Growth marketers - the wait is OVER. The first round results announcement of the [Growth Marketing Writing Contest](https://www.contests.hackernoon.com/growth-marketing-writing-contest?ref=hackernoon.com) is now LIVE!

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For those who are reading about this for the first time - mParticle & HackerNoon are excited to host a [Growth Marketing Writing Contest](https://www.contests.hackernoon.com/growth-marketing-writing-contest?ref=hackernoon.com). Here’s your chance to win money from a whopping $12,000 prize pool! It could be any story on [#growth-marketing](https://hackernoon.com/tagged/growth-marketing?ref=hackernoon.com). We highly encourage you to write on Product Management, Customer Data Platforms (CDP), Growth Marketing, Data Engineering, and Data Management.

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## **The Growth Marketing Writing Contest September 2022 Nominations & Winners**

For selecting the top 10 nominations, we picked all the stories with the [#growth-marketing](https://hackernoon.com/tagged/growth-marketing?ref=hackernoon.com) tag on HackerNoon, published in September 2022. Then we chose the top stories using 60:30:10 weightage respectively to:

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1. **Number of hours read**
2. **The number of people reached**
3. **The freshness of the content**

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Here are the top 10 nominations:

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 1. [How to Be Systematic When Testing Marketing Hypotheses](https://hackernoon.com/how-to-be-systematic-when-testing-marketing-hypotheses) by [@refocus](https://hackernoon.com/u/refocus)
 2. [Why Your Business Requires Data Driven Growth-Marketing?](https://hackernoon.com/why-your-business-requires-data-driven-growth-marketing) by [@nemmanuel](https://hackernoon.com/u/nemmanuel)
 3. [Here’s Why Your TikTok Marketing is Failing](https://hackernoon.com/heres-why-your-tiktok-marketing-is-failing) by [@Oentoro](https://hackernoon.com/u/Oentoro)
 4. [Top 5 Growth Hacks for Web3](https://hackernoon.com/top-5-growth-hacks-for-web3) by [@annicalin](https://hackernoon.com/u/annicalin)
 5. [Every Career Starts with a Leap of Faith: Navigating a Career in Content Creation](https://hackernoon.com/every-career-starts-with-a-leap-of-faith-navigating-a-career-in-content-creation) by [@scott-d.-clary](https://hackernoon.com/u/scott-d.-clary)
 6. [Has SEO stopped being relevant in 2022](https://hackernoon.com/has-seo-stopped-being-relevant-in-2022) by [@minniemururi000](https://hackernoon.com/u/minniemururi000)
 7. [Monetization Strategies to Help Your App Weather the Economic Downturn](https://hackernoon.com/monetization-strategies-to-help-your-app-weather-the-economic-downturn) by [@lomitpatel](https://hackernoon.com/u/lomitpatel)
 8. [Why is the Documentation of Tech Products So Hard to Use? (from the User’s Point of View)](https://hackernoon.com/why-is-the-documentation-of-tech-products-so-hard-to-use-in-the-users-point-of-view) by [@summerbud](https://hackernoon.com/u/summerbud)
 9. [No-Code AI In Marketing: A Shift In Mindset?](https://hackernoon.com/no-code-ai-in-marketing-a-shift-in-mindset) by [@viceasytiger](https://hackernoon.com/u/viceasytiger)
10. [Build vs. Buy: The AI Martech Conundrum](https://hackernoon.com/build-vs-buy-the-ai-martech-conundrum) by [@lomitpatel](https://hackernoon.com/u/lomitpatel)

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## AND THE WINNERS ARE

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 ![](https://cdn.hackernoon.com/images/htFSSAp4chhkeyS1S6QLnMQB4v22-r4a3znh.gif.webp)

## In the first place, we have:

[https://hackernoon.com/heres-why-your-tiktok-marketing-is-failing?embedable=true](https://hackernoon.com/heres-why-your-tiktok-marketing-is-failing?embedable=true)

> “A very insightful breakdown of what marketers might be doing wrong when approaching TikTok.” - HackerNoon Editor

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Congratulations @[Oentoro](https://hackernoon.com/u/Oentoro), you have won $1,000!

## The second place is won by:

[https://hackernoon.com/how-to-be-systematic-when-testing-marketing-hypotheses?embedable=true](https://hackernoon.com/how-to-be-systematic-when-testing-marketing-hypotheses?embedable=true)

> “A great post on how marketing is analytical and not all popularity contests and wild ideas that have no way of verifying their efficiency. The writer uses real 1st-hand accounts of their process and how it worked for them.” - HackerNoon Editor

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Well-deserved [@refocus](https://hackernoon.com/u/refocus)! You have won $600.

## Last but not least, we have the following story in the third place:

[https://hackernoon.com/monetization-strategies-to-help-your-app-weather-the-economic-downturn?embedable=true](https://hackernoon.com/monetization-strategies-to-help-your-app-weather-the-economic-downturn?embedable=true)

> “A really good breakdown of strategies for app developers in the recession and that's honestly something I’ve never read about anywhere.” - HackerNoon Editor

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Congratulations, @[lomitpatel](https://hackernoon.com/u/lomitpatel), you have won $400 and third place in the growth marketing writing contest!

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We will contact all the winners shortly. Want to know more about all the running and upcoming writing contests? Visit [contests.hackernoon.com](https://contests.hackernoon.com) today!

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See y’all next month.

mParticle

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