IIP 004 : From Unemployed Architect To Earning $50,000 Monthly Passive Income : Story Of Pat Flynn

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Pat Flynn was rocking his career as a young architect.

Actually, Pat was one of the youngest people in the firm to ever become a Job Captain. Things were going great. He was working hard at the job he always dreamed of. He just got engaged.

Pat was one of the top performers in the company, but when the economy tanked – it didn’t matter. Everybody around him were losing their jobs. No one was building anything. The architecture market dried up completely.

One day, Pat’s Time Has Come.

He was called to his boss’s office. His safe job was gone. With no openings anywhere, Pat was stuck. What will he do with his life?

Pat Flynn
Pat Flynn – Smart Passive Income

He remembered that he heard that some people were making money from the internet. As it turned out, due to his rigorous studying habits, he was sitting on “internet gold”. That’s how the story of one of today’s most inspiring and influential internet entrepreneur began.

Today Pat is the proud owner of Smart Passive Income, and is running a business generating over $50,000 monthly. How? That’s what we’re going to talk about today.

In this episode you will learn:

  • What it takes to succeed with your online business
  • How Pat earned $7,905 dollars on the first month of launching his first online product – and why it wasn’t an “overnight success”
  • How Pat added more businesses to his portfolio
  • How Pat runs his iPhone apps business
  • Why he shares his detailed monthly income report online
  • How Pat converted an avid hater to a fan
  • Pat’s tips for a new entrepreneur – do you need to follow a passion? and more!
  • How to find your unfair advantage and use it to stand out and succeed in a saturated niche
  • Who inspires Pat, and Pat’s favorite resources
  • How I scored this interview with Pat, and what’s the important lesson I learned from the process

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IIP 002 : From $500,000 Debt To $22.3M Annual Revenue – Story Of Rand Fishkin & SEOmoz

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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.

Rand Fishkin
Rand Fishkin, co-founder and CEO of SEOmoz

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

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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

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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

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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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