Every marketing channel sucks right now - by Andrew Chen

Yes, I'm about to roast every tactic you're betting on

Every marketing channel sucks right now Yes, I'm about to roast every tactic you're betting on Apr 09, 2025 640 87 96 Share These days I’m spending a lot of my time with very early stage startups (yes, as part of the program at a16z to invest up to $1M into each, called a16z speedrun ) and as part of this, I spend a lot of time talking about launch and marketing strategy for new products. The options for marketing are pretty grim right now. Here are my complaints: SEO : Takes too long, you’re competing against listicles (and Reddit threads), Google might screw you over at any moment, maybe AI

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