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Speaker 1: ...be like, "You see what they did there? Ah, that was pretty slick, but not cool," right? Um, so I think that that's also one of the things that in partnering, that's something that, you know, both of us can kind of bring to the table is like there, there is more of that, like, kind of, you know...

Speaker 1: ...because again with my experience of working with a Nasdaq company, you can't mess around. Like, public eyes are on you at that point, right? People are looking for a reason to be like, "You see what they did there? Ah, that was pretty slick, but not cool."

And so if we're partnering up with someone, again, get the big boy links. You pull that in because, again, with my experience in working with a Nasdaq company, you can't mess around. Like, the public eyes are on you at that point, right? People are looking for a reason...

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Speaker 1: Let's, let's actually provide a service where we can show people like straight from source, this is the kind of results that you're getting and this is kind of how we do that. And so if we're partnering up with someone, again, get the big boy links, you pull that in...

Speaker 1: "...completely fucked that up. And I'm like, 'Dude, what? That's not what I told you to do.' You know, so that's when we were like, 'Let's... let's actually provide a service where we can show people, like, straight from source, this is the kind of results that you're getting, and this is kind of how we...'"

Speaker 1: We started seeing a lot of even our own students, because I have a whole thing on like Google Sheets training and like the crazy shit that I do there. But we started seeing people like completely fuck that up. And I'm like, "Dude, what are you—that's not what I told you to do." You know? So that's where we were like, "Let's..."

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Speaker 1: ...videos. There's a level of finesse there that I think our biggest thing and kind of why we started doing ranking reels and why we started doing this stuff is because we started seeing a lot of even our own students—I have a whole thing on like Google Sheets training and like the crazy shit that I do there—but we started seeing...

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...like blasted out for the sake of blasting it out, there's a—there's a level of finesse. And I know like even with what like Merlino was showing you with the videos, there's a level of finesse there that I think our biggest thing and kind of why we started doing ranking reels or why we started doing this stuff is because we...

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to companies that are Nasdaq traded. I also have to be very conscious of like, I can't go like just bananas with like let's just like blast it out for the sake of blasting it out. There's a, there's a level of finesse. And I know like even with what Marlino was showing with the video...

...work for me. Um, so similar to that, but one of the—I guess the point is, like, having worked with companies that are Nasdaq traded, I also have to be very conscious of, like, I can't go, like, just bananas with, like, let's just...

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...limited because their whole system is based on views, and if you hit a certain cap on views, then your page turns off. Like, no, that's... that's not going to work for me. Um, so similar to that, but one of... I guess the point is, like, having worked...

So like all of the like the geo kind of stuff, I didn't want to be limited because their their whole system is based on views and if you hit a certain cap on views, then your page turns off. Like, I'm like, nah, that's that's not...

It syndicates stuff out, it hits the brand on multiple fronts. I do a lot more with sheets. I just, like one of the things I was just talking to Lino about, I have a self-hosted BatchGeo now. So like all of the, like the Geo kind of stuff, I didn't want to be...

I do almost the exact same thing that Merlino does with like, it syndicates stuff out, it's you hit the brand on multiple fronts. I do a lot more with sheets, I just, like one of the things I was just talking to Merlino about, I have a self-hosted BatchGeo now.

...here, you know, kind of my expertise. I have a show on Mondino. I've got a couple of clients that are—I've got a couple Fortune 500s and then I've got a couple that are Nasdaq traded. So I'm also really familiar—I do almost exact same thing that Mondino does with like—

Speaker 1: Yeah. Mm-hmm. Speaker 2: And that's, and I think that's also where, you know, kind of my expertise, I have a, I was showing Merlino, I've got a couple clients that are, um, I've got a couple Fortune 500s and then I've got a couple that are, um, Nasdaq traded. So I'm also really familiar...

Speaker 1: Build your brand, brand, I've got to get my brand out there. So if we do this with you, right, it would be a full stack, right? Social syndication everywhere, hit Medium, Tumblr, everything we can and then, you know, take it from there. Speaker 2: And that's, and I think that's also where...

Speaker 1: Yeah. Speaker 2: Mhm. Speaker 1: Yeah. Speaker 2: Yeah. Speaker 1: Mhm. Speaker 2: Yeah.

Imagine your logo on a Fox website. You know what I mean? People, brand, business owners love to hear that. Maybe not the agency owner so much, but the guy that really owns the business, they're attuned to hearing that type of... you grow up like this.

Speaker 1: Bro, I like links and all that, I don't like that. It is a link, of course. But as a business owner, a media placement, a brand mention, a brand placement. What do you mean? I'm gonna place your brand's website, your GMB, your image, your video, your social media profile.

...stand alone. You put this shit together. Don't matter the niche, it's just how long is it gonna take. Like I always tell all my masterminds, if you do my method, it's all about how long is it gonna take. And if you're in a big boy niche, you need to be getting some placements, 'cause that's what I call them.

You could just say launch, launch, launch, launch, right? Like, you don't have to waste ammunition if you don't have to. At least, because if we working together, we want the model to be, hey, this works standalone. What you do works standalone.

Yeah, mm-hmm. Yeah, mm-hmm. You're gonna make someone crash again, dude. Don't be doing that.

Speaker 1: Extra little uh-uh engagement if we need on our end, if you... Speaker 2: If you're gonna make someone crash, Gabe, don't be doing that. Speaker 1: If you need, if... and then if you need and only if you need, right? The word even though you have the firepower sitting there and...

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Speaker 1: When you add that in, right? Like you're recording me or us one piece of content. You have a team that could write, you know, you're an SEO guy, right? So it's like, here's the PAAs, bro. Um, once you get us that, throw it in the thing, syndicate it, throw a little extra...

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Speaker 1: Is local SEO worth it in Sarasota? Speaker 2: 100%. Sarasota is one of the... [laughter]

Is Local SEO Worth It in Sarasota?