🏆 It's YouTube

better than ever

Author

Shawna Newman
August 18, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Have you ever had the misfortune of sciatic nerve pain? Me neither until the wee hours of the morning. I tweaked something in my lower back during my workout yesterday that resulted in crazy pain at 2am and almost falling while trying to walk.

Don’t recommend.

Needless to say, ice packs have been my bestie today. And despite all this, I actually got some work done.

Anyways…

…

It’s Day 7 of me making a real effort to scale Growth Cupid. Finished a new landing page, and got most of the way done on ad creative for it. (If you want more details, I’m going a bit more in depth in my Skool community.)

(Quick reminder - you can see my recent emails in the archive here)

Need some citations for a client, rank & rent, or local directory site? I’ve got a yearly Unlimited plan for Jacky Chou’s 450+ local citations.

I’m reselling these for $20. Use the form here to order. (click the add-on box)

🤝🤝🤝

Is It Really A Surprise?

I told you before about the site that was making a comeback thanks to a successful YouTube channel.

The videos are embedded in the content, but the real secret sauce here is having videos that lead to clicks through to your website.

This site owner was posting about this in a private group that I’m in and today he mentioned that he’s seeing traffic numbers on his site that he’s never seen before. Ever.

So, if you have a HCU-hit site that you’re holding onto and hoping for a recovery, this seems to be the best path forward.

His channel is faceless, too. So you don’t even need to be on-camera.

Sponsored

CTV ads made easy: Black Friday edition

As with any digital ad campaign, the important thing is to reach streaming audiences who will convert. Roku’s self-service Ads Manager stands ready with powerful segmentation and targeting — plus creative upscaling tools that transform existing assets into CTV-ready video ads. Bonus: we’re gifting you $5K in ad credits when you spend your first $5K on Roku Ads Manager. Just sign up and use code GET5K. Terms apply.

Sponsored

Coming up…

More on what I’m working on and how it’s going.

Stay awesome,

Shawna

P.S. If you or someone you know needs local SEO help, I do pay for referrals to Growth Cupid. So reach out to me!

How I Can Help You -

🤝 Join My Skool Community - Join like-minded people talking about online businesses and making money online.

🎥 My YouTube Course - Everything I know about creating Faceless YouTube channels for your sites (or as standalone channels).

🤑 Growth Cupid - Anything you need to grow a website, my team can do it. (use code SKIPBLAST for 15% off anything the first invoice)

☎️ 30-Minute Consulting Session - Need to talk through something with your website or online business? Let’s get something set up!

Some links may be affiliate links. I 💖 you if you use one!