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S2 E1: Nat Eliason

40m · Conversations with Quuu · 09 Jan 10:14

Welcome back to the Conversations with Quuu podcast! To kick off season two, host Lucia Fontaina-Powell had a fascinating chat with entrepreneur and content marketer, Nat Eliason. Have a listen to find out:

- How Nat got into the martech space

- Why he was able to grow his content marketing agency Growth Machine to $100K in MRR in a year

- The one thing he says sets apart startups that succeed from those that fail

- His honest opinions on the state of social media and content marketing in 2019

- Why Nat and Lucia both hate ‘struggle porn’


Here are a couple of Nat's blog posts that we discuss:

https://www.nateliason.com/blog/delete-facebook

https://www.nateliason.com/blog/struggle-porn

And here's where you can follow Nat's work:

Twitter: @nateliason

Blog: https://www.nateliason.com 

Podcast: https://madeyouthinkpodcast.com 

Growth Machine: https://www.yourgrowthmachine.com

Cup and Leaf: https://www.cupandleaf.com 

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