Feel-Good SEO, Copywriting, and Optimized Marketing for Brands Craving More Profit, Sustainability, and Impact
Philadelphia SEO Agency, Serving Clients Worldwide
Hey, We’re Samantha & John Hawrylack!
Founders, Number Nerds, Your Go-Above-and-Beyond Marketing Team
We started SJ Digital Solutions™ to do one thing and one thing only – help businesses generate more visibility and conversions in a sustainable way.
Sam is an SEO Strategist, Content Writer, and a Certified Conversion Copywriter. She has written for publications like USA Today, Rocket Mortgage, and Fox Business.
With an extensive background in computer science and software engineering, John is the Tech Guy and an SEO Mastermind.
Together, we help brands with big visions reach more people and make their marketing more profitable and passive.
But there’s more to our story.
How (and Why) This Whole Thing Got Started
AKA, the SJ Digital Solutions™ Origin Story
Step 1: Fall Stupid in Love
I met John in high school through mutual friends, and we knew right away that we wanted our lives to be different from most people’s definition of “normal.”
In addition to getting obsessed with each other, we also became obsessed with personal finance because we wanted to build a life full of freedom.
Then and now, it’s the driver behind everything we do every single day.
Step 2: Get a Dream Job (That Turns into a Nightmare)
I genuinely thought that a career in corporate finance was everything I’d ever wanted and more.
Turns out, it wasn’t. Far from it.
I was forced to take as many calls as I physically could (without worrying about the quality of them), work on holidays, and – here’s the kicker – track my bathroom breaks.
Talk about a miserable corporate experience?!
I knew I was meant for a bigger impact and a better work/life balance.
Step 3: Start a Blog
In college, John & I got hooked on the FIRE movement, a financial philosophy that advocates aggressively saving and investing to achieve Financial Independence and Retire Early.
(Building a life full of freedom, remember?)
So, we started a blog about it. We wanted to connect with like-minded people, share what we learned by paying off $60,000 in debt, and sell a few courses + printables while at it.
And at first, nothing happened.
Despite the long hours we were pouring into it (on top of working full-time jobs), we were getting virtually no traffic and making 0 sales.
AKA, we were screaming into the void.
Step 4: Get Serious About SEO
Everything changed when we learned about Search Engine Optimization.
It turns out that you can create content in a way that gets picked up by Google and brings you more traffic, leads, and sales? What?!
We were literally mindblown and started learning everything we could get our hands on about how SEO works.
Within a year, our blog started getting 10K visitors per month. The following year, 50K. And then, 75K.
Today, How to FIRE reliably generates passive income in the form of display ads, affiliate income, and product/printable sales.
It has also helped millions of people fast-track their journey to financial independence and retire early.
Talk about a win-win.
Step 5: Quit Your Job and Make Your Move
The reason I’m so passionate about SEO and blogging is because it quite literally changed my life.
I’ll never forget the day I handed in my letter of resignation and left that stuffy and miserable corporate office behind.
My blog made it possible. It gave me a way to provide for my family on my own terms.
John & I started SJ Digital Solutions™ because we wanted more business owners to feel that they could run their business without having to *constantly* show up.
That lead generation + conversion could be fun and sustainable – all while bringing in more profit.
Since then, we’ve helped 250+ businesses increase their leads and sales, including major brands like Ladders, Clever Girl Finance, American First Finance, and more.
You’re next.
Our Feel-Good Digital Marketing Approach
(That’s proven to get results - just take a peek at our Case Studies!)
SEO
From website audits to all-inclusive SEO blogging retainers, we pretty much do it all to help you stand out + be seen by your target audience.
In the past, we’ve helped clients get 50+ qualified leads every week just from Google.
Conversion Copywriting
Your leads land on your website – now what? This is when your copywriting comes into play (and makes your leads reach for their wallets).
Website copy, sales/landing pages, email sequences, and more – go get ‘em, tiger!
Human First
We have a strong grasp of Google’s algorithm, but we always write for humans first. People’s real emotions > made-up SEO “rules.”
Full transparency: we don’t use AI to write content. We have a team of talented human writers.
Here are A Few Of those Fun Facts
SAM
JOHN
Coffee Order
Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino
Chocolate Almond Milk Shaken Espresso
Favorite Splurge
Sushi
Whiskey
Money Personality Type
Spender (within the budget, of course!)
Saver
Favorite Trip Ever
Jamaica
Tie between Yellowstone and Spain
The Best Credit Card (IMO)
Chase Business Ink
Chase Sapphire Preferred
Family Pastime
Camping
Travel of any kind
