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Bruce Sturgell
I'm a Father, an artist, an internet marketer, affiliate program manager, social media enthusiast, part time musician, beer connoisseur. I'm on the lookout for creative and interesting people, places, and experiences.
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- Affiliate Marketing Strategist and Founding Editor - Chubstr.comMarketing and Advertising | Springfield, Missouri Area, USSummaryInternet Marketing Strategist with 10 years experience focused on affiliate marketing, social media strategy, SEO/SEM, and email marketing. Experienced in managing strategic partnerships as well as developing and implementing marketing plans. Extensive experience working with startups to establish a significant and profitable online presence.Specialties: Affiliate Program Development and Management, Project Management, Social Media Strategy, Website Usability Testing, Email Marketing Campaign Development and Management, Marketing Strategy.Experience
- Oct 2010 - PresentFounding Editor / Chubstr MediaChubstr Media specializes in fashion and lifestyle for the big and tall man.
At Chubstr.com, our mission is to help men of size create and share their unique style with the world by offering them tips, interviews, resources and reader photo submissions. You'll find articles covering a variety of topics in creative ways that are custom to our demographic.
Duties: Create and manage company affiliate relationships, create and implement marketing strategy, including social media, email marketing, and SEM campaigns. Design creative for site and marketing use, create new business relationships, develop and write site content with editorial team. - Oct 2009 - Aug 2010Director of Affiliate Strategy / one80one
- Jan 2008 - Feb 2010Owner / Heatseeker Media
- May 2007 - Apr 2008Chief Operations Officer / The KurtLin Group
- Jan 2005 - May 2007Internet Marketing Manager/Consultant / Self Employed
- Jul 2005 - Jun 2006Director of Affiliate Marketing / AllSat.com
- Aug 2002 - Feb 2005Affiliate Account Manager / Travelnow.com
- Jan 2000 - May 2002Promotions Director KHTO/KZRQ / Wilks Broadcasting
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Honors:GLG Educator - Tech, Media and Telecom Council
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- Bruce Sturgell's Affiliate Marketing Portfolio
- Project Title: EiiCash Affiliate Program Development and Management
- Attachment: none
- Completed: 01/04/2010
- Category: Sales & Marketing > Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
- URL: http://www.eiicash.com
- Description: Developed EiiCash affiliate program from the ground up. Integrated into network system. Created all affiliate tools, recruiting lists, program messaging, and marketing materials. Negotiated with top affiliates in the industry to quickly increase sales through affiliate channel.
Managed program on a daily basis (including affiliate approvals, regular contact, bi-weekly newsletters, creation of promotions, and updating of EiiCash website/social media presence.
Marketed program to targeted affiliate industry websites via email newsletters, PPC, and on site advertising.
- Project Title: Green Cig World Affiliate Program
- Attachment: none
- Completed: 07/01/2009
- Category: Sales & Marketing > Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
- URL: http://www.greencigworld.com/affiliates.html
- Description: Unlike traditional cigarettes that produce harmful smoke containing tar, carbon monoxide, and over 4000 known toxic chemicals; the Green Cig releases a simple water vapor containing nicotine and flavor.
Developed and managed affiliate program for Sid’s Distributing (Green Cig World). Created plan of action based on client’s needs. Developed affiliate program on client’s preferred network platform. Designed banners and created additional tools for affiliate use once in program.
Created recruiting lists and monthly email newsletter template for client to use once program was live. Offered ongoing affiliate program consulting.
- Project Title: Brook Taverner Affiliate Program Development & Consulting
- Attachment: none
- Completed: 02/05/2009
- Category: Sales & Marketing > Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
- URL: http://www.brooktaverner.co.uk/affiliate-program.html
- Description: Brook Taverner are Europe’s largest trade supplier of stock-supported corporate clothing and staff uniforms. From tailored corporate business suits to jackets, trousers, skirts and waistcoats, Brook Taverner have a solution that’s right for your company.
Initial consultation and creation of affiliate program development plan of action. Management of creation of affiliate tools, program messaging, recruitment messaging. Creation of initial recruiting prospect list. Worked with network contacts to ensure proper tracking of affiliate sales and to ensure Merchant met network standards.
- Project Title: Sumo Lounge Affiliate Program Development and Management
- Attachment: none
- Completed: 11/09/2007
- Category: Sales & Marketing > Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
- URL: http://www.sumolounge.com/affiliates.php
- Description: Sumo bean bag chairs are built with high quality rip-proof material that’s very durable and easy to clean. Our high quality bean bags are designed for an urban lifestyle providing a stylish alternative to boring furniture.
Developed Sumo Lounge affiliate program on Shareasale network. Created banners, links, and datafeed for program. Created marketing and recruiting plan of action, as well as promotional plan.
Managed affiliate program upon launch. Approved affiliates and added new ones via recruiting. Created monthly affiliate newsletter for program. Marketed the program through advertising, email, and banner placement.
- Project Title: Powerthin.com Affiliate Program Development and Management
- Attachment: none
- Completed: 07/02/2007
- Category: Sales & Marketing > Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
- URL: http://www.powerthin.com/affiliates.html
- Description: Developed and managed affiliate program for Powerthin.com. Created all affiliate banners, links and additional tools needed for program success. Managed affiliate base in order to ensure affiliates were making sales. Recruited new affiliates to the program.
- Project Title: FrontPoint Security Affiliate Program Development
- Attachment: none
- Completed: 03/01/2007
- Category: Sales & Marketing > Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
- URL: http://www.frontpointsecurity.com/common/affiliate
- Description: FrontPoint’s DIY security solutions protect your family, home, or business with wireless alarm equipment and interactive monitoring. Featuring GE Security technology and five-star customer service, our systems include free shipping, easy setup, and free apps for iPhone, iTouch, and BlackBerry.
Consulted with company to build affiliate program plan of action. Developed affiliate program on chosen platform, including affiliate tools, program messaging, marketing messaging, and recruiting plan of action.
- Project Title: Affiliate Program Manager Hotels.com (IAN.com)
- Attachment: none
- Completed: 02/06/2005
- Category: Sales & Marketing > Business Plans & Marketing Strategy
- URL: http://web.archive.org/web/20050114041205/www.ian.com/ian/signup/home.jsp
- Description: The Interactive Affiliate Network offers travel related products in many different markets around the world; including hotels, flights, packages, car rental, cruises, insurance and activities.
Recently merged program with Expedia.com affiliate program and created the Expedia Affiliate Network.
Increased overall revenue of managed accounts by 26% in 2004 as well as creating 275 city specific niche websites for a top account. Responsible for management of top corporate, CPC and SEO accounts.
• Managed top accounts responsible for over $42 Million of revenue in 2004.
• First employee to sell datafeed integration services to affiliates, resulting in a new revenue stream for the company.
• Assisted affiliates with optimization of their site architecture and SEO/SEM strategy.
• Renegotiated contracts with affiliate accounts.
• Developed strong affiliate relationships, leading to increased sales and use of new products.
• Traveled to visit top affiliates and attend industry conferences.
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- @ChuckReynolds I've used @expensify for the past year & have no complaints.
- @ChuckReynolds Hi Chuck - I use your Open Graph plugin & I get this error at least every other day: http://t.co/pU9uoKJB Any ideas why? Ty!
- @PC_Affiliates Thanks for the follow!
- @get_rainmaker Sounds good - thanks for the info!
- @connectedhq Hi! I just started testing your service - is there a way to share contacts with other users in my business?
- @get_rainmaker Considering you for my business - do contacts sync so that multiple users can see them or can each person only see their own?
- @GoogleAffiliate Glorious! It's working perfectly. Thanks so much.
- @GoogleAffiliate Having major probs w/ your interface about a week - other affs are too, it seems. Any news on a fix? Can't get links i need
- @simplify360 Sounds great - looking forward to it when it's finished!
- @affiliatedoctor Hey there - thanks for the follow!
- Lost two hours of my life to creating a twitter background that was not to be. Not cool.
- @justkam Sweet - I'll take a look at that one. Thanks brother!
- I didn't realize that the search for a great old-school barber was going to be this difficult. Sounds like @squiggly12 has a good lead.
- @simplify360 Wanted to follow up with you on your awesome FB app - do you have a completion date for the changes you're making?
- @hootsuite & @hootsuite_help - thanks for responding to my question in the support forum, literally SIX MONTHS after I posted it. Amazing.
- @spotify - super impressed with the desktop beta - the apps are great. Better recommendations & more What's new kind of stuff is perfect.
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