03 / GROWTH STRATEGIES / 2026
Content is just a part of the organic growth funnel, but not the entire funnel. And that's exactly why I learned to come up with extraordinary ideas.
I've been into the content industry for over 4 years now, and I was truly getting bored of it. I wanted to know what more goes behind-the-scenes into making a brand that customers can't stop thinking about.
One way I could think of succeeding at it was if I got into shoes of a great growth strategist.
Before I created my own strategies and campaigns for brands, I had to understand how it really works.
I started by finding certain 'ideas' or 'go-to-market posts' that brought in a load of customers, and then broke them to understand the psychology of it.
One example I can think of is when Yahia Bakour, founder of Context.dev (YC S26) offered 30,000 free credits and got around 5 signups per minute. Now obviously, the product is good as gold and so, those signups converted easily into paid customers.
Now it was my time to put the analysis into real work. Here's everything I did:
The result: Agnost AI (YC S26)"s co-founder, Shubham, replied to my email saying he 'loved it'. It"s validation that I'm on the right track.
I started this little experiment in June and by September, I've become pretty good at spotting funnel gaps. I can tell when you can do something extra for your brand.
Type
Personal experiment
Tools
X (formerly Twitter)
Year
2026
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