Million Dollar Relationships - Sabir Semerkant

Author: Kevin Thompson
Published: Fri 22 Jul 2022
Episode Link: https://sites.libsyn.com/407312/million-dollar-relationships-sabir-semerkant

Summary:

Sabir Semerkant is a 25+ years e-commerce, social media, and digital marketing veteran. Sabir has worked with some of the biggest brands in the United States and continues to take an active role in his company’s day-to-day operations, consulting with clients, advising on marketing strategies, and spearheading new campaigns to ensure the sustained success of his client's projects. His clients have enjoyed 2x-20x rocketship growth in their business.

Sabir helped launched VaynerCommerce for Gary Vaynerchuk (GaryVee) and was instrumental in its success, before moving on to found Growth by Sabir.

Sabir is active on social media, and in addition to his work as a host on This Week With Sabir, he has appeared as a guest on several other shows and podcasts. He also works as a strategic advisor to Matt Higgins on Shark Tank.

Key Highlights:

[00:00 - 09:42] Opening Segment

Sabir is a computer scientist and has been in the industry for over 30 years
His focus is on developing marketing programs and e-commerce skills
He is currently working on a million-dollar relationships podcast with severe

[09:43 - 17:09] Social media agency hires co-founder of eCommerce company

How one's career is interconnected and how one cannot succeed without the help of others.
Sabir shares that some people getting fired from a job or laid off can lead to something else great happening in one's life.
How one can never take one piece out of the domino effect, and how one must be present in order for the domino effect to work.
How meeting someone can lead to future opportunities.
Sabir on how meeting Gary V led to founding Vayner media and then exiting the company.

[17:10 - 24:40] Gary Vee's Former Employee Shares How Relationship-Based Businesses Are Successful

Sabir shares his story of how he met Gary Vee and how they became friends.
Gary Vee reached out to him later to ask him to be a part of a panel he was hosting.
Sabir was not expecting the headhunters to reach out to him, but they did and he ended up being hired on.
The headhunters did not know that Sabir had worked with Gary Vee in the past and it just happened to be a coincidence.

[24:28 - 30:18] Closing Segment