{"id":16957,"date":"2023-01-06T05:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/blog\/?p=16957"},"modified":"2023-10-01T04:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T11:49:03","slug":"best-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/best-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"My Best Digital Marketing Articles \ud83d\ude80"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New to my blog?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, nice to meet you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\"><strong>Alejandro Rioja<\/strong><\/a>, a serial entrepreneur that created Flux Ventures\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/futuresharks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Sharks<\/a> (among other things, <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/about\">read more about me<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve spent the last 8 years learning all I could about digital marketing and SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this round-up, you will find my <strong>best marketing and growth posts<\/strong> ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the same techniques I use on my 13 blogs and with my clients that range from small startups to large public companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I divided each section from beginner to advanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you work through these guides, you will learn how I currently get over 500,000 organic visitors per month on my blogs, how I scaled <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fluxchargers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flux Chargers<\/a> to $110,000\/mo in sales and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a beginner I suggest you work your way from the top to the bottom. (Bookmark this page for future reference!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you already have some working knowledge, jump directly to the [medium &#8211; advanced] posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should also <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/grow-your-business\/\">subscribe to my newsletter<\/a> to learn when I post a new article (I currently don&#8217;t sell any courses btw, so no spam ever).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you like these posts please share this page! I&#8217;m sure other people in your network will find value in them \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pro tip: the articles with the \ud83d\udd25 are the most popular ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-articles.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-articles.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-articles.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-articles.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-articles.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-articles.png 300w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-articles.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Best-articles.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My most popular posts with more than 1M reads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/increase-website-traffic\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">How to increase your traffic<\/a> to 250k\/mo [beginner to advanced]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2611\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-get-verified-on-instagram\/\">How to get verified on Instagram<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/high-cpc-adsense-keywords\/\">The Highest CPC keywords out there<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png 300w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">These are my favorite tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Absolute Must Haves\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/canva\/\">Canva<\/a> (design beautiful things)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/g-suite\/\">G-suite<\/a> (for gmail, google drive, etc)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/lastpass\/\">Lastpass<\/a> (don&#8217;t use easy passwords ever again!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calendly<\/a> (stop wasting time finding times for meetings)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slack.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Slack<\/a> (why use anything else to communicate with your team?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"http:\/\/raycast.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raycast<\/a> (best tool for productivity)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zapier<\/a> (automate your entire work)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outsourcing\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/fiverr\">Fiverr<\/a> (read my <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/fiverr-review\/\">review<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"http:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/freeeup\">Freeup<\/a> (way better than Upwork)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/shop\">Hire me<\/a> to outsource your marketing (schedule a <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/product\/30-min-consultation\/\">consultation<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marketers secret weapons (you will have to click on them to find out what they do \ud83e\udd2b)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/surferseo\/\">SurferSEO<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/quuu\/\">Quuu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/rankz\/\">Rankz<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/optinmonster\/\">OptinMonster<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/manychat\/\">Manychat<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clearbit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clearbit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.optimizely.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optimizely<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecommerce Tools\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/bigcommerce\/\">BigCommerce<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/shopify\/\">Shopify<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read my list of the <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/best-ecommerce-platforms\/\">best e-commerce platforms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SEO tools\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;m an <a href=\"http:\/\/ahrefs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahrefs<\/a> junkie, but can&#8217;t go wrong with <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/semrush\/\">SEMrush<\/a> either.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Productivity\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/airtable\/\">Airtable<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/coda\/\">Coda<\/a> (I write the tutorials for my VAs here)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/datastudio.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Data Studio<\/a> (for making better analysis of data) &#8211; works amazingly with <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/supermetrics\/\">Supermetrics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosting (trust me, I tried them all. I&#8217;m currently on Cloudways)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/bluehost\/\">Bluehost<\/a> (ok, cheap)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/siteground-managed-wordpress\/\">Sitegound<\/a> (decent for people just starting out)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/cloudways\/\">Cloudways<\/a> (better, premium)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/kinsta\/\">Kinsta<\/a> (best for managed wordpress, top of the line)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speed up your site\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/wprocket\/\">WPRocket<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/bunnycdn\/\">BunnyCDN<\/a> ( a Content Delivery Network to make your content load fast)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Others\n<ul>\n<li>Website Builders\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 Get <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/envato-elements\/\">themes from Envato<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/webflow\/\">Webflow<\/a> (if you want to impress your friends)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a> (what I use on my sites given the millions of plugins available)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/wix\/\">Wix<\/a> (if you want something simple with 0 technical knowledge)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WordPress Page Builders\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/beaverbuilder\/\">BeaverBuilder<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/elementor\/\">Elementor<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpbakery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Bakery Builder<\/a> (the one I&#8217;m using on this site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monetize your ads better\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/ezoic\/\">Ezoic<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/infolinks\/\">Infolinks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/medianet\/\">Media.Net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png 300w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best SEO Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/what-is-seo\/\">What is SEO?<\/a> [beginner]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/rankbrain\/\">What is Google RankBrain?<\/a> [medium] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/on-page-seo\/\">On-Page SEO Factors<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/off-page-seo\/\">Off-Page SEO Factors<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/keyword-research\/\">How to do keyword research<\/a>&nbsp;[beginner to medium]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/seo-tools\/\">A list of SEO tools<\/a> [medium, optional]\n<ul>\n<li>Get <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/semrush\/\">SEMRush<\/a> (discount included)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/seo-tips\/\">How to do SEO<\/a> [advanced]\n<ul>\n<li>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/white-hat-seo-techniques\/\">white hat SEO strategies<\/a> [medium] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Others\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/google-voice-seo\/\">Google Voice SEO<\/a>&nbsp;[beginner]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/link-building-techniques\/\">Link Building Strategies<\/a> [medium] <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/increase-alexa-rank\/\">How to increase your Alexa rank<\/a> [medium, optional]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/high-cpc-adsense-keywords\/\">The best paying Adsense keywords<\/a> [beginner to advanced]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png 300w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best E-commerce Guides<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/set-up-ecommerce-store\/\">How to Setup Your First E-commerce Store<\/a> [beginner]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/best-ecommerce-platforms\/\">Which Ecommerce Platform to Pick?<\/a> [beginner]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/create-million-dollar-ecommerce-business\/\">How to make a million dollars with your e-commerce store<\/a> [beginner to advanced]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to rank on Amazon: <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/amazon-seo\/\">Amazon SEO<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png 300w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Favorite Social Media Tricks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/how-to-boost-your-chances-of-going-viral-on-linkedin_us_59a8090ae4b096fd8876c0c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to go viral on Linkedin<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/twitter-scripts\/\">Twitter scripts for growth<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verifications\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-get-verified-on-instagram\/\">How to get verified on Instagram<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/get-facebook-verified\/\">How to get verified on Facebook<\/a> [medium] <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/get-snapchat-followers-make-money\/\">Get more Snapchat followers<\/a> [beginner to advanced]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/youtube-seo\/\">Youtube SEO<\/a>&nbsp;[medium]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/best-instagram-captions\/\">IG instagram caption ideas<\/a> [beginner]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Random Facebook tricks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/invite-friends-like-page-event-facebook-script\/\">Invite all your friends to like a page on Facebook<\/a> [beginner]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-change-your-facebook-page-name\/\">How to change your FB page name<\/a> [beginner]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-deactivate-or-delete-facebook-and-messenger\/\">How to delete\/deactivate your Facebook\/Messenger<\/a> [beginner]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/reverse-image-search-on-google-facebook-pinterest\/\">Reverse image search on Facebook<\/a> [beginner]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png 300w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My Best Business & Mindset articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-be-productive\/\">How to be a productive machine<\/a>&nbsp;[beginner to advanced]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/how-to-find-a-niche-ways-to-determine-if-your-niche_us_58e3d03ee4b09deecf0e1aa7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Pick a Niche<\/a> [beginner]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-build-profitable-business\/\">How to Scale Your Business<\/a>\u00a0[beginner to medium]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/59dce43de4b0eff47839ffc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to cultivate a great company culture<\/a> [beginner to medium]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/young-entrepreneur-council\/why-attitude-will-are-all-you-need-to-launch-a-company.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2 ingredients to start your company: Attitude and Will<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-sell\/\">How to Sell Anything<\/a> [beginner to advanced]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/pr-marketing\/\">How to get written up on Forbes, Mashable and Huffington Post<\/a> [medium]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/effectively-engage-contributors-major-publications\/\">How to engage with writers<\/a> [medium]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Startups make money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a startup (or are thinking of starting one!), I think it&#8217;s very useful to understand the monetization models of other startups, that way you can learn how to take yours to profitability! 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