James Paden

James Paden

E-commerce & Conversion Specialist

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Current
  • Founder & E-commerce Specialist at Vibrant Solutions
  • Founder at Xemion Web Design Firm Directory
Past
  • Director of Technology at AffordableStyle.com
  • Vice President of Technology at AuctionFloor.com
  • Freelancer at Xemion Web Design
  • Lead Designer at Real Time Internet
Education
  • University of Indianapolis
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

James Paden’s Summary

I'm an entrepreneur with extensive experience in all areas of web development and online marketing. I specialize in e-commerce development and conversion optimization. Please contact me if interested in my services!

James Paden’s Specialties:

Conversion optimization, e-commerce web development, SEO, PPC and social media marketing


James Paden’s Experience

  • Founder & E-commerce Specialist

    Vibrant Solutions

    (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

    June 2009Present (6 months)

    I help organizations create and improve their online retail strategies. In addition to e-commerce website development, I specialize in conversion optimization, which directly increases a website’s profits and boosts the effectiveness of existing marketing. I often work closely with design and advertising agencies as trusted partner to develop and improve their clients' e-commerce websites.

  • Founder

    Xemion Web Design Firm Directory

    (Internet industry)

    October 2005Present (4 years 2 months)

    In 2005, I turned the website for my freelance design firm, Xemion.com, into an online web design company directory. My online marketing efforts turned the site into one of the highest ranked "web designers" related websites on the internet. If you run a web design firm of any size, you can gain highly targeted traffic and leads by advertising on Xemion.com.

  • Director of Technology

    AffordableStyle.com

    (Internet industry)

    January 2008August 2009 (1 year 8 months)

    AffordableStyle.com owns and operates a network of niche e-commerce stores such as HandbagHeaven.com, SunglassWarehouse.com and SilverTreats.com.

    I was responsible for the development of each site and the design of many of them. We spend a great deal of time on conversion optimization and A/B testing to maximize the performance of each store.

    I worked closely with the rest of the management team on strategic business decisions and was also heavily involved with our SEO, PPC and social media marketing.

  • Vice President of Technology

    AuctionFloor.com

    (Internet industry)

    October 2005August 2007 (1 year 11 months)

    AuctionFloor.com was an e-commerce internet startup that allowed live auctions to accept bids from online bidders in real time. I was responsible for AuctionFloor.com’s 12-person development team and the company's technical infrastructure. I also maintained and developed the website and online management system.

  • Freelancer

    Xemion Web Design

    (Internet industry)

    February 2002October 2005 (3 years 9 months)

    As a freelancer, I designed and developed over fifty websites including e-commerce websites, directories and large web applications. I worked with many different programming languages including PHP, Perl, ASP, MySQL, SQL Server, ActionScript and others. I built great relationships with all my clients, many that still exist today.

  • Lead Designer

    Real Time Internet

    (Internet industry)

    August 2000February 2002 (1 year 7 months)

    Real Time Internet owned and operated approximately 15 niche websites as well as a network of 15-25,000 parked domain names.

    I designed all of Real Time Internet's websites as well as the development of client's websites. I achieved top-ten search engine rankings for popular key phrases on several of our sites.


James Paden’s Education

  • University of Indianapolis

    B.S. , Organizational Leadership , 20092010 (expected)


Additional Information

James Paden’s Websites:

James Paden’s Groups:

  •    LinkedSEO
  •    MarketingExperiments Optimization
  •    UIndy
  •    E-Commerce Network
  •    Smaller Indiana
  •    Toastmaster
  •    Twitter
  •    Retail Industry Professionals Group
  •    Greater Indianapolis Professional Networking Group
  •    Ecommerce and Online Marketing Experts
  •    Tweeple
  •    Web Standards Design + Development
  •    B2B Conversion Optimization Network
  •    Consumer Marketing (BtoC) Conversion Optimization Network
  •    Blog Indiana

James Paden’s Honors:

Xemion is ranked #1 on Google for "Web Designers" along with many other top web design related search terms.


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