Aazar Ali Shad

Grown several tech companies from 0 to 8 figures I Paid Social Growth Marketer I I deconstruct paid marketing so you can level up.

After 5 years in sales, I moved to marketing.

Frankly, I love it. I learned marketing by starting 2 startups and side hustles. 

Then, I found my Ikagai: Growth Marketing. I became Head of Growth at Userpilot (Grew it to 7-figures and beyond). And then, I moved to become an advisor.

Now, I have grown several tech/SaaS companies from 0 to 8 figures. Currently, I lead paid social and growth initiatives at 3 different D2C tech companies. 


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❇️ Podcast: Growth Marketing Stories
I deconstruct how companies grow with marketing and share learnings along the way. Folks from Wistia, Postscript, Buffer, Truebill, Airtable, Oribi, Attentive, PandaDoc, Baremetrics, CXL, and many others have joined. Give it a listen here: https://pod.co/growth-marketing-stories/

Thank you for visiting my profile. Feel free to reach out at aazar@aazarshad.com.

Growth Marketing Consultant

Providing growth marketing consultancy and advisory services with:

- Paid Social
- Paid Search
- Content Marketing & SEO
- Conversion Rate Optimization

Invested in: Maven, Gumroad, Vuvei Ventures, Synthesis, Userpilot, Breshna and more.

Current clients: MakerKids and Prequel.

At 10, they put me in a box. "He's a B student."

At 18, they put me in a box. "He can't speak English well."

At 23, they put me in a box. "He can only do sales, not marketing."

At 30, they put me in a box. "He can't lead a team."

Now I'm 36.

I create A+ ads that scale. I lead a 6-person agency team. I manage 15+ clients, crushing their marketing goals.

People will always try to box you in.

When they do, let it fuel your inner belief and prove them wrong.

Scaling Brands from $3Mn to $25Mn with Meta Ads — Ads Nerd — I Create Un-Ignorable Ads To Reduce CAC

I hate being wrong.

Yesterday, a founder changed my mind about performance and ads.

He built a 7-figure brand without virality. No viral posts. No paid traffic blitz.

Just word of mouth.

The common thread? Storytelling.

He gave customers such an elevated experience they felt guilty NOT sharing it.

Most brands chase clicks and conversions. They forget the best growth lever is a customer who can't stop talking about you.

Performance ads amplify what already works. But if your product doesn't 
create stories worth repeating, you're just buying attention that disappears.

Here's what I learned:
Give people an experience so good they have to tell someone.

That's how brands are built.

Performance is the booster. Storytelling is the foundation.

I changed my mind on brand vs performance.

Turns out, storytelling comes first. Everything else follows.

Thanks to Robbie Bent for this AMAZING session. Othership is indeed of one of my favorite companies.

My 2026 tool that you can't miss as an agency is AdManage.ai.

I simply can't live without it.

How I turn one customer interview into 30+ ad variations in 30 Minutes.

I manage $100M+ in ad spend.

Here's what most brands get wrong: they create content once and use it once.

I do the opposite.

One customer interview becomes 30+ authentic ads. All in 30 minutes.

Here's how: I send customers a Riverside link. They record on their phone. I get studio-quality footage instantly.

Then Riverside’s Magic Clips feature automatically generates short-form clips. Customer testimonials. Before-and-after stories. Objection handlers. Product demos in real life.

All ad-ready. All authentic. All from one recording.

No editor needed. No file mess. Just a library of content that converts.

People crave authenticity. AI-generated content feels fake. Real customers telling real stories? That's what performs.

This is how I scale ad accounts without burning through creative budgets.

Check out Riverside

Link here: https://lnkd.in/dq6q4Rbt

#riversidepartner

Steal this VINTAGE ad format.

Comment "ads" to get my winning ads swipe file.

How to crush video ads with this one simple hack.

I help B2B tech companies with launches, website messaging, and go-to-market.

That's how we can work together:

- fractional marketing roles and advising
- projects (homepages, launches, LinkedIn, content) 
- consultation

WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY:
"We had the pleasure of working with Olena on our product marketing strategy, and her impact was clear from the start.
She has an impressive ability to break down complex market insights into actionable steps, helping us refine our positioning and reach the right audience more effectively.

On top of that, she's super human and it's really a pleasure to work with her. Would happily work with Olena again!"
Jeremy Boissinot
CEO/Co-founder @ Favikon

"We're very happy to work with Olena. She helped us with product marketing, messaging, and our go-to-market strategy. Olena is always responsive, proactive and always suggests new ideas. Will definitely work together again soon!"
Simone Lusenti 
Co-founder @ Bugpilot

"Olena is a consummate professional with exceptional skills in content writing and marketing consulting. Her strategic insights and innovative approaches were instrumental in increasing visits to our platform by an astounding 400%.

"Olena was our hunter on Product Hunt launch and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made through my startup journey."
Tornike Tsiramua & George Tsiramua 
Co-Founders @ Biliki AI

Free marketing resources: https://olenabomko.com/free-marketing-resources/

LinkedIn Top 200 (2022, Favikon)
LinkedIn Top 5 Ukraine (2024, Favikon)
Community Member of the Year on Product Hunt (runner-up, 2023)

Olena Bomko

Hit 39K followers. Almost a LinkedIn influencer 💪 Huge thank you!

Yesterday, someone with 300K followers commented on my post. It was a blatant ChatGPT-style comment starting with "The author…"

I would never swap my connections for any 500K, 1M, or any other follower count. I’m incredibly grateful to be connected with so many amazing people.

Real connections > follower count.

B2B Tech Product Marketer. Launches, website messaging, LinkedIn, and Reddit

I did a Reddit experiment and didn't write about it on LinkedIn 😎  If you don't write about something on LinkedIn, did it even happen?
So, I asked a big Reddit community (57M members): Why do you use Reddit?
Answers:
- It’s the only social media that breeds real connection and helps people.
- Cause it's the least terrible of the social media.
- There are real people here willing to help, give you advice, compliment you, and criticize you. 

There were students, too. The Guardian published a day ago: "Reddit overtakes TikTok in UK thanks to search algorithms and Gen Z." I knew this 4 months ago because I asked directly on Reddit.

If you need to do research, you can ask Reddit. There are questions with 2.7K-12K answers. If you need to do niche research, ask niche communities.

My small community on Reddit crossed 200 members! Here's why/how you can use Reddit for your business:
- Marketing on Reddit,
- Get AI citations and Google top rankings,
- Building a community,
- Creating a content hub,
- Collect user feedback and do buyer research,
- Customer support tickets,
- Demand gen and brand building,
- AMA posts connected with LinkedIn,
- Building your personal brand.

If you plan to grow using Reddit, I have a Playbook + I do projects.
If you want to host an Ask Me Anything session or post about your niche/product, let me know. I allow useful self-promo.

Do you use Reddit (personally or for work)?
If you're on Reddit, join my community r/MarketFit
If you'd like to host an Ask Me Anything session, please let me know.

A year ago, my intuition told me to start using Reddit, suggest Reddit services to my clients, and create a full Reddit Playbook. People reacted weirdly when I started writing about Reddit for B2B/SaaS.

Based on this chart, I'm not weird anymore.

P.S. If you want to check out my Reddit Playbook, the link is at the top of my profile.

P.S.S. Join my subreddit r/MarketFit. You can post about your product if you write something useful.

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