One of The Weirdest Internet Marketing Success Stories, Tellman Knudson
Posted by Seo Tipster | Posted in General | Posted on 13-09-2011-05-2008
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Ever seen a man wearing a kilt in person? How about a Utilikilt, the ones made with lots of handy pockets for jelly beans, nunchucks and ninja stars?
If you have then you might have been at an Internet Marketing conference and you probably saw Tellman Knudson.
Tellman is one of the weirdest Internet Marketing success stories out there. There is nothing boring or predicable about Tellman Knudson. Tellman Knudson is truly one of those eccentric millionaires. He’s famous in the Internet Marketing world for his willingness to try new marketing ideas and services.
Nope, not even close. Tellman likes to wear kilts and superhero garb, make millions of $$, while eating volcanic hot sauce sitting in his Vermont mansion. Part of the reason Tellman Knudson was able to grow his company so quickly is due to him trying out so many different things.
Then there is the barefootedness. Tellman’s favorite thing to do is barefoot running. Not on a treadmill or on nice sunny days either. This guy likes to run barefoot in the WINTER. He could run a race with Sasquatch and win. And he does all this hardcore barefoot running to raise money for homeless kids. He’s not completely off his rocker though, I’ve never heard of him running barefoot in the winter wearing a Utilikilt. That would just be dangerous. And drafty. Heard of barefoot running? One of Tellman’s interests is barefoot running and he runs barefoot every day no matter what the weather is. Tellman has built online business around barefoot running as well. If you’ve ever considered turning a hobby or interest into a business take a look at what Tellman has done at www.howtorunbarefoot.com
Knudson is an excellent lesson for us all. He’s overcome some crazy stuff in his life and come out on top. A tremendous amount of helpful advice can be found at Tellman’s company blog at http://www.overcomeeverything.com but I want to give you a brief timeline of Tellman’s success and struggles getting to where he is today- Tellman is quite young as millionaires go, here’s a breakdown of some of the major achievements in his life:
Owner of a company that generates millions of $$ in sales each year and has almost 20 full time employees. CEO and founder of a publishing company that generates millions of dollars in revenue each year.
In the beginning Tellman was a kid and his leg bones were bent. Twisted the wrong way. He had trouble walking. All kinds of expensive surgical solutions were proposed, then he discovered running. And it changed his life. Running caused his leg muscles to grow strong enough to bend his leg bones straight. Doctors were dumbfounded. Google “tellman knudson leg bones”, you’ll find the story online in several places. In High School Tellman had problems with his legs. His bones were twisted and bent and he wasn’t able to run or walk correctly. Always the last to be selected for anything athletic he randomly began cross country running. Amazingly the act of running strengthened his leg muscles enough to pull his bones into proper alignment! He’s been fine and running ever since.
Fast forward a bit…After spending years working in a dangerous bread factory, working on his failing hypnotism business and trying to make a living selling hotsauce Tellman discovered Online Businesses and Internet Marketing. Tellman didn’t always start off on top, he spent years working the night shift in a giant bread factory just to pay the bills. While doing this Tellman discovered Internet Marketing and began learning.
It totally changed his life. See Tellman Knudson was unusual before he became a millionaire and he is still a totally out of the box guy. The difference is now he makes a lot of money and pretty much is able to do what he wants. As I’m sure you can tell I like Tellman a lot. I might not give him a hug if he’s wearing one of his Utilikilts but I’m a regular reader of his blog. Building a successful online business has totally changed Tellman’s life. He’s still eccentric and out of the box, but now he’s using those same assets to build his business more every day.
At the end of the day Tellman should be an inspiration to us all. An eccentric hot sauce eating, kilt wearing millionaire who likes to pound snow into submission with his bare feet… Does it get any better than that? Maybe, but I’ll leave it to you to ask what he has in his Utilikilt pockets. Tellman is an amazing inspiration, rather than accepting his situation he’s made a name for himself and is helping countless others do the same by his efforts.
