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<p style="font-style: normal; ">On March 3, 2008, I took a risk&#8212;a risk that would not allow for a rewind. I jumped off the entrepreneurial ledge and started No Limit Media Consulting. Today, I can look back on that decision and confidently say that the last eight years have been nothing short of amazing.</p><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">In celebration of our 8th Birthday, I wanted to share some of the greatest moments from each year we&#8217;ve been in business.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style=""><strong>2008</strong></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">Our first office was in Marietta, Georgia. It was a stone&#8217;s throw away from a Starbucks. Ever since, I try to maintain that same guiding principle when choosing a location&#8212;if a Starbucks is near, then we are interested in occupying the space. Now, we have two Starbucks coffeehouses in our building in downtown Chicago.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We started off as a social media agency. It seemed like a great idea for the time&#8212;no one had created anything similar at that point. To start, we built MySpace profiles and Facebook groups for our clients. But seemingly overnight, every ad agency turned into a Social agency. To this day, I still believe that was the right move to get us started&#8212;but ultimately, PR prevailed.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">Very early on, I was also lucky to find the greatest inspiration to fuel this business&#8212;my wife, Sharon. She may have rejected me three times (including at the Roark Holiday Party), but eventually, she said yes.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style=""><strong>2009</strong></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We moved into our second office in Decatur, Georgia. President Barack Obama ran his Georgia campaign from that space prior to us taking over. It was a former AAMCO location, and the landlord turned each garage bay into a loft office. There was a strip club across the parking lot, too. We have come a long way since those days.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We signed </span><a href="http://wirelesszonefranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-no-limit-agency-you-did-it-3805" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="">Wireless Zone</a><span style="">, <a href="http://wingzonefranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-no-limit-agency-you-did-it-3805" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wing Zone</a> and <a href="http://www.toppersfranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-no-limit-agency-you-did-it-3805#intro" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toppers Pizza</a> that year&#8212;and we still work with them. Genuine relationships lead to great results. I am appreciative for the relationships that have remained strong throughout the years.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">Lois Coker started working at NLMC in 2009. She left. And then came back in 2015. It&#8217;s pretty cool when the bridge does not get burned as life moves forward.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style=""><strong>2010</strong></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We doubled the size of our office space in Decatur&#8212;taking on a second garage bay. We were pretty disruptive early on and had a wonderful staff committed to competing. I appreciate all of you who were a part of the journey from the beginning.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We started working with Coupon Cabin in 2010&#8212;our contact was Lauren Boukas (now Moorman). She has since turned into our VP of Client Services</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style=""><strong>2011</strong></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">I married my better half in 2011. She has supported every risk I have taken. I am grateful for that. She is our CFO, and I&#8217;m lucky to have the smartest financial person I know managing our money.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We relocated to Chicago (keeping Decatur open until August 2012). And by relocate, I mean that our staff started occupying my new home in Chicago through October 2011 to April 2012. Having 12 people working out of your home is pretty insane.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We hired our first Chicago employee&#8212;a friend of mine from Chicago, who was also from my old agency. He was a great addition and important piece of the puzzle in our relocation.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style=""><strong>2012</strong></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">In April 2012, we located our office to Chicago &amp; Franklin. It was a wonderful home and helped elevate our recruiting of great talent in Chicago.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We changed our name from No Limit Media Consulting to <a href="http://nolimitagency.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-no-limit-agency-you-did-it-3805" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="brand-highlight">No Limit Agency*</span></a>&#8212;in doing so, we made a commitment to our clients that we would figure out a way to be disruptive in every form of communications. It was a great decision.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style=""><span style="">On May 18, we unveiled the first issue of <em>1851</em>&#8212;marking the beginning of our journey into digital publishing. We haven&#8217;t looked back since.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style=""><strong>2013</strong></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">Our staff broke the 20 people mark&#8212;a monumental moment for our agency that started with one person (me) and one intern (Carrie). We&#8217;ve certainly come a long way.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">That year, we also hired the first President of No Limit Agency. He was the right decision for that time period. I appreciate the contributions he made.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style=""><strong>2014</strong></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">Happy Birthday, Sean Fitzgerald&#8212;he has been in my life from client to groomsman to partner in crime with </span><em style="">1851</em><span style="">. He left behind a career of franchise development for a chance to help me bottle unicorns with </span><em style="">1851</em><span style="">. Thank you.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">My brother left our company to become press secretary for a senator. Good move. But I still miss seeing him every day.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">&#8220;Fox &amp; Friends,&#8221; </span><em style="">Wall Street Journal</em><span style="">, &#8220;TODAY Show,&#8221; &#8220;Good Morning America,&#8221; &#8220;Early Show,&#8221; &#8220;Undercover Boss,&#8221; </span><em style="">USA Today</em><span style="">, </span><em style="">Forbes</em><span style="">, </span><em style="">Fortune</em><span style="">, </span><em style="">Kiplinger&#8217;s</em><span style="">, </span><em style="">Associated Press</em><span style="">, </span><em style="">New York Times</em><span style="">&#8212;NLA set the record for most interviews and secured placements in a year (spoiler alert: we broke this record again in 2015.)</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style=""><strong>2015</strong></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">In March 2015, we launched the current form of </span><em style="">1851</em><span style="">&#8212;giving brands a platform to tell their stories in a controlled way and deliver it to a controlled audience. The large investment has paid off for the brands using it. We crossed over 200,000 readers on the site&#8212;all interested in franchising news.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">In June 2015, we relocated the office to the 19</span><sup>th</sup><span style=""> floor of the Prudential Building. This is an iconic building in the heart of downtown Chicago, giving NLA and </span><em style="">1851</em><span style=""> the chance to be iconic companies.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We hired our first VP of Digital and our first VP of </span><em style="">1851</em><span style="">&#8212;two big moves that marked incredible growth of our original business plan.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span style=""><strong>2016</strong></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><em style="">1851</em><span style=""> has on-boarded a client a week throughout 2016. We will continue to offer great service, strategy, relationships and results to those who jump aboard this bus.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style="">We also had a wonderful IFA convention. We brought 11 people.</span></div><div style="font-style: normal; ">&nbsp;</div><div style="font-style: normal; "><span style=" ">Happy 8</span><sup style="">th</sup><span style=" "> Birthday, No Limit Agency. It&#8217;s been a great ride so far. Pinch me.</span></div>

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