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Founder Interview #6: Julian Canlas (Embarque.io)

Indie London's September newsletter went out to 574 makers recently, including an interview with my friend Julian Canlas, co-founder of Embarque.io, a productised SEO content marketing business on $3,500 monthly revenue.

You can read it here:

https://www.indieldn.com/post/how-julian-canlas-built-a-content-creation-productised-service-embarque-io-to-3-500-mrr

We discussed:

  • The importance of self-belief and niching down as a maker
  • Wearing many hats running your business
  • His favourite indie products
  • Why he almost quit two months in

...plus much more. Have a read, and let us know what you think in the comments!

, Owner of Icon for Indie London
Indie London
on September 14, 2020
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    Well deserved early success @jic ❤️🙌

    Admire your commitment to producing quality content (which isn't always the case when it comes to agencies!), your writing discipline and authenticity.

    Look forward to following Embarque's journey more!

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      Thank you so much, Christina 😭. I've had such a stressful day today visiting flats, so this really made my evening!!!

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    Awesome Interview Charlie. Would have loved to read a specific case study where Julian was able to help a client with his skills :)

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      Hi Ak! VEED is one of my biggest clients (bootstrapped to 1.2m ARR), and SEO is its main marketing channel :). I have some blog posts that currently rank on Google's first page.

      You can see some of my blog posts:

      https://www.veed.io/grow

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        But yeah you're right. I need to start creating case studies haha.

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        I use veed for my social media posts and for transcribing my Podcast. It's the best tool out there. Didn't know you were the SEO genius behind it :)

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          haha not the whole of it! just the blog posts!!

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