I used to flip burgers at McDonald’s here’s how I ‘accidentally’ became a millionaire

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March 28, 2024

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SEO entrepreneur Joe Davies is sharing nuggets of wisdom about how to become a millionaire now that he’s lovin’ his career path.

After years of working dead-end jobs, including at McDonald’s, Davies longed to make a name for himself an aspiration he shared with his childhood friend, Joe Taylor.

“I didnt go to university like I had originally planned as I got fed up with learning and I only wanted to make money,” Davies, 36, explained to Jam Press.

“[After leaving school], I worked mostly on building sites, delivering from factories to shops and flipping burgers in McDonalds,” he continued. “I hated it, as I felt like I wasnt doing anything important.”

Noticing that e-commerce was booming at the time, the UK native took a $125-per-week job as an IT apprentice, swiftly learning the ropes including how to use search engine optimization to make money.

“At the company I was working for, I was asked to build a website and learned SEO on the job. This was the first time I had heard that word,” Davies shared. I couldnt put my finger on it, but it had elements of engineering, coupled with creativity and marketing, which really fed into my creative personality.”

Davies said he quickly figured out the business side at his next job, at an SEO agency.

When his employer sought a salesperson, Davies suggested Taylor.

“And the rest is history,” Davies said.

The two Joes would eventually earn millions.

Sitting across from each other at their desks, the pair decided to launchFATJOE.comin 2012, developing a system to score top client SEO results which they say had not been done by another agency before.

They reportedly made their first million within two years.

“As kids, we dreamed of being rich and famous, with our own rock band,” recalled Davies, who still enjoys playing the guitar. “One out of two isnt too bad.”

After realizing they made a great business team, the Joes quit their jobs in 2013 to give the business their all.

“We rented an office from Day 1 to make it real,’ and at the start, we did everything ourselves. Me and Joe would be working up to 13 hours a day just to get everything done,” said Davies, who noted they built a large team of specialists and writers over time.

“We accidentally created this great solution, a service platform for agencies to outsource SEO services, that even our old agency uses today,” he added.

The $12.6 million company employs 100 people across the globe, and the client roster features 1,000 agencies, Jam Press reports.

Davies, who is an only child, was inspired by his entrepreneur dad, Mick, 60, who owns a first aid training company.

Davies says aspiring entrepreneurs need these three key traits personal drive, curiosity, and a burning desire to make money.

“Its cliche, but just starting something do and build,” Davies advised. “A lot of the problem for me was procrastinating and thinking about the right time to start, in which there never is one.”

Don’t think too far ahead because plans can change, Davies also recommends, and there’s no such thing as “destiny.”

“Its all about working hard and seeing where this takes you,” he declared.

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GB News show with Rishi Sunak broke broadcasting rules, Ofcom finds

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May 20, 2024

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GB News show with Rishi Sunak broke broadcasting rules, Ofcom finds

GB News could face punishment after a programme with Rishi Sunak broke broadcasting rules.

Regulator Ofcom said it was considering a “statutory sanction” after finding ‘People’s Forum: The Prime Minister’ breached impartiality guidelines.

GB News called it “an alarming development” that “strikes at the heart of democracy”.

The hour-long show, which aired on 12 February, saw members of the public put questions to the prime minister. However, it received 547 complaints.

Ofcom said in March that five other GB News programmes featuring politicians acting as presenters – including two hosted by Jacob Rees-Mogg – also broke impartiality rules.

The watchdog said the show featuring Mr Sunak was fine in principle, but “due weight” should have been given to an “appropriately wide range of significant views” other than the Tories’.

These should have happened during the programme itself or “in other clearly linked and timely programmes”.

It said Mr Sunak “had a mostly uncontested platform to promote the policies and performance of his Government in a period preceding a UK General Election”.

“We have therefore recorded a breach of rules 5.11 and 5.12 of the Broadcasting Code against GB News,” it added.

The channel was quick to hit back at the ruling and denied breaking the impartiality rules.

“The regulator’s threat to punish a news organisation with sanctions for enabling people to challenge their own prime minister strikes at the heart of democracy at a time when it could not be more vital,” it said.

“Our live programme gave an independently selected group of undecided voters the freedom to challenge the Prime Minister without interference,” added the channel.

It said neither producers nor the prime minister had seen the questions beforehand and Mr Sunak was kept “under constant pressure and covered a clearly diverse range of topics”.

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Source: Boeser (blood clots) not expected in G7

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May 20, 2024

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Source: Boeser (blood clots) not expected in G7

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 19, 2024, 09:52 PM ET
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Vancouver Canucks right wing Brock Boeser is not expected to play in Game 7 of their second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday because of a blood-clotting issue, a source told ESPN, confirming a report.

There’s no timeline for his return to action. The Canucks had no comment on Boeser’s status.

Boeser didn’t skate in practice Sunday. Coach Rick Tocchet would only say at a media availability that “he needed the maintenance day.”

Boeser, 27, leads the Canucks in goals (7) and is tied for the lead in points (12) during the postseason. He established career highs in goals (40), points (73) and games played (81) during the regular season.

The Canucks winger has had some MVP moments during their playoff run. His hat trick in Game 4 against the Nashville Predators led them to a comeback win. Boeser’s three points in the first period of Game 3 led Vancouver to a win over Edmonton.

It’s the second significant injury for Vancouver in the playoffs after a regular season of relatively good health for the team’s core players. Starting goaltender Thatcher Demko, a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s best netminder, hasn’t played since Game 1 of the first round because of a knee injury. Edmonton won Game 6 at home Saturday night to force Monday’s Game 7, the only seventh game of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The winner faces the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference finals.

The Boeser injury news was first reported by Vancouver-based hockey journalist Irfaan Gaffar.

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U.S. advances at hockey worlds; Canada now 6-0

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May 20, 2024

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U.S. advances at hockey worlds; Canada now 6-0

Associated Press

May 19, 2024, 06:46 PM ET

PRAGUE — Dylan Cozens scored two goals and had an assist to rally Canada past Switzerland 3-2 for its sixth win in six games at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.

Canada leads Group A with 17 points, two more than the Czech Republic in second with Switzerland another point back in third. The three teams had already clinched a spot in the playoff round.

Cozens has scored six goals at the tournament and is tied atop the scoring table with American Brady Tkachuk and Finland’s Oliver Kapanen.

Nick Paul also scored for Canada and goaltender Jordan Binnington made 20 saves including a penalty shot in the second period when the score was 2-2.

Cozens found the roof of the net on a power play 1:42 into the game to give Canada an early lead.

Switzerland answered with two goals.

Kevin Fiala wristed an equalizer past Binnington in the opening frame on a power play.

Romain Loeffel put the Swiss 2-1 up in the middle period with a slap shot from the blue line.

Cozens tied it again at 2-2 from the top of the left circle on a power play.

Paul scored the winner for Canada on a power play, completing a series of passes by scoring into an open goal midway through the second.

Canada will complete the preliminary round on Tuesday against the Czech Republic, when Switzerland will face Finland.

In Group B, Latvia prevailed over Slovakia 3-2 in a penalty shootout. The result sent the United States to the next round.

Tkachuk scored three power play goals and added an assist to help the United States rout Kazakhstan 10-1.

Its fourth victory lifted the Americans to second place in Group B with 13 points, one ahead of Germany and Slovakia with a game against Latvia, which has nine points, on Tuesday to play in the preliminary round.

Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and four assists to become the United States record scorer with 43 points, one more than Patrick Kane.

Matt Boldy scored twice and had four assists, Brock Nelson and Luke Kunin both had a goal and an assist, and Gavin Brindley and Kevin Hayes also scored.

Alex Nedeljkovic made 13 saves.

In a four-goal opening period, Tkatchuk tipped in a shot by Zach Werenski on a power play to increase the U.S. lead to 2-0, and buried a rebound to make it 4-0 on a power play.

He completed his hat trick to increase the advantage to 8-0 with a one-timed shot from the right circle on another power play in the final period.

Alikhan Omirbekov scored the consolation goal for Kazakhstan when his team was 9-0 down.

In Group A, Austria beat Norway 4-1 and is tied for fourth place with Finland.

The top four from each group advance to the playoff round.