{"id":4984,"date":"2016-04-12T02:34:08","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T02:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/?p=4984"},"modified":"2023-06-29T08:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T08:58:02","slug":"how-to-grow-your-seo-company-interview-rand-fishkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysiteauditor.com\/blog\/how-to-grow-your-seo-company-interview-rand-fishkin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Grow Your SEO Company &#8211; A Video Chat w\/ Rand Fishkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I jumped on Skype to have a video chat with the Wizard of Moz, Rand Fishkin. But we didn&#8217;t talk typical SEO strategies, tactics, and techniques. We talked business. 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