James Burchill

Current

• CEO & Principal at JamesBurchill.com

Past

• VP IT & Consulting at Avion
• Business Development Manager at JAGS Consulting

Education

• Bristol Grammar School

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Industry

Management Consulting

James Burchill’s Summary

"A rare combination of marketing, business and technical skills makes him a brilliant marketer"

James Burchill is an Internet and Marketing Automation expert. He shows businesses how to use technology and psychology to "fix your follow up and double your sales."

James is also a certified Coach and creator of numerous web sites and other educational training materials. His unique approach to web marketing (along with his personable training style) make him the preferred choice for select companies of all sizes: from ’solo-preneurs’ to large corporations including Goodyear, eBay, Esso, CAA, Rolls Royce, BMO, and DoFasco.

Prior to starting his own consulting practice in 1999, James was Vice President of IT & Consulting for an international management and recruiting firm in southern Ontario. There he lead numerous multi million dollar development projects and managed a team of more than a dozen skilled web programmers and designers.

James has lived in Europe, Africa and Australia and along with numerous credentials including public speaking, psychology, communications, automation and technology, James is a certified Neuro Linguistics practitioner and learned the craft of penmanship at England’s prestigious London School of Writing.

James enjoys public speaking, training and writing about Internet technologies (such as social media and content marketing) and why you need to embrace the Internet for both personal and professional use. Current presentations and keynotes include: Fixing Your Follow Up, Social Media Marketing, and Automating Your Marketing.

James Burchill’s Specialties:

Marketing Automation. Internet Marketing. Social Media. Strategic Content. Classical Advertising. Business & Sales Writing. Creative Writing. Online Reputation Management (Corporate Governance Issues)

James Burchill’s Experience

• CEO & Principal

  JamesBurchill.com

  (Internet industry)

  January 1999 — Present (10 years 11 months)

  Business Speaking, Corporate Training and Management Consulting in the following fields: Internet Marketing, Social Media & SEO, Strategic Content and Classical Marketing and Advertising.
  
  A few choice achievements include:
  
  • Sourced, secured, designed and implemented Goodyear Canada's pilot Internet marketing program
  
  • Created a cross medium marketing campaign for the CAA resulting in "the most successful ... in 100 years"
  
  • Delivered "the best" Internet Marketing and Blogging seminar for Festival and Events Ontario
  
  • Developed new prospecting system resulting in over 1,400% increase in lead generation
  
  • Innovative internet marketing program doubled client sales in 30 days + FREE radio and front page coverage
  
  • Streamlined client staff workflow resulting in 4,000% improvement in efficiency
  
  • Coached CEO, developed remedial action plan saving $400,000
  
  • Developed new prospecting system resulting in over 1,400% increase in lead generation

• VP IT & Consulting

  Avion

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 10 months)

  • Hired to orchestrate continued growth for the I.T & Consulting division. Achieved all set targets.
  • Held pivotal role on executive board, worked closely with legal and prepared proposals and contracts.
  • Developed new key alliances with strategic partners. Led the department sales initiatives.
  • Directly managed a team of 15 diverse programmers and developers. Responsible for staff of 55.
  • Responsible for ʻlast-minuteʼ Y2K plan, personally overseeing the successful implementation - no
  losses.
  • Conceived, developed and managed numerous multi-million dollar projects including a web based
  document management system for the US Navy.

• Business Development Manager

  JAGS Consulting

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years )

  Sourced and secured the development contract for a multi-tier client-server application. Recruited the
  development team and third party sub-contractors, and managed the international development efforts.
  • With only 14 days notice, wrote and successfully delivered training course for a large US client.
  • Recognized for securing an ʻunobtainableʼ Lotus Notes project for a major CDN bank.
  • Evaluated query tools and pioneered the development of new project management standards.

James Burchill’s Education

• Bristol Grammar School

  Computer Science, Pyschology, Communications 1983 — 1986

Additional Information

James Burchill’s Interests:

Internet marketing, automation, strategic content, coaching, writing, online media, marketing, classical advertising, public speaking, e-publishing, direct response copywriting, entrepreneurial issues, and NLP.

James Burchill’s Groups:

Certified Partner & Marketing Automation Coach with Infusionsoft, Past President of the Burlington Networking Group, Member in good standing of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the Marketing & Communications Committee.

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