
Owner at TutorialsUnlimited.com
Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Owner at TutorialsUnlimited.com
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
With a highly diversified experience base, from engineering, to sales, marketing, Web design, management, operations, and consulting, I have a rare combination of skills. Today I specialize on video tutorials, social media and writing.
Writing, marketing, website usability, eCommerce, search engine optimization, management, affiliate marketing, training.
(Online Media industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Custom video narrated screen-capture tutorials for software and websites. Exclusive provider of video tutorials to Miva Merchant, ICU Backup, Post Affiliate Pro and Revenue Surge.
Subdivision: MerchantTutorials.com. Provides training in Miva Merchant e-commerce software through video tutorials plus one-on-one and group screen-share Webinars.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1994 — Present (15 years 11 months)
Self employed with various profit centers. Details and accomplishments:
* Founded and sold Practical eCommerce Magazine, an industry publication.
* Freelance writer including Huffington Post and Website Magazine.
* Speaker at Miva Merchant user conferences in San Diego, Dallas, Orlando, Virginia, and Indianapolis, as well as Affiliate Summit 2005 and Blog Indiana 2009.
(Online Media industry)
June 1994 — November 2007 (13 years 6 months)
Consulted with hundreds of clients in ecommerce website design, development, code optimization, SEO, usability, maintenance, and affiliate marketing, specializing in Miva Merchant. Optimized www.doubleplus.com for “Miva Merchant Consultants” to be number one in Google. Started part time in June ’94, moved to full time in Feb. ’03, sold in Oct. ’07.
(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
February 1994 — February 2003 (9 years 1 month)
Developmental Natural Resources is a national health products manufacturer. Responsible for creation of marketing methods, product development, dealer communications, seminar coordination, training of personnel, development of all marketing and training materials, copy-writing, creation and maintenance of online store, and just about everything else.
* Brought DNR from $6,000 to $85,000 per month within first seven months.
* Grew dealer base from 6 to over 5,000 dealers worldwide.
* Sales doubled in last year of employment after implementing new product and sales strategies.
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 1992 — January 1994 (1 year 8 months)
Founder of diversified business including an automated telephone church referral service and Christian business phone book. Developed concepts, sales approaches, marketing materials, training materials, training manuals & business operations format. Hired, trained and managed sales people and developed joint venture relationships.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 1992 — June 1992 (6 months)
Sales Representative for direct mail advertising program. Responsible for development of two territories including cold calling, selling and servicing of new accounts. Achieved highest sales volume for Indianapolis for every selling period.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Photography industry)
November 1990 — December 1991 (1 year 2 months)
Territory Manager for school and sports photography company. Opened new territory in rural eastern Indiana. Responsible for prospecting, selling and servicing accounts. Presented to school principals and district superintendents. Within one year exceeded sales of all other territories combined. Developed all new sales presentation and marketing materials. Trained new sales personnel.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Automotive industry)
July 1989 — November 1990 (1 year 5 months)
In charge of several projects involving anti-lock brakes and traction control systems for General Motors cars and vans. Responsible for communication between customer, sales, design, manufacturing, testing and management.
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
November 1985 — July 1989 (3 years 9 months)
Design Engineer in Applied Research and Test Equipment departments. Responsibilities included computer hardware and software development of several military projects. Performed hands-on digital board design, experimental projects including laser data calculations, product testing and debugging, specification compliance testing and reporting, technical writing of end-user instructions and digital design on Daisy CAD system.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Semiconductors industry)
May 1984 — June 1985 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for production of memory devices including supervision of technicians, presentations of product status, and process development. Achieved record 97% yield for 16K DRAM production utilizing new production methods on this historically sub-92% yield product.
BSEE , Electronics & Computer Engineering , 1980 — 1984
Creating videos, politics, Kauai (Hawaii), new technologies, social media, writing, reading.
Affiliate Summit, Miva Merchant, Inbound Marketing University