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It started in 2013 with Ana and Florin and it was called Hotspot Online. It started as an exclusive Google ADS agency. I had started another small SEO and content agency. Then, starting from a phrase I read that says „better than one on a nut, better many on a watermelon”, things aligned and we ended up merging, keeping the Gun brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>How did you decide to start this business?<\/span><\/h3>\nIt seemed to me that I was very good at what I was doing at the time and no one was giving me the salary I wanted. I was also doing a bit of freelance work and there were clients asking me for an invoice. So I decided to prove to myself that I could do it on my own. The good part, after all this time, is that it seems I was right \ud83d\ude0a.\u00a0 It wasn’t such a hard decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>How did you choose the name and why ‘Gun’?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n![\"cofondator](\"https:\/\/www.gun.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_9256-1024x682.jpg\")
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I would like to say that it is the result of a branding strategy, but the truth is that gun.ro found me. I owned this domain for a long time from a friend. I had bought it with the idea of \u200b\u200bowning a short, 3-letter domain name that at some point could be useful for a brand. When I did research for the name of the agency’s website, I realized that they own gun.ro. It slightly derived into Gun Media accompanied by the first slogan „We only aim for performance”. I thought it fit a performance agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>What is the first memory that comes to mind from the early days of the agency?<\/span><\/h3>\nIt’s not the first memory, but the first thing that comes to mind: my first employee, Andrei, for whom Gun Media was his first job. He contributed a lot to the initial growth of the agency because he was very eager to perform. In the meantime, Andrei is the digital marketing manager at Global Records and is doing an amazing job. I am very proud of how he has grown. I will never forget his CV with a huge, full-page A4 photo of him in a suit at a wedding. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n
<\/span>How was the first year of activity?<\/span><\/h3>\nIt was absolutely full of new things, most of which were unrelated to online marketing: I found myself needing to understand accounting, HR, finding an office, negotiating rents, and looking for clients. Basically, I didn\u2019t have a single job; I had about 6 at the same time. The beginning always seems hard, but the enthusiasm is great, and necessity teaches you. Until 2013, I had no entrepreneurial experience whatsoever.<\/p>\n
<\/span>How did the first clients come about?<\/span><\/h3>\nI had done a bit of freelance work, delivered results, and was recommended. It was also a favorable context because the agency where I worked as an SEO specialist until 2013 exited the market in a bizarre way, leaving many clients without providers. I had a good relationship with some of them, and they trusted me to continue with them.<\/p>\n
<\/span>Tell us a funny story from the early days of Gun Media<\/span><\/h3>\nI\u2019ll mention a more recent one, from 2-3 years ago: Stefan\u2019s housewarming party. What I can say is that everyone tasted about 7 different types of drinks. Some more, some even more. What happened at Stefan’s stays at Stefan’s. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n
<\/span>If you were to describe the agency in 3 words, what would they be?<\/span><\/h3>\nWhat are we eating today? \ud83d\ude0a Those are three, and they work.<\/p>\n
On a more serious note: Freedom, Responsibility, Expertise.<\/p>\n
<\/span>What values have you established for Gun?<\/span><\/h3>\nHonesty, learning, loyalty, flexibility, and autonomy.<\/p>\n
<\/span>How has the agency developed over the years?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n![\"echipa](\"https:\/\/www.gun.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-25-at-12.32.04.jpeg\")
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From freelancer with a handful of clients, to freelancer with helpers, then to a team of 15 amazing people and apx. 100 active customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>What are you grateful for today, 9 years after its establishment?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n![\"9](\"https:\/\/www.gun.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Gun-Media-9-1024x577.png\")
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First of all, for the colleagues who trust our story and choose to give us the most important resource available, their time, along with the motivation to become better.<\/p>\n
For all the clients who have trusted and continue to trust us. A special place here belongs to my first freelance client, R\u0103zvan, who is the co-founder of Cupio along with his wife, Raluca. Cupio is a project I have been involved in since its inception, first alone, then with the people from the agency. R\u0103zvan has always given me a lot of trust, especially because he has tested or implemented almost all my ideas. He is a model entrepreneur for me, and I am happy to be approaching 10 years of collaboration.<\/p>\n
I am glad that I have done and continue to do what I love, that I have been able to contribute to the creation of a small ecosystem in which both the people inside and our clients have grown.<\/p>\n
In conclusion, we want to thank you as well for following us and being part of our journey as an agency. In the future, we have interesting things planned that you might find useful, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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