Emre Elbeyoglu CV

Hey, I’m Emre Elbeyoglu. I'm a growth marketer, maker, entrepreneur, and the co-founder of Popupsmart.

My entire approach to building products and scaling companies is 100% SEO-backed. Every customer acquisition channel I build relies heavily on search engine optimization expertise, allowing me to scale platforms efficiently and sustainably. Over my career, I have successfully created and scaled 3 B2B SaaS products to over $1M+ ARR per year each, driven 300K+ monthly SEO organic traffic visitors, and personally acquired over 10K+ referring backlinks through authority-focused SEO frameworks. By leveraging this search-driven expertise, I also consistently generate +$200K per year in affiliate revenue purely through SEO.

Business Highlights & Milestones

Metric / Achievement

Impact & Scale

Focus Area

3x B2B SaaS Products

+$1M ARR / year each

Product Development & Scaling

Monthly Organic Traffic

300K+ visitors / month

SEO & Growth Marketing Strategy

Authority Building

10K+ referring backlinks

Backlink Acquisition & SEO Expertise

Affiliate Monetization

+$200K+ revenue / year

Search Monetization & Performance Content

Client Consultancy

+100 brands scaled

SEO & Growth Marketing (Flatart Agency)

Experience

SEOmator

Co-Founder & Head of Growth September 2026 – Present

  • Joined SEOmator, the SEO audit and optimization platform Next Marketing Technology Ltd acquired in 2023, to lead its growth.
  • SEOmator provides SEO audits, keyword research, and generative engine optimization tooling; Nick Sawinyh founded it in 2014.

Popupsmart

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder June 2020 – Present

  • Established Popupsmart in 2019 to turn my growth and marketing consultancy into a scalable model.
  • Have been working heavily in the field of development and product at Popupsmart for 5 years.
  • Scaled the platform to hit 4X MRR Growth4X MRR Growth, secured its first investment round, and expanded the team to 22 people.
  • Rolled out an AI-generated popups feature to empower users to build conversion-optimized popups via artificial intelligence.

LiveChatAI

Co-Founder June 2023 – Present

  • Launched LiveChatAI, an AI-powered chatbot platform, rapidly scaling past 200 active users within its launch period.
  • Featured in WIRED Magazine for our innovative application of next-generation language models like GPT-4, Llama, and Mistral to reinvent conversational customer experiences.
  • Became an official Meta Technology Partner, introducing a direct WhatsApp integration for businesses, and launched the official app on the Shopify App Store.

GrowthMarketing.ai

Founder 2024 – Present

  • Launched an AI-driven platform delivering cutting-edge growth marketing strategies, deep-dive case studies, and growth experiments for modern entrepreneurs.
  • Recognized globally and cited by the Harvard International Review as an authoritative AI-related source in its publication on AI and African policy.

FlatART Agency

Co-Founder September 2013 – January 2021

  • Co-founded the digital marketing agency in 2013, running operations, growth, and digital marketing for over 7 years until 2020.
  • Led a team of more than 30 teammates to provide expert consultancy to hundreds of brands.
  • Personally drove SEO and growth marketing strategies for +100 brands, building the foundation for my entirely SEO-backed acquisition framework.

Complete Professional Timeline

2026

  • Personal & Professional Challenges: A demanding start to the year—officially divorced on March 5th from my wife of 3.5 years, Bahar. On the business side, extensive content edits on Popupsmart triggered a negative algorithmic response from Google, causing a temporary ~50% drop in organic traffic.
  • Global Recognition: GrowthMarketing.ai was cited by the Harvard International Review for its insights on AI policy.
  • Expert Citation: Quoted by name in the Harvard International Review as an SEO expert on Turkey’s medical tourism search demand, covering the hair transplant and “turkey teeth” query clusters.
  • New Role: Started as Co-Founder & Head of Growth at SEOmator in September.

2025

  • Ecosystem Expansion: Shipped the WhatsApp integration for LiveChatAI as a Meta Technology Partner and launched on the Shopify App Store.
  • AI Innovations: Announced AI-generated popups for Popupsmart and deployed sweeping performance updates across LiveChatAI.

2024

  • **Platform Launch:**Platform Launch: Debuted GrowthMarketing.ai to share growth marketing experiments and strategies.
  • Media Feature: LiveChatAI was featured prominently in WIRED Magazine for leading-edge conversational AI infrastructure.
  • **MVP R&D:**MVP R&D: Began developing new experimental AI product MVPs.

2023

  • **Product Launch:**Product Launch: Launched LiveChatAI and quickly crossed the 200 active user threshold.
  • Acquisition: Acquired SEOmator, the SEO audit and optimization platform Nick Sawinyh founded in 2014, through Next Marketing Technology Ltd.

2022

  • **Milestones:**Milestones: Popupsmart secured its first major investment round and the internal team grew to 22 people.
  • Company Formation: Incorporated Next Marketing Technology Ltd in London as the home for the products I build and run.

2021

  • **Hypergrowth:**Hypergrowth: Achieved a massive 4X MRR growth milestone for Popupsmart.
  • **Community Building:**Community Building: Stepped into an exciting role helping foster and grow the Next.js and Vercel community.
  • **Product Recognition:**Product Recognition: Popupsmart became a Product Hunt Golden Kitty Finalist in the highly competitive e-commerce category.
  • **Personal Milestone:**Personal Milestone: Got engaged to my fiancée, Bahar, during an incredibly busy September.

2020

  • **Global Release:**Global Release: Opened Popupsmart to the global market as a fully functional MVP after a rigorous 1-year product development cycle.

2013

  • **Agency Foundations:**Agency Foundations: Co-founded Flatart Agency, marking the launch of the second company in my career.
  • **The Leap:**The Leap: Made the pivotal decision to drop out of college to focus 100% on building businesses—a bold move I have never once regretted.

2008

  • **Academic Start:**Academic Start: Entered Bilkent University's Computer Technology and Information Systems department with massive anticipation.
  • **Early Execution:**Early Execution: Simultaneously started active freelance work in website development and design.

2002

  • **Cybersecurity Roots:**Cybersecurity Roots: Joined a prominent cyber-security community, collaborating with a well-known group in the field for roughly 2 years.

2000

  • **First Search:**First Search: Got private internet at home and executed my very first Google search query.

1993

  • **Early Start:**Early Start: Lucky enough to get my hands on my first computer at just 4 years old.

1989

  • Born 👶🏼

Top Skills

  • SEO & Growth Marketing: 100% SEO-Backed Acquisition Channels, Advanced Link Building, High-Scale Organic Traffic Generation, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), SaaS Growth Strategy.
  • **Product & Engineering:**Product & Engineering: Web Design, Web Development, Web Services, AI Prompt & Model Integrations (GPT-4, Llama, Mistral), SaaS Architecture.

Blog Posts & Writing

I regularly share insights about AI, data, SEO, growth marketing, and product development across our platforms:

  • GrowthMarketing.ai Blog: Growth marketing strategies, case studies, and experiments.
  • Popupsmart Blog: Conversion optimization, popup strategies, and e-commerce growth.
  • Technologychecker.io: Tech stack insights and specialized B2B articles.

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