Q. One thing what we can learn about you today?
Believe in your self.
I have seen hard time just like every one else.
If you believe in your self, you can over come out any obstacle.
As the saying goes, God help those who help themselves.
So If there’s one thing, you can learn from me today ..it would be “Believe in yourself”.
Q. A little bit background and what you did before business.
I was born and brought up in a small town in India.
I did my schooling from there.
After cracking my competitive exams,
I managed to come out of my cocoon and moved to a bigger city for my graduation.
I got in Mechanical Engineering Stream.
In 2006, I got my first job in ITC limited. Bangalore.
It was a food company.
They gave me a personal car, personal driver and great in hand salary.
Which was an awesome start for a person straight out of the college.
But I was not happy there.
I wanted something else from life.
And in 2008, I resigned, and along with my friends in Mumbai, we started a “Marketing Company”.
But it did not work and it collapsed in 2010.
On top of that, I was getting married.
In 2010, I came back to Jaipur, started learning new skill “SEO”.
We started taking freelancing projects in SEO and digital marketing in 2010.
I hit our first 3000 dollar in around Sep 2010.
In 2013, the SamBlogs.com was founded as an agency website.
So that’ how It all started.
Q. Why Do you do what you do?
I will be honest here.
I started it because it was my bread and butter.
I did not have many options to choose from.
Now, I do it because it’s my passion.
We want to reach more audience; we want to help small business achieve more targeted traffic and then sales.
It’s more about the passion and vision now.
Q. How do you know your are successful?
Well. If I am on your show. I must be successful. ha ha ha..
Jokes apart..
“Success” is quite a relative term.
10 Years ago, hitting $10k a month was success for me. I got there.
Then I Wanted to touch $30k a month, I reached there…
So the meaning of success keeps on changing.
It’s different for different people.
If I talk about today, It’s more about peace of mind, happy faces around me… which are there in my life.
So I can say I am successful.
Q. Tell my audience about the magic moment you had in your life.
Difficult one.
If I had to choose one magic moment. I would say, It was my marriage.
It changes everything for me.
All of my ideas started working and everything started to fall in place after my marriage.
Q. What you have learned from business as a whole?
Don’t give up & have a vision.
There would be bad decisions.
There would be bad days.
But you have the power to come out and fix them if you don’t give up.
As soon as we started growing, all our accounts were attacked and hacked. Somehow we managed to come out of the situation.
One another such incident, our top management deceived us and we were in trouble for a few weeks.
There were so many other incidents like that.
But if you have the “vision” and “do not give up” attitude, no one can stop you.
Q. Are you enjoying the journey?
Of course. It’s not about the destination for me.
It’s more about the journey. And I am enjoying with my family and friends.
In fact, I am enjoying every single minute of this journey.
I am grateful for what I have.
Q. What grounds you?
Staying grounded is my nature.
I learnt it from Sachin Tendulkar (Indian Cricketer you must be knowing)
The way he played fearless cricket. The way he stayed away from controversies. It inspires me.
He lived a simple life, and his bat did the talking.
That’s how I want to live.
Simple living with Big Dreams.
Q. What is one thing, that has contributed it to your success?
Discipline.
I am a disciplined man. If I have to work out at 1, I will work out at 1.
If, I have be in a meeting at 10, I will be there at 10..
Sometimes, You don’t feel motivated to do things, that’s when “Discipline” comes into picture.
If are you a disciplined person, you can’t skip a work out because you’re not feeling motivated.
Q. What is one thing, nobody knows about you?
Let it be the secret.
You want me to spill the beans?
Okay.
I am a shy, introvert person. Nobody knows that.
Q. Do you watch movies or read books?
I do both.
I love watching movies with family and friends.
And I love reading books alone. I can read for hours.
Q. If you are business has to value at $100, what you will do?
Trust me, I will turn that to $100 million.
Period.
Q. What is the best business book you have ever read?
Rich Dad Poor Dad (by robert kiyosaki )
I am not sure if you call It a business book or not. But it tells a lot about how you can be rich doing business.
Q. If you have to keep one note in your pocket every day. What would be written on it?
You are born to be rich & Happy.
Q. What’s your next chapter?
As a business owner, We have a still long way to go.
Digital marketing industry is around 300 Billion USD worth as par a data.
And we are just at a 1 Million USD turn over. So it’s a long road.
Lots of money still to be made.
Q. You think you have succeeded or you’re on the way?
Success is a journey. It’s not a destination.
I am successful and enjoying every bit of this journey.
Q. What did you learn at your business?
Don’t give up & have a vision.
There would be bad decisions.
There would be bad days.
But you have the power to come out and fix them if you don’t give up.
As soon as we started growing, all our accounts were attacked and hacked. Somehow we managed to come out of the situation.
One another such incident, our top management deceived us and we were in trouble for a few weeks.
There were so many other incidents like that.
But if you have the “vision” and “do not give up” attitude, no one can stop you.
Q. How did you deal with your business in 2020 (corona)
It was bad for over all economy and humanity.
But It went really great for my business.
My laptop Time increased. And the whole of my team was working from home.
We almost doubled the business in those 2 years of corona.
Q. R O l – Return of Luck – what is your ROL?
Difficult one.
If I had to chose one magic moment. I would say, It was my marriage.
It changes everything for me.
All of my ideas started working and everything started to fall in place after my marriage.