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Who are the SaaS Influencers?

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As a test, let’s see what 3 different AI services out put for the same prompt.
Here is the prompt, “Who are the influencers in the saas space, list in a table with twitter followers and a link to their domain and twitter?”

Chat GPT4

Here is a table of some influential figures in the SaaS space, including their Twitter followers, domain links, and Twitter profiles:

InfluencerTwitter FollowersDomain LinkTwitter Profile
Jason Lemkin186Khttps://www.saastr.com/https://twitter.com/jasonlk
David Skok35.4Khttps://www.forentrepreneurs.com/https://twitter.com/BostonVC
Aaron Levie2.4Mhttps://www.box.com/https://twitter.com/levie
Tomasz Tunguz59.7Khttps://www.redpoint.com/https://twitter.com/ttunguz
Hiten Shah223.4Khttps://producthabits.com/https://twitter.com/hnshah
Christoph Janz35.7Khttps://www.pointnine.com/https://twitter.com/chrija
Dharmesh Shah339.6Khttps://www.hubspot.com/https://twitter.com/dharmesh
Mark Suster292.1Khttps://www.upfront.com/https://twitter.com/msuster
Claire Suellentrop12.8Khttps://www.forgetthefunnel.com/https://twitter.com/clairejlew
Steli Efti42.5Khttps://close.com/https://twitter.com/steli

These influencers are prominent voices in the SaaS industry, sharing valuable insights and trends through their domains and social media.

Gemini

SaaS Influencers

Here’s a table of some influential figures in the SaaS space, along with their Twitter follower count and links to their domain and Twitter profile:

InfluencerTwitter Followers (Approx.)DomainTwitter
Jason Lemkin241.2Khttps://gemini.google.com/app/saastr.comhttps://twitter.com/jasonlk?
Noah Kagan189.7Khttps://gemini.google.com/app/appsumo.comhttps://twitter.com/noahkagan?
Nathan Latka240.1Khttps://gemini.google.com/app/foundry.comhttps://twitter.com/ihatelaika?lang=en
Rand Fishkin523.4Khttps://gemini.google.com/app/sparktoro.comhttps://twitter.com/randfish?
Dharmesh Shah176.1Khttps://gemini.google.com/app/hubspot.comhttps://twitter.com/dharmesh?lang=en

Please note: Follower counts can fluctuate. These are approximate numbers as of June 24, 2024.

Perplexity

Here’s a table of influential figures in the SaaS space, including their Twitter followers, domain, and Twitter profile links:

NameTwitter FollowersDomainTwitter Profile
Jason Lemkin291.5Khttp://saastr.com/@jasonlk
David Cancel84.1Khttp://drift.com/@dcancel
Des Traynor55.5Khttp://intercom.com/@destraynor
April Dunford53.1Khttp://aprildunford.com/@aprildunford
Hiten Shah240.5Khttp://nira.com/@hnshah
Patrick Campbell28.5Khttp://profitwell.com/@patticus
Rand Fishkin463.3Khttp://sparktoro.com/@randfish
Lincoln Murphy35.9Khttp://sixteenventures.com/@lincolnmurphy
Tomasz Tunguz117.5Khttp://tomtunguz.com/@ttunguz
Christoph Janz39.5Khttp://pointninecap.com/@chrija
Steli Efti35.1Khttp://close.com/@Steli
Nathan Latka36.9Khttp://getlatka.com/@NathanLatka
Aaron Levie2.5Mhttp://box.com/@levie
Dharmesh Shah334.5Khttp://hubspot.com/@dharmesh
Neil Patel516.1Khttp://neilpatel.com/@neilpatel

This list includes some of the most prominent influencers in the SaaS industry, ranging from founders and CEOs to marketing experts and thought leaders[1][2][4]. Their follower counts and influence in the space make them valuable resources for insights into SaaS trends, strategies, and best practices.

Citations: [1] https://incredo.co/saas-influencer-marketing [2] https://www.madx.digital/learn/saas-influencers [3] https://ahrefs.com/blog/saas-twitter-profile-study/ [4] https://influencers.feedspot.com/cloud_computing_twitter_influencers/ [5] https://crowdcreate.us/top-saas-influencers/

Conclusion

Should you rely on these services to create your content? No, not yet at least.
As you can see all gave differing answers and none were 100% correct, even though the information is publicly available to any human who can click a mouse.

Does AI help with content creation? Absolutely, but you still need the experienced writer as before to create the content. It’s just that now they can do more.

Never run a chat bot blind on a brand you care about.

What can Don Draper teach us about Creating Content

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Yes, I was a Mad Men fan. Everything that needs to be said about the show has already been said, by people with larger expense accounts than mine.

Seeing a distilled wisdom presented in the infographic below, I realise how much it told us about the creative process and you can easily apply this to modern content creation. Not only that but I like how it takes apart the process.

The thing that resonates with me, is “get in the frame of mind”. Storytelling is a natural, innate skill that most humans have buried just beneath the surface. It’s not so much mechanical as it is printed in our DNA, we simply need to feel it.

Of course, language is mechanical and rule based, but too many rules stifle the creativity. If Don Draper taught us anything it was that if you never break the rules, you will never fulfil your creativity.

How to Get Creative

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My job is mostly about being creative, coming up with web content ideas, creating headlines, writing copy etc. It’s usually quite easy for me to do this and I have always thought that this could be taught, which is what I do at Linkbait Coaching.

Because I feel that it’s simply about having the right mindset, being in the correct mode and not having to be some mad creative genius.

Today I came across a video that reinforced everything that I believe about being creative. The video is by John Cleese, and it is well worth watching. But if you are in a hurry I had jotted down some notes below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g

<- Notes begin "Creativity is not a talent, it is a way of operating", John Cleese Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have, it is absolutely unrelated to IQ as long as you are above a minimum. Creativity is not about IQ What is different about highly creative people. They have a facility to get themselves into a certain mood, a way of operating. In other words, "an ability to play", to be childlike, to be able to explore ideas and play for playing sake. Two modes, open and closed. Creativity is impossible in closed mode. Open mode is essential for the idea, for creativity. Closed mode is essential to actually implement the idea. When implementing the idea, we do not need distraction, humour, doubt. Being able to switch Conditions of getting into the open mode Space Time Time Confidence Humour Play begins, exists for a specific time and then is over. Putting the big project off It's easier to do little things we know we can accomplish than to start big things we are not so sure about completing. Creating an oasis of quiet. Take an hour and a half to calm down your brain, and an hour to create. Highly creative people tend to play with the problem longer before they try to resolve it. They are prepared to tolerate the discomfort of not having solved the problem for longer. (clients tend not to give you the time to solve the creative problems because they do not trust creative people) Taking a decision removes the discomfort. Take the time for your mind to come up with something original. You have to play, be silly, make mistakes. Drivel may lead to a breakthrough. Notes end->

I strongly suggest you watch the video if in any way you are connected to creativity. I provide the open mind, the playful creative space. If you find creativity difficult when it comes to content creation get in touch.

We are always playing and always have a free-roaming mind generating threads and threads of creative goodness on the forums.

Sometimes it simply makes sense to hire a specialist than to try and muddle through.

Blogging the Topical Miasma

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This post is the 4th in a series.

The others are:

They are part of an SEO experiment. I love being in the lab, it’s the best part of SEO I think, tinkering in the lab with stuff and discovering what happens if you put this and this together and give it a twist of this.

So, three posts, pulled from topical news from my feed reader. Written quickly and with a conversational style. Giving useful, actionable information and mostly focussed on SEO, social media or tech.

Pluck out a newsy topic, write some stuff quickly and then publish. It’s actually a quite common technique which focusses on the power of the title tag and the authority of a website/blog. These terms are topical and so get searched for, although it’s mostly used by sites who make money from displaying adverts but it can be useful for other business models.

The trick is, you have to write well and have an attractive style. You also have to know a little about what you’re talking about. Not a lot, it doesn’t have to have depth, but it needs to have a wide surface area and you need to know how to communicate that in a way that is pithy and makes sense.

Oh yeah, it also helps with your writing if you know a few uncommon words which you can include here and there, it makes people think you are more brainy than you actually are. I’m a lover of words and have a book shelf full of books on words, so it flows out when I need it.

How does this help you if you have an affiliate blog selling model trains online?

Best to outsource if this to your team members. What do you mean you don’t have a team and you do everything on your own? Hmmm, that’s for another post.

Hire poets to write your blog posts, they are the fastest and most exciting bloggers, if you can get them to stop smoking weed for a few mins. Don’t hire copywriters, the art of the word is beaten out of these people from birth. You want to rise above the swamp, not add to its moist, fecund mass.

And there is another reason for this series, I love to write this kinda stuff.

And you really should do what you love.

What is Blogging but simply a communication tool

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Some people over complicate things.

Blogging is simply a communications tool.

Once the piece of information you want to communicate is acheived, its purpose is done. Therefore the length of the blog is merely something for the aesthetic.

Of course it could be argued that a blog is also an “emotional delivery machine”, or an “action encourager”. But these still use communication to happen.

So when a blog post is written in a terse fashion, being economical with words, as long as it acheives its purpose it matters little that verbosity is ignored.

Writing less, means writing better.

Getting the Blogging Mojo Back

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For one reason or another I stopped blogging, stopped writing.

Which is a shame as I really like the process and it’s something I do well (haven’t the time to be modest this morning).

Most of the problem is simple distraction, too much going on, too many possibilities, even too much success.

Sometimes you have to reduce. Simplify. Not use the, “but it has to be perfect before I publish” excuse.

So, to get the Mojo back I’m just going to blog. Post a blog every day for 14 days.

It may not be linkable, but from a creative point of view it helps crank up the engine.

And you never know, something juicy may come of it.