Mike & Rick Tielemans How To Build A Cult Brand

I am a seasoned entrepreneur and marketing executive with a heavy emphasis on branding, ecommerce and digital marketing including SEO, SEM and social media. In addition to my frequent speaking engagements and consulting practice, I am one of the most-connected people on LinkedIn, one of FastCompany's 50 Most Influential People Online for 2010 (#33) and am the founder of 3 of the 10 largest community groups on Groupsite.com I also founded and managed a number of start-up tech firms where I was instrumental in the development and refinement of several search engine technologies and marketing programs. I was also one of the founders of Albert's Ambry (alberts.com) one of the internet's first specialty software search engines, where I helped to develop both our search algorithms and our fraud control filtering systems. I have additionally been involved with several other major search engines over the years, ranging in capacities from beta tester for Digital's AltaVista search systems to senior second-tier editor for the NewHoo project (now DMOZ) to Director of SEO for Like.com (now owned by Google). I also had creative input into Australia's WebWombat search engine. I am also the founder of OCEAN - The Orange County Executives And Networkers group on LinkedIn. If you live and or work in Orange County, join our OCEAN LinkedIn Group at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=36770 If you are or know a foodie, chowhound, gourmet or gourmand please feel free to join the LinkedIn Foodies group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=38473 Recent speaking engagements: CalState Fullerton - Mihaylo College, Fullerton, CA Harvard/USC Business Growth Conference 2010 & 2011 Phoenix Fashion Week, Phoenix, AZ FEI (Financial Executives International), Ontario, CA Lifetime Television's Fairy Jobmother Career Kickstart Boot Camp, Santa Monica, CA UCLA - Anderson School of Management, Los Angeles, CA TechAmerica Social Media Event, Irvine, CA Specialties:Marketing, Branding, Search engine optimization, Search engine marketing, online marketing, SEO, SEM, PPA, PPC, Social media, Internet-based marketing initiatives, Affiliate systems, Start-up development.

Social Media, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Building Systems & Business are my passions. In the last 6 years I have built a multi million dollar Marketing & Education Business with zero outside funding. I have consulted fortune 500's to "one man shows" on Social Marketing & Business. Outside of the above passions I love helping people - there is great reward for me in helping individuals or corporations overcome obstacles in their marketing & business. Seeing advice turn into someones new reality fuels me.

Internet Specialist: With over 24 years on the net, from the days of Lynx and text based inter-educational only communications, I have spent my days and many many late nights working for a special brand of client. Those who appreciate having their strategic design and tactical tasks done by an expert with a reliabilty on always being on time and on budget! I love what I do and can't wait to get up each morning to face the day's challenges!