After hitting a low in my life I stumbled upon SEO & the digital landscape. I was infatuated by it and in quite a short period of time, and a lot of work, I managed to completely change my life around - here is my story.

1. How Digital Marketing Saved My
Life

2. THIS IS ME FINISHING HIGHSCHOOL AT
JUST 16

3. I WENT TO COLLEGE TO STUDY
COMPUTING SCIENCE

4. STUDY??

5. MORE STUDY

6. MY LIFE PRIORTIES

7. LOSING DIRECTION

8. I DROPPED OUT OF UNIVERSITY, IT
WASN’T THE RIGHT PATH FOR ME.

9. BUT STILL KEPT LIVING THE UNIVERSITY
LIFE

10. I JUMPED FROM JOB TO JOB

11. AND HATED THEM ALL

12. I DIDN’T HAVE ANY PASSION, DIRECTION
OR DREAMS

13. I LOST WEIGHT AND BECAME VERY
UNHEALTHY

14. FINDING A PATH

15. “What would you do each day if
you didn’t need to earn money”
REACHED OUT TO MY BIG BRO FOR
ADVICE

16. IT GOT ME THINKING – “WHAT AM I
INTERESTED IN?”

17. I WAS ALREADY CREATING DIGITAL
CONTENT WITH MY FRIENDS

18. AND GOT INTRODUCED TO SEO SO I
COULD RANK IT.

19. I WAS STARTING TO FIND A PATH

20. I DECIDED TO COMPLETELY CHANGE MY
LIFE AND COMMIT TO THIS

21. THE CHANGES

22. I QUIT MY CURRENT JOB

23. I MOVED TO DUBLIN CITY TO
WORK & STUDY

24. Get a qualification in SEO
Get an SEO role with a leading digital
agency
Create and sell my own website
I SET MYSELF SOME PROPER GOALS

25. THE WORK

26. I STARTED STUDYING A POST-GRAD IN
SEO

27. I BEGAN TO BUILD SITES THAT WERE GOING TO
MAKE ME ‘RICH QUICK’ 

28. I USED SOCIAL MEDIA TO BUILD
COMMUNITIES FOR MY SITES

29. I EVEN MADE MY FIRST SALE

30. ALL MY SITES FAILED BUT I DIDN’T CARE, I WAS
FASCINATED – DID I JUST FIND A PASSION?

31. I TAPPED INTO MY INTEREST IN FASHION AND
CREATED A MENS FASHION MAGAZINE

32. I CREATED VIDEO CONTENT,
GUIDES AND BLOG POSTS

33. I DISCOVERED OPPORTUNITES
WITHIN VIDEO CONTENT

34. I BUILT SOCIAL COMMUNITIES

35. I CONTINUED TO WORK & STUDY
AROUND THE CLOCK

36. I HIRED WRITERS TO CREATE ADDITIONAL
CONTENT

37. BRANDS BEGAN TO SEND ME FREE CLOTHES TO
REVIEW 

38. FOR A JOBLESS GUY I LOOKED PRETTY GOOD


39. I CLOSELY FOLLOWED & LEARNED
FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS

40. Get a qualification in SEO
Get an SEO role with a leading digital
agency
Create and sell my own website
I STARTED TO FEEL CONFIDENT IN MY
ABILITY TO HIT GOALS.

41. I KNEW I COULD DO BIGGER AND
BETTER THINGS

42. WHICH MEANT LOT’S MORE
WORK 

43. FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE I WAS
CONFIDENT IN WHAT I WAS DOING

44. THE REWARDS

45. “When you feel positive
and confident in what you
are doing the world will
reward you”
BROS HIT ME WITH A STATEMENT THAT STUCK

46. I SCORED A 3 MONTH INTERNSHIP WITH THE
BIGGEST DIGITAL AGENCY IN DUBLIN

47. THEY THEN TOOK ME ON AS A
SEARCH EXECUTIVE

48. I RECEIVED MY DIGITAL MARKETING
QUALIFICATION

49. I BECAME ADWORDS CERTIFIED
I BECAME ANALYTICS CERTIFIED
I BECAME INBOUND CERTIFIED

50. I WAS PROMOTED TO SEO MANAGER

51. I WANTED TO REPRESENT THIS
NEW DIRECTION IN MY LIFE

52. THE RESULTS

53. I EXCEEDED ALL THE GOALS I SET MYSELF

54. I FOUND A PASSION

55. HOLY CRAP !! I LOVE MY JOB

56. THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT
FOLLOWED

57. I WAS CONTACTED ABOUT ROLES IN
SYDNEY, PERTH AND THE STATES

58. I HOPPED ONTO A PLANE TO
AUSTRALIA

59. NOT BEFORE A QUICK FEW MONTHS IN ASIA

60. STARTED AS AN SEO SPECIALIST
UPON ARRIVAL IN OZ

61. THE LIFE I NOW LIVE

62. INSPIRED

63. MOTIVATED

64. HEALTHY - HIGHLY RECOMMEND

65. THANKFUL TO COLLEAGUES, AGENCIES &
INDUSTRY LEADERS

66. Quotes From Those Who Have
Influenced My Career

67. DANNY DOVER
“WHY ARE YOU HERE? THE SINGLE MOST
IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU CAN ASK YOURSELF”

68. RAND FISHKIN
“TELL A STORY, MAKE IT TRUE, MAKE IT
COMPELLING AND MAKE IT RELEVANT”

69. AVINASH KAUSHIK
“TO GUARENTEE SUCCESS, SPEND 95% OF YOUR TIME DEFINING
THE PROBLEM AND 5% OF YOUR TIME SOLVING IT”

70. KIERAN FLANAGAN
LEARN BY GETTING SHIT DONE, THE WORST THING
TO HAPPEN IS THAT YOU WILL LEARN SOMETHING!

71. “FIND YOUR PASSION AND WORK
HARD, THE REWARDS COME IN MAY
FORMS AND COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE”
@colmflanagan24