Don Guisto

Online Direct Marketing Professional

San Luis Obispo, California Area

Current
  • Owner at Active Ad Agency (Sole Proprietorship)
Past
  • Ad Traffic Manager at Dialpad Communications
  • Client Coordinator at Netcentives Inc.
  • Technical Support Rep at Netcentives Inc.
  • Assistant Property Manager (1190 Sacramento St.) at Hanford Freund and Company
  • Guest Services Rep. at The Huntington Hotel and Nob Hill Spa
Education
  • San Francisco State University
  • Santa Barbara City College
  • Clovis West High School
Connections
99 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Don Guisto’s Summary

Experienced online and direct marketer that excels in web design/development, ad traffic/ad serving and project management. I currently seek projects that involve web design, online marketing, seo, graphic design and other related areas.

For more information about my services - please visit ActiveAdAgency.com

Don Guisto’s Specialties:

Web design, web development, internet marketing, ad traffic/ad serving, affiliate marketing, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising campaigns, Google Adwords, Google Adsense, email marketing, loyalty marketing, project management, graphic design, competitive analysis, CRM, technical support, account management, social networking, blogging, second life building/scripting/business (secondlife.com), entrepreneur


Don Guisto’s Experience

  • Owner

    Active Ad Agency (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

    September 2001Present (7 years 1 month)

    Website design, development and promotion services - specializing in localized advertising concepts, targeted marketing, pay-per-click search advertising, search engine marketing, search optimization (seo), content development, email marketing, affiliate marketing, graphic design, copywriting and other internet solutions.

  • Ad Traffic Manager

    Dialpad Communications

    (Internet industry)

    November 2000August 2001 (10 months)

    Managed Online Advertising Campaigns for Dialpad.com:
    - Designed and optimized web banner ads, email ads, newsletters and other rich media using industry standard software applications (Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Illustraitor, Dreamweaver and more)
    - Optimized and targeted online advertising campaigns for user base of 20 million plus
    - Managed insertion order implementation process
    - Implemented and managed online ad campaigns using various ad serving applications
    - Analyzed and optimized daily campaign performance
    - Assisted Sales and Account Executives with traffic inquiries, ad specs, closing sales, etc
    - Responsible for quantitative analysis and daily tracking of all active ad campaigns (banners, email, rich media, voice-overs and more)
    - Created daily reports for both clients and internal departments
    - Worked directly with accounting department in reporting monthly billed impressions, clicks, CPC, CPA, CPM, etc

  • Client Coordinator

    Netcentives Inc.

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; NCNT; Internet industry)

    May 2000November 2000 (7 months)

    Project management role for Netcentives involving acquisition of Universal Value Network:
    - Helped to established SOP and QA standards for customer support (Internet and call-center)
    - Assisted with the integration of UVN's customer database into Netcentives customer loyalty platform, acting as a primary contact between front and back end
    - Used Kana Response, Excel, Word, Power Point, Visio for daily tasks
    - Configured Kana Response (CRM) classify model for several customer loyalty programs (i.e. parameters, categories, workflow, queues, users, filtering, scripts, etc)
    - Instrumental with Kana Response implementation, working closely with software engineers
    - Reviewed weekly reports (email, call volume, web-errors), providing optimization solutions for customer support process
    - Helped supervise customer support training process for Internet & call center reps
    - Assisted with FAQ's for various loyalty marketing programs (i.e. United Airlines Mileage Plus Shopping).

  • Technical Support Rep

    Netcentives Inc.

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; NCNT; Internet industry)

    May 1999May 2000 (1 year 1 month)

    - Provided (tier-1) technical support for ClickRewards.com (web-based customer-loyalty program)
    - Primary contact for Enterprise Marketing Program (web-based employee incentives program), responsible for resolving escalated issues and providing tech-support
    - Met daily quota of 100 plus tech-support email responses, using Kana Response CRM application
    - Composed auto-response email scripts for department use
    - Primary mentor for six new Tech Support Representatives (department mentor program)
    - Assisted with composition of FAQ's for ClickRewards.com

  • Assistant Property Manager (1190 Sacramento St.)

    Hanford Freund and Company

    (Real Estate industry)

    19961999 (3 years)

  • Guest Services Rep.

    The Huntington Hotel and Nob Hill Spa

    (Hospitality industry)

    19951998 (3 years)


Don Guisto’s Education

  • San Francisco State University

    Political Science - Ecology 19951999

  • Santa Barbara City College

    Environmental Studies 19891993

  • Clovis West High School

    19851989


Additional Information

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Don Guisto’s Interests:

travel, nature, music, sports, mma, nfl, mlb, nba, health & fitness, chess, photography, reading, writing, new technology, investments, real estate, home improvement, politics, current events, community service, environmentalism, pets & animals

Don Guisto’s Groups:

Google Advertising Professional
Professional Reseller for Wild West Domains
Second Life Premium Member (secondlife.com)
ONEKO Internet Entrepreneurs Group Member

  •    Pro Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    Santa Barbara eMarketers
  •    Online Marketing Network
  •    LeadingLoyalty - Marketing Professionals
  •    Designers Talk
  •    Netcentives Alumni

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