StandOut CV survey on resume lying gained 212 referring domains
Andrew Fennell · Founder uses Genius Playbook to hit $1M revenue with no employees · Dec 24, 2025 · at 15:23
Andrew Fennell shares metrics from a digital PR campaign executed by agency Root Digital.
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“So this one has 212 referring domains, and this had some really big some really big pickups. So I think it got picked up by Entrepreneur maybe CNN, a few of the big US news sites.”
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