GTM for Early Stage SaaS | Co-founder @ Datapad | SaaS Growth Advisor | Reforge | 1x Exit |

I’m a marketer, 2x entrepreneur with 1x exit, and helped companies to go from 0 to 8 figures.

My achievements:

- Built 2 VC backed startups with one exit

- Built a 7 figure productized marketing agency

- Became a mentor in top accelerators such as: 500, Plug and Play, Techstars

- Got to work with the portfolio companies of amazing investors such as A16z, Craft Ventures, YC

- Built a podcast with 20k downloads in a year-figure

- Transformed my body more times than Christian Bale ☺️

John Ozuysal

Hiring Alert: I am looking for a GTM engineer (contactor)

This is not a client-facing role; you will not be running campaigns for clients, but you will be helping me run internal fun experiments. No middleman, just 1-1 with me.

You have to be good at: Clay, Smartlead, Instantly, Trigify, etc...

Your main responsibility will be to run internal campaigns with me to test different offers

Most importantly, you should be able to catch up with my tempo :) 

I will be in Dubai for the next couple of months, and ideally, you should be in a similar time zone.

If you want to learn from someone who has built and exited SaaS companies and scaled agencies to 7 figures, DM me and I will send you more info.

Generate Pipeline from AI Search | 1x Exit

I would rather start LinkedIn commenting as a service, rather than content writing.

I am not sure if it’s just me but comments are getting much better engagement then posts.

Even my mum is not seeing my posts anymore 😀

Every time I open LinkedIn, I see less expertise and more theatrics. 

And now it is all boosted around the clock.

-People “proving” AI search visibility by posting… their Google Search Console
 
- Others claiming they “ranked in AI in 14 days,” but all they show is a Google SERP and a couple of AI overview citations

 - Tombstone hobbyists declaring a new marketing channel dead every single week

 - Creators making cringy YouTube skits hoping it magically turns them into experts

 - Founders flexing “10M ARR in 5 months” — in what currency, nobody knows

 -Endless fake social proof screenshots that fall apart the moment you zoom in

 And now… boosted posts from these same people flooding our feeds 24 hours a day

For anyone who understands basic marketing, LinkedIn has become a loop of fake promises, fake authority, and zero practical value.

The platform used to be where real operators shared what actually works.

Now it's mostly noise amplified with ad spend.

Is it just me feeling like this ?

Here is the 4-week plan I would follow to get AEO visibility in 4 weeks

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I can't say that I cracked the code, I think no one can but below is the plan I am using the get results fast

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WEEK 1: IDENTIFY LOW-HANGING FRUITS

First, we identified the high-intent prompts that we should go after. We found several Reddit threads being cited. We created content on these threads and pushed our comments up for more visibility.

We initially started with 4 Reddit threads.

WEEK 2:UPDATE EXISTING PAGES

We updated some of the BOFU pages to make sure that the content is optimized for Google and AI search engines.

Pages were terribly structured, so we did rewrites first ( if the team is reading, sorry, but you know I mentioned this before we started to work )

After the rewrite, our updates were focused on:

- Adding data and statistics

- Query fan-out optimization 

- Entity optimization under every H2 

- Adding fresh information (recency is very important for AI)

- Tables for product comparison

WEEK 3: 5 HIGH INTENT PAGES

2 alternative pages against their top competitors ( we like to start with vanilla alternatives content, and we verticalize the alternatives articles by creating them for each persona)

2 three-way comparison articles

We also did a competitor pricing review article ( this one actually landed us a demo with a big enterprise co. They did not book a demo, but we identified the visitor and reached out )

WEEK 4: OFF-SITE MENTIONS

- We worked on repurposing our 2 pieces of BOFU content and uploaded them to YouTube. 

- Secured 3 mentions where LLMs were citing the source

- Added 4 more Reddit mentions - we are using Scrunch to keep track of threads that are influencing the prompts we are going after

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I am looking for a GTM engineer a part-time or project basis

This is not a client-facing role; you will not be running campaigns for clients, but you will be helping me run internal fun experiments

You have to be good at: Clay, Smartlead, Instantly, Trigify, etc...

Most importantly, you should be able to catch up with my tempo :)

Listicles help with getting AI search visibility or no?

Here is the research 👇

Ahrefs have just done and published a research piece on AEO that all of us knew but couldn't prove:

Self-promotional listicles (best X software/agencies) are one of the best ways, if not the best way, to be the #1 recommendation spot for a solution comparison.

According to Glen Allsopp's research that analyzed 26,283 source URLs on AI search:- “Best X” blog lists represented 43.8% of all page types.

- Placing higher on multiple comparison lists likely increases your chances of being recommended by ChatGPT (which is why I've started doing outreach to get mentions).

- Across 1,100 blog lists used as research sources, 79.1% were updated in 2025 (which only confirms how important content freshness is).AI search for SaaS brands and agencies, put in the most simple way possible, consists of 3 core pillars:- Owned content, which covers comparison guides, where you explain what makes you the #1 option in the industry or for a specific use case.

- Mentions, which covers having visibility on other comparison lists, review platforms (e.g., Clutch and G2), and community forums like Reddit.

- Content freshness, which I think is AI search engine's ''sanity check'' if your content is outdated or recent.Here are a few examples of owned content:

- Top 10 [Competitor] Alternatives For ITSM In 2026.

- Top 10 Project Management Software For Start-Ups In 2026.

- 10 Best Marketing Agencies In Dubai For SaaS Brands In 2026.

And then positioning your solution or service as the #1 choice, clearly explaining why, and then covering other competitors in the space.

Glen's research also found something I have been thinking about for some time but could not prove:''35% of cited best lists were published on low authority domains.''Start-ups and low domain authority domains CAN WIN in AI search, and should not be scared of competing against established players on the market.

This research confirms the trends we have been seeing with the portfolio companies of House of Growth - AEO Agency

Link to research under comments

We helped Juma close 6-figure deals from AI search

Get the playbook for free (no need to comment) 👇

This is the same playbook we used to create a pipeline for all of our clients. You can take it and implement it in your business straight away.

Our AEO playbook includes:

- Everything we know about AI models' recommendation algorithms

- Differences between Google and AI search behavior 

- How to ensure models can properly access and read your content

- Best practices to get recommended on AI models (including brand mentions, BOFU content creation, and more)

- Real examples of content that works (and what fails)

👉Grab the playbook from here:https://tally.so/r/jaDPl9

Reading too many SaaS trends and predictions by people who have built or worked inside a SaaS company 😅 

I don't understand why people try to fake authority to gain likes.

Don't listen to everything you see here. Always rely on your own playbooks and keep testing!

Stop letting your competitors control the narratives inside ChatGPT

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ChatGPT isn’t "hallucinating" about your SaaS. It’s improvising because your website is a ghost town. You are not training AI with your own story.

Here’s the harsh reality:

LLMs are prediction engines. When you leave gaps in your digital footprint, the models fill them with whatever they can find: competitor comparison pages, angry Reddit threads, or 3-year-old press releases.

If you want to control the narrative in the age of AEO (Answer Engine Optimization), you need to spoon-feed the models.

You need to move beyond marketing fluff and build a "Source of Truth" architecture.

Here are the 3 types of pages I would build today:

- About us: Make sure that it's very clear on what your company is doing, who is your ideal ICP etc. Avoid using fancy language to impress your investors.

- Comparison pages: Control the narrative by owning the comparison-related queries. If you don't do this, someone else will do it, and AI will spit out the wrong information about your company.

- Integrations page: People don't just search "best project management software anymore; they search " best project management software with integrations to x". It's time to surface your integration docs and make them visible to search

If you don't provide the language, the model will generate its own. And I guarantee you won't like the version it writes.

Warmly, ($5m +ARR ) generates ~25% of its pipeline from AI search.

We have been running their SEO / AEO, and here is the playbook 👇


1. What we've been doing so far: Large-scale BOFU content creation:

- Competitor alternatives content: [Competitor] Alternatives
- Category keywords: Best [Category] Software
- 3-way comparisons: [Competitor] vs. [Competitor] vs. Warmly
- Pricing guides: [Competitor] Pricing (These guides work wonders for competitors that do not disclose their pricing on their website).

Covering the same competitors in these 4 formats allows us to build what I call competitor topical authority to help us rank better for competitor-related keywords.

Plus 

I am still a big fan of focusing on "information gain score," so we always aim to create content with more relevant information than competing pages.

2. What we've been focusing on in Q3 2025: 

Vertical comparisons + Reputation management/building + Adding schema markup + Updating BOFU pages that rank lower than position #3 on Google

VERTICAL COMPARISONS

Focusing on creating highly-specific BOFU content for certain ICPs (e.g., marketing agencies).

Example: [Competitor] Alternatives for Marketing Agencies. 

I know this does not have a reasonable search demand to go after it. But our big bet here is that users are going to provide context about their solutions when evaluating alternatives and solutions on the market.

Especially when using ChatGPT's ''Deep Research'' I've seen from user interviews (yes, I actually ask people we work with to share their prompts) that they share information about their industry or profession so they can get a more tailored answer.

Hence, why we're going to give them the answer to what is the best competitor alternative is for each persona we go after

REPUTATION MANAGEMENT & BUILDING

With OpenAI making deals with Reddit and mentioning Quora or other media publishers in its sources section, we cannot sit idle and expect people to happily discuss us.

This is why we'll be doubling down on these 4 channels

- Reddit.
- Quora.
- YouTube.
- Media publishers.

The goal will be to get mentioned there and explain what makes us stand out from our competitors.

SCHEMA MARKUP

We're planning on implementing schema markup on our website on our existing and future content to better explain our organization and product to both Google and AI search engines.

CONTENT FRESHNESS

After a bit of experimenting, I've noticed that AI search engines really like to favor fresh, up-to-date content that's been updated recently.

The same goes for Google nowadays as well. The more we update our content and keep up with the latest information (e.g., updated pricing, new features, new competitors), the more likely crawlers are to pick up our content and recommend it.

Generate Pipeline from AI Search | Founder @ House of Growth | 1x Exit

Here is why SaaS companies losing clients to competitors on AI search

Your competitor just taught ChatGPT what to say about you.

And you weren't even in the room.

Here's what happened:

Last week, a prospect searched "best email marketing tools" in ChatGPT. Your product didn't show up. Your competitor's did.

Not because their product is better.

Because they own the pages about their category and competitor review content. You didn't.

I see this constantly with early stage B2B SaaS. They spend six figures on ads and PR, then wonder why AI is recommending their competitors.

The answer is brutal: you left the door open.

LLMs are scraping everything right now. Every product page. Every comparison chart. Every "X vs Y" article on your site (or your competitor's site).

If you're not publishing this content, you're not in the conversation.

Here's what you should do:

Write a "best [category] tools" article

Create comparison pages for every competitor. 

Don't forget to add three-way comparisons, too

Done? Go and turn these into videos and publish on YT as well.

Because if you don't explain what you do and how you are different than competitors, someone else will write that and control the narrative.

It's about being present when the buying decision happens.

My clients start seeing traffic from AI sources within weeks. Not months. Weeks.

The best part? Your competitors probably aren't doing this yet. They're still waiting for someone to write about them.

Control your narrative, or watch someone else write it for you

I watched a $50M company disappear from AI search in 90 days.

Not because they got penalized. Not because their SEO team quit.

They just hit pause.

Three months later, their biggest competitor owned every ChatGPT answer in their category.

The company that paused? They're still trying to catch up.

And here's the part that keeps me up at night:

They thought pausing was the safe move. Budget cuts. Uncertain ROI. Let's wait and see.

But in AI search, there is no neutral.

Every day you're not feeding the machine, your competitor is.

Every article they publish trains ChatGPT to recognize THEM as the authority.

Every brand mention compounds their lead.

Every Reddit thread you miss is an opportunity for a competitor

And the gap doesn't just grow. It accelerates.

Because freshness wins now. And whoever shows up consistently becomes the default answer.

Your buyers only used Google to start their searches, not that they are switching to LLMs

And if you're not in that conversation, you don't exist.

Standing still isn't playing it safe. It's surrender.

The companies winning right now aren't the ones with the biggest budgets.

They're the ones who understood 6 months ago that AI search isn't coming.

It's already here.

Your competitors are guessing AI search prompts. You could just ask.

Here is how 👇

No tool is going to hand you the exact prompts your customers are typing into search.

But you can figure it out without paying for a single piece of software.

Looking back, my best keyword ideas did not come from keyword research tools. 

They came from customer interviews and simply asking, “How did you find us?”

Right now, everyone is trying to hack their way into uncovering the most valuable LLM search prompts.

Go back to the fundamentals.

Here is what I tell my own companies:

 1️⃣ Ask every new customer if they found you through an AI search engine.
 2️⃣ If yes, ask exactly how their search started.
 3️⃣ Repeat this for your last 100 prospects.

You will start spotting patterns and those patterns are your high intent prompts.

Once you have that list, track your visibility for those prompts and work to win those spots.

This is how I am doing it. You should try it before your competitors figure it

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I built a comprehensive product education experience (HRnest Academy) to support free trial users during product adoption in their company.

I shifted HRnest's positioning and strategy to reach more customers from international markets. Guided the process of adjusting the app's language, voice, and messaging to fit the needs of international customers better.

I co-created multiple lead magnets and materials for the Sales and Customer Care department to support them during discovery calls.

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Your B2B content marketing should do more than just fill a feed.

It should: 

• Attract the right people to your offer
• Position you as a trusted expert
• Convert attention into pipeline

At StoryAngled, we build custom content programs that deliver:

• Inbound lead generation strategy
• A full-stack content production team
• An always-growing database of proven content systems, frameworks, and resources

We work exclusively with B2B founders and growth-minded teams.

If that’s you, shoot me a DM — I’ll get back to you personally.

Kuba Czubajewski

6 things I’ll never tell a B2B founder to do on LinkedIn:

I help founders build their personal brands. But:

There are some “tactics” I’ll never recommend, no matter how much hype they get:

1. Post photos with their children

Your kids can’t give 100% consent to being online.

It’s weird.

It’s iffy.

You never know who’s looking at those photos, and LinkedIn isn’t the place.

2. Post contrarian takes just to farm engagement

Arguing for attention smells desperate.

People see right through it.

3. Use “proven” formats

If it’s “proven,” it’s probably tired.

Aim to post your original thoughts and processes. Originality gets remembered.

4. Chase every LinkedIn trend

If you’re always chasing, you’re never leading.

5. Share empty “hustle” stories

Nobody cares how early you get up.

They care about results.

6. Fake vulnerability for sympathy

Real leaders don’t perform.

They show up (wins, losses, all of it) no theatrics.

Any other things you see here that I should add to the list?

1 system to consistent inbound for complex B2B offers | 30+ founders using it | Sharing daily content advice for busy B2B leaders

If your buyer can't use, share or apply the CTA in your content in ~60 seconds, they'll ignore it. I run my CTAs through this filter:

1. Can they use it right now?

A cheat sheet, a checklist, a 2-slide summary – something they can put to work in their next meeting.

2. Can they share it easily?

If your CTA helps them look smart in front of their team, you win.

Think: a quick summary they can forward, a KPI sheet, or a list of questions for their next call.

3. Can they apply it in under a minute?

If it takes more than 60 seconds, it’s too much friction.

Your buyer just scrolls past.

It's about giving your buyer an option as frictionless as possible.

Not because their attention spans suck - but because they don't know you or trust you yet to invest any more time into what you have to offer.

Here's a list of 48 micro-CTA examples for different B2B niches:

Every post I publish here saves €19-49 for my business.

Last week, I checked how much it costs to "boost" my LinkedIn post.

Well, it's kind of a sh!tty offer, tbh.

I mean, 4,300 impressions for €49?!

That’s €0.01–€0.05 per impression.

And that’s just for people seeing it. Not clicking, not engaging, just scrolling by.

I get the same results (for free) for most of the stuff I post.

So here’s how I “save” ~€1200/month (and get way better results):

1. I post 2–5x a week on my company page and personal profile

2. Every post is built around a clear problem my B2B buyers actually care about

3. I use the Demand Packet method:

→ Real trigger
→ Tangible outcome
→ Tiny proof artifact (mini case, checklist, or 2-slide summary)

4. I add a Utility CTA – something genuinely useful, no friction, no forms

5. I repurpose each post for my videos or website.

As a solo operator, I can't afford to pay LinkedIn big bucks for them to show me.

So, irresistible content is my way to go.

If you want to see how I do it, DM me and I’ll send you my template.

How I build B2B inbound flywheels for my clients:

(that attract high-ticket 6-12 leads every month):

1. Demand Packet

Instead, package your expertise as a crisp, self-contained story:

• What real-world pain triggered the search?
• What job does your buyer actually need done?
• What measurable outcome matters?

If you've got proof, show it in 2 slides or a checklist.

You don’t need NDA-breaking data.

You need a story buyers can repeat to their boss.

Example:

“Last quarter, a mid-market ops team cut reporting time by 35% with a single Power BI layer. Here’s the 2-slide brief we gave them.”

That’s a Demand Packet.

2. Utility CTA

Don’t ask for a call.

Offer a micro-win – something useful the buyer can grab right now.

• 2-slide summary
• Risk checklist
• KPI sheet
• Project scoping questions

Zero friction.

Only real prospects bite.

You look helpful, not hungry.

3. Momentum Loop

This is where most founders fall off.

They create content, but never compound it.

How to fix it:

• Pull a Demand Packet from your weekly article
• Pair it with your Utility CTA
• Publish on LinkedIn, send in your newsletter, add to your site
• Engage replies, deliver the asset, gather feedback

Each cycle builds your “library of proof.”

Each asset makes the next easier.

And you don't have to start from scratch.

PS. Which element sounds the most difficult to you right now? Comment below and I'll suggest a fix.

One of my clients recently returned to work with us on his YT. What he said on our first call:

"You're not just creating great stuff, but you're also a great communicator"

That hit me in the feeelzzz...

Look, just like any other content agency, I'm obsessed over deliverables.

I want the work to be top-notch + delivered on time – that's table stakes.

But from Day 1 of StoryAngled, I was also obsessed with giving my clients clarity.

• Translating your expertise into plain English (not jargon soup)

• Asking sharp questions until your real differentiator shows up

• Never “ghosting” – always keeping you in the loop

• Challenging your assumptions when something won’t work

My clients are mostly tired of yet another vendor pushing PDFs over the fence.

They want a partner who listens, gets their world, and closes the loop every step of the way.

Want to see what “content + clarity” feels like?

DM me and I’ll show you how we work – no pitch, just a peek behind the scenes.

PSA: LinkedIn doesn’t need another “innovative” framework that nobody actually uses.

Recently, I noticed a weird trend among content creators.

While they're writing their posts with AI (nothing wrong with that), they let the bot slap a fancy name on a problem they barely understand (everything wrong with that).

Example:

"Data Frankenstein Effect"
"Pipeline Paradox"
"Conversion Chasm"

Sounds cool, right?

But none of these terms actually mean anything in the real world. 

They’re just empty calories for your feed.

And what happens when somebody asks:

“Hey, I’ve never heard of the Pipeline Paradox. How does it show up in your work?”

Now you’re on the spot. 

You either scramble to make something up, or you ghost the thread. 

Both make you look clueless.

Why does this keep happening?

Because AI’s great at stringing together buzzwords. 

It’s easy to let it do the heavy lifting. 

But when you publish jargon you don’t use in real life, you’re burning trust.

I talked about it more in Audrey Chia's podcast that went live this week – and offered a few solutions to this problem (I'm not just bitchin')

You can listen to the whole thing here: https://lnkd.in/dKM4-UUQ

Building Brands That Convert | Copywriting + AI + Content Strategy | Founder of Close with Copy | Your Growth Partner 🎁

My friend Lee Densmer recently published her book about B2B Content – and I'm OBSESSED!!

Lee is one of my favorite creators out here. Her expertise shines through every post. 

And not because she's using fancy words or flexes bloated numbers. 

But because she brings simplicity and logic to the world so overcomplicated by many "experts."

If you're looking for a guide to build your B2B content program, this book is exactly what you need.

I also had the honor to provide 2 quotes for the book – one about AI + Human content systems and the other about gated content.

Got a lil' emotional seeing my name in a REAL FREAKING BOOK.

Thank you, Lee, for being so awesome!

3 micro-triggers that make B2B buyers actually reply to your content (tested on 2000+ posts this year):

1/ Use their own complaints - word for word

Don’t guess. Steal the exact line your buyers grumble about to their team.

Example: “We’re drowning in broken dashboards every Monday morning.”

Our client posted this and got 5 DMs from ops leaders - 2 booked calls.

2/ Show proof, don’t just promise

Nobody cares about “great results.” They want to see it.

Drop a real before/after screenshot or a no-BS checklist.

We posted a 2-slide “bottleneck fix” for a client - one prospect sent it straight to his COO.

3/ Tell people who should scroll away

Stop trying to please everyone. Say who your solution isn’t for.

Example: “If you don’t have reporting chaos, keep scrolling.”

Every time, the right people lean in and reply – the rest self-select out.

Want to know which trigger fits your market right now?

DM me or drop a comment, I’ll give you my honest answer.

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