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
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.
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.
2022
- Milestones:Milestones: Popupsmart secured its first major investment round and the internal team grew to 22 people.
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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