
Internet Entrepreneur , Keyword Marketing Guru, Search Engine Marketing and Affiliate Marketing Expert
Washington D.C. Metro Area

Internet Entrepreneur , Keyword Marketing Guru, Search Engine Marketing and Affiliate Marketing Expert
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Self-motivated, successful, and entrepreneurial.
Adam is the President of imwave (www.imwave.com) a firm focused on driving performance based sales to companies through pay per click search engine advertising, websites, and blogs.
Adam writes for two industry blogs, www.goyami.com and www.revenews.com.
Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Search Engine Marketing, PPC Advertising, Pay-Per-Click Marketing, Internet Startups, SEO, SEM, Product Management, Product Marketing, Keyword Advertising, Internet Advertising, Google, Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing, Overture, Miva, Findwhat, Kanoodle, GOClick, and more.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
January 2001 — Present (8 years)
IMWAVE helps companies grow by building effective search engine marketing campaigns. We work with all the major Pay-per-Click search engines. Additionally, IMWAVE is a super affilaite for many online companies delivering sales on a pay for performance basis by marketing these companies via Google, Yahoo, MSN & other search engines.
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
June 2002 — May 2004 (2 years)
Manage Network Solutions innovative Web Site Manager product that enables small businesses to quickly and easily create and publish professional Web sites utilizing professional design templates and a simple site management application.
· Developed, championed, and negotiated project requirements with upper management, cross-functional teams and engineers to gain buy-in and lock-down project initiatives.
· Generated and successfully implemented innovative concepts for improving product usability with added functionality, increased application performance by 27%, and grew sales of 5 & 10 page Web sites by 61%.
· Manage existing vendor relationships, identifying and recovering $37k in overcharges, and successfully negotiating lower future costs reducing the annual budget by over $300k.
· Became the #4 sales affiliate for the company by marketing the companys affiliate links through pay-per-click search engine advertisements.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ELNK; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2000 — January 2001 (11 months)
Managed a regional group of marketing staff for ISPs acquired in the East Region of the United States.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
March 1993 — December 1998 (5 years 10 months)
Recognized and capitalized on an early trend in the on-line services industry by turning a long-time hobby and passion for using and running on-line services into a full-time business.
· Created business plan, invested initial capital, and
· Developed and implemented strategic marketing and public relations campaigns to position Cyberia as Yorks Internet Specialist.
· Recognized early customer demand for Internet services and transitioned from on-line services to a premium priced Internet services strategy in early 1995.
· Awarded Central Pennsylvanias start-up company of the year for 1996 based on outstanding sales growth and consistent profitability.
· Sold company in 1998, earning a 9,150% return on investment.
BSM, Business Management, September 1987 — April 1991
Graduated Cum-Laude
Search Engine Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Poker, Movies, Networking.
Commission Junction Publisher Advisory Board
Performics Publisher Advisory Board, Affiliate Marketing Community
Startup Company of the Year 1996 for Cyberia
Who’s Who in America, 1998-Present
Commission Junction Performance Partner 2003-Present