Manage Smarter 151 — Ali Awad: How a Child Immigrant Became a Multimillionaire CEO

Ali Awad, the @ceolawyer, on the Manage Smarter podcast from SalesFuel

Ali Awad, also known as @ceolawyer on social media, is a successful lawyer/​entrepreneur with his own multi-​million dollar law firm (Ali Awad Law, P.C.) and media company where he teaches lawyers, doctors, and other professionals how to brand themselves digitally and generate clients through social media.

In this episode, Audrey, Lee and Ali discuss:

  • His immigration as a child into the carpet mills of Georgia
  • How he went from speaking no English to being one of the youngest JD/​MBA graduates in Georgia State history
  • How he started his first businesses and his tips on how to scale up quickly
  • How he uses digital media and social media to drive leads

"If you don’t have a seat at the table, then MAKE YOUR OWN DAMN TABLE!"

– Ali Awad

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Audrey Strong

Audrey Strong

Vice President of Communications at SalesFuel
Audrey Strong heads all external and internal communications for SalesFuel, including public relations — which she has directed since 2014. Prior to SalesFuel, she founded her own public relations firm and served years as an award-​winning journalist in television news. Audrey earned her degree in broadcast journalism from Ohio University.
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