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 ☕️
12 Things You Can Do With the Gleam MCP Server
Connect Claude or Codex to Gleam to draw winners, audit campaigns, and swap prizes in one chat. With 12 prompts to copy.
50+ Growth Hack Marketing Ideas
See 50+ ways real Gleam customers grew their business, reached their target audience, and drove more sales.
50 Best High-Converting Pricing Pages
Design a pricing page that builds trust, helps buyers decide, and supports growth for your SaaS or startup business.
How to Run a Successful Blog Giveaway
Run a blog giveaway that builds your email list, boosts brand awareness, and gets more readers to engage.
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.
10 Relatively Unused Growth Hacks
Unlock 10 overlooked growth hacks to drive acquisition, boost conversions, and grow faster without increasing your budget.
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.
How to Run a Facebook Timeline Contest
Learn how to run a successful Timeline Contest on Facebook with this helpful guide.
Facebook Promotion Guidelines
Keep up to date with the latest changes to the Facebook Promotion Guidelines.
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.
How to Partner 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.
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.
Contest Promotion Websites
Trying to get more exposure for your contests? Check out our list of free to use contest promotion websites.
How Do I Promote My Instagram Giveaway?
How to promote an Instagram contest or giveaway: bio links, Stories, cross-channel promotion, and driving more entries with Gleam.
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.
How To Get More Facebook Likes With Gleam
Learn how Gleam can help you get more likes on Facebook with this simple guide.
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.
Create a Coupon in Gleam Rewards
We walk you through your first coupon campaign in Gleam Rewards, from setup and redemption actions to coupon codes and installation.
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.
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.
The Ultimate Guide To Running A Contest On Facebook
Run a Facebook contest with the right format, entry actions, and promotion, then pick a fair winner with Gleam.
Simple + Effective Content Upgrades For E-Commerce Stores
This technique focuses on creating simple lead generating content upgrades for any E-Commerce store.
How to Use Email Marketing to Increase Sales
We explore the best ways to drive revenue and sales from your email list.
Triggering Opt-in Forms Based on CSS Selectors
Trigger opt-in forms based on the presence or contents of CSS Selectors on your page.
What Is Gleam.io? How Gleam Giveaways Work and Who Runs Them
Gleam is a marketing platform that helps you run campaigns that help users engage and promote your business.
How to Write Amazing Case Studies That Convert & Drive Sales
See how we use compelling case studies to drive sales & awareness for Gleam.
How to Create a New Location on Instagram
Learn how to increase exposure and drive visitation with Instagram locations.
How to Repost Pictures on Instagram
Repost Instagram photos with native tools and apps, and learn the easy ways to reshare content across social media.
Ultimate Library of Growth Hacks
These are methodologies, techniques & tactics we’ve tried or learned along the way whilst building Gleam.
Guide to All Facebook Image Sizes
Find out all the best image sizes for Facebook to make your profile and posts stand out.
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.
SoundCloud Download Gate: Grow Your SoundCloud Followers
Learn how to quickly build a gated download widget for SoundCloud to grow your followers.
Create Content Upgrades or Lead Magnets Easily
Learn how to create Lead Magnets into your content to incentivize opt-ins for your newsletter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
14 Upsides Of Being An Australian Startup
What are some of the benefits of running a remote startup down under?
Recover Abandoned Shopping Carts With Capture
Learn how to use Capture to recover abandoned shopping carts on your E-Commerce store.
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?
Title Focus Growth Hack
Learn a trick to catch your users attention when they leave the current article or blog post.
The Pros & Cons Of Working From Home
Get these 20 tried and tested tips to make life easier when you work from home.
36 Small Business Growth Marketing Tips
Every small business needs all the help they can get. How about 36 tactics you can implement now?
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.
The Disqus Comments Strategy Every Growth Hacker Should Try
Use Disqus comment redirects to collect leads, boost engagement, and guide readers deeper into your conversion funnel.
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.
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.
How to Set Up Exit Intent Popups in 5 Minutes
Set up exit intent popups on your website in about 5 minutes, with no code, and catch visitors before they leave.
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.
How We Increased Our Email Opt-ins By 1000%
See how we raised email opt-ins by 1000% with targeted forms, smart incentives, and GDPR-safe practices.
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.
15 Pre-Launch Growth Hacking Strategies For Startups
Use 15 proven pre-launch strategies to gain early traction, from landing pages to your network and better conversions.
20 Effective Email List Growth Tactics for E-Commerce
Build a stronger email list with growth tactics made for e-commerce, so you can turn more subscribers into buyers.
Goodbye Facebook Like Gating, Hello Action Gating
Facebook has removed the ability to gate Page Likes, so what alternatives does a Business have?
Increasing Competition Entries With Tabs, Popups & Capture
See how you can use our other install methods to drive more entries into your contest.
Why Being an Australian Startup Sucks
We took some time to reflect on the state of startups in 2014 and what could be better.
Split Testing This Phrase Increased Our Signups By 484%
One simple phrase "Powered by" is used by startups everywhere. Can it be improved?
20 Effective Customer Support Tactics for Business Growth
Use fast replies, self-service resources, and personal outreach to meet expectations, reduce churn, and scale support.
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.
40 Proven Ways to Grow Your Twitter Followers and Engagement
Grow your Twitter followers with ethical tactics like giveaways, a giveaway picker, and promotion on other channels.
Introducing Facebook Mobile Tab Smart Links
Facebook Tabs don't work on mobile devices, but Gleam campaigns do.
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.
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.
16 Ways to Get More Followers on Instagram
16 practical ways to get more Instagram followers, for any brand or business that wants to grow its audience.
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.
15 Ways For Bloggers to Make More Money From Competitions
15 ways bloggers can pitch brands, run giveaways, and build cross promotions that pay off for you and your sponsors.
Using Gleam to Drive More Video & Stream Engagement
Learn how to use Gleam to drive more views and engagement on your videos and livestreams.
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.
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.
Drive Growth By Building Beautiful Products
Explore ways that businesses build unique product experiences to drive growth & sales.
Capture Emails With Pre-Launch Landing Pages: Examples & Recommended Tools
Explore techniques and tools to build a launch page that converts visitors into subscribers.