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Where Will Your Story Take You?
                •   Phil Hollows

                •   Founder and
                    CEO of FeedBlitz
 Where Will          – Feedblitz.com


 Your Story     •   Author of
                    “List Building
                    for Bloggers”

 Take You?      •
                     – ListBuildingForBloggers.com

                    Speaker on email marketing,
                    feeds and social media

                •   phil@feedblitz.com
                •   @phollows
About FeedBlitz
• The All-In-One Solution for Email & Social
  Media Marketing Automation.

• The only fully-featured FeedBurner alternative.

• FeedBlitz saves you time and money by
  automatically getting your word out to the widest
  possible audience no matter who they are or
  how they want to be reached.

• FeedBlitz sends over 1.1 BILLION updates
  a year
FeedBlitz Clients
2005: Beginnings



 How Did You
Get Your Start?
2005: Beginnings
2005: Beginnings
2005: Beginnings




 Holy $#*!
2006: Interesting Times
2006: Interesting Times
2006: Interesting Times




    Holy $#*!
2007: Are We
Having Fun Yet?
2007: Are We Having Fun Yet?
2007: Are We Having Fun Yet?
2007: Are We Having Fun Yet?




       Holy $#*!
2008: Where Did The Money
          Go?
2008: Where Did the Money Go?
2009: Upending Conventional
         Wisdom
2009: Upending Conventional
         Wisdom



  Don’t Work for Free
2010: Returning The
   Compliment
2010: Returning The Compliment


     Good Enough Is

 Good Enough Changes
2010: Returning the Compliment
2009: Returning the Compliment




        Holy $#*!
2012: Vindication
Sept 21, 2012: Vindication
2012: Vindication




 Holy $#*!
Here’s the Story That Matters
The Story That Matters
This is my Story

The story that matters
   is YOUR Story
Where Will Your Story Take You?

            Phil Hollows

         phil@feedblitz.com
             @phollows

             FeedBlitz.com
     ListBuildingForBloggers.com

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