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IIP 002 : From $500,000 Debt To $22.3M Annual Revenue – Story Of Rand Fishkin & SEOmoz
From Almost-Bankrupt College Dropout To Amazing Success – The Incredible Story of Rand Fishkin
In this episode of The Inspiring Innovation Podcast, I am very excited to share with you the amazing story of co-founder and CEO of SEOMoz — Rand Fishkin .
Today SEOMoz is one of the top SEO software companies online, and has been receiving 2.2 million visitors every month and including 150,000 active & participating visitors. The Ultimate goal for SEOMoz is to spread the idea of openness around marketing. The company also wants to share the power and value of not just SEO but also other marketing channels such as social media marketing, content marketing, email and conversion rate optimization.
But things weren’t always that great. Not so many years ago, the company and its founders have accumulated debt of nearly half a million dollars, and found themselves chased down by collectors. This is where the truly amazing entrepreneurship story starts. From rock-bottom, Rand managed to build an empire.
I always wanted to sit down with Rand and chat, and it’s a great honor to have been given the opportunity. His ability to create such an amazing turn of events, while maintaining noble principles such as transparency, authenticity, exceptionalism and more (that will be covered in the interview) — is what makes SEOmoz so special, and considered to be one of the best workplaces in the world.
In this episode you’ll discover
- How Rand got started at the age of 12
- Why Rand Fishkin started to study finance and not something related to his field of interest
- Why Rand dropped out of college two classes before graduation
- What mistakes Rand and his mum made that drove the family business into a $500,000 debt
- How they turned it around, and made it a successful company, now generating over $22.3M in revenue
- What kind of content you need to write to rank well on Google
- What kind of people will make you and your company successful
- What keeps Rand inspired, and how long he plans to stay with SEOMoz
- Why he admires Bill Gates
- What’s The TAGFEE Code, and why should you adopt one
Items mentioned in this episode include:
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Rand’s marriage proposal (on national TV!) and the response
The Proposal
The Response!
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IIP 001 : Launching The Inspiring Innovation Weekly Podcast
It’s here! It’s finally here!
I’m so excited to announce the Inspiring Innovation Podcast. This baby has been in the making since August 2012 (it’s now April 2013!), and I simply cannot believe it’s finally out of the gate.
Here’s what it’s about: every Thursday I’ll release a new episode featuring an amazing guest. All guests will be among today’s most successful entrepreneurs, and we will dive into their untold story, revealing the secrets behind their success. Where did they fail? What mistakes have they made? What lessons have they learned? And how they moved forward and achieved their incredible success stories?
If this sounds familiar to the Inspiring Innovation Magazine readers out there – you are correct. Many interviews will be based on content from the magazine, so you will now have the freedom to take the interviews on the road, or listen to them while at the gym, commuting, walking the dog – or any other activity that lets you enjoy podcasting. I don’t want the wisdom that these amazing entrepreneurs share to be wasted by limiting the ways you can consume the interviews.
For the magazine readers – don’t fret. The magazine will always be ahead of the podcast, and I will keep having a huge amount of additional content, articles and videos. Nothing’s changing — it’s only getting better.
To all of the people who contacted me since the magazine was launched and asked for a podcast version — thanks for your patience and support. I hope this will live up to your expectations!
* Making my happy dance *
Join us weekly for a constant dose of entrepreneurship inspiration, lifestyle, and business. After all, this is the best way to become a more successful entrepreneur!
In the first episode I cover
- How is this podcast going to work – the publishing schedule and format
- Why I created it, and who are some of the coming guests on the show
- My personal entrepreneurship story – from child entrepreneur (I was the PC technician of my kindergarten when I was 6), to starting a business, failing, going corporate, and starting all over again.
- What gave me the inspiration and strength to make the change, leave corporate, and say goodbye to safety
Items mentioned in this episode include:
- Ed Dale; Twitter, Facebook, Google+, The 30 Days Challenge
- Pat Flynn; Twitter, Facebook, Google+
- Smart Passive Income (Pat’s super successful blog)
- Snippet App (to read Pat’s new & amazingly inspiring book “Let Go” on your iOS device)
- More Pat Flynn’s new book ‘Let Go’: http://patflynn.me/letgo/
Items I forgot to mention because I was too excited!:
- Entrepreneur On Fire – daily inspiring interviews with incredible entrepreneurs, by John Lee Dumas. http://eofire.com
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Honest People Don’t Have To Fear The Truth
“Honest people don’t have to fear the truth” -Irving Zaslofsky Click To Tweet
Irving Zaslofsky, also known as “Big Irv” by his family and friends, is my friend Joel’s grandpa. For his recently celebrated 100th birthday(!!), Joel wrote a special post dedicated to his only living grandparent.
This quote I share is one of the many lessons that Joel learned from Irving. All other lessons are available on Joel’s post: http://valueofsimple.com/happy-number-100-grandpa/
SHARE if your grandparent ever taught you something about life!
Inspiring Innovation Issue #7 Is Out!
The latest Inspiring Innovation issue has just hit the newsstand!
Here’s what’s waiting for you this month:
This month on the Inspiring Innovation Magazine:
You get exclusive access to the behind-the-scenes of World’s Top SEO company – SEOmoz AND to the Amazon bestselling self-publisher Sean Michael Platt!
In this issue you will find:
- What principles helped Rand Fishkin turn SEOmoz around from $500,000 debt to over $22.3M annual revenue [exclusive 1-on-1 video interview]
- How did Sean Platt unlock the code of PROFITABLE self-publishing, why is he publishing a new book every single week (is he nuts? Listen to the interview and find out!), and how can YOU become the Next Amazon Bestseller!
- Liva Judic, founder of Merrybubbles and former coach of Head of State and a life-saver of successful CEO’s worldwide, helps connecting the dots on the transition to entrepreneurship.
You will also get:
- Blueprint: How to use Facebook ads effectively to generate income right now.
- Featured articles by Joel Runyon, Yaro Starak, Farnoosh Brock, Benny Hsu and more!
- The best podcasts and people to follow, to skyrocket your entrepreneurship venture to new heights!
How to get the app?
Don’t have the app yet on your iPad? It’s easy and free: Open your iPad and go to http://INmag.co/mag. Once downloaded, you can subscribe and activate a 2-months free trial that will give you access to ALL of our issues.
