Author & Founder

Garrett Gottlieb

Founder, Pulse & Pulse Growth Partners

Garrett is the founder of Pulse. Previously, he built PumpUp to 6 million members through early influencer marketing and UGC, raised $4M from NEA and General Catalyst, and co-founded legal immigration platform BorderPass. He specializes in brand building, organic growth, and conversational marketing.

Proven Track Record & Brand Building

6M+ Members

PumpUp

Garnered 6 million members through early influencer marketing and user-generated content (UGC), raising $4M from notable venture capital firms like NEA and General Catalyst.

Co-Founder

BorderPass

Co-founded legal immigration platform built for international students and newcomers to navigate legal compliance and immigration journeys.

Founder

Pulse

Built Pulse to help ambitious businesses and SaaS founders scale organic customer acquisition, social listening, and AI visibility across Reddit and answer engines.

Background & Marketing Expertise

Garrett Gottlieb is a growth marketer and entrepreneur with a track record of building and scaling prominent consumer and B2B brands from zero to millions of users.

Before founding Pulse, Garrett led PumpUp to over 6 million members worldwide, pioneering influencer marketing and user-generated content (UGC) before it was an established marketing playbook. He raised $4 million USD from top venture capital firms including New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and General Catalyst to expand the platform globally.

He later co-founded BorderPass, an innovative legal immigration platform built for international students and educational institutions, combining software automation with accredited legal guidance to streamline immigration journeys.

Today, Garrett builds Pulse (usepulse.ai) and Pulse Growth Partners to empower founders, marketers, and agencies to capture high-intent demand across Reddit communities and AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude.

Core Focus & Growth Disciplines

Brand Building & Scaling
Influencer Marketing & UGC
Conversational Reddit Marketing
AI Answer Engine Optimization (GEO / AEO)
Community-Driven Growth
Product-Led Organic Acquisition

Articles & Guides by Garrett Gottlieb

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B2B SaaS Pricing Page SEO: How to Rank for High-Intent Commercial Queries Without Hurting CRO

B2B SaaS Pricing Page SEO: How to Rank for High-Intent Commercial Queries Without Hurting CRO

Discover how B2B SaaS companies architect pricing pages for high-intent commercial search queries and AI engines using SSR, Schema.org JSON-LD, and below-the-fold keyword depth without hurting CRO.

24 min read
Digital PR for B2B SaaS: Earning High-DA Backlinks Through Proprietary Data and Industry Reports

Digital PR for B2B SaaS: Earning High-DA Backlinks Through Proprietary Data and Industry Reports

Discover how B2B SaaS companies earn tier-1 editorial backlinks from TechCrunch, Bloomberg, and Forbes through proprietary data journalism and benchmark reports.

24 min read
Restaurant Menu Schema Markup: How Structured Data Powers Rich Results and Mobile Bookings

Restaurant Menu Schema Markup: How Structured Data Powers Rich Results and Mobile Bookings

Replace clunky PDF menus with responsive HTML and Schema.org/Menu JSON-LD. Learn how structured food data triggers Google rich snippets and AI recommendations.

17 min read
B2B SaaS Review Generation: The High-Conversion Playbook for G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius

B2B SaaS Review Generation: The High-Conversion Playbook for G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius

Discover how B2B SaaS companies build automated, FTC-compliant review generation flywheels across G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius to accelerate pipeline and dominate AI search.

22 min read
Local SEO for B2B SaaS: Why tech companies are building regional Google Business Profiles

Local SEO for B2B SaaS: Why tech companies are building regional Google Business Profiles

Discover how enterprise B2B SaaS companies use regional Google Business Profiles, technical LocalBusiness schema, and local 3-pack SEO to capture high-ticket contracts.

18 min read
Google Local Services Ads (LSA): How to Earn the Google Guaranteed Badge and Pay Per Real Lead

Google Local Services Ads (LSA): How to Earn the Google Guaranteed Badge and Pay Per Real Lead

Stop wasting ad budget on bounced clicks. Discover how Google Local Services Ads and the Google Guaranteed badge deliver verified customer phone calls on a pay-per-lead model.

19 min read

Turn Reddit into Your #1 Pipeline

Pulse tracks Reddit for your keywords, flags high-value conversations, and hands you a spam-safe reply.