
Director Social Media & Search Engine Marketing @ Digital Response Marketing Grp. & Co-founder of Hashtagsocialmedia.com
Naples, Florida Area

Director Social Media & Search Engine Marketing @ Digital Response Marketing Grp. & Co-founder of Hashtagsocialmedia.com
Naples, Florida Area
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I have held positions ranging from web developer, internet marketing specialist, software sales rep., & sales manager, to positions of VP of sales & marketing, Dir. of Internet marketing, Dir. of Social Media and SEO, to Dir. of e-commerce & CTO.
Those Co.'s include The Internet Consulting Group, Executrain, Computer Enterprises Inc., Marblejar, Mind Over Media, Emerson Direct and Digital Response Marketing Group.
My experience over the last 3+ years, has been focused on using social media strategies and content marketing in an effort to enhance the direct marketing and e-commerce space; Primarily to drive traffic,create brand buzz & enhance reputation management, these efforts have included educating, evangelizing and writing extensively about social media and marketing on my nationally recognized blog, to me taking a more of a consultive and educational type of role with numerous SMB's & Fortune 500 Co.'s on how best to implement social media into their overall digital marketing plan.
In parallel I continue to focus as well on SEO, SEM, email marketing & brand management for companies of all sizes.
My sales, marketing, and management background consisted of being one of the top sales people at CEI (Computer Enterprises Inc.) for almost 3 years. CEI is an app. development, integration and management services co. in which I generated over $9 million in revenue and was consistently a leader in everything from call volume, to opportunities uncovered, to training new hires, to closing sales. This resulted in quick advancement to EVP of sales.
Prior to that I cut my teeth in various tech sales & marketing positions, learning, growing and understanding all things related to web development, internet marketing $ software sales as I went along.
As we enter into the challenging & exciting uncharted waters of social media & the enterprise Web 2.0 environment, I think I am uniquely qualified to guide & lead companies into the deep end.
SEO, SEM, PPC management, Social Media Optimization, Social Media Marketing and Consulting, Software sales, Consultive sales, Project sales, Staff augmentation, Project management, Mobile marketing, Sales management, Web design, HTML, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Quark, JavaScript, CSS and CMS..As well as ACT and SalesForce
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Currently Principal at DRMG Our company specializes in social media marketing, social media education and evangelism, online brand development, web site optimization, organic and paid traffic growth, web site UI design, search reputation management and internet marketing consultation.
(Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
I currently handle all social media marketing initiatives as well as search engine marketing and optimization issues. DRMG is a small boutique digital agency located in Naples, Florida, yet has clients throughout the country.
Primarily Music...New web 2.0 applications,
DMA, DRMA, YMCA Coach, Member of Social Media Today, SWOMM