Brian B. Carter, MS

9533 Bundy Dr, Santee, CA 92071

 

Skills & Results

 

Revenue, Customer Acquisition & CRM

 

§         PPC Campaign Management

·        Overture, Google AdWords qualified individual

·        With biggest PPC client thus far, adspend was the major emphasis- their aim was 20% of revenue which I achieved.  I focus on CPO, and integrate avg order size per adgroup into the ROI evaluation

·        Managed campaigns that spend thousands of dollars per month, reviewed thousands of keywords

·        For $2.4m online health store in 3 months increased its revenue by two-thirds, increased sales rate by 237% by constantly adding and testing new ads and keywords.  Emphasis on ROI and CPO

·        Split testing ads to get CTR to at least 3-5%, sometimes 10-20%

§         SEO

·        3 years experience, more than 2 million unique visits, one site ranks in top 1% of all sites online.  Refined unique keyword analysis algorithms.  Up to date with trends and Google updates.  Have used software like Web Position Gold, Web CEO, Internet Business Promoter, and SEO Elite.

·        Have followed algorithm changes- know what’s good and what’s risky

·        Have achieved PageRanks on various sites of 2 – 5

·        Best site received around 500,000 pageviews per month two months in a row in 2005

·        Keyword Research and Analysis

§         Familiar with Wordtracker, Good Keywords, other keyword sources

§         MS Office; loads of Excel analysis, often create custom equations for analysis

§         Innovative keyword evaluation equations

§         More Revenue Sources

·        Froogle, Yahoo Product Network, Shopping.com

·        Optimized Amazon Seller data, increased sales by 40%

·        Improved product visibility in Froogle and Amazon

§         Viral Marketing

·        4,000 inquiries in one day from a free sample offer- this one is still ongoing, but breakeven point looks attainable

§         Email List Management, Newsletters, Autoresponders, Forums

·        Recently took over the weekly email promotions for one client and have averaged 300% the revenue per recipient and 200% the conversion rate they averaged with their previous campaigns

·        Analysis of product sales performance (revenue per product pageview is my favorite metric here) to decide on promotional focus

·        Combination of forums, email capture strategies and frequent relationship building/informative emails to increase sales per customer, repeat biz frequency, lifetime value

§         Customer Loyalty and Retention

·        Grew my pulsemed.org website’s email list to 3,500 subscribers, wrote monthly/bimonthly email for 4 years.

 

Website/Landing Page Design

 

§         Web Design

·        Javascript, Dreamweaver MX, 12 years HTML

·        More than 20 websites designed in last 5 years, including my own with more than 4,000 free articles.

·        Editing and Online Layout: blog templates, CSS & RSS

§         Graphic Design: Photoshop CS

§         Content Research and Writing

§         Writing: Have written more than 400 articles and two full length books (one alternative medicine, other on SEO and AdSense)

o       Can write in multiple voices, formal or informal

§         Editing: Partnered with and managed 40 freelance writers to produce several thousand online articles within 3 months

§         Web Copywriting

·        Split testing for increased conversions

§         Geeky Stuff

·        FTP, DNS, familiarity with Linux, PHP, MySQL, Cpanel, Cron jobs

§         Checkout process

·        Streamlined a client’s checkout  process and recommended a certain credibility improvement, cart abandonment has dropped from 50% to 30% with these improvements

 


Ecommerce Management & Retail

 

§         Adventure16.com (July 2006 – current)

·        Analyzed business and products, surveyed E-Commerce platforms for best service

·        Launched redesigned website and online store with initial product assortment within 3 months

·        Improved online product assortment

§         Utilitized AdWords data to research keywords relevant to entire product line, analyzed this data in combination with their retail “top seller” reports, ascertained product categories and brands most likely to sell, developed refined list of products for store to carry

·        Created procedures and forms for employees to follow while uploading products and filling in-store pick-up orders

·        Managed product creation & data entry staff

·        Increased revenue 800% in 3 months

 

 

Other Skills

§         MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, & Access)

§         Public Speaking: Conference, Radio, Toastmasters CTM and Past President

§         Spanish (conversational)

 

Strengths

 

§         Focused

§         Competitive

§         Stategic

§         Creative

§         Skilled Communicator

 

Education

 

Masters of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine

PCOM, San Diego, California; 1998-2002

            At this time I planned to become an acupuncturist.  The website I created on this topic while in school led me into SEO and internet marketing.  I taught myself a number of the above skills to gain ground as a guerilla marketer.  After graduating, I found I was happier as an internet marketer than as a medical practitioner.

 

Bachelors of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; 1991-1995

            This degree taught me how to research voluminous amount of material quickly, merge facts and theories from multiple disciplines into one intelligible whole, and write cogent conclusions.  This has helped me to absorb new skills and turned out to be good preparation for keyword research, SEO, PPC, and copywriting.

 

Other Interests

 

Acoustic guitar, automotive repair, blogging, NBA and NCAA basketball, hiking, mountaineering, rock climbing, medicine, movies, science fiction

 

For more, see my websites, articles and blogs

 

http://adwordsconsultant.blogspot.com 

http://adwordsman.com 

http://allbasketball.blogspot.com/

http://americas-acupuncturist.blogspot.com/

http://www.christianacupuncture.com

http://www.medical-terminology-online.com/free/

http://www.pulsemed.org

http://www.ranking-high-on-search-engines.com/

http://top-ten-search-engine-ranking.blogspot.com/

http://www.tcmformulas.com

http://www-makemoneywithadsense.com