Someone who has been free of a day job ~25…with an online business
…who has created SEO techniques used by the best in the world
…who has created and sold a company for $2 million
- supremacy.digital
- Herc Magnus — partner for last 4-5
- team of developers
- Pixel Scout
- Project Supremacy
- big thinker…better, faster, cheaper motto
Todd’s story…
- started programming when 10-11
degree in comp sci @ college went to school in San Marcos –> Texas Tech –> San Marcos - studied EE & comp sci
–> Day Jobs in 90’s - southwestern bell mobile systems
had fun there…worked with great guys - learning a lot at his job
1 year review…how bad he sucked (corporate BS to justify a low raise) - ==> started looking for another job
went to Verizon (GTE at the time) — ~doubled salary - 4-6 weeks there…making friends
spoke his mind
liaison between coders and upper management
6 months later…manager moved out…new guy more timid - had to start over with 6 months of work
…”don’t want to be you guys”…that little control
quit job that day
“this intarwebs is going to be cool”
After left…
- didn’t know what he was going to do…stared at computer
just knew that there problems that he could solve with software
luckily didn’t have a lot bills…and had saved up some $$…could fallback on a job if he really needed to
chatting with people online… - developed crush on girl — fastest drag bike world record
suzuki girl…faster modem…
AOL database…sw to scrape that info…25k people with email…to improve their speed…sign up for merchant account…take orders via fax machine
$$$$$$$$ — about May/June — Oct
Auto Responder — email service — $30/m — he built the tech - sold for $2 million –> kicked back with new twins –> invested in real estate with a partner
After the sale…
- eventually…burn rate…something new
Keith Baxter (best friends) — launch hosting company
…Blog Network Blueprint
web hosting company
lead gen software - mortgage leads
had started dabbling on the internet with AOL
Serbian programmers
sold a company in 2003 — sw developed
SEO hosting in 2003
A lot less people doing SEO
2010 published 1st information on what he was doing with multiple IP’s — Blog Network Blueprint
what’s working for peoplesupremacy.digital
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