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Rand Marketing acquired by Nashville holding company
Fort Lauderdale-based digital marketing firm Rand Marketing has been acquired, the company announced.
Rand’s new corporate parent is Nashville holding company Incline LLC, which is owned and operated by IMC Core. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“I don’t know if I'm allowed to say, but I’m definitely happy with it,” Rand Marketing founder Seth Rand said, laughing, when asked about the purchase price.
Rand Marketing will stay in South Florida. The company employs about 30 staffers.
At the top rungs, a new CEO will be installed: Ken Royer, founder of Incline. Rand will switch into the role of senior vice president of marketing.
Royer, a former executive of AT&T, also owns digital marketing firm JLB, one of Tennessee's fastest-growing small businesses.
"We are excited about this acquisition as we are leading digital marketing service disruption for small and mid-sized businesses in our industry," Royer said. "After meeting Seth and hearing about his success and undeniable leadership in the digital marketing space, we immediately saw a great marriage of efforts.”
Rand booked just under $2 million in revenue in 2016 and projects more than $2 million in revenue for this year.
The company has ranked on numerous South Florida Business Journal lists of high-performing region companies, including Fastest-Growing Technology Companies.
Rand Marketing's roster of clients includes the Florida Panthers, luxury watch brand Invicta and SwissGear.
Nashville's Incline LLC Acquires Rand Marketing of Fort Lauderdale Florida
Rand Internet Marketing to Sponsor Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Walk November 12
South Florida-based internet marketing agency to participate in blood cancer research fundraising event to take place in downtown Fort Lauderdale's Huizenga Plaza
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, September 13, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Rand Internet Marketing, a professional website design, development, and web marketing company, expands its on-going company commitment to help area non-profit organizations, by announcing its sponsorship of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) upcoming Light the Night® Walk. Spurred by Rand Marketing’s CFO, Lauren Rand’s recent lymphoma diagnosis, the company will also participate in the walk on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, beginning at 5:00 p.m. at the Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale.
According to the LLS, the Light the Night Walk is a community celebration of music, entertainment and camaraderie, where friends, family and co-workers gather to celebrate their fundraising success and show their support in the fight against blood cancers. The Huizenga Plaza, located along the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale and at southeast corner of Las Olas and Andrews Avenue, features a 150-seat amphitheater, an ornate, decorative fountain, and open green space.
“The LLS helps many patients and their families in their struggle against leukemia and lymphoma and we are excited about continuing our efforts in support of such a valuable organization,” says Seth Rand. “We urge everyone to get involved by donating their time and or money, or at least in attending what promises to be a beautiful evening.”
"The LLS helps many patients and their families in their struggle against leukemia and lymphoma and we are excited about continuing our efforts in support of such a valuable organization."
SETH RAND, FOUNDER & CEO
Fight Back From Cancer
Rand Internet Marketing, LLC Announces the Launch of Their 'Fight Back From Cancer' Scholarship
PRESS RELEASE UPDATED: AUG 22, 2017
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., August 22, 2017 (Newswire.com) - Rand Internet Marketing, LLC, founded by Seth Rand and his late wife Lauren Rand, recently announced the launch of their first annual Fight Back From Cancer Scholarship.
The Fight Back From Cancer Scholarship is open to any student enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program by Aug. 21, 2017, at any accredited U.S. college, university or institute that fits one of the two following criteria:
1. The student is a cancer survivor or currently in remission.
2. The student is a surviving immediate family member of someone who has passed away from cancer.
The scholarship focuses on how cancer has affected the lives of those applying depending on which criterion the applicant falls under. The scholarship encourages students to describe how they are moving forward in their lives after the effects that cancer has left.
One student will win a one-time $1,000 scholarship to help support him or her with school-related expenses including tuition, textbooks, room and board, among additional items.
Each applicant must submit his or her application, along with their name, phone number, address, and the university or institute of attendance as of Aug. 21, 2017. The deadline to submit an application is Dec. 10, 2017, and the winner will be announced on Rand Marketing's social media on or before Dec. 30, 2017.
To learn more or to apply for the scholarship, please visit https://randmarketing.com/fight-back-from-cancer-scholarship.
This scholarship was created in loving memory of Lauren Rand, and all of those who have battled cancer.
About Rand Internet Marketing
Rand Internet Marketing, named to the 2016 Inc 5000 list, provides professional website design, development, and programming in addition to online marketing services to hundreds of national and South Florida-based businesses.
Led by founder and CEO Seth Rand, who was a 2016 South Florida Business Journal 40 Under 40 Honoree, the Fort Lauderdale-based firm has grown since its inception in 2010 to more than 30 in-house designers, developers, and internet marketers. The Rand team specializes in SEO (search engine optimization); Google AdWords PPC (pay-per-click) campaigns; social media marketing; email marketing; graphic design; and responsive website design and development.
Rand Internet Marketing was named a Premier Google Partner in 2016, a Google Partner AllStar in 2015 and also holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. The Rand team also supports the community through its support of local non-profit organizations such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Autism Speaks, Abi's Place, The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and more.
For more information, call 888-707-7263 or request a free initial consultation online at http://randmarketing.com/request-consultation.
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Seth Rand of Rand Internet Marketing Selected as South Florida Business Journal's 40 Under 40 Honoree
Founder and CEO of Rand Internet Marketing Recognized for Impact Made in SEO, Internet Marketing and the Community
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Seth Rand, Founder and CEO of Rand Internet Marketing, has been named to South Florida Business Journal's prestigious 40 Under 40 list.
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The weekly print and online publication, South Florida Business Journal, recently announced the honorees for its annual awards program, 40 Under 40, which identifies and celebrates area entrepreneurs who have made a difference in their chosen fields before turning the age of 40.
"It's a true honor to have been selected from over 1,600 qualified nominees, and a testament to the consistent dedication that our team shows to our clients," said Seth Rand. "I extend my congratulations to the other 39 honorees."
After a period of time spent as an independent and agency-based search engine optimization (SEO) specialist, Seth Rand launched Rand Internet Marketing as his own full-service digital marketing agency in 2010. Now a leading and award-winning firm, the company offers custom, responsive website design, e-commerce website development and optimization, search engine optimization and marketing, pay per click campaign management, social media management, content marketing, and more.
Rand Marketing has built and optimized thousands of websites and generated more than 100,000 first page rankings in regard to search engine optimization (SEO). To give back to the community, Rand Marketing supports national and local non-profit organizations including the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Abi's Place, Autism Speaks, the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, among others.
Seth is also a guest contributor to publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Yahoo Small Business, American Express Open Forum, Huffington Post, Business.com, Visibility Magazine, and SocialMediaToday.com. He sits on the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau for Southeast Florida and the Caribbean regions. Rand Marketing is also a Google Premiere Partner.
All 40 honorees will be acknowledged at a special awards luncheon on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016 in Miami at Parrot Jungle in the Treetops Ballroom, beginning at 11:30 a.m.
About Rand Internet Marketing
Rand Internet Marketing, named one of the largest and fastest growing internet marketing firms by the South Florida Business Journal, provides professional website design, web development and programming, and online marketing services to hundreds of national and South Florida based businesses.
Led by Seth Rand, founder and CEO, the Fort Lauderdale-based firm has grown since its inception in 2010 to more than 20 in-house designers, developers and internet marketers specializing in responsive website design and programming, including Wordpress; e-commerce web development, including Magento, WooCommerce, Shopify, and 3dcart; search engine marketing including SEO (search engine optimization) and PPC (pay per click management); social media marketing; and, online content marketing, including blogging, article writing, and press release writing and distribution. Our services range from traditional services like logo design, graphic design, and commercial printing to email marketing and directory listing management, with newer services such as shopping data feed management.
Recently named as a Google Premiere Partner, Rand Internet Marketing holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
For more information, call 888-707-7263 or request a free initial consultation online at http://randmarketing.com/request-consultation/.
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Seth Rand, Founder & CEO of Rand Internet Marketing, Elected to Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Florida and the Caribbean
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Seth Rand, Founder and CEO of Rand Internet Marketing, was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Florida and the Caribbean.
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"For more than 100 years, BBB has been a trusted source for individuals to research businesses, brands, and charities to help identify who they can trust," said Seth Rand, Founder and CEO of Rand Internet Marketing. "It's a pleasure and a great honor to be able to serve on the board; as well as to work to ensure that these standards continue to be met and consumers in Southeast Florida and the Caribbean continue to have a strong voice in business."
Better Business Bureau (BBB) fosters the advancement of marketplace trust by encouraging best practices, working with consumers and businesses to resolve disputes, evaluating advertising, celebrating marketplace role models, calling out and addressing substandard behavior, and creating business communities that espouse trust.
Each BBB is directed by its local Board of Directors, to best serve consumers and businesses in the designated area of service. The BBB Board of Directors come from throughout Southeast Florida, includes small businesses and Fortune 500 businesses so that the expertise helps BBB better search each part of the local economy. According to Mr. Davis, CEO BBB Serving Southeast Florida and the Caribbean, "Mr. Rand's background and expertise are going to be a great asset to the board since more and more of our engagement takes place online and businesses and consumers will benefit from his expertise so that BBB best utilizes technology to deliver on our mission."
Mr. Rand's term officially begins in January 2016. For more information, please visit www.bbb.org/south-east-florida.
About Rand Internet Marketing
Rand Internet Marketing, named one of the largest and fastest growing internet marketing firms by the South Florida Business Journal, provides professional website design, web development and programming, and online marketing services to hundreds of national and South Florida based businesses.
Led by Seth Rand, founder and CEO, the Fort Lauderdale, FL-based firm has grown since its inception in 2010 to more than 20 in-house designers, developers and internet marketers specializing in responsive website design and programming, including Wordpress; e-commerce web development, including Magento, WooCommerce, Shopify, and 3dcart; search engine marketing including SEO (search engine optimization) and PPC (pay per click marketing); social media marketing; and, online content marketing, including blogging, article writing, and press release writing and distribution. Our services range from traditional services like logo design, graphic design, and commercial printing to email marketing and directory listing management, with newer services such as shopping data feed management.
Recently named to the Google Partners AllStars, Rand Internet Marketing is a Paypal Partner, and holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
For more information, about Rand Marketing please call 888-707-7263 or visit http://randmarketing.com/.
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Rand Internet Marketing Named to 2016 Inc. 5000 List
Prestigious designation ranks web design and digital marketing firm among the nation's fastest-growing privately held companies
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Rand Internet Marketing, a local award-winning digital marketing firm, announced today it has been named to the 2016 Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing privately held companies.
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Designated a Premier Google Partner earlier this year, the company was also named as a Top 25 Advertising Agency and a Top 10 Web Design and Development Firm by the South Florida Business Journal, which also honored Rand Marketing's Founder and CEO, Seth Rand as a "40 Under 40" award recipient this month.
Introduced in 1982, the annual Inc. Magazine list highlights the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, which has in the past included household names such as Pandora, 7 Eleven, Toys 'R' Us, Zappos.com, and more. The ranking measures overall revenue growth over a three-year period and is widely considered a celebration of a company's innovation, and a mark of true entrepreneurial leadership.
"We are absolutely ecstatic about being named to the 2016 Inc. 5000 list," said Seth Rand, Founder & CEO of Rand Internet Marketing. "I'm proud and appreciative of all the hard work my staff and management team has put in to get us to this point as a company, and look forward to continued success. Congratulations to all the other companies who made the list on this wonderful achievement."
Rand Marketing was founded in 2010, initial specializing in search engine optimization, Google Adwords pay-per-click advertising campaigns, graphic design and professional website design. The company has now expanded to offer responsive website design, e-commerce web solutions, social media marketing, public relations, online reputation management, and other business services.
Rand is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and employs an in-house staff of approximately 25 graphic designers, website designers, web developers and programmers, digital marketers, and content writers, along with a support staff. Learn more at www.RandMarketing.com.
About Rand Internet Marketing
Rand Internet Marketing, named to the 2016 Inc. 5000 list, provides professional website design, web development, and website programming in addition to online marketing services to hundreds of national and South Florida-based businesses.
Led by founder and CEO, Seth Rand who was a 2016 South Florida Business Journal 40 Under 40 Honoree, and on the Board of Directors for the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Florida and the Caribbean, the Fort Lauderdale-based firm has grown since its inception. The Rand team specializes in responsive website design and programming, including WordPress, Magento, WooCommerce, Shopify, Zoey, 3dcart and other e-commerce platforms; SEO (search engine optimization) and Google AdWords PPC (pay-per-click) campaigns; social media marketing; and online content marketing.
Rand Internet Marketing was named a Premier Google Partner in 2016, a Google Partner AllStar in 2015 and also holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. The Rand team also supports the community through its support of local non-profit organizations such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Autism Speaks, Abi's Place, The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and more.
For more information, call 888-707-7263 or request a free initial consultation online at http://randmarketing.com/request-consultation/.
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Rand Internet Marketing is Now a Sponsor of the T-Cell Leukemia Lymphoma Foundation
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, October 27, 2016 (Newswire.com) - ​Rand Internet Marketing, a professional website design, development, and web marketing company, expands its continuous company's commitment to assist non-profit organizations. Rand has proudly become a platinum sponsor of the T-Cell Leukemia Lymphoma Foundation.
In support of our CFO, Lauren Rand, and her battle against relapsed angioimmunoblastic t-cell lymphoma, Rand is dedicated to finding a cure for this unfortunate illness. In partnership with TCLLF, in addition to the relationship previously established with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the company will continue donating to the research of advanced treatment options and ultimately a cure, while supporting patients and their families in the meantime.
“As a patient, when you sign up for T-cell lymphoma registries, you are directly contributing to the furtherance of knowledge and future advancements in understanding these complicated and rare lymphoid cancers,” states the TCLLF website.
The T-Cell Leukemia Lymphoma Foundation provides education on these rare cancers to patients and family members through hosting informational conferences and administering online literature. The non-for-profit also financially assists patients with treatment-pertinent expenses as well as appropriating charitable funds in an effort to back scientific exploration on these cancers.
To learn more about TCLLF or to get involved, please visit http://www.tcllfoundation.org/.
About Rand Internet Marketing
Rand Internet Marketing, named to the 2016 Inc 5000 list, provides professional website design, development, and programming in addition to online marketing services to hundreds of national and South Florida-based businesses.
Led by founder and CEO, Seth Rand who was a 2016 South Florida Business Journal 40 Under 40 Honoree, the Fort Lauderdale-based firm has grown since its inception in 2010 to more than 20 in-house designers, developers, and internet marketers. The Rand team specializes in responsive website design and programming, including WordPress, Magento, WooCommerce, Shopify, Zoey, 3dcart and other ecommerce platforms; SEO (search engine optimization) and Google AdWords PPC (pay-per-click) campaigns; social media marketing; and online content marketing.
Rand Internet Marketing was named a Premier Google Partner in 2016, a Google Partner AllStar in 2015 and also holds an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. The Rand team also supports the community through its support of local non-profit organizations such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Autism Speaks, Abi's Place, The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and more.
For more information, call 888-707-7263 or request a free initial consultation online at http://randmarketing.com/request-consultation/.
Source: Rand Internet Marketing