Jeremy Hermanns (jhermanns@legalzoom.com)

Current
  • Director of Online Media at LegalZoom
  • Founder at SEO Intelligence Inc.
  • Founder/Publisher at Blogebrity
  • President at SimpleSEM
Past
Education
  • University of Southern California
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

Jeremy Hermanns (jhermanns@legalzoom.com)’s Summary

Search engine specialist, former Overture/Yahoo! employee, certified Google Advertising Professional, Yahoo! Advertising Ambassador. Graduate of the University of Southern California, licensed private pilot, an accomplished sailor, and a hamburger connoisseur.

Jeremy Hermanns (jhermanns@legalzoom.com)’s Specialties:

SEO and Pay-Per-Click (PPC) expert, algorithmic rules based bidding, competitive analysis, specialist in web analytics. Viral marketing, corporate blogging, content development.


Jeremy Hermanns (jhermanns@legalzoom.com)’s Experience

  • Director of Online Media

    LegalZoom

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Legal Services industry)

    May 2007Present (2 years 7 months)

    Evaluate new SEM Agency relationship, formation of in-house Paid Search tracking/tools/webservices. Structuring and working with legacy technical team for implementation custom tracking cookie and js mechanism. Expanding SEM keyword sets, new account taxonomy - reorg., and redefining of KPI's. PPC Optimization including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask, and others.

  • Founder

    SEO Intelligence Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2007Present (2 years 10 months)

    - Designed and Built Early Prototype
    - Managed Outsourcing and Build of Functional Beta Application.
    - Lead Development Team and Project Group
    - Launch of Beta Application

  • Founder/Publisher

    Blogebrity

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

    May 2005Present (4 years 7 months)

    Created/founded Blogebrity in May 2005 for the Contagious Media Showdown; won the Technorati Prize for the most inbound links. Despite industry speculation of our demise/fakery, the site remains live (with traffic constantly on the rise), with possible print magazine, movie-tv, and other offline brand extensions forthcoming.

  • President

    SimpleSEM

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    January 2004Present (5 years 11 months)

    SimpleSEM provides Search Engine Marketing (PPC) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services to Clients throughout the US and Europe. Since its inception in 2004, SimpleSEM has set the standard for “boutique” full-service Search Marketing and Optimization firms.

  • Director of Search Engine Marketing

    Tribal DDB

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    August 2004May 2007 (2 years 10 months)

    Jeremy oversees TribalDDB's pay-per-click and search engine optimization groups for a diverse client list that includes: MobilOil, Solvay Labs, Abbott Labs, eHarmony, Wells Fargo, Jose Cuervo and more. Mr. Hermanns joined TribalDDB in 2004, after helping to develop the category and direct sales department at Yahoo!/Overture.

  • Sr. Data Analytics Manager

    McElroy Communications

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    April 2004August 2004 (5 months)

    Managed all analytics projects for Nestle and select specialty brands. Assessed client’s reporting needs and developed guidelines for all current and forthcoming campaigns. Partnered with the production and technology teams to implement tracking components for campaigns.Developed a niche, targeted marketing proposal for Nestle’s search efforts.

  • Category Optimizer

    Overture Services/Yahoo

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; YHOO; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    October 2003April 2004 (7 months)

    Developed process to identify, segment and drive top service tier account growth and optimization within sales organization. Clients included, but not limited to: HP, Dell, AOL, Travelocity, Mitsubishi, FullSpectrum Lending. Supported Category Team in development to drive overall revenue/RPS. Management of keyword trend/seasonality initiatives (Taxonomy and Yield Analysis). Expert on search marketing and online media business models.

  • Media Analyst / Planner

    Zentropy Partners - MRM

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2003October 2003 (9 months)

    Assisted analytic and planning duties for B2B and B2C online advertising performance for Microsoft, GM, and many others agency clients. Compiled/Assembled raw marketing data, quantitative and qualitative analysis producing/designing performance reports used by Zentropy and various clients. Integrated with other departments within Zentropy implementing marketing performance data for development of ongoing marketing strategies and new business RFPs.

  • Category Analyst

    Yahoo!

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    20022003 (1 year )


Jeremy Hermanns (jhermanns@legalzoom.com)’s Education

  • University of Southern California

    BA , Annenberg School of Communications , 19951999

    Activities and Societies:
    Phi Delta Theta Social Fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta Pre Law Fraternity

Additional Information

Jeremy Hermanns (jhermanns@legalzoom.com)’s Websites:

Jeremy Hermanns (jhermanns@legalzoom.com)’s Groups:

Google Advertising Professional, Yahoo Search Ambassador and Search Engine Marketing and Professional Organization Member - SEMPO., Elite Retreat '08

  •    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
  •    Yahoo!
  •    Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity (P.A.D.)
  •    USC Phi Delta Theta Alumni
  •    Ebusiness professionals
  •    The Official USC Alumni Association Group
  •    USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
  •    Online Advertising Professionals
  •    Sr level Internet Marketers Group, Internet Marketing Professionals Only.
  •    Digital LA
  •    Sales/Marketing VP's & Directors - Software & Technology
  •    ex Overture
  •    oDesk
  •    LAUX (User Experience Los Angeles)
  •    SEOintelligence
  •    USGovernment101 - What did your government do today? Just the facts without the opinions

Jeremy Hermanns (jhermanns@legalzoom.com)’s Honors:

Technorati Prize (in the 1st-ever Contagious Media Showdown, presented by Eyebeam) for Blogebrity.


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