Who Is This New Kid on the Block (or 2nd floor)?
I initially began selling online media in 2003 with Verizon Superpages.com. I worked in the startup division that focused primarily on the Superpages.com product. Unlike traditional Yellow Page reps our division only focused on the pay-per-click and pay-per-call models. To make things more complicated I was assigned to sell Local Yellow page PPC Campaigns to National Advertising Firms and Search Engine Marketing Agencies. I experience tons of success landing large accounts to lock on to our platform. There was this one guy that never returned my calls, I believe he work with Level Ten Design and I think his name was Tom. I bet that company never made it without my Yellow pages PPC model I was selling. After landing a few big dogs like Travelocity, Reachlocal and Hilton Hotels through agency relationships I felt it was time to branch out and move beyond the internet Yellow Pages.
Zunch Communications at the time was one of my clients at Superpages.com and they had a need for a new sales rep. In early 2006 I made the move to Zunch and was one of the interactive marketing consultants assigned to take over the world. We primarily focused on Search Engine Optimization but were equipped to selling large custom wed design & ecommerce projects. The average SEO client spent around $4000.00 per month and average Web development would start at $50,000.
It's amazing to see the growth of this industry over the past four years. The major corporations and local SME's have began to understand the need for an online presence. The sophistication of the search engines has increased the need for a legitimate firm and the local mom and pop hop shops won't get it done anymore. This is the reason I've aligned my background with a firm that's proven success to many clients.
Let's get ready to Rumble
Yours Truly
Cortney Butler
AKA Mr. Joy
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