Brandon Sheley

Brandon Sheley

Applications Developer II at KDOT

Topeka, Kansas Area

Current
  • Applications Developer II at KDOT
  • Chief Technology Officer at Transform Topeka
  • Owner/Freelance Web Contractor at Sheley Enterprises
  • Owner/Founder at vBulletinSetup
Past
Education
  • Kaw Area Technical School
Connections
204 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

Brandon Sheley’s Summary

I run and maintain an active forum/community of vBulletin owners, as well as help manage other types forums with millions of users.

I also offer the following services:

vbSetup
- Installation and maintenance for vBulletin Hacks
vbOptimize
- Full on-site SEO optimization
vbConsult
- Site evaluation and recommendations for increasing market share
vbBackLinks
- Locate back-link opportunities for your niche and make recommendations for Link Bait
vbRepair
- Fix any code or database errors on your vBulletin Site
vbCustomize
- Hacks custom-programmed for your site

Brandon Sheley’s Specialties:

Web Marketing & Advertising, SEO/SEM, vBulletin and Wordpress blogs, Twitter, Social Networking and Social Media


Brandon Sheley’s Experience

  • Applications Developer II

    KDOT

    (Government Agency; Computer Software industry)

    August 2009Present (4 months)

  • Chief Technology Officer

    Transform Topeka

    (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    May 2008Present (1 year 7 months)

    • Establish and maintain website, including blog and forum
    • Establish and maintain coordinating Facebook Page and LinkedIn Group
    • Generated site traffic through online word of mouth and other social media tactics

  • Owner/Freelance Web Contractor

    Sheley Enterprises

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    June 2007Present (2 years 6 months)

    • Worked on over 250 websites
    • Helped administrators to gain traffic and revenue to their sites
    • Secured my own sever, updated MySQL, PHP and Apache
    • Hosted more than a dozen websites
    • Updated and optimized forums for search engines
    • Installed and modified hacks as requested by client
    • Sought out coders for custom hacks
    • Updated styles and templates for the websites

  • Owner/Founder

    vBulletinSetup

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    2006Present (3 years )

    • Founder of vBulletinSetup.com, a website dedicated to help forum owners increase revenue and traffic:
    o Launched in June 2006
    o Over 7,000 members with over 5,500 unique daily visitors
    o Growing list of monthly newsletter subscribers, currently over 5,000 members

  • Tech Support

    Payless ShoeSource

    (Public Company; Retail industry)

    November 2008January 2009 (3 months)

    • Answer and make tech support phone calls for 4,400 Payless Shoe Stores across the nation
    • Basic computer, network and server troubleshooting
    • Troubleshoot POS software for registers and back office

  • Marketing Coordinator

    CrowdGather

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    September 2007October 2008 (1 year 2 months)

    • Managed the membership databases on all sites (over a million users)
    • Purchased adverting for sites and tracked revenue progress
    • Recruited new sites and provided marketing support for the network
    • Modified 78 existing sites to fit the network
    • Optimized newly acquired sites for search engines


Brandon Sheley’s Education

  • Kaw Area Technical School

    CCNA , CCNA, Computer Repair, Network Technician , 20062008


Additional Information

Brandon Sheley’s Websites:

Brandon Sheley’s Interests:

SEO, SEM, discussion forums (particularly vBulletin), general web marketing, advertising and Google

Brandon Sheley’s Groups:

TransformTopeka, Board Member
American Advertising Federation Topeka, Member
Heartland Visioning, Task Force Member

  •    American Advertising Federation (AAF)
  •    vBulletin Setup
  •    Transform Topeka
  •    The V7 Network
  •    Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy Supporters
  •    Topeka Performing Arts Center Friends and Supporters
  •    Fast Forward : Topeka/Shawnee co.

Brandon Sheley’s Honors:

Board of the Month awarded by vBulletin.org, October 2006
Board of the Month awarded by vBulletin.com, September 2007


Brandon Sheley’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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