Internet: Jobs Landed

My position at Group Golfer as Social Media Coordinator includes consistently growing the company online as well as through publicity in each region as we expand forward. As an avid golf enthusiast myself, this opportunity came to me at a time when I truly needed a refreshing and inspirational change of pace. After graduating college, finding a position in the golf arena in Michigan was looking hopeless. The offers to relocate for this industry specific work seemed appealing but my desire to stay in state with my family prevailed. I spent the past 3 years in general marketing positions but nothing that I could really be passionate about. After becoming a GroupGolfer customer and watching them rapidly grow for roughly a year, it occurred to me that I should look into a position at the company. After the sudden epiphany of pursuing a position, I realizing they were located only minutes from my front door, applied online and landed myself a position. The rest is yet to come! Just like other daily deal sites but with a focus on golf, GroupGolfer uses collective buying power to negotiate discounts with popular golf businesses. Subscribers can get email alerts on the latest deal and the deal only becomes active after a minimum number of people agree to buy, thus making it both beneficial to the course and customer alike. Working with a company that serves to nurture the growth of the wonderful game of golf is something I am energetic about and I look forward to growing in my new position.

As Content Coordinator at Ingenex, I am developing and implementing new online content. I work to expand the social media presence for the Internet marketing firm and its clients. Additionally, I help drive the strategic direction and create up-to-the-minute, relevant content for HashtagsForLife, Internet inspiration in the form of #hashtags brought to you by Ingenex Digital Marketing.

As Project Coordinator at Ingenex Digital, I am in charge of making sure all projects are kept moving forward in a timely and organized manner, keeping clients updated on a continual basis. I work directly with clients to promote long-term relationships and ensure customer satisfaction, while networking with prospects to establish new business.

I also assist in organizing events and volunteers for LA2M, a 501c3 educational marketing non-profit dedicated to keeping professionals updated on the latest ideas and appeal in the marketing world. I help create a weekly newsletter sent to members, while organizing speakers for each presentation. Furthermore, I pitch in with content creation for Ingenex, writing press releases and articles when necessary.

ePrize helps brands to connect with their customers. My role as an Account Director is to find new brands that could benefit from our services. We offer many different products through multiple channels including mircosites, facebook, and mobile, which always brands to constantly connect with the consumers. I love working with brands and helping to really communicate with people like you and me. I am passionate about building brands. Another thing that drew me to this company is the fact that we are highly skilled and always innovating and creating new product offerings. If a client can dream it, we can do it.  love that about ePrize.

As an Account Manager in Online Sales, I help some of Google's highest-potential advertisers grow their business using Google's products (including search, display advertising, TV, and YouTube). I manage a multi-million dollar book of business and build partnerships with key decision-makers, develop a deep understanding of the advertiser's business model and its customers, and create compelling advertising solutions through customized analysis.

I chose the Metro Detroit area because I was born and raised here and I believe that Detroit and Metro Detroit businesses are detrimental across the nation and am proud to be a part of one of them. I found my job through a referring college friend, but anyone else interested in job openings at Google can visit www.google.com/jobs. Google is known for it's energetic culture, and the Ann Arbor office is no different and I enjoy being able to express my personal interests in my work. Additionally, unlike many other business that have advertising account managers, you don't need to put a certain amount of time under your belt to meet face-to-face with a client, so there is a lot of avenues to grow professional skills and build your career in the direction that you want.

ePrize, LLC. is the global leader of interactive promotions.  We work with 74 of the top 100 brands, such as Coca-Cola, Disney, Proctor and Gamble, Clorox, The Gap and Dell.  Our goal is to connect brands directly to consumers by motivating specific behavior (i.e. purchases, website visits, referrals).  ePrize designs and manages all aspects of interactive promotions ranging from online sweepstakes to large scale points-based loyalty programs. ePrize also recently introduced its' multi-channel platform.

I started working at ePrize in January of 2011. ePrize has a great culture – everyone is very passionate about what they do and everyone manages to have fun while at work! It is very much a work hard/play hard environment.  What I love about my job is that I work with some of my favorite brands on a day-to-day basis and I learn something new and useful to my passion (online marketing) every day from all the smart people around me.

As Director of Search Engine Marketing, I will help Ingenex expand its national client base for their established and successful SEO and PPC services. I've spent the last ten years at MS&L Digital in Ann Arbor, which allowed me to work on projects for several Fortune 100 clients. I'm excited to use my experience to increase online visibility for current and future clients of Ingenex and to join a team of top internet marketing professionals.

After 4 years in Florida, I needed to experience seasons again, so I moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan to pursue a career in writing short fiction and poetry but along the way became enthralled with the glitzy world of Digital Marketing. I attended a Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing (http://la2m.org) meeting one warm Wednesday afternoon, and after, Derek Mehraban approached me with an internship offer. I jumped at the chance to work for the top Google ranked search result for the keyword "digital marketing." After 2 months of saturating myself with all things digital-- I was hired on full time as Interactive Marketing Coordinator.

I am responsible for social media and digital PR for clients as well as Ingenex properties, including the MSU New Media Driver's Licence® and Lunch Ann Arbor Marketing (the soil of my career.) In addition, I drive the strategic direction and create funny and relevant content for HashtagsForLife (http://hashtagsforlife.com), Internet inspiration in the form of #hashtags. Ingenex has given me the tools to achieve some significant results including increasing Ingenex Twitter followers by 60%, Ingenex Facebook "Likes" by 80% and snagging the attention of influential bloggers like Joe Levi who recently used our Virtual Tradeshow Experience concept we created for OSRAM Opto Semiconductors as an example of innovation in new media.

After college I moved to San Francisco, CA to work for a startup. After a couple years I decided to work on going into business for myself. I wanted to move somewhere with a good social scene, and where the cost of living would make my money go farther. I visited various cities around the U.S. and discovered that Ann Arbor had the combination I was looking for. So now I work here on new business and technology ventures, hoping to make an impact. Check out my website for more information http://www.bdoms.com/

I am a strategic consultant for advertisers, devise and guide online marketing strategies, and develop and optimize online campaigns.

Reink Media Group (RMG), founded in 2009, is a Michigan based internet focused media company. Its primary niche is the financial industry with network traffic currently exceeding one million pageviews annually. Web properties include: StockTradingToGo.com, tradeWISER.com, and EPICInsights.com.

I work alongside my brother Blain to grow our web assets and implement new aspects of our business operations. We are constantly launching new features, improving our custom designed content management system, and seeking out new site acquisitions that meet our purchasing criteria. I help to maintain the data and information our users interact with in addition to handling all marketing and branding.

For marketing I utilize tools such as Google Adwords as well as work with various financial media networks to drive premium quality traffic to our web sites. I am also constantly tweaking our SEO tactics and strategies. Branding wise we utilize in house talent and a free lance designer to quickly update design aspects or even entire site redesigns.

Reink Media Group (RMG), founded in 2009, is a Michigan based internet focused media company. Its primary niche is the financial industry with network traffic currently exceeding one million pageviews annually. Web properties include: StockTradingToGo.com, tradeWISER.com, and EPICInsights.com.

I work alongside my brother Blain to grow our web assets and implement new aspects of our business operations. We are constantly launching new features, improving our custom designed content management system, and seeking out new site acquisitions that meet our purchasing criteria. I help to maintain the data and information our users interact with in addition to handling all marketing and branding.

For marketing I utilize tools such as Google Adwords as well as work with various financial media networks to drive premium quality traffic to our web sites. I am also constantly tweaking our SEO tactics and strategies. Branding wise we utilize in house talent and a free lance designer to quickly update design aspects or even entire site redesigns.

My career with Biznet began in February of 09’ as an intern. I signed up with Oakland University’s career services in January of 09’ and within a month I received a phone call for an interview. They said they saw my resume on Oakland’s database (I didn’t even reach out to them!) and brought me in. I was ecstatic and a little nervous given it was my first interview for a possible “career job,” but I nailed it and got the paid internship I was hoping for. While pursuing a degree in Business Marketing I knew this was the perfect opportunity for me to jump-start my career! Over the following months I gained a vast amount of knowledge on digital marketing, social media, and the importance of communicating effectively. Come September business was starting to boom and I was offered a full-time position as Marketing Coordinator. I was overjoyed and didn’t even think twice; I took the offer.

My responsibilities today include website copy writing and tweaking, search engine optimization, article and video distribution, analyzing metrics, social media monitoring, building client relationships...basically the behind the scenes stuff that helps companies websites get ranked higher in search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing...etc). I love what I do and I love the team I work with (probably most important factor for a successful business). The most rewarding part for me is seeing these campaigns, that we work so hard on, succeed and drive traffic along with potential business to their websites.

Controlled chaos is a great oxymoron and - it's how I feel my career has evolved over the past few years. Shortly after graduating from MSU (in May 2000) and winning my first full-time position at VSI Holdings, my mother, father, grandparents and close mentor's advice came true once again. Nothing comes easy (especially in Detroit.) I had found a great company to work for (side by side with 100's of great people) and it didn't work out. Not because I was fired, but the large holding company closed the doors and it was time for all of us to roll up our sleeves and move on.

I thrived on the spontaneity of that first job – so I immediately went back to work for a great company that I did an internship for in 1998 called Budco: The Dialogue Company. I was fortunate enough to have several management roles at Budco and worked under great leadership who had an entrepreneurial spirit. I admired many of the great mentors and witnessed how loyalty, leadership, passion and IT expertise aided in the company's incredible growth.

During my own entrepreneurial moonlighting gig starting in 2005 (with a partner based out of Saginaw), we successfully facilitated the rapid growth of an emerging ecommerce surgical supply company, Freshmenz Marketing Group. We aggressively winning several major Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) RFP’s. Then after strategically acquiring funding in late 2006 by a Management Company based out of Saginaw, Michigan, we opened a new office in Wixom, MI and I worked with organizations such as the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) to help the surgical supply company network in Southeast Michigan to promote breakthrough growth. In early 2007, with this great entrepreneurial success in the surgical supply business, I carried on to other consultation jobs (with CJPS Enterprises) within the healthcare industry prior to joining SmartFinds Internet Marketing, entering back into marketing communications full time.

Today, having had experience with many fortune 100 clients and developing many great relationships built on trust, hard work and integrity, my vision (along with my partners) for our region is growth.  My background is extremely diversified so I'm comfortable with clients in the automotive, non-profit, healthcare and retail industries, which is perfectly suited for building digital marketing and social media strategies. At Biznet, our team works hard - and long hours are sometimes necessary due to the company's growth with large projects and a large amount of new projects. Recently, I have been fortunate to work with many great people who are just as determined to continue moving the ball forward. If jobs don't exist, let's create them… There is certainly enough work to go around!

I just recently made the move to the East side of Michigan to kick off my career at Biznet Internet Solutions. Here I work on developing and carrying out digital marketing  and social media strategies including content distribution campaigns, SEO/SEM, social media training, and much more. It has been such an exciting switch from traditional public relations to digital public relations and marketing! I enjoy being able to show clients near instant results from my efforts and provide them with a strong return on investment. It is great to be in the position to lead businesses to market and communicate online where their customers already are; I am committed to continuing to create new ways to help businesses keep up with the changing world.