content marketing

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 13, 2017 by Des Traynor · across every show →

Everything said about content marketing, oldest first

Dec 13, 2017
Insight
Effective content marketing helps users solve broad problems before pitching
“The advice I'd give people is usually like, think about who your actual end target user is and think of all the problems in their life that you can help them with. And then try and help them as much as you can. And then every now and then hopefully you're, if …”
Des Traynor Dec 13, 2017 ▶ 7:26 Be Wary of Solving a Small, Rare Problem - Des Traynor of Intercom · Y Combinator
Sep 19, 2018
Insight
Cannon: Avoid content marketing until user churn is low
“You really want to be doing this after you've made something people want, and you're confident that they're not churning. Because if they're churning, you're just wasting a ton of energy and a ton of money.”
Craig Cannon Sep 19, 2018 ▶ 5:15 PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon · Y Combinator
Dec 10, 2025 positive
Insight
Funny content generates 1,000x more reach than useful technical posts
“If I just write something I think is funny, it can sometimes go a thousand times further in terms of reach, so if I'm just trying to raise awareness, it has to be funny and that's actually the primary thing we want to get across”
James Hawkins Dec 10, 2025 ▶ 28:23 From Pivot Hell To $1.4 Billion Unicorn · Y Combinator
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