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RICHARD BENVIN
1752 S. Trenton St. #4
Denver, CO 80231
tel. 303-337-0545
SUMMARY:
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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
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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.
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October 2000 - September 2001
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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.
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August 1997 - September 2000
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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.
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January 1998 - September 2000
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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.
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SKILL SET:
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Computer
HTML Coding
FontPage & FTP
Photoshop / Paintshop
Excel
NedStat
WebTrends
Mailloop 4.5
AssocTrac
WebPosition
Microsoft Office
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Internet
Search Engine Positioning
Affiliate Programs
Loyalty Programs
Auction Marketing
Reciprocal Linking
Ezine Marketing
Ebook Promotions
Opt-in Email
Banner Advertising
Web Design
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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
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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)
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Other Interests
- Enjoy mountain biking, guitar, music, reading, photography, hapkido and traveling.
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Personal and professional references available upon request.
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