Harry Dry

Hey. I'm Harry Dry, founder of Marketing Examples. AMA 👇

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Two and a half years ago, I started Marketing Examples. People liked the case studies. So I left my job and went full-time. Since then, they've been read by more than one million people. Which... still blows my mind. Ask me anything about growing the site and newsletter to 90,000 subscribers. Or share what you're working on and get a few quick marketing and copywriting tips. Cheers. Update #001 — Replying atm. Update #002 — All done. Thanks. Молитви за Україну
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futurecubicleworker
Hey Harry, how would you rank platforms (social, newsletters, forums. etc) according to their engagement rate and lead generation? And how do you determine specific content post was successful? Which metrics do you look at? Reach? Leads? Something else?
Harry Dry
@dtm0032 Hey sir! Thanks for sharing my Copywriting Examples project. I don't think there's a right answer. Theres no general “engagement rate” for each platform. It's contextual. E.g. — Fenty beauty is going to have more engagement on IG than Ahrefs... But broadly speaking I'd rather double down on 1 or 2 channels and make them awesome. Rather than be spread across a newsletter, podcast, IG, FB, TikTok. Growth is very non linear... The top 1% gets 99% of the attention. So work to get into that top 1% on whatever channel you choose. In answer to your second question — I'd say revenue is the goal of marketing. That's the North Star. But it can take a while to drip through... So then I'd look one step above in the funnel. For me... that would be email subscribers and open rates. You always want to pull people in as close to revenue as possible. Reach isn't that important. Millions of people watching some viral content on Instagram. But how many of them are coming back... Hope that helps a bit.
Alan Cassinelli
Hey Harry, really enjoy your content. Would love your 2c on the copywriting on https://www.almanac.io
Gehrig
@alancassinelli i'm getting 522 error, btw. Would love a copywriting feedback community. Does that exist?
Harry Dry
@alancassinelli Hey Alan — Appreciate the kind words. Some thoughts: • Add some above the fold social proof. Just below the free account button. “Rated 4.6/5 by 2400 customers” or “290 accounts created in the last 7 days” • Too many cliches. E.g. “Unleash your creativity — Create dynamic docs that are only constrained by your imagination”. This really tells me very little. It's a project management app. You're talking to us like we're Pablo Picasso. I'd get more specific. I'd follow this “features and benefits” pattern 1/ Write down the feature 2/ Ask, “so what?” to find the benefit 3/ Contrast the *old way* with your *new way* • You can do much better than “Work Differently” as the main value prop. Write the title only you can. Hundreds of companies could write that. I've been a bit scathing. But the visuals and app look very impressive. Good luck!
Harry Dry
@alancassinelli @gehrigkunz Watch this space. And page loaded fine for me.
Gehrig
Jon James
What mistakes do you often see people make when it comes to the copy on their Product Hunt submissions?
Harry Dry
@jondotjames Hey Jon. Overcomplicate them. “Big things are best said in small words” • Copywriting Examples — The world's best copy. In one place • Remove BG — Remove the background of any image 100% automatically • Nomad List — Find the best cities to live and work remotely Make yourself easy to sum up :)
Chad Woolley
All of Harry's content is amazing. It's worth your time to read it. Sign up now!
Harry Dry
@thewoolleyman Hey Chad — Very nice of you. Cheers. If anyone wants to join the newsletter I've linked it :)
Liana Fricker
Thanks, I'll check it out.
Harry Dry
@liana_fricker Cheers Liana :)
Arthur
I love your story! Good job from France!
Harry Dry
@arthur34 Merci Arthur :)
M
Hey Harry, I finally found a newsletter I wanna read. I recently unsubscribed from 10 newsletters and kept only yours. Thanks! I've been wanting to build a website for short and simple food reviews. A few months ago I drew the design for my website on paper but I just didn't know how to create it so I gave up. When I found your website it looked very similar to what I had in mind. So here's my question: How did you create your website? Which website builder did you use and/or combination of tools to make it as it is today? Cheers, Matt
Sharath Kuruganty
What's the experience of working on the Kanye project? And how did it change your life?
Harry Dry
Hey @5harath — Thanks for inviting me to do this :) • If you want to make money don't start a dating site • There are no adults. Everyone is making it up as they go along. Figure it out yourself. And do it. • I was hungry and foolish. It's a powerful combination. The Kanye Story for anyone interested. I don't think it changed my life. Was just another business of mine that ultimately failed and I learnt a lot from it...
Ilija Rolović
What happened to that marketing SaaS/course/project that you were working on?
Harry Dry
@ilijarolovic hey Ilija — So I had the idea for Copywriting Examples and thought this will be a quick two weeks and it turned into a long seven months... Back working on the course now Announcement soon. Appreciate the support.
Liana Fricker
Love your landing page tips. What no-code landing page tool do you recommend for service-based business (eg community, coaching, courses, consulting, etc)?
Harry Dry
@liana_fricker Hey Liana — Thank you very much. Sorry to give such a non answer. But I have absolutely no idea in this space. Can only wish you luck. Perhaps Google MakerPad (I hear it's pretty good)