Jim Kukral

Current

CEO at YourPitchSucks.com
CEO at TheBizWebCoach.com
Founder at ScratchBack.com

Internet Video Marketing Specialist at Fathom SEO
Web Marketing Strategist at JimKukral.com

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Past

Publisher at ReveNews, LLC
Founder at BlogKits Blog Network
Director of Emarketing/Brand Manager at KowaBunga! Technologies

Director of Search at VendorTech/Fathom IT
Lead Project Designer at Mozes Cleveland & Company

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Education

The University of Akron

Recommended

17 people have recommended Jim

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

Jim Kukral’s Summary

Jim Kukral is a business web coach, professional speaker, author, award-winning blogger, and social media strategist and trainer.

For years Jim has been working on the bleeding edge of web marketing and business. From owning his own web firms to consulting for some of the world’s largest companies such as Fedex and Sherwin Willams, Jim Kukral has experienced just about everything web related you can think of. That’s why Jim has become one of the Industry’s most sought after consultants and public speakers.

Jim focuses on helping businesses and brands find success online. Whether that’s through providing expert advice for the firm that can’t figure out how to get their web strategy right, or helping a business achieve more publicity, sales or leads, Jim has the experience and knowledge to get it done right the first time.

When Jim isn’t speaking or consulting to top Fortune 500 clients, Jim spends his business hours as the owner of Scratchback.com, a widget-based tipping system that thousands of bloggers and webmasters use daily. Jim also produces a daily web show about web marketing and being an entrepreneur called the Daily Flip, where he broadcasts shows in audio or video. The Daily Flip reaches hundreds of thousands of viewers and listeners.

Jim has written professionally for both clickZ.com and Builder.com, as well as other top Industry magazines like Revenue Today. He is currently writing a new book (details to come in the future).

Jim is also a highly rated speaker at Industry events, and has experience working as a show emcee and special introductions for keynote speakers. Read more about Jim’s speaking or book him for your event.

Jim is also regarded as a web video expert, having produced hundreds of videos for himself and his clients, that have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people. His free guide called the Online Video Toolkit has been featured in Entrepreneur blogs and on Marketing Sherpa.

Jim Kukral’s Specialties:

Blogging, online marketing, affiliate marketing, consulting, business blogging, search engine marketing, web video production, video marketing

Jim Kukral’s Experience

CEO

YourPitchSucks.com

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

98% of press releases are thrown in the trash. YourPitchSucks.com is a free service that helps people pitch better. Featured in Entrepreneur, INC, Forbes and more. Fix your pitch!
CEO

TheBizWebCoach.com

(Internet industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Hands-on coaching and guidance from Web expert Jim Kukral. Built for small businesses and brand who want to find success online.
Founder

ScratchBack.com

(Internet industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

ScratchBack.com is a online tip jar widget designed to help bloggers and webmasters monetize.
Internet Video Marketing Specialist

Fathom SEO

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

May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

I helped create the web video production department. Now I run the web video marketing piece of the program.
Web Marketing Strategist

JimKukral.com

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

January 2001 — Present (8 years 7 months)

Jim Kukral has been helping small and large businesses improve their web strategy for over 10 years. Need some help with an online promotion or strategy? Need a pro to come in and consult? Jim Kukral is ready to assist you either locally here in Northeast Ohio or globally!
Publisher

ReveNews, LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

May 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 11 months)

ReveNews is a trusted, unbiased source focusing on Internet related industries such as online marketing, SEM, affiliate marketing, retail (e-commerce), analytics, spyware, blogging and much more. ReveNews authors consist of highly respected thinkers, commentators and business people who have real experience and insight. ReveNews readers include industry gurus, top-level executives and CEO’s, plus many of the industry's top net-repreneurs; all coming together to create a global Internet community to distribute, discuss and analyze the industry at hand.
Founder

BlogKits Blog Network

(Internet industry)

January 2005 — March 2007 (2 years 3 months)

BlogKits is a blog monetization network built to help bloggers find creative ways to make money which I sold off to a South African company called Forge Business.
Director of Emarketing/Brand Manager

KowaBunga! Technologies

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; THK; Internet industry)

March 2002 — April 2006 (4 years 2 months)

KowaBunga! Technologies, now part of the Think Partnership family, creates online marketing products and services for the performance marketing industry. Together with top-notch customer service, an expansive and dynamic network and world-class tracking and conversion tools, KowaBunga! enables clients to increase revenues, drive traffic across multiple channels, create partnerships with new and existing customers and measure success.
Director of Search

VendorTech/Fathom IT

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1999 — February 2002 (2 years 5 months)

I was part-owner of VendorTech, a start-up company focused on automating manufacturing firms for web-business. VendorTech then merged with Fathom IT Solutions where I created the search engine marketing division, which is now today Fathom SEO.
Lead Project Designer

Mozes Cleveland & Company

(Internet industry)

January 1995 — September 1999 (4 years 9 months)

I was the 4th employee at this unique and early "new media" agency. This is where I learned how to code html by hand and the very basics of how the web worked for business. I worked as a senior staff member until the day I left to pursue my own interests with my own firm.

The company is now called Digital Day Creative Group.