About Ian Douglass

Ian contributes several varieties of SEO-friendly content to an assortment of business websites, and he has ghostwritten editorial content for executives in several industries.

In 2013 and 2014, Ian managed one half of the Movoto Real Estate Blog during a period in which it was one of  the fastest-growing blog sites in the world, and reshaped the landscape of SEO content. Since then, Ian has also assisted a dozen startup companies with their content management strategies. 

Aside from content, Ian successfully improved The Burn Machine fitness startup company to consecutive years of million-dollar-plus revenues between 2010 and 2013, and has aided a host of healthcare companies and fitness companies since 2015.

The journalism career of Ian Douglass began with a stint as a new media producer for ABC News in Detroit and continued with a role as an on-air reporter for NBC News (WEYI) in Flint, Michigan. During this period, he was carried to a Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists by his infinitely superior broadcast journalism classmates at Northwestern University.

Ian is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts. He earned a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He has also completed business-related certificate programs at several schools, thereby underscoring the fact that he has spent far too much money on his education.

In addition to writing books, Ian is a columnist for Splice Today,  the editor and feature writer for Fixed Ops Magazine, and he also occasionally submits material to Emio Tomeoni's Streamy-nominated YouTube Channel The NBA Storyteller.

In his spare time, Ian struggles to compete as a masters swimmer alongside his much faster wife. He has won national championships recognized by both U.S. Masters Swimming and the National Congress of State Games, and considers himself to be "the worst multi-time All-American in masters swimming history."

Ian also occasionally competes as an indoor rower because he lacks the talent required to engage in sports that require actual skill and agility. In 2015, he won a gold medal during the State Games of Michigan's indoor rowing competition while also clocking in with Michigan's fastest registered time of the entire year in his age group. 

He also once rowed the equivalent of a marathon, then celebrated the feat by lying on his living room floor and whining for six straight hours.