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10 Unconventional Low-Budget Growth Hacks for the Next 30 Days

Suggests 10 bold, creative and cheap growth-hacking strategies to grow a goal you choose, such as your Instagram following or email list, quickly over the next 30 days, going past the usual advice to post regularly.

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My goal: [goal, e.g. "Instagram following" or "email list"]

Task: propose 10 unusual growth-hacking strategies, with a low budget, to grow this goal fast over the next 30 days.

Requirements: the ideas must be creative and daring, and they must go further than standard advice such as "post consistently".
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