Why this page exists
Anyone can call themselves the best Head of Growth in Australia. This page is the checkable version of the claim: every third-party source on Jeff Deutsch's record, in one place, each one a link you can follow. Nothing load-bearing here is hosted only on this site; if a claim matters, the receipt sits on someone else's domain.
The viral article: Confessions of a Google Spammer
In May 2015 Jeff published Confessions of a Google Spammer on Inbound.org. It reached 271,785 views, was featured by HubSpot co-founder Dharmesh Shah, and drew public comments and shares from the biggest names in search and growth.
- The original post and its 210 comments (Wayback Machine) Rand Fishkin: "I tremendously enjoyed this read."
- Dharmesh Shah on X "An AMAZINGLY great read."
- Rand Fishkin on X "Found this fascinating."
- Sean Ellis on X the man who coined "growth hacking", sharing the piece
- Brian Halligan on X HubSpot co-founder and CEO
- Neil Patel on X
- Brian Dean (Backlinko) on X
- Moz on X picked for the Moz Top 10
- HubSpot on X
- Semrush on X
- GIGAZINE coverage (Japan)
- Discussed on the freeCodeCamp forum
VIPKid
At VIPKid, the $4.5 billion online education company, Jeff ran growth for teacher supply: 60,000+ teachers hired across North America, with teacher partner supply growing 700% while VIPKid hit the #1 spot on Forbes' remote-work companies ranking in 2018.
- WordCamp Sydney 2019 speaker page "grew VIPkid Teacher Partner Supply by 700%... Forbes #1 worldwide ranking for remote workers in 2018"
- SEO Buddy's My SEO Journey #106 names VIPKid as "a $4.5 billion online education company"
ContactOut
As Head of Growth at ContactOut, Jeff worked on a product that passed 1m users, with "76% of the Fortune 500" using its services and 7x ARR growth over his tenure.
- My SEO Journey #106 on SEO Buddy the link-building playbook, in his own words on a third-party site
- ADPList mentor profile listed as Head of Growth at ContactOut
Superpower
As Director of Growth at Superpower, Jeff took organic traffic from 3k to 200k+ visitors a month, generating about $2m USD a year in revenue, while managing a 7-figure Google Ads budget and a 100+ partner affiliate program. The detail lives in the Growth Wins section; the AI-content indexation evidence is documented with Google Search Console screenshots on his LinkedIn.
Mentoring and Startmate
Jeff coaches and mentors founders across the Australian startup ecosystem, including as a partner mentor in the Startmate Accelerator.
- Michael Batko's My Journey After Startmate "Jeff is the one who got me properly set up with AI tools... watching them talk to their laptops and build things in real time."
- Startmate monthly update, August 2021 named as a Startmate Coach
- ADPList mentor profile
- Sydney Startup Hub community profile
Interviews and video
- Interviews with the PROs (YouTube) "100K a month marketer and SEO legend"
- Confessions of a Google Spammer (YouTube)
- The Altitude Adjustment podcast "From Google Spammer to Growth Marketing Guru"
- Writing on Medium
- Author page at Express Writers
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