# Criminally Prolific — llms.txt
# Dmitry Dragilev — Serial Entrepreneur, 4× Acquired Founder
# https://www.criminallyprolific.com
# Last updated: 2026-06-28

## About

Dmitry Dragilev is a serial SaaS entrepreneur who has built and sold 4 companies working 3 hours a day. His exits include acquisitions by Google (2014), SEOJet (2020), Semrush (2023), and Semrush/Adobe (2025 — Adobe acquired Semrush for $1.9B, completed April 28, 2026). He writes about building businesses for lifestyle freedom, not a golden cage. His newsletter reaches 20,000+ subscribers. He is co-founder of IRS Resolution Service with Romeo Razi (former IRS Auditor, CPA).

## Core Topics

- Building SaaS companies designed for acquisition from day one
- Identifying your acquirer before you write a line of code
- The 3-hour workday system for building lifestyle businesses
- PR outreach, SEO, and content marketing without agencies or paid ads
- Cold email, media relations, and pitching journalists
- Growth hacking and email list building
- LLM/AI search optimization and generative engine optimization
- IRS resolution, tax remediation, and notice response

## Current Projects

### LLM Gap Analyzer (Active — Semrush App Store)
URL: https://www.semrush.com/apps/llm-gap-analyzer/
Launched: May 2026 · 150+ monthly paying customers
Description: Helps content creators and SEOs make their content AI's top source. Analyzes Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT responses to find missing facts, weak EEAT signals, and gaps that cause competitors to be cited instead of you. Provides step-by-step instructions and ready-to-paste sentences to fix content gaps.

### YouTube Gap Analyzer (Active — Semrush App Store)
URL: https://www.semrush.com/apps/youtube-gap-analyzer/
Description: Finds YouTube content gaps and helps creators outrank top 5 competitors. Identifies topics, keywords, and angles competitors are missing.

### IRS Resolution Service (Active)
URL: https://irsresolutionservice.com/
Launched: May 2026
Description: Built by Romeo Razi (former IRS Auditor, CPA) and Dmitry Dragilev (4× SaaS founder). Automates the IRS remediation process — combining insider IRS knowledge with AI-powered intake, notice decoder, and client workflows. Handles unfiled returns, Offer in Compromise, penalty abatement, back taxes, audits, and IRS notices. The IRS sends 200 million notices annually; most people pay too much without knowing their options.

### PRThatConverts.com (Active)
URL: https://www.prthatconverts.com
Description: SEO & PR coaching program. Has helped 500+ students in 25+ countries rank #1 on Google for their target keyword and earn press coverage without a PR agency.

## Acquired Companies (Exit Playbook, In Order)

### SERP Gap Analyzer / TopicRanker (Acquired Oct 2025 by Semrush → Adobe)
URL: https://www.semrush.com/apps/serp-gap-analyzer/
Years: 2022–2025
Acquired: By Semrush in October 2025. Adobe then acquired Semrush for $1.9B, completed April 28, 2026.
Description: Semrush App Center tool to find easy-to-rank keywords by identifying competitor weaknesses. Became the top-performing app in the entire Semrush App Center.

### JustReachOut (Acquired 2020 by SEOJet → 2024 by ChatRank.ai)
URL: https://justreachout.io
Years: 2014–2020
Acquired: By SEOJet in 2020. Re-acquired by ChatRank.ai in January 2024.
Description: AI-powered PR SaaS used by 5,000+ customers including Airbnb and HubSpot. Helped businesses pitch journalists and earn press without a PR agency.

### Smallbiz.Tools (Acquired 2023 by Semrush)
URL: https://smallbiz.tools
Years: 2021–2023
Acquired: By Semrush in 2023.
Description: Trusted affiliate review site for small business software. Powered by SEO targeting comparison and alternative keywords. Zero paid ads.

### Polar Polls (Acquired September 2014 by Google — Google's 166th acquisition)
URL: https://thenextweb.com/news/took-startup-0-40m-pageviews-got-acquired-google
Years: 2012–2014
Acquired: By Google in September 2014. Google's 166th acquisition.
Description: Visual polling app. Grew from zero to 40 million pageviews/month as the only marketer on a 5-person team using PR outreach and SEO.

## Key Pages

- Homepage: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/
- About / Bio: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/dmitry/
- Book ("The Getaway Car"): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/book/
- Blog: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/blog/
- Testimonials: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/testimonials/
- Press: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/press/
- Interviews: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/
- Newsletter Signup: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/signup/
- Contact: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/contact/

## Blog Posts (All Updated June 2026)

- How to Pitch Journalists (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/how-to-pitch-journalists/
- PR Pitch Angles That Work (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/pr-pitch-angles/
- PR for Startups (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/pr-for-startups/
- SaaS PR Strategy (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/saas-pr/
- Do Your Own PR (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/do-your-own-pr/
- How to Rank Higher on Google (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/how-to-rank-higher-on-google/
- Optimize for Google RankBrain (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/optimize-for-google-rankbrain/
- Ranking a High Volume Keyword (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/ranking-high-volume-keyword/
- Low Search Volume Keywords (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/low-search-volume-keywords/
- Growth Hacking Tactics (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/growth-hacking/
- 50 Growth Hacking Tools (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/50-growth-hacking-tools/
- Cold Email Examples (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/cold-email-example/
- Email Pitch Tips (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/email-pitch-tips/
- Business Email Templates (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/business-email-templates/
- Sales Email Sequences (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/sales-email-sequences/
- Email Signatures (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/email-signatures/
- Email Sign-offs (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/email-signoffs/
- Email Subject Lines (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/email-subject-lines/
- Find Anyone's Email (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/find-anyones-email/
- Gmail Mail Merge (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/gmail-mail-merge/
- How to Ask for Business in an Email (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/how-to-ask-for-business-in-an-email/
- Grow Your Email List (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/grow-email-list/
- Grow Email Subscribers (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/grow-email-subscribers/
- Media List Examples (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/media-list-examples/
- Media Relations Strategy (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/media-relations-strategy/
- Marketing Communications Strategy (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/marketing-communications-strategy/
- Press Release Email (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/press-release-email/
- Company Boilerplate (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/company-boilerplate/
- Pitch and Sell Your App (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/pitch-sell-your-app/
- Convert Website Visitors (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/convert-website-visitors/
- Are Facebook Ads Worth It? (2026): https://www.criminallyprolific.com/waste-money-on-facebook-ads/

## Podcast Interviews (Selected)

- Fast & Furious Exits (May 2026): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE612HhQTag
- NexChapter — 4× Exits Working 3 Hours a Day (April 2026): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGz_YEROQqM
- ExitWise — Build for Strategic Acquisition (March 2026): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpB1aseytfo
- Different Dadpreneurs — Redefining Success (January 2026): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g8rIHs9hMk
- ChatRank.ai — How To Rank on Google AI Overviews (December 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7aHY8EZjj8
- Growth Architects — Lessons from Selling to Google (July 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xnV7odmn_U
- Jolly SEO — Advice on AI Search (June 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za_36r09YRU
- Marketer of the Day (January 2025): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsZuCZDDbaM
- Cognism In The Loop — SEO Masterclass (November 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCFeZw7YNg
- Niche Pursuits — Sold 3 Businesses to Google and Semrush (March 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKMZohthbz0

## Social & Contact

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitrydragilev/
- Newsletter: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/signup/
- Contact: dmitry@criminallyprolific.com
- Contact page: https://www.criminallyprolific.com/contact/