SEO ↗️ - 23 years obsessing over organic search rankings has taught me how to make it work and how to help you make it work. My philosophy in marketing and in life is “make yourself useful.” That luckily happens to be the quintessence of SEO.► HOW I WORKI’m an entrepreneur who launched and grew his own software and Internet marketing company, so with clients, I like to help anywhere I am needed while focusing on SEO by ensuring good code, content and connectivity. There is simply no higher ROI marketing activity.I’ll work in your office with your team, together creating a strategy that merges best SEO and content marketing practices with your marketing philosophy and goals. I’ll mentor your team members until they are ready to run free, and I’ll be available to support you as they grow.► FIELD NETWORK MARKETING SPECIALISTFor nearly a decade my firm was basically the digital expression for KDA. We managed web development, SEO, Paid Search, and more. I led the development of a software platform to manage marketing and advertising initiatives for companies with large field networks which was then licensed by several companies like Penske and Pella to handle local marketing. We abandoned it when KDA was shut down. The experience left me with a deep knowledge of field network and franchise marketing.After shutting down our CAMP SaaS (Consolidated Advertising & Marketing Platform), I pivoted and began consulting.► RECENTSince 2012, I have been consulting in-house, leading the SEO efforts of two Chicago start-ups. B2B: Insureon‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾From 2012 to mid-2016, I led the SEO and content marketing strategies at Insureon, where we had an average annual growth in organic traffic (CAGR) of well over 300% for over three years.I created the content architecture, trained the content manager and her team, assisted in the development of the new corporate website, and shepherded them through the growth of a marketing team. I worked with two CMOs and worked closely with the CTO. B2C FINANCIAL: Opploans‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾At the end of 2015, I followed a co-founder as he left to become the CEO of Opportunity Financial (OppLoans). We built a content marketing and SEO team from scratch, completely rebuilt the website and drove a number of cutting-edge SEO content initiatives. We grew organic loan applications by more than 1400%. The CEO was known to say “organic search is driving this business.”Scroll down to see his recommendation.► CONTACT ME if you are seeking an analytical marketing leader with hands-on experience - full-time or consulting.