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LatestJul 22, 20269 min readAda Mendez

Where Do Your Next Course Students Actually Come From?

Your course is finished. Students who complete it get results. Yet every launch still feels like guessing. The problem isn't your curriculum. It's that marketing for an online course business now spans five channels, and

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Jul 21, 20268 min readMatt Merrill

D2C Marketing When You Have Zero Marketing Team

Last Tuesday at 11pm, you sat down to write an email campaign you'd been putting off for three weeks. The subject line was fine. The body copy was decent. You scheduled it for Thursday morning, closed your laptop, and re

Jul 19, 202610 min readMatt Merrill

Marketing for Med Spas Without a Marketing Team

Marketing for med spas in 2026 requires four channels working together: local SEO (Google Business Profile + treatment-page rankings), social media (Instagram and TikTok for before/after results), reputation management (

Jul 18, 20269 min readJustin Henriksen

Marketing for Course Creators Who Hate Marketing

Every course creator marketing guide assumes you have 20 spare hours a week. Here's what actually works when you're the teacher, the support team, and the reluctant CMO.

Jul 17, 202611 min readJustin Henriksen

Marketing for D2C Brands in 2026: Costs, Channels, Options

D2C brands on Shopify with 5-20 employees need six marketing channels running at once - but can't afford six specialists. Here's what each channel actually costs, which tools help, and when a done-for-you agency bundle makes more sense than stitching it together yourself.

Jul 16, 202612 min readJustin Henriksen

Marketing for Personal Injury Law Firms in 2026

PI law firm owners overpay specialized agencies for one channel or do nothing at all. Here's what marketing actually costs, which channels move the intake needle, and how to cover all of them without a six-figure hire.

Jul 13, 20266 min readJustin Henriksen

Marketing for Online Course Creators Who'd Rather Be Teaching

Course creators who want marketing handled without hiring a team have two practical paths: bundle all channels under a done-for-you agency, or stitch together freelancers and tools yourself. Helix Agency takes the first

Jul 10, 202610 min readMatt Merrill

Marketing for Course Creators Who'd Rather Teach

You built the course. You coach the students. But marketing falls to stolen hours between modules. Here's how to run SEO, content, social, outreach, GEO, and analytics under one subscription - without hiring a marketer or learning another platform.

Jul 7, 202611 min readJustin Henriksen

SaaS Startup Marketing Without a Marketing Team

Most seed-stage SaaS founders run marketing in stolen hours between product and sales. Here's how to cover all eight channels - SEO, content, social, outreach, AI search, brand monitoring, website, and analytics - without hiring a marketer or signing an agency retainer.

Jul 6, 202611 min readAda Mendez

Online Course Marketing Without a Team

Solo course creators and coaching business owners need SEO, content, social, outreach, and AI search visibility running at the same time — but have zero marketing staff. Here's how to get all eight channels covered under one subscription without hiring or doing it yourself.

Jul 5, 20268 min readJenna Maroney

Med Spa Marketing: All Channels, No Marketing Hire

For med spa owners running marketing between patients, Helix bundles SEO, social, content, reputation management, and five more channels into one $1,500/mo subscription with a written Friday Report every week.

Jul 5, 20268 min readMatt Merrill

D2C Marketing Without a Marketing Team

Most D2C brands with 5-20 employees have no marketing hire. The founder runs ads between packing orders. Here's how to run all eight channels for one fee instead of doing it yourself at 11pm.

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