Nick Bostic

Current

Founder at New SCUBA Marketing
VP Director of Marketing & Technology at Chicago Title of Oregon

Past

Head Coach at Nick Bostic New Media Marketing
Contributing Blogger at AgentGenius
Community Manager at Portland Real Estate Network

Sales Manager at Cingular Wireless
Sales Manager at Smart Wireless

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Education

University of Oregon - Charles H. Lundquist College of Business

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Nick Bostic’s Summary

Director of Marketing and Technology with emphasis on real-world, understandable education. Research and network with outside vendors, obtain expert-level knowledge of their products, then create training systems across a variety of media and provide continuous support for customers. Interested in pursuing additional opportunities to learn about and educate the general public on all types of technology, particularly focusing on the real estate industry.

Developer of class systems covering: social networking for business, online reputation management, corporate blog design/setup/use, web analytics, email marketing

Ability to develop turnkey educational systems with a focus on the ability to convey complex technical topics in a method that novices comprehend

PADI Master Instructor working to educate the SCUBA diving industry about the benefits of using modern technology to establish their brands and build a strong customer base.

HTML/CSS/MySQL/Javascript programmer since each technologies inception. SEO/SEM practitioner since they Lycos/Infoseek/Webcrawler days.

Life focus on better (and cheaper) marketing through technology.

Nick Bostic’s Specialties:

XML, (X)HTML, JavaScript, web usability, CSS, WYSIWYG layout tools, PHP, MySQL, Flash, Web 2.0

Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Social Network Marketing (Facebook, Twitter, Blogging, YouTube, etc), Business Blogging (Wordpress), Pay Per Click Advertising (PPC)

Nick Bostic’s Experience

Founder

New SCUBA Marketing

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)

I author a blog discussing the utilization of modern tools such as blogs, social networks and email marketing in relation to the SCUBA diving industry.
VP Director of Marketing & Technology

Chicago Title of Oregon

(Public Company; Real Estate industry)

December 2006 — Present (3 years )

Provide training on technology products internally and to external customers
Create educational opportunities utilizing the latest marketing and technology information for Realtors and lenders
Create internal and external applications using Flash, XHTML, Javascript, PHP, MySQL and other programming languages
Understand customer strengths and goals to establish a marketing strategy that will work effectively for them
Expert-level knowledge of utilizing blogs, social networks, SEO/SEM and email marketing to create a comprehensive marketing program
Head Coach

Nick Bostic New Media Marketing

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

February 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 5 months)

I enable business to use modern tools - including social networking, blogging and search engine marketing - to help increase their business. My goal is to work with people for as short a time as is necessary, teaching them how to continue to use new techniques without constant hand-holding.
Contributing Blogger

AgentGenius

(Real Estate industry)

February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)

Contributing author for the leading online real estate industry magazine. Agent Genius was awarded the Inman Innovator Award for Most Innovative Blog of the Year (2008). I was invited to bring real estate technology and marketing ideas as well as to discuss real estate generational marketing with an emphasis on Generation Y and environmental concerns in the real estate industry.
Community Manager

Portland Real Estate Network

(Real Estate industry)

July 2008 — January 2009 (7 months)

After helping to design and launch the Portland Real Estate Network, my job is to recruit real estate industry professionals to become contributors for a geographic-based industry blog. The site is geared both to real estate consumers and professionals.

I also contribute articles and work to encourage others to keep up with their contributions. I am in charge of promoting the site and working with vendors to be able to offer our visitors additional information.
Sales Manager

Cingular Wireless

(Public Company; T; Telecommunications industry)

October 2004 — December 2006 (2 years 3 months)

Manage: inventory, ordering, sales promotions, sales team, training and general business needs
Recipient of Cingular Summit award for sales excellence in 2005 and again for sales management excellence in 2006
Sales Manager

Smart Wireless

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

July 2004 — October 2004 (4 months)

Nick Bostic’s Education

University of Oregon - Charles H. Lundquist College of Business

Bachelors of Science , Finance, Marketing, Management, Computer Information Technology , 1998 — 2003

Activities and Societies:

University of Oregon SCUBA Program Instruction Team Member
Lane Community College SCUBA Program Lead Instructor