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Discover insights from top SEO industry CEOs and founders. Learn how they built successful search optimization businesses and their strategies for adapting to algorithm changes and delivering client results.

SEO Industry

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SEO Industry Interviews

Explore interviews with founders and CEOs in the SEO industry. Learn about their journeys, challenges, and strategies for building successful search optimization businesses that deliver measurable results for clients in an ever-changing search landscape.

Nikolas Monti-Potsolakis
SEO

Nikolas Monti-Potsolakis

Founder & CEO, Head of SEO

/month
4.6/5
Agency
B2B
20+
Prague, Czech Republic
Started 2020

In this interview, Black Lantern Marketing founder and CEO Nikolas Monti-Potsolakis discusses how SEO is evolving in the AI era, particularly within highly regulated industries such as iGaming. He explains why brands must shift from ranking for keywords to building visibility across AI platforms, strengthen their digital authority, embrace hyperlocal strategies, and use data-driven insights to outperform competitors in increasingly complex search environments.

July 3, 2026Read Interview
Deepak Shukla
Agencies, Marketing, SEO

Deepak Shukla

Founder & CEO, Pearl Lemon Group

$100K–$500K/month
4.8/5
B2B
Agency
50+
Italy
Started 2016

In this interview, Deepak Shukla discusses how he bootstrapped Pearl Lemon from a small startup into a global remote-first agency group. He shares how embracing discomfort, uncertainty, and ambitious challenges helped shape his entrepreneurial mindset. Shukla also explains why hiring, training, and developing exceptional people are the foundations of sustainable growth, and how building high-performance remote teams can create a significant competitive advantage.

December 10, 2025Read Interview
Jordan Welch
eCommerce, SaaS, Creators, Marketing, Technology, SEO

Jordan Welch

Founder

$100K–$500K/month
4.9/5
B2C
B2B
Subscription-based
Freemium
6–20
USA
Started 2011

In this interview, Jordan Welch discusses his journey from creating gaming content to building and exiting a successful SaaS business while growing a large online audience. He shares insights on entrepreneurship, content creation, e-commerce, and leveraging free educational content as a growth engine. The conversation highlights consistency, adaptability, long-term thinking, and the value of compounding skills and audience trust to create sustainable business opportunities.

September 12, 2025Read Interview
Luca Martini
Marketing, Agencies, SEO, eCommerce, Production

Luca Martini

Founder & CEO

$10K–$50K/month
4.7/5
B2B
Agency
Freemium
B2C
Marketplace
6–20
Italy
Started 2015

In this interview, the founder of a YouTube marketing agency shares how he built the business from scratch and grew it into a team of 15 through SEO and content marketing. He discusses client acquisition, scaling a service-based business, building systems, hiring the right people, and the strategies that helped generate consistent growth in a competitive digital landscape.

April 20, 2024Read Interview