016 – Neil Patel, Dhaval Patel – Two Friends – Quicksprout – KISSmetrics & more

Neil Patel creates content which is consumed, everywhere. Take a look at the Alexa rating for his blog, which you want to read by the way, Quicksprout.  Wall Street Journal calls Neil a top influencer and Entrepreneur Magazine says he founded one of the 100 most brilliant companies, KISSmetrics (or was it Crazy Egg or Hello Bar). Dhaval Patel drives marketing at Kissmetrics and has his own digital marketing company, Do Good SEO.

Neil and Dhaval have been friends since they can remember. They grew up almost next door to each other, in Indian households, with lots of extra homework from their parents on the weekends, and basketball games.

This podcast delves into the immigrant perspective, the heart to educate others, epiphanies, the secret sauce of being Indian, and a desire to grow companies 5% to 10% per month. Neil explains how he goes about writing, the core value of KISSmetrics, and why he moved beyond his ProNet Advertising blog.

I asked Dhaval, an amateur photographer, how he grew traffic at what of his customer’s websites. He said, one of their customers was a dog sitting service. He told them, you need more photos of dogs! Simple as that. It worked!

If you enjoyed this interview please see my interview with Kunal Sarda in Episode #3