Submitawebsite: “How I Launched A $3 Mil Business On A Single Geocities Page” – with Joe Griffin

Joe Griffin, iAcquire, B2B, Bootstrapping, Marketing, Scaling, Sell Your Business, Web 1.0

In 1998, after searching for their business idea, Joe Griffin and his father hit on an idea they called Submitawebsite, which allowed businesses to submit their sites to many search engines at once.

He sold that company Web.com.

I invited him to talk about how he did it, and about his current company, iAcquire, a marketing and reputation management firm.

Joe Griffin

iAcquire

Joe Griffin is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at iAcquire which is a global leader in digital brand strategy and marketing services engagement for SEO, reputation management, content marketing, digital public relations and social media marketing.

 

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Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I am the founder of Mixergy.com, home of the ambitious upstart and the place where you come to hear entrepreneurs tell the stories of how they...

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