Stuart McKeown

Stuart McKeown is one of the Co-founders at Gleam. Aside from writing and helping businesses grow, he also enjoys sound design and drinking tea ☕️

Start up pricing pages.

50 Best High-Converting Pricing Pages

Design a high-converting pricing page that builds trust, supports buyer decisions, and helps grow your SaaS or startup business.

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read
Learn how to set up GA.

The Complete Guide to Setting up Google Analytics

Learn how to use Google Analytics 4 to track growth, optimize funnels, and make data-driven decisions for your startup business.

Stuart McKeown · 12 min read
Learn how to run a giveaway on your blog.

How to Run a Successful Blog Giveaway

Running a blog giveaway is one of the most effective ways to build your email list, boost brand awareness, and increase engagement.

Stuart McKeown · 5 min read
Learn how Gleam reached 100 paying customers in 5 months with these growth tactics.

Startup Business Growth Strategies: +100 Customers in 5 Months

In just five months, Gleam grew from zero to 100 paying customers — without a marketing budget.

Stuart McKeown · 14 min read

10 Relatively Unused Growth Hacks

Unlock 10 overlooked growth hacks to drive acquisition, boost conversions, and grow faster without increasing your budget.

Stuart McKeown · 10 min read
How to increase YouTube subscribers using a simple subscribe prompt URL trick

How to Increase YouTube Subscribers by 400% with This Simple Growth Hack

Boost YouTube subscribers by up to 400% using subscribe URL prompts, targeted giveaways, and proven growth strategies.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read

How to Run a Facebook Timeline Contest

Learn how to run a successful Timeline Contest on Facebook with this helpful guide.

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read
Learn how to run Facebook giveaways legally and drive audience growth with compliant contests.

Facebook Promotion Guidelines

Keep up to date with the latest changes to the Facebook Promotion Guidelines.

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read

6 Ways to Promote a Retail Store With Gleam

Do you run your own store? Learn how Gleam can help you promote your retail store and drive sales with this helpful guide.

Stuart McKeown · 3 min read

Partnering With Influencers To Run Campaigns

Partnering with influencers can help boost your campaigns & expose your brand to a new audience. Find out how to use Gleam to run campaigns with influencers.

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read

How to Promote Your Contest on Your Website

Learn everything you need to know about promoting a contest or giveaway on your own website with our helpful guide.

Stuart McKeown · 13 min read

Contest Promotion Websites

Trying to get more exposure for your contests? Check out our list of free to use contest promotion websites.

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read

How Do I Promote My Instagram Giveaway?

Learn everything you need to know about promoting a contest or giveaway on Instagram with our helpful guide.

Stuart McKeown · 7 min read

Your Guide To Australian Competition Permits

From Australia? No worries, you can still run giveaways by learning more about the Australian Competitions Permit. Find out how in this guide.

Stuart McKeown · 3 min read

How To Get More Facebook Likes With Gleam

Learn how Gleam can help you get more likes on Facebook with this simple guide.

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read

Creating A Refer A Friend Reward With Gleam

You might be looking at ways to use our Rewards widget to get users to refer friends (to also redeem the Reward). This particular configuration gets a little tricky due to the way we handle referrals in Gleam.

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read

Create a Coupon in Gleam Rewards

Coupons is part of our Rewards app 👋 This is a comprehensive guide to helping you get started with your first coupon campaign.

Stuart McKeown · 4 min read

Using Countdown Timer Bars & Popups to Create Urgency

Find out how you can use countdown timer bars and popups to build urgency and drive sales.

Stuart McKeown · 3 min read
Learn how to drive engagement on Facebook without buying likes.

Stop Buying Likes: 25+ Tips to Drive Real Engagement on Facebook

Increasing your number of Facebook followers should be organic and truthful. Learn how to generate real Facebook likes.

Stuart McKeown · 13 min read
Master the steps to successfully run and promote your next Facebook contest to engage users.

The Ultimate Guide To Running A Contest On Facebook

Find out everything you to know to run a powerful Facebook contest with this comprehensive guide.

Stuart McKeown · 10 min read

Simple + Effective Content Upgrades For E-Commerce Stores

This technique focuses on creating simple lead generating content upgrades for any E-Commerce store.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read
Boost email-driven sales with tips for growing and engaging your subscriber list.

How to Use Email Marketing to Increase Sales

We explore the best ways to drive revenue and sales from your email list.

Stuart McKeown · 11 min read

Triggering Opt-in Forms Based on CSS Selectors

Trigger opt-in forms based on the presence or contents of CSS Selectors on your page.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read
Discover 50+ proven ways to grow your business using Gleam’s powerful marketing tools and templates.

50+ Growth Marketing Ideas Using Gleam.io

See 50+ inspiring ways that our customers have used various Gleam apps to grow their business, reach their target audience and drive more sales.

Stuart McKeown · 17 min read
Learn how Gleam.io helps businesses grow through competitions, rewards, galleries, and popups.

What is Gleam.io - The Growth Marketing Platform

Gleam is a marketing platform that helps you run campaigns that help users engage and promote your business.

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read
Learn how to create effective, high-ROI case studies that drive traffic and boost sales.

How to Write Amazing Case Studies That Convert & Drive Sales

See how we use compelling case studies to drive sales & awareness for Gleam.

Stuart McKeown · 18 min read
Step-by-step guide to creating custom Instagram locations to boost business visibility.

How to Create a New Location on Instagram

Learn how to increase exposure and drive visitation with Instagram locations.

Stuart McKeown · 3 min read
Learn how to repost Instagram pictures and increase your engagement effortlessly.

How to Repost Pictures on Instagram

Reposting Instagram photos is now easier than ever, with native tools and apps offering flexible ways to reshare content across social media.

Stuart McKeown · 3 min read
Discover top growth hacks to skyrocket your business and boost your marketing strategy.

Ultimate Library of Growth Hacks

These are methodologies, techniques & tactics we’ve tried or learned along the way whilst building Gleam.

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read
Learn how to optimise your Facebook images for higher engagement and better quality results.

Guide to All Facebook Image Sizes

Find out all the best image sizes for Facebook to make your profile and posts stand out.

Stuart McKeown · 5 min read
Learn how to run an awesome giveaway on YouTube

How to Run a Successful Giveaway on YouTube

This is the only guide you'll ever need to run effective contests and giveaways on YouTube.

Stuart McKeown · 22 min read
Learn how to grow your SoundCloud following with a Gleam-powered download gate campaign.

SoundCloud Download Gate: Grow Your SoundCloud Followers

Learn how to quickly build a gated download widget for SoundCloud to grow your followers.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read

Create Content Upgrades or Lead Magnets Easily

Learn how to create Lead Magnets into your content to incentivize opt-ins for your newsletter.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read

How We Grew SaaS Inbound Traffic By 300% In 6 Months

We break down how we grew our inbound traffic by 300% in just 6 months.

Stuart McKeown · 10 min read
Step-by-step guide to set up and optimise your Instagram Business Account.

How to Create An Instagram Business Account

We'll take you step by step through linking your Instagram with a Facebook page to create a Business Account.

Stuart McKeown · 3 min read

The 5 Content Pillars That Drive 95% Of Our Inbound Leads

95% of our new customers come from inbound marketing. Here's the content playbook we use.

Stuart McKeown · 10 min read

2015 Year in Review: Building A Fast Growing Bootstrapped Business

What's it like to run a growing bootstrapped business? Let's look back on 2015.

Stuart McKeown · 20 min read

14 Upsides Of Being An Australian Startup

What are some of the benefits of running a remote startup down under?

Stuart McKeown · 8 min read

Recover Abandoned Shopping Carts With Capture

Learn how to use Capture to recover abandoned shopping carts on your E-Commerce store.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read
Learn how to increase E-Commerce sales.

10 Ways To Grow Your E-Commerce Sales Using Gleam

Got an e-commerce store and want to drive more revenue without relying on guesswork or expensive ads?

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read

Title Focus Growth Hack

Learn a trick to catch your users attention when they leave the current article or blog post.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read
What we think of working from home.

The Pros & Cons Of Working From Home

Get these 20 tried and tested tips to make life easier when you work from home.

Stuart McKeown · 10 min read

36 Small Business Growth Marketing Tips

Every small business needs all the help they can get. How about 36 tactics you can implement now?

Stuart McKeown · 18 min read
Learn 15 growth hacks for Startups.

15 Early Traction Growth Hacking Strategies For Startups

Once you launch, getting that early traction is crucial. Here's 15 tips that worked for us.

Stuart McKeown · 14 min read
Learn how to redirect a user after they leave a disqus comment on a specific blog post.

The Disqus Comments Strategy Every Growth Hacker Should Try

Discover how to transform your comment section into more than just conversation. Learn how to use Disqus comment redirects to collect leads, boost engagement, and move users deeper into your conversion funnel.

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read

Using Your Email Signature to Drive Signups & Sales

A simple way to drive more awareness to your product every time you send someone an email.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read

From 0 to 110k Instagram Followers In 5 Months: The Growth Story of Foundr

We break down how Foundr has grown their Instagram following to over 110k in just 5 months.

Stuart McKeown · 4 min read
Learn why exit intent popups boost conversions and how to set one up fast with Gleam.

How to Set Up Exit Intent Popups in 5 Minutes

Learn how to implement high-converting exit intent popups on your website in minutes, without writing a single line of exit intent popup code.

Stuart McKeown · 5 min read

5 Things We Did In 2014 To Grow By 1059%

We managed to grow Gleam by 1059% in one year, lets take a look at how we did it.

Stuart McKeown · 10 min read
Learn how to increase email opt-ins by 1000%

How We Increased Our Email Opt-ins By 1000%

Learn how we increased our email opt-ins by 1000% and turned more visitors into subscribers using targeted forms, smart incentives, and GDPR-compliant best practices.

Stuart McKeown · 5 min read

Forget Facebook Likes: 10 Alternatives to Grow Your Business Online

Many new businesses focus on Likes rather than sales. Here's how to change your mindset.

Stuart McKeown · 9 min read
Learn 15 proven pre-launch growth hacking strategies to build hype, grow your audience, and drive signups before your startup goes live.

15 Pre-Launch Growth Hacking Strategies For Startups

Explore 15 proven growth strategies to help your startup gain traction in the early stages — from building pre-launch pages to leveraging your network and boosting conversion rates.

Stuart McKeown · 11 min read
Learn top email list growth strategies for e-commerce success with these proven tactics.

20 Effective Email List Growth Tactics for E-Commerce

Learn how to build a high-performing email list with smart growth strategies and proven tactics tailored for e-commerce conversion.

Stuart McKeown · 9 min read

Goodbye Facebook Like Gating, Hello Action Gating

Facebook has removed the ability to gate Page Likes, so what alternatives does a Business have?

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read

Increasing Competition Entries With Tabs, Popups & Capture

See how you can use our other install methods to drive more entries into your contest.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read

Why Being an Australian Startup Sucks

We took some time to reflect on the state of startups in 2014 and what could be better.

Stuart McKeown · 8 min read

Split Testing This Phrase Increased Our Signups By 484%

One simple phrase "Powered by" is used by startups everywhere. Can it be improved?

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read
How customer service helps grow your business.

20 Effective Customer Support Tactics for Business Growth

Great customer experience isn't just about service. From fast replies and self-service resources to personalised outreach and CRM strategies, these tips help you meet customer expectations, reduce churn, and build a scalable support model.

Stuart McKeown · 10 min read
Learn how to prioritise posts from your favourite Facebook pages and never miss an update.

How to Always See Gleam Giveaways on Facebook to Win

Here's how you can make sure you're seeing posts from all your favourite Facebook pages.

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read
Check out 40 surefire ways to skyrocket your following on Twitter/X.

40 Proven Ways to Grow Your Twitter Followers and Engagement

Gain high-quality Twitter followers with ethical growth tactics. Run giveaways, use a Twitter giveaway picker, and promote your X account across channels.

Stuart McKeown · 11 min read

Introducing Facebook Mobile Tab Smart Links

Facebook Tabs don't work on mobile devices, but Gleam campaigns do.

Stuart McKeown · 2 min read

16 Growth Hacks That Have Helped Grow Our Business By 200% Without Any Press

You don't need press to grow, learn some of the things we've implemented that have worked.

Stuart McKeown · 8 min read
Boost team productivity by mastering effective workplace chat strategies and tools.

Getting The Most Out of Chat at Work Without Killing Your Productivity

See how we use chat at Gleam to automate our workflows and help us work faster.

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read
Discover 16 proven strategies to grow your Instagram followers and boost brand engagement.

16 Ways to Get More Followers on Instagram

Explore over 16 actionable ways to get more followers on Instagram. This is a perfect guide for any brand or business wanting to make an impact.

Stuart McKeown · 5 min read

15 Ways to Align Your Content Marketing Strategy With Business Objectives

Understand how having a solid content plan in place and executing on it can propel your business upwards.

Stuart McKeown · 5 min read
Learn how to partner with brands on contests/

15 Ways For Bloggers to Make More Money From Competitions

Learn how to pitch brands, run engaging giveaways, and grow your audience with long-term cross promotional strategies that deliver results for both you and your sponsors.

Stuart McKeown · 5 min read

Using Gleam to Drive More Video & Stream Engagement

Learn how to use Gleam to drive more views and engagement on your videos and livestreams.

Stuart McKeown · 1 min read
How to build your personal brand.

How to Build a Personal Brand That Gets Noticed

We breakdown some of the best marketers and look at what tactics they use to build their personal brand.

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read

Practical Ways to Use Lifecycle Emails to Get More Customers

Join us as we explore how to delight your customers using transactional and lifecycle emails.

Stuart McKeown · 6 min read

Drive Growth By Building Beautiful Products

Explore ways that businesses build unique product experiences to drive growth & sales.

Stuart McKeown · 5 min read
Learn how to effectively capture emails with pre-launch landing pages to build your business.

Capture Emails With Pre-Launch Landing Pages: Examples & Recommended Tools

Explore techniques and tools to build a launch page that converts visitors into subscribers.

Stuart McKeown · 14 min read