actually serve content with minimal latency, routing mechanisms are the most important part. Here are some of the most common routing principles in practice: AnyCast Routing - A single IP address is advertised from multiple edge locations, for example Akamai CDN. Latency-based routing - It selects the edge location with the lowest round-trip time and picks the PoP which has lowest latency. GeoRouting - It directs user requests to the closest data center, ensuring minimal travel distance and faster content delivery. CDN also improves websites performances by caching the contents based on Cache-Control, ETag or Last-Modified Headers. And it does come with various security features such as DDOS mitigation, Bot Protection etc. - Youtube uses Google Global CDN infrastructure including Google Global Cache for efficient content delivery. - Facebook also uses its own CDN, referred to as the Facebook  Edge network. - Some of the most common and popular CDN providers include Akamai, Cloudflare, Amazon CloudFront, Fastly, Google Cloud CDN, and KeyCDN etc. Some good resources to read: https://lnkd.in/gHqmBBDC https://lnkd.in/gBTeRvkj https://lnkd.in/gDJC_VPu #softwareengineering

Traditional book launches obsess over launch week sales. We focused on enterprise pipeline instead. The distribution strategy for my latest two books "Behind The Click" and "Opting in to Optimization" ignored conventional wisdom: ↳ No bookstore tours ↳ No Amazon ads ↳ No launch party Here's what actually worked: 1. Strategic podcast guesting became our primary channel. ↳ We targeted shows focused on enterprise ecommerce growth, avoiding solopreneurs and Amazon sellers. Quality over quantity. 2. LinkedIn thought leadership drove organic reach. ↳ Top-performing posts became webinar topics. Webinar attendees became qualified leads. 3. Industry conference speaking created authority. ↳ Presenting at Google and Autodesk positioned me alongside the brands we wanted as clients. 4. Partnership referrals accelerated trust. ↳ Instead of cold outreach, warm introductions from mutual connections opened enterprise doors. 5. Direct email as the primary CTA. ↳ I offered my personal email instead of complex funnels. This simple approach built immediate credibility. Results after six months were pretty impressive: ↳ Twelve qualified enterprise leads ↳ Increased website traffic ↳ Email list growth ↳ Amazon bestseller status without paid advertising ↳ Speaking invitations at YouTube HQ and other Fortune 500 companies The breakthrough was simple: ↳ We distributed through channels where our buyers already gathered. Not where marketing blogs (or *gasp* publishers) said we should be. Your best distribution strategy already exists... It's wherever your ideal customers are actively learning. Stop following the playbook. Start following your buyer.

We all have social media accounts that we can’t live without. Many depend on them for business. But social media is always a channel. That’s not the whole strategy. You should start by thinking a channel agnostic strategy, and then have a central repository from where all content is distributed. I advise to have a distinction between owned channel and social media channels. Website is an owned channel. As important social media is, it is a borrowed space. you can monetize it, but you cannot depend on it. Algorithms shift. Policies change. Accounts get restricted. Distribution fades. Which is why every real content strategy begins with an owned channel, a website. Your website is your library, your archive, your intellectual estate. Here’s how I think about it a wholistic content strategy: 1. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 → 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 This is the foundation. All content, long-form, white papers, videos, frameworks, interviews, is stored here first. Social media pushes content outward. Your owned channel pulls people inward. The difference matters. 2. 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 → 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 If money were not a constraint, and strategy was the priority, I would build everything around long-form: Videos Podcasts Interviews Framework breakdowns Research and Insights Long-form content does one thing short-form cannot: it builds authority. It shows depth of thinking. Long-form is where you create your ideas. Short-form is where you distribute them. 3. 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 → 𝐀𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 Once long-form content exists, every short-form asset becomes downstream: Clips Quotes Carousels Threads Micro-explanations Insights Breakdowns Stories Each platform receives its own adaptation, not duplication. With each platform the audience changes,the format changes, the psychology changes. 4. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 → 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 A founder building their personal brand doesn’t need to master every platform at once. Choose one. Find your voice. Develop consistency. Study how your ideas resonate. When you become fluent on one platform, expanding to others becomes a natural extension. Depth before distribution. 5. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 → 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 A company cannot rely on a single channel. Its audience is fragmented. Its buyers live in different ecosystems. Its brand requires consistency across touchpoints. A business needs: A website A content library A messaging system Platform-specific tactics A repurposing engine A unified narrative The strategy must be centralized even if distribution is decentralized. 𝐀 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: a place to anchor your thinking, a way to translate your ideas, and a system that is sustainable over time.

Remember when "creator strategy" just meant Instagram and TikTok campaigns? Those days are officially behind us. I've been watching something interesting unfold in the creator economy: the most innovative creators are increasingly frustrated with the limitations of traditional social platforms like the aforementioned Instagram and TikTok. They want to gain more visibility outside of the walled gardens of typical platforms. These walled gardens may have once nurtured the creator revolution, but are now feeling more like... well, walls. Many creators want to start exploring spaces like retail media and streaming because they offer creators more visibility and reach beyond their current audience. What does this shift in how creators are thinking about legacy channels mean for brands? Well, if your creator strategy is still confined to the same social platforms you've been using for years, you may be missing out on the massive shift happening right in front of us. Post-COVID, we're seeing creator content breaking free from the constraints of legacy channels and flowing into entirely new platforms... And that means there’s a huge opportunity for brands to meet creators where they're headed next: ✔️ Retailer media networks are opening doors for creators to connect directly with shoppers at the point of purchase ✔️ Streaming platforms are rapidly shifting from subscription-only models (SVOD) to ad-supported options (AVOD) as subscription fatigue sets in ✔️ New distribution channels are emerging that allow creator content to live and thrive beyond the constraints of algorithm-driven feeds I’ve been seeing a lot of RFPs come in that are heavily focused on traditional social plays. It’s interesting that brands are still so focused on legacy channels that are steadily shrinking while new creator-friendly spaces are expanding, making space for creator-driven content that maintains audience engagement while still delivering for brands. In my experience, the brands seeing the greatest success are those elevating creators beyond social media confines, giving them voices and platforms in these emerging spaces where authentic content can breathe and engage in entirely new ways. Brands, I encourage you not to double down on fortifying walled gardens but instead embrace the expansive new territories where creators and audiences are already gathering.