7 Hidden Google Sheet Tricks To 10X Your Marketing Productivity

Leverage the sheet to (really) get sh*t done.

Jano le Roux
The Startup

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An illustration of two grayscale hands reaching for a glowing Google sheets logo on a canvas-textured crimson red background.
Illustration by Jano le Roux

Google Sheets is 100% free.

And it’s one of the sharpest marketing tools out there.

Learning its most useful — yet hidden — marketing hacks helped me:

  • 10x my marketing productivity.
  • Improve my writing in a data-driven way.
  • Really understand my customer's objections.

Let’s start with my sleekest sheet tricks.

1. Import a competitor's blog posts

Literally import 100s of post titles, customer reviews, and much more with one tiny command.

A screenshot of a Google Sheet spreadsheet showing imported article titles.
Google Sheets / Illustrations by Jano le Roux

When I first realized Google sheets had a web scraping feature my little brain went rah-rah-Google-a-ha. You can use it for importing:

  • Your competitors’ blog post titles.
  • Hundreds of competitor customer reviews.

This feature is incredibly useful in the research phase of nearly every marketing plan. It quickly gives me an idea of what’s…

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Jano le Roux
The Startup

An award-winning marketing consultant who helps high-growth brands craft marketing that doesn’t feel like marketing. Open for work—jano@likeflare.com—Join me ⤵️