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Matt Giovanisci has used SEO to drive millions of monthly visitors to sites across several niches from pool care to beer brewing to coffee. In this course, Matt breaks down his easy-to-follow and proven SEO strategy into a step-by-step process. Oh, and Matt's a long-time Fizzle member as well!

Blogging is an incredibly effective and reliable way to reach tons of people. And in this course, we’re going to teach you how to create a blog that can truly matter to you, to your business, to your creativity, and to your readers’ lives.

Jess Lively is the host of The Lively Show and founder of Life with Intention Online. But long before she ever interviewed a well-known guest for her top-rated podcast, she started and grew a jewelry business... beginning in high school. This is her story.

In this course, Caleb and Wistia walk through the essentials of what you need to know to start shooting and editing videos as well as how we create our videos here at Fizzle. Whether you're just getting started with recording your screen and talking over it or you're ready to invest in some equipment, this course will teach you what you need to know.

Chris Ducker is a Brit, the founder and CEO of Virtual Staff Finder, the founder of the Live2Sell call center, author of the book Virtual Freedom and the blogger and podcaster at ChrisDucker.com. In this founder story, Corbett sits down with Chris to find out how he went from working in sales (in a "coffee is for closers" and "second place is a set of steak knives" kind of place) and training employees in telemarketing at a large multinational bank in the Philippines to working for the "Wolf of Infomercials Street" and then finally became an entrepreneur.

Jamie Tworkowski is the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms, an American non-profit organization which aims to present hope for people struggling with addiction, depression, self injury, and thoughts of suicide while also investing directly into treatment and recovery.

Jordan Harbinger is an American lawyer turned Social Dynamics expert. He is the owner and co-founder of The Art of Charm, a dating and relationships coaching company and top rated podcast. In this Founder Story, Corbett sits down with Jordan to discuss how he started this business on the side while working as a layer, how he built up his team of coaches and employees, and the impact podcasting had on growing his audience and client base.