James Maas

Current

Facilitator of Mass Communication at 7Bends.com

Past

Managing Partner at Emerald Coast Entrepreneur
Web Strategist/SEO at BoatDocs1.com (Sole Proprietorship)
Founder/CEO/Webmaster - Lots of Hats at Meriweather OnLine (Sole Proprietorship)

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Education

The University of Texas at Austin
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Recommended

3 people have recommended James

Connections

25 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

James Maas’s Summary

I've been totally immersed in the whole concept of the Internet, and taken by the idea of communicating with the entire world, cheaply and efficiently, since first hearing it discussed at Berkley back in the early 90's. It's been said that if I couldn't find a way to get paid for working on the web, I'd make the money elsewhere and do the web thing for free. Fortunately, that hasn't happened, too often ;-) and I've managed to be involved, much of the time profitably, since 1991.

James Maas’s Specialties:

Web Project Management (Big-Picture kind of guy that doesn't overlook the details); Organic Search Engine Optimization, metrics & testing evaluation; liaison between technical/management/client, and other diverse individuals & groups; site planning, architecture and layout expertise; Usability testing; HTML/CSS authoring (by hand, if you like ;) DHTML, JavaScript, XML, CGI, PHP; Gorilla Marketing, as well as marketing to humans...;-)

James Maas’s Experience

Facilitator of Mass Communication

7Bends.com

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2009 — Present (11 months)

Marketing, Software and Online Consultation to business and not-for-profit entities.
Specialties include:
SEO - On site and off
Strategic Consulting - business plan & sales strategy development.
Brand development
Web site traffic growth
Software solution - research and development
Managing Partner

Emerald Coast Entrepreneur

(Internet industry)

2003 — October 2007 (4 years )

E-commerce consulting firm focused on web success through search engine optimization, usability testing, and the optimization of conversion factors. Services include: E-Business Strategy, Strategic Consulting including business plan & sales strategy development; Local Search, Search Engine Marketing; Web Copywriting and PR, Blog Administration and other Social Networking techniques.
Web Strategist/SEO
BoatDocs1.com (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

1997 — 2005 (8 years )

Developed boat detailing and maintenance service business as a result of building a marketing website. Instituted SEO to build the website into one of the top-ranked marine services sites on the Internet. #1 on Google for competitive search terms: “boat detailing,” “boat maintenance,” and “fiberglass repair.”
Founder/CEO/Webmaster - Lots of Hats
Meriweather OnLine (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

1991 — 1997 (6 years )

Launched and successfully ran one of the first web design and development firms in the US, geared to early B2C and B2B applications. Pioneer in web marketing and search engine optimization; involved with GUI design and testing projects for Netscape and University of Texas, Austin.