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Incredibly Difficult and Pointlessly Complicated

In 2012, I started a dorky side project, teaching weekend classes on how to get more traffic to your website from search engines.

2023↗

Burning the Boats: Going All-In on a Side Project

In 2017, I quit arguably the greatest job in the world, managing search engine optimization at Airbnb, to go all-in on my side project, a digital marketing training course called ClickMinded.

2019↗

A Six-Figure Side Project

How a weekend SEO class grew into a profitable online business.

2014↗

$21,243 in 8 Days: Why AppSumo Will Keep Crushing It

How the ClickMinded online SEO course generated $21,243 in 8 days with AppSumo, and why I think Noah Kagan and his team are going to keep crushing it.

2012↗

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