How do I speak to Rand ?

[onlinemediadirect]

Rand Fishkin has become a hero of mine recently I respect what he has achieved and would love to have the chance to drop him one email and ask him a few questions.

I contacted him via Google plus but I didnt received an answer I then wondered has Rand lost touch with the little people now he is a celebrity in his own right or can I actually email him directly and ask a few questions.

Will he speak to us little people

Can I get him on Facebook or my Linked In account and get a recommendation...

[blueSummit]

Maybe then it might be a nice idea to implement a website badge like "I talked to Rand"   (Like "Talk to Chuck")

[blacey]

I hear Kenny is nearly as amazing as Rand...

[BlueprintMarketing]

Rand,

I must say I am truly impressed. I was going to respond to this question as you were kind enough to respond to my inbound marketing question on twitter month ago I was impressed that you responded because it shows you still love the stuff you obviously don't need the money. As a Pro member I don't want to sound like I'm kissing  up too much but bravo man is always comforting to see someone who truly practices what they preach and preaches what they practice to their customers and fans.

All the best man keep up the good work,

Thomas Zickell

[ShaMenz]

Big where it counts

[jpgprinting]

But you look like a big company! that's all that matters lol

[randfish]

Well, to be fair, we're not exactly a "big" company (yet)

[jpgprinting]

This is what I like about seomoz, I recently joined and I see that Rand takes time to talk to a lot of people and post a lot of comments, most of CEO of big companies don't do that! You only see pictures of them but not even a word. Seomoz Rules!!!!

[evolvingSEO]

You should run a "Who can grow the best Rand Fishkin style beard" contest.

I'd win.

[ShaMenz]

Hi Garry,

I can vouch for the fact that Rand even responds to people who email him weird & crazy questions & requests...and when I say responds, I don't mean "thanks very much for your input & have a nice day".

From my own experience I can say that where warranted, it has been more like "Holy response from the whole Company Batman!" 8D

Modest as he is about his own accomplishments, there are a lot of CEO's who would do well to take a few lessons from Rand on dealing with clients.

Sha

[randfish]

I don't mind that one bit!

[FrontlineMobility]

Next thing you know, SEOMoz will take off like Minecraft since Rand responds to all his fans.

[kpaulin]

Shhhh...be vewy, vewy quwiet...someone is hunting for a Rand

[randfish]

You can just ask me on one... Here!

[EugeneF]

Ask him the same question on all his social media platforms.  He will appreciate the ability to gain SEO friendly content with unique answers across all platforms.

[onlinemediadirect]

Check out this blog post

http://blog.onlinemediadirect.co.uk/rand-fishkin-my-seo-hero/892/

[First]

Wow! You guys look identical! You should run a "Who can grow the best Rand Fishkin style beard" contest.

[onlinemediadirect]

thats good to know scaling my company and recruitment is also something I am finding difficult.

[randfish]

I don't know if I'd particularly recommend my beard style - I do it because I have no jawline

Certainly cool with the blog post, though I might have to do a follow-up on some real SEO heroes and why I'm not sure I belong in that group; have made plenty of mistakes, failed to scale a consulting business in SEO, had years of debt, etc.

[jennita]

[onlinemediadirect]

Winston the basset is a fully trained link builder

[onlinemediadirect]

Excellent thanks for the reply that's excellent

I am just going through all of the Moz Con 2011 videos. I was saying earlier in the thread take a look at my Google plus image I have even started growing a "Rand Fishkin" style beard ...

I will email over a few questions shortly thanks you have made my day.

https://plus.google.com/110432107182874731928

I was also going to ask would you be fine with me doing a blog post on our blog along the lines of - Why Rand Fishkin is my SEO hero

Thanks

[jennita]

Lookin' good! Super cute dog too

[onlinemediadirect]

Ok that's good to know he does come across as a down to earth guy. I just ordered the batch of videos from Moz Con 2011 and I am going through them all.

He has also inspired me to grow a beard - see image

https://plus.google.com/110432107182874731928

110432107182874731928

[randfish]

He's evil and bad! Don't try to contact him or you'll be turned to the dark side, too!

Oh no wait... I'm thinking of a different guy.

Just email me! My email's all over the web and I respond to 99% of real emails I get - rand@seomoz.org

[jennita]

He's just a normal guy. Shoot him an email rand at seomoz.org. He's better at responding than most people I know, including myself

[smstv]

I hit him up on Facebook, but His twitter responses are faster, I have noticed..