Colin Boyd

Online Marketing Manager at Nation1

Motherwell, United Kingdom

Current
Past
  • Online Marketing Manager at DriveBusiness
  • SEO, Search Marketing Specialist at Equator, Eqtr
  • SEO Professional at Equator
  • SEO & Digital Marketing Manager at Argus Rentals/Cartrawler
  • Electronics Technician at lucent
Education
  • Dublin Institute of Technology
Connections
173 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Colin Boyd’s Summary

Over the years I've had many great successes within the Online Travel industry particularly withing the Car Rental and Hotel industry.
I'm getting into Web 2.0 big style at the moment.

Colin Boyd’s Specialties:

Web 2.0, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Blogging, Affiliate Marketing, Social Media Marketing Consultant


Colin Boyd’s Experience

  • CEO

    Logan Car Hire

    (Privately Held; Automotive industry)

    February 2009Present (11 months)

    Logan Car Hire was started in May 2009 and in 4 months has grown at a great rate of knots. We've now taken online car rental bookings in over 15 countries at 135 differant locations.

    Over the next few years our strategy will lead us to become a major player in the online car rental market.

  • Online Marketing Manager

    Nation1

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    February 2009Present (11 months)

    Do cool stuff and making money for clients

  • Co-Founder

    iwanttobook.com

    (Internet industry)

    December 2008Present (1 year 1 month)

    We've devised an advertising platform for the travel industry that allows small single location companies to advertise there service next to national and global suppliers allowing the consumer to see the best price available to them. This creates a truly competitive market that allows the consumer and the suppliers to see what's going on within the market.

  • Online Marketing Manager

    DriveBusiness

    (Internet industry)

    May 2008December 2008 (8 months)

    Clients included:

    All Saints
    Ghost Clothing
    Duchamp London
    Organik Rocka
    Bench Clothing
    Hooch Clothing
    Hardy Amies

  • SEO, Search Marketing Specialist

    Equator, Eqtr

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    February 2007May 2008 (1 year 4 months)

    At the forefront of Internet Marketing
    SEO
    SEM
    Search Engine Marketing
    Search Engine Optimization
    Blog Advertising
    Social Media
    Social Book Marking
    Niche Marketing
    Online PR (Press Release)
    Online Brand Protection
    Online Brand Monitoring
    Brand Ringfencing


    Clients:
    Haven Holidays
    Ramada Jarvis
    The Tech Guys
    De Vere Hotels
    Scottish and Southern Energy
    Wickes DIY

  • SEO Professional

    Equator

    (Internet industry)

    20052007 (2 years )

  • SEO & Digital Marketing Manager

    Argus Rentals/Cartrawler

    (Automotive industry)

    January 2004August 2006 (2 years 8 months)

    While working at Argus Car Hire I achieved over 4000 first page rankings in 18 months from launch, including a top 3 listing for the term "car hire"

  • Electronics Technician

    lucent

    (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    20012003 (2 years )


Colin Boyd’s Education

  • Dublin Institute of Technology

    Telecommunication Engineering


Additional Information

Colin Boyd’s Websites:

Colin Boyd’s Interests:

* Affiliate Marketing * Banner Advertising * Blogging * Search Engine Marketing * Internet Marketing * Pay Per Click * RSS * Search Engine Optimization * Social Bookmarking * Increasing onsite conversion rates * Web Traffic Analysis

Colin Boyd’s Groups:

Hit Tail, My BLog Log, SEO, Yahoo SSP, Boyd of Ayrshire, Murdoch MacDonald, Ayrshire Business, SEO in Scotland, SEO in the UK, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Equator, SES NY, Econsultancy, Alan Boyd, Blogging, A4U Expo, Pownce

  •    LinkedSEO
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
  •    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
  •    Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Group
  •    InternetRetailing - for leaders in e-commerce and multichannel retail
  •    Global Worker
  •    Luxury & Lifestyle Professionals
  •    Shopper Insights & Marketing Professionals
  •    Expat Network
  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    Online Advertising Professionals
  •    E-Commerce Network
  •    Retail Industry Experts
  •    First Tuesday
  •    Travel 2.0: Interactive Travel Industry Professionals
  •    World Tourism Network
  •    Retail Industry Professionals Group
  •    Digital Marketing
  •    THAT's Professional (Travel, Hospitality, Aviation & Tourism)
  •    The Cruise Ships Professionals
  •    Glasgow
  •    Social Media Mafia
  •    Travel & Tourism Industry Professionals Worldwide
  •    Hotel Industry Professionals Worldwide
  •    The Domainers Network
  •    Football Partnerships
  •    Non Profit Network - MojaLink
  •    Useful Tools for Sports Teams
  •    SCOTSIN - GLOBAL SCOTTISH NETWORK CONNECTING THOUSANDS OF SCOTS AND SCOTLAND - SCOTSIN.COM
  •    Affiliate Marketing In Europe
  •    Scottish Entrepreneurs
  •    Elite Ayrshire Business Circle
  •    Equator Search Engine Optimisers
  •    F.C. Business Magazine
  •    Alicante
  •    Bagging Scotland
  •    Ground Transportation
  •    Scottish Online Marketing Group
  •    Malaga Travel Group
  •    Faro
  •    Car Rental Marketing
  •    The Lunchtime Drinking Gang

Colin Boyd’s Honors:

ArgusCarHire.com
Won Best Travel & Tourism Website and
Best E-Commerce Site at 2005 Golden Spiders, Internet Awards beating Ebay and Expedia
Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland


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  • new ventures
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