Peter Kent - SEO/PPC/Ecommerce Consultant

Current

• Principal at Peter Kent Consulting, LLC

Past

• Sr. VP United States at DNAML Pty Limited
• VP of Marketing at Indigio Group
• VP of Web Solutions at IC&C - Internet Commerce and Communications

• Founder, Executive VP at BizBlast.com
• Founder, President at Top Floor Publishing
• Author, Consultant (Sole Proprietorship)
• Various Positions at Miscellaneous

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Education

• The University of Sheffield
• Chichester High School for Boys, Sussex, England

Recommended

6 people have recommended Peter

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• Peter Kent Consulting, LLC
• TopLinked.com
• Internet Expert Witness

Peter Kent - SEO/PPC/Ecommerce Consultant’s Summary

LinkedIn@PeterKentConsulting.com
720-771-3246

I have an unusual mix of skills and experience: a combination of business experience, strong technical skills, extensive knowledge of the Internet, and real-world e-commerce experience.


>>BUSINESS EXPERIENCE<<

• Founder/President of Top Floor Publishing

• Founder of BizBlast.com; President during fund-raising, Executive VP during operations

• VP of Web Solutions, Internet Commerce and Communications

• VP of Marketing, Indigio Group

• Successful entrepreneur/freelancer since 1986

• Author of four business books


>>INTERNET & E-COMMERCE EXPERIENCE<<

• Built and operated Top Floor Publishing’s e-commerce Web site

• Founder of BizBlast.com, an eBusiness service provider assisting small businesses online (funded by Softbank/Mobius)

• Responsible for IC&C's custom Web design department and for development of Web-hosting and ASP services

• The author of more books about the Internet than anyone on earth, including the Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Internet and Poor Richard’s Web Site

• A 5-year newspaper column on Internet & E-commerce issues

• A regular column in Canada's eBusiness Journal

• Working online since 1984; doing business online since 1990; writing about the Internet since 1993

• Publisher/Editor of Poor Richard’s Web Site News, an e-mail newsletter distributed to 60,000 people


>>PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE<<

• Working in software development since 1981

• A wide range of software/hardware development roles—
user-interface design, training, installation & maintenance, documentation, bug-testing

• HTML, Web-creation (I created my first HTML pages in 1994), and basic programming skills


>>INTERNET EXPERT WITNESSING EXPERIENCE<<

• Expert Witness in law suits related to the Internet and E-Commerce

• Reports, depositions, testimony in Internet-related trademark cases

Peter Kent - SEO/PPC/Ecommerce Consultant’s Specialties:

Search Engine Optimization (author of Search Engine Optimization for Dummies) -|- Pay Per Click Search Engine Advertising (author of Pay Per Click Search Engine Marketing for Dummies) -|- Online Marketing -|- Web Site Development and Management -|- Internet Expert Witness -|- Ecommerce Expert Witness -|- E-Commerce Expert Witness -|- Online Marketing Expert Witness

Peter Kent - SEO/PPC/Ecommerce Consultant’s Experience

• Principal

  Peter Kent Consulting, LLC

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

  July 2004 — Present (5 years 5 months)

  Search Engine Optimization and Online Marketing consulting for a wide range of companies.

• Sr. VP United States

  DNAML Pty Limited

  (Publishing industry)

  July 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  DNAML creates an eBook format for the 21st Century, the DNAML format. I am helping the company introduce this format to the US and UK publishing industry ... and it's getting a great reception. Publishers are not happy with PDF, and are looking for an alternative...which they are finding in DNL

• VP of Marketing

  Indigio Group

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 7 months)

  Responsible for marketing materials, PR, trade shows. Also worked on proposals.

• VP of Web Solutions

  IC&C - Internet Commerce and Communications

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

  February 2001 — September 2001 (8 months)

  Managed the Web-hosting and Web-development department, with a dozen or so offices around the country.

• Founder, Executive VP

  BizBlast.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  October 1998 — January 2001 (2 years 4 months)

  Founder of this e-Business Service Provider funded by one of the world's largest VC firms, Softbank (now Mobius).

• Founder, President

  Top Floor Publishing

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

  August 1997 — August 1999 (2 years 1 month)

  Founder of this publisher of computer books

• Author, Consultant

  Sole Proprietorship

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Internet industry)

  July 1986 — August 1997 (11 years 2 months)

  Author of the best selling Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet, of the computer-book industry's most widely reviewed and praised title, Poor Richard's Web Site, and of 50 other titles related to technology, business, and sex. Also extensive consulting in technical writing, training, user-interface design, and software testing.

• Various Positions

  Miscellaneous

  (Internet industry)

  January 1900 — February 1900 (2 months)

  Companies I have worked with/for in my various jobs/consulting projects:
  
  Amazon.com (retail), Lonely Planet (travel guides), Zillow (real estate), MasterCard (credit cards), CORE Laboratories (oil-field services), Semiotix (software development), The Pipeline (ISP), MasterCard (financial services), Analytical Surveys, Inc. (aerial photography), Comprehensive Software Solutions (stock trading), Amgen (pharmaceuticals), SpectraLink (telecommunications), Clinical Reference Systems, Inc. (medical), Ericsson, NEC, Northern Telecom (telecom), Genioss/Data General (computing/telecomm), Indigio (web-app development), Top Floor Publishing (computer books), BizBlast.com (e-business service provider), IC&C - Internet Commerce & Communications (ISP); Shane Co. (jewelry), Aestiva (web applications), Legal WebTV Network (law), Peripheral Manufacturing (computer-room equipt); ScaffoldMart (scaffolding), Jones University (online education), SavingStreet (real estate) ... and many more!

Peter Kent - SEO/PPC/Ecommerce Consultant’s Education

• The University of Sheffield

  B.A. Hons , 1975 — 1979

• Chichester High School for Boys, Sussex, England

  1968 — 1975

Additional Information

Peter Kent - SEO/PPC/Ecommerce Consultant’s Websites:

• Peter Kent Consulting, LLC
• TopLinked.com
• Internet Expert Witness

Peter Kent - SEO/PPC/Ecommerce Consultant’s Interests:

SEO, PPC, Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click Advertising, Online Advertising, Online Marketing, Internet Expert Witness, E-Commerce Expert Witness, ECommerce Expert Witness, Online Marketing Expert Witness.

Peter Kent - SEO/PPC/Ecommerce Consultant’s Honors:

Three Society of Professional Journalist Awards for my "Geek News" Newspaper Column.

Author of several Bestselling Books, including Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet and Search Engine Optimization for Dummies

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