James Keating

Current

• VP of Marketing & International at ShopWiki
• VP of Marketing at ShopWiki at AlleyCorp

Past

• Vice President of Partnerships (Bus. Dev.) at Guidester
• Director of Online Partner Sales & Marketing at LinkShare
• Business Unit Manager (National Sales Manager), CAD Titles at Thomas Publishing

• Director of Sales and Marketing at American Tech Manufacturing
• Sales Manager at Robi System

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Education

• Fordham University - Graduate School of Business Administration
• University of Scranton

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• ShopWiki
• James Keating
• ShopWiki AU

James Keating’s Summary

I am a B2C and B2B sales & marketing professional involved with online businesses since 1999, including enterprise sales and advertising sales. I am experienced with search marketing (SEM & SEO), monetizing that traffic with CPA, CPC, and CPM. The past several years have been focused on online retailing and consumer level ecommerce.

James Keating’s Specialties:

Marketing management, Sales Manager, Business Development, Product Management, consultative sales, Media, Online, ecommerce, online retailing, Internet, site analytics, Search Engine Marketing, SEM, SEO, strategic selling, quantitative and qualitative analysis

James Keating’s Experience

• VP of Marketing & International

  ShopWiki

  (Internet industry)

  February 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

  Acquire traffic via SEO and SEM delivering a valuable user experience so we can qualify and send high quality traffic to online retailers, effecting high conversion rates.

• VP of Marketing at ShopWiki

  AlleyCorp

  (Internet industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years)

• Vice President of Partnerships (Bus. Dev.)

  Guidester

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

  December 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 3 months)

  The Guidester Network helps B2C manufacturers position their products in front of undecided consumers on a reatiler's web site, at the time of decision. Retail partners include Circuit City, CompUSA, TigerDirect, NewEgg, Abt Electronics and over 50 others.
  
  My team and I were responsible for making partnerships with retailers and acquiring product manufacturer's advertising budgets.

• Director of Online Partner Sales & Marketing

  LinkShare

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2005 — December 2005 (7 months)

  Responsible for developing Affiliate relationships to maximize revenue generation for Affiliate, Merchants, and LinkShare.com

• Business Unit Manager (National Sales Manager), CAD Titles

  Thomas Publishing

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

  June 1999 — February 2003 (3 years 9 months)

  Internet Publisher (B2B) Thomas Publishing / Thomas Register bringing buyers and sellers (users and advertisers) together through detailed content, online advertising, and eCommerce solutions.

• Director of Sales and Marketing

  American Tech Manufacturing

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

  June 1997 — June 1999 (2 years 1 month)

• Sales Manager

  Robi System

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

  August 1992 — May 1997 (4 years 10 months)

James Keating’s Education

• Fordham University - Graduate School of Business Administration

  MBA , Marketing / Finance , 2003 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  GPA: 3.96
  Vice President – Student Advisory Council (elected by student body)

• University of Scranton

  BS , Electrical Engineering , September 1987 — May 1991

  Activities and Societies:

  IEEE

Additional Information

James Keating’s Websites:

• ShopWiki
• James Keating
• ShopWiki AU

James Keating’s Interests:

Photography, international travel, theater, music, investing, sales management techniques, sales practices

James Keating’s Groups:

Treasurer and Board Member of Epic Repertory Theatre (NYC non-profit), Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Alpha Mu Alpha, Internet Oldtimers, NextNY

•    Internet Marketing
•    SMX - Search Marketing Expo
•    Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    Online Advertising Professionals
•    Fordham Graduate School of Business Alumni
•    Social Media Marketing
•    ThomasNet
•    SEO Secrets
•    Beta Gamma Sigma - The International Honor Society Recognizing Business Excellence

James Keating’s Honors:

Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Alpha Mu Alpha

James Keating’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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