# How we made $2.5M from YouTube and Google | Sidebean

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Published: 2026-07-29T00:06:00+00:00
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## Resource

How we made $2.5M from YouTube and Google Picking the right marketing strategy when you’re starting up can be the difference between success and failure. Slidebean is here to help ► Lessons on detailing the most effective strategies at each stage of your business. ► Our lessons also warn you about marketing traps that many entrepreneurs fall into. ► Frameworks & templates to build your perfect Go to market strategy ► 1 on 1 time with experts to validate your strategy & more… Our Community gets 30% Discount on their Slidebean Subscription. Get started now: Use code ‘SLBYTCOMMUNITY’ or check out https://youtube.slidebean.com/get-customers Are you ready to pitch to investors? We can help ► https://slidebean.com/pitch-deck-consulting-services?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=2MfromYouTube Subscribe to our FREE weekly startup newsletter ► https://slidebean.com/newsletter?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=2MfromYouTube -- There is no clickbait here. The backbone of our company success has been Google, and by extension, YouTube. In this video, I am going to talk about what we did to kickstart our ranking in Google search, how much money we have spent doing it, and how much money we spend today. Finally, we'll help you figure out if or when your company should attempt to do content marketing. #slidebean #startups #contentmarketing 00:00 - Introduction 1:25 - Early stages 1:58 - Scale 3:33 - The pivot 5:08 - Nothing good ever lasts 6:44 - The content boost 8:42 - YouTube 9:52 - Why shouldn’t you do content marketing ---- How to grow a small business: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2rpBhMY0ys Caya’s consulting hours: https://slidebean.com/caya Follow Caya: https://twitter.com/cayahere and https://instagram.com/caya_her…

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