
Emre Elbeyoğlu
Founder & CEO of PopupsmartEmre Elbeyoğlu, is a growth marketer, entrepreneur, and product developer who creates products at the intersection of marketing and artificial intelligence. He is the CEO and Head of Growth at Popupsmart, which he founded in 2018. He led the company to achieve 4x MRR growth and became a finalist in the Product Hunt Golden Kitty e-commerce category in 2021.
Before starting product development, Emre worked in digital marketing for seven years. In 2013, he founded Flatart digital marketing agency, growing it with over 30 team members and providing growth and SEO consulting to hundreds of brands. In 2018, he transformed this consulting experience into Popupsmart and has been managing the product development process for five years. Recently, he has launched an AI-powered popup feature to help businesses create conversion-focused campaigns.
In 2024, he founded GrowthMarketing.ai, a platform that shares AI-powered growth marketing strategies, case studies, and actionable experiments for marketers and entrepreneurs. Emre regularly writes articles on AI, SEO, conversion optimization, and product development on his platforms and continues to develop new AI product MVPs.
Featured articles

How to Add a MailChimp Popup to Shopify Account?
Do you know how to add a MailChimp pop-up to Shopify? After this article, you will get the necessary knowledge to have pop-ups on your Shopify store!

Lottery Popup Shopify: How to Increase Email Signups Without Hurting UX
How to set up a lottery popup on Shopify, run a Shopify giveaway with a popup entry form, and why 2026 data shows more clicks, not measurably more leads.
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