Syed has a strong marketing background with design and development experience. He’s been doing internet stuff since he was 12 years old.

He created his first business at 7. His work has been featured in NYTimes, Wired Magazine, Yahoo, AMEX Open Forum, Mashable, Business Insider, Huffington Post, and more.

He is the the founder and a partner at Awesome Motive. He’s a co-founder of OptinMonster. He’s the founder of WPBeginner (the largest free WordPress resource site) and List25 an extremely popular entertainment site with over 1.5 million subscribers and 225 Million video views.

Syed has worked with some of the largest brands in the industry including but not limited to WarnerBros, Webs, Mercer, and more.

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