Spartz Media: Check Out How Big This Harry Potter Fan’s Business Got – with Emerson Spartz

Emerson Spartz, Spartz Media, PR / Media Marketing, Scaling, Traffic

How does a Harry Potter fan build a profitable network of web sites that get 140 million page views per month?

Emerson Spartz is the founder of Spartz Media, a network of web sites making it easy to create and share content so others can learn, laugh, and feel inspired. The network started when he launched MuggleNet, a Harry Potter fan site that he started when he was 12.

Emerson Spartz

Spartz Media

Emerson Spartz is the founder of Spartz Media, a network of websites making it easy to create and share content so others can learn, laugh, and feel inspired.

 

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