How 7 Eagles Grew From a Solo SEO Side Hustle to $100K in Annual Revenue
Ashkar Gomez taught himself SEO, launched 7 Eagles as a one-person side hustle in Chennai, and grew it into a growth marketing agency that reported $100,000 in 2022 revenue by niching into SEO and targeting Western clients.
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Business snapshot
Monthly revenue
≈₹9.5 lakh/mo
$9,999/mo · reported May 2023
- Business model
- Agency or productized service
- Started
- Sept 2019
- Team
- Solo founder + 10 staff
- Based in
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- 2022 annual revenue
- $100,000
- Monthly revenue (per business panel)
- $9,999 per month
- Brands served
- 100+
- Countries served
- 10+
- Team size (interview)
- 25
Channels
Tools
- Semrush
- Ahrefs
- Facebook Ads Library
- Audience Insights
- Hotjar
- Screaming Frog
- Rank Math
- WP Rocket
- SimilarWeb
- Google Keyword Planner
Founder-reported figures, not independently verified. ₹ amounts use the ECB reference rate rate of Oct 2026 (₹94.82/$).
Who built it, and what they built
Ashkar Gomez is the Founder & CEO of 7 Eagles, a growth marketing agency based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The agency focuses on helping brands grow through SEO and performance marketing, with the goal of maximizing return on investment for clients.
The agency says it has worked with more than 100 brands across over 10 countries. It reported $100,000 in revenue for the 2022 calendar year and described a team of around 25 marketing experts at the time of the founder's account.
“The good thing about entrepreneurship is that, here, not only do I grow, I make those around me grow as well.”
Where the idea came from
Ashkar got the idea for the agency about 3.5 years before the founder's account, while working as a content marketing manager. He noticed that most local agencies treated SEO as just one part of a broader digital marketing package, rather than offering it as a dedicated, specialized service.
He was inspired by agencies in North America that niched down into specific SEO services like technical SEO, link building, local SEO, and audits. One agency charged $9100 for a site audit, while Ashkar's employer at the time was giving similar work away for free. That gap planted the seed for his own agency.
Ashkar had no formal training in SEO. He taught himself everything through self-study and hands-on experience, driven by a genuine passion for the subject. He started 7 Eagles as a side hustle, offering only SEO and WordPress services, while still employed.
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