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RICHARD BENVIN
1752 S. Trenton St. #4
Denver, CO 80231
tel. 303-337-0545

SUMMARY:

Excellent at Web Marketing campaigns with focus on search engine optimization, affiliate programs and loyalty programs.
Experienced in Web Development, including content writing, integration, and quality assurance.
Team-oriented player, highly motivated, committed to delivering top quality service.

EDUCATION:

B.S. Business Administration, May 1990  -  Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Major: Marketing and Finance;  Minor: Psychology

OBJECTIVE:

Leadership role with an innovative company in the digital media sector, with particular focus on Internet marketing, customer service and project development.

EXPERIENCE:

March 2002 -
December 2002
Actis eMarketing - Project Manager - Denver, CO
Performed various sales duties related to Internet marketing and web development services including following up on leads, prospecting, proposal preparation, pricing, negotiating and project management. Also, managed several pay-per-click and search engine marketing campaigns.

October 2000 -
September 2001
handy.de - Marketing Manager - Hamburg, Germany
Responsible for all online marketing campaigns for the leading wireless portal and third most successful ecommerce web site in Germany with over 2 million registered users and over 250,000 opt-in newsletter subscribers.

  • Conceived, managed and promoted an Affiliate Program and Loyalty Program. Also proposed a Contest Manager.
  • Conducted search engine optimization including the development of microsites and doorway pages. Also, registered and maintained over 100 company domain names.
  • Planned wireless advertising campaigns via SMS (Short Messaging Service), conceived new SMS services and improved portal features on WAP (Wireless Application Protocol).
  • Performed tracking, reporting and analysis of online traffic and promotions using NedStat tool.
  • Initiated and managed partnerships with top German web sites as well as negotiated advertising deals with many companies including Microsoft, Alta Vista and American Express.
  • Evaluated web site content for quality control, influenced web site navigation and design layout, maintained link list, optimized email newsletter and initiated internal Team newsletter.
August 1997 -
September 2000
Gorilla Marketing - Webmaster; San Jose, CA
Developed, launched, and managed every phase of this Internet marketing web portal.

  • Developed and programmed over 175 web pages of Internet marketing tips, tools, resources and affiliate programs.
  • Published Absolute Marketing Solutions, a weekly ezine and email newsletter to over 1600 opt-in subscribers.
  • Provided web design, web development, search engine submissions, reciprocal linking strategies, ezine marketing, email promotions and doorway page construction for Miraibio, Jobadu, Future-Now, Site Clones, Mentornet, and other web sites.
  • Registered and parked over 100 quality domain names such as drpromote.com, bizautomate.com, techturbo.com, freesoftwaredeals.com, and openvisions.com with plans to develop, promote and sell.
January 1998 -
September 2000
Absolute Authority, Inc. - Marketing Director; San Jose, CA
Developed, launched, and managed Internet marketing campaign for this vertical web portal development platform.

  • Directed marketing efforts that resulted in over 4000 registered users and over 1 million page views per month.
  • Achieved top placement in search engines and directories for over 100 Absolute Authority vertical portals.
  • Published weekly update with web promotion resources.
  • Developed and programmed online marketing tools such as an affiliate program and ezine directory.
  • Provided monthly reports on web campaign performance.

SKILL SET:

Computer

  • HTML Coding
  • FontPage & FTP
  • Photoshop / Paintshop
  • Excel
  • NedStat
  • WebTrends
  • Mailloop 4.5
  • AssocTrac
  • WebPosition
  • Microsoft Office
  • Internet

  • Search Engine Positioning
  • Affiliate Programs
  • Loyalty Programs
  • Auction Marketing
  • Reciprocal Linking
  • Ezine Marketing
  • Ebook Promotions
  • Opt-in Email
  • Banner Advertising
  • Web Design
  • Personal

  • Well organized
  • Confident
  • Team player
  • Highly motivated
  • Outstanding customer skills
  • Excellent at problem solving
  • Fluent in Italian & German
  • Dedicated & sincere
  • Open-minded
  • Very Creative
  • TENNIS CAREER & INTERESTS:

    Professional Tennis Player & Coach
    Ranked ATP #650 in the world in 1991 and coached top professional players.

    • Competed for top professional team in Hamburg, Germany as #1 singles and doubles tennis player. (1995-1997)
    • Coached and traveled with Brenda Schultz who achieved a world ranking of #22 in women's tennis. (1993-1995)
    • Trained nationally ranked junior players, taught private and group lessons, and organized adult clinics at tennis clubs in New York, Florida and Rhode Island (1992-1993)
    • Competed in professional tournaments throughout U.S and Europe. Received Italian national ranking of B1- top 30 in Italy (1990-1992)
    Other Interests

    • Enjoy mountain biking, guitar, music, reading, photography, hapkido and traveling.

    Personal and professional references available upon request.



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