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Alex Bezhan
Alex Bezhan

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How I got 6804 views on DEV for $8. It's so simple I can't believe almost nobody is doing this...

Let's dive right into good stuff...

I wrote a post about my 5-figure side-hustle and posted it on Jan 10th.

I launched Facebook campaign to drive traffic to the post and spent $58.14 on ads
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Ads drove 775 clicks to the post averaging $0.08 per click. Ads traffic boosted my post rating and increased organic reach on DEV to 6804 views.
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My Twitter account got +51 followers. Even though the account is almost empty.
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My post made it to TOP 7 of the week and DEV.to sent me $50 gift.
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Math results:

  • TOP post of the week
  • 6804 views on DEV.to with 293 likes and 21 comments
  • +51 Twitter followers
  • $58 ads spent
  • $50 gift from DEV
  • $58(spent)-$50(gift)=$8 total cost

Takeaways:

  • Write a decent post. Publish it on DEV
  • Drive enough ads traffic to the post so that it becomes TOP post of the week. If the post doesn't take off with $10 in ads, stop everything and write another post, which hopefully will do better. Profit.
  • Put a CTA at the end of the post, so it converts to followers on Twitter

My CTA(giveaway):

Go follow me on Twitter and send me a DM. I will give away $50 gift for DEV.to shop to a random follower.

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spiritupbro •

wowww cool man

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Alex Bezhan •

Thank you)

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spiritupbro •

waiting for your toptal article bro, i'm pretty sure even without ads it will get more engagement coz it's such a top search topic in terms of working remotely

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Alex Bezhan •

Facebook suspended my ad account, so I can't run ads for this post, but I will get it back)

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spiritupbro •

facebook just hate you man, but you're still the man though i have never though such idea

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