Ed Adkins

Current

• Marketing Manager (SEO, SEM & Affiliate Relations) at M3 Planning dba MyStrategicPlan.com

Past

• Marketing Manager at Pole Position Marketing
• Sales Manager at Pacific Telestations, Inc.
• Marketing Coordinator at Barnard, Vogler & Co.

• Executive Director of Student Special Events (SSE) at University of New Mexico

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Education

• University of Nevada-Reno
• The University of New Mexico

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Ed Adkins’s Summary

Super clever guy who's always got my hands in about 10k projects.

Ed Adkins’s Specialties:

• 5+ Year addiction to social media, blogging and online communities
• SEO (keyword research, link building, web architecture)
• Varied experience in advertising via internet, television and radio
• Powerful and persuasive public speaking and relationship skills
• Eye for designing publications and collateral material for print and web

Ed Adkins’s Experience

• Marketing Manager (SEO, SEM & Affiliate Relations)

  M3 Planning dba MyStrategicPlan.com

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  • SEO (Search Engine Optimization) - Optimizing web copy and architecture for organic search
  • SEM (Search Engine Marketing) - Driving web traffic through targeted search ad campaigns
  • Affiliate program building and managing
  • Online community building through the use of social media

• Marketing Manager

  Pole Position Marketing

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2007 — November 2007 (6 months)

  * Creating, pitching and executing word-of-mouth (WOM) marketing campaigns
  * Developing commercial blogs for clients & blogging consultation
  * Usability consulting and web development (HTML, CSS)
  * Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

• Sales Manager

  Pacific Telestations, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  April 2006 — March 2007 (1 year )

  • Lead a sales team for the largest broadcaster on Guam with over $2.5 million in sales for 2006
  • More than 15% growth in average monthly sales (2006 over 2005)
  • Instituted training program for sales staff and introduced systems for new compensation and incentives
  • Developed sales promotions and events for clients and ad agencies

• Marketing Coordinator

  Barnard, Vogler & Co.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Accounting industry)

  November 2002 — March 2006 (3 years 5 months)

  • Designed and coded company website
  • Maintained CRM (Customer Relationship Management) database
  • Published client newsletter and collateral material in Adobe InDesign

• Executive Director of Student Special Events (SSE)

  University of New Mexico

  (Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year )

Ed Adkins’s Education

• University of Nevada-Reno

  MBA , 2002 — 2005

• The University of New Mexico

  BA , Communications and Journalism - P.R. , 1997 — 2002

Additional Information

Ed Adkins’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Ed Adkins’s Groups:

American Marketing Association, Leadership Reno/Sparks

•    Reno Tahoe AMA
•    Reno Tahoe Young Professionals Network
•    Stevie Awards Honorees

Ed Adkins’s Contact Settings

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