This man will do anything to be successful, including working on his honeymoon.
Karl Hudson, a 33-year-old entrepreneur, makes seven figures a year through his investments, agencies and personal business ventures, allowing him to live a lavish lifestyle — but it comes with a cost.
Hudson, from Newcastle, England, admitted to Jam Press that his 18-hour work days have taken a toll on his marriage.
Hudson married his wife, Charlotte, in July after being together for eight years, and shared that his “constant working can cause issues and arguments.”
He takes Charlotte, 33, away on six vacations per year, but he never stops working — he brings his laptop with him everywhere, including their belated four-week honeymoon to Australia and Bali.
This year alone, the Hudsons visited Thailand, Poland, Vietnam, Spain and the Philippines — “but the work doesn’t stop.”
“If I have to jump on the laptop while we’re out there, then I’m going to do it because that money means the next trip will be even better,” he claimed. “My work allows us to have the finer things in life, which she definitely enjoys.”
“I’ll never change,” Hudson declared.
And Charlotte is familiar with her husband’s work ethic at another level: He’s her employer.
Charlotte is the content manager at one of Hudson’s companies, a backlink building company called Searcharoo.
“My wife knows that I can get absorbed in the job but that this is a sacrifice we have to make to live the life we now have,” he said.
“I’ve had some days in my career where I’ve been working for 18 hours straight but it doesn’t phase me. I find it impossible to switch off as I love what I do,” he added. “The harder you work the more you get.”
Hudson typically reinvests a lot of his earnings, but he also likes to treat himself.
The couple live with their two Yorkshire Terriers in a roughly $455,500 (£350,000) house. He also bought a $45,000 (£35,000) Ford Ranger Wildtrak and his wife drives a $71,000 (£55,000) BMW X5.
“I’m not one to flash the cash, though – I’m actually quite a reserved person,” he said, noting that their current life of luxury is far from the life Hudson had growing up.
Hudson grew up living in council housing in a rough area and believes that dedicating yourself to work at an extreme extent is necessary to succeed.
“Growing up in a rough area in a council home has always helped me stay humble,” he shared. “Despite the area we lived in, I had a great upbringing and my SEO journey actually started in that house.”
Hudson’s father, who worked as a life coach, needed help designing a website and asked his son for help knowing he was a “big fan of computer games.”
“Back in those days it was a lot of trial and error, with a big emphasis on error – it was the perfect way to learn.”
Hudson launched his first website from his parent’s bedroom, and Searcharoo launched in 2018.
When he started SEO, it was “hugely different” to how it is now, too.
“You were capable of just spamming and things would rank, the trickiest part is all of the algorithm changes and trying to test what is working, because Google doesn’t tell you,” Hudson recalled.
“So networking with other people, testing and sharing ideas, is what I’ve done for many years to help give me the edge, which has definitely helped contribute to my success.”
Hudson credits his financial success to his eagerness to never give up when things turn sideways — something he believes the generation of today has a hard time doing.
“Unfortunately, with how easy technology has made everything, I fear that the younger generation has lost that fire,” he said. “Gen Z expects everything to be handed to them but that’s not the real world – I’ve got out exactly what I’ve put in.”
“Younger lads wouldn’t dream of working on holiday but if they want a life like mine, it’s part of the grind.”
