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l iRob Hill is one of those people who has a knack for For Hill, a Louisville native and 1999 graduate of the E
having the right ideas at the right times — and the UK College of Law, it’s all about an old adage. "Timing  
smarts to know how to bring them to fruition. -— also known as luck -—— is everything," he says.  
When he decided to write his first book, "Savannah Hill’s varied successes since leaving UK —— from lucra- l
Squ¢1re.s·," a tourist guide to Savannah’s noted architec— tive stints freelancing as a real estate attorney in Georgia,  
ture and public monuments, an editor called him back to publication of a second book,"What N0 One Ever Tells i
within hours of his e—mail pitch. She’d been looking for You About Investing in Real Estate? to the launch of his ,
a book exactly like the one he’d proposed. own media relations firm, Harpring Hill Media —— make  
When he called Wire Image, a leading stock photo plain there’s more to Hill’s story than pure luck.  
agency, to ask if they’d be interested in hiring him to “Rob is the ultimate entrepreneur," says Travis l
shoot celebrity photos in Nashville, he learned that Young, a member of The Blind Corn Liquor Pickers, a l
[ theykl just launched a sister company, Film Magic, that Lexington—based bluegrass band represented by Hill’s ,
l was seeking a photographer in the area. A month later, Harpring Hill Media. “He has his hands in a million  
he was on the red carpet, shooting the Country Music pies, and they’re all very creative. And he’s successful at Q
Awards —— an event he’s covered yearly since 2004. it because he’s such a genuine guy." l
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