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Proven Growth Hacks & Strategies to Scale Smarter
Discover powerful growth hacks and practical strategies that help you grow your audience, boost conversions, and support long-term business growth.
Whether you're building a new landing page, launching a product or service, or experimenting with referral programs, these tactics will help you optimize performance without relying on outdated traditional marketing methods.
From list-building campaigns to product-led experiments, Gleam’s blog offers actionable insights for anyone interested in marketing and growth hacking — including how to improve your user experience, reduce customer acquisition costs, and drive measurable results with data-driven tools.
Showcase Your E-Commerce Community With Carousels
Find out how you can show off photos from your community with stylish carousels.
Drive Customer Retention With Post Checkout Coupons
Find out how you can use coupons and discount codes to boost customer retention.
Drive More Actions With Tiered Coupons Codes
Looking for a smarter way to engage customers and increase sales? Learn how to create tiered coupon codes using Gleam Rewards. Discover how offering escalating promo codes and limited-time discounts can turn visitors into loyal customers, boost your average order value, and build long-term loyalty — all without heavy discounting. Perfect for eCommerce brands looking to drive meaningful results.
Convert Product Hunt Users With Exclusive Welcome Offers
Use this simple tactic to convert website visitors into subscribers and customers.
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.
How to Increase YouTube Subscribers by 400% with This Simple Growth Hack
Unlock a simple yet powerful growth hack that can increase your YouTube subscribers by 400%. Learn how to use a subscribe prompt URL, combine it with targeted giveaways, and apply proven strategies used by growth marketers to boost your channel’s conversion rates, audience engagement, and long-term success.
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 Build an Instagram Welcome Offer: Grow Your List & Drive Sales From Instagram Bio Traffic
Use this easy tactic to drive E-commerce visits and generate sales from Instagram.
Why Exit Intent Popups Are Awesome (And How To Set One Up In 5 Minutes)
Learn step by step how to imeplement an Exit Intent opt-in form on any website.
Using Coupons to Drive Sales From Contest Entrants
Use this simple tactic to convert contest entrants into customers and drive sales with your next campaign.
Title Focus Growth Hack
Learn a trick to catch your users attention when they leave the current article or blog post.
Triggering Opt-in Forms Based on CSS Selectors
Trigger opt-in forms based on the presence or contents of CSS Selectors on your page.
Create Content Upgrades or Lead Magnets Easily
Learn how to create Lead Magnets into your content to incentivize opt-ins for your newsletter.
Recover Abandoned Shopping Carts With Capture
Learn how to use Capture to recover abandoned shopping carts on your E-Commerce store.
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.
Announce Product Updates Or New Features In Your Web App (In 5 Minutes!)
Take 5 minutes to customise a notification banner for your product updates or feature announcements 😎
SoundCloud Download Gate: Grow Your SoundCloud Followers
Learn how to quickly build a gated download widget for SoundCloud to grow your followers.
Disqus Comments Growth Hack
This tip allows you to redirect a user after they leave a disqus comment on a specific blog post.
Ultimate Library of Growth Hacks
These are methodologies, techniques & tactics we’ve tried or learned along the way whilst building Gleam.
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.
How To Run a YouTube Giveaway
Learn step-by-step how to run a powerful YouTube giveaway, how to pick a giveaway winner, YouTube giveaway rules, and everything else you need to know to drive maximum results.
Successful growth hacking is all about testing what works — fast. Whether you're a marketer, founder, or growth hacker, Gleam gives you the tools to run high-impact campaigns that grow your customer base, build a loyal user base, and improve your conversion rate at every stage of the funnel.
Learn how to apply growth hacking techniques to your next content marketing, email marketing, or campaign across social media platforms. Each blog post is built to support scalable, digital marketing experiments that help you sharpen your product market fit and build a smarter, faster path to growth.