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Affilicon's 2009 Speakers |
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If you would like to become a speaker at Affilicon please
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Dush Ramachandran joined
ClickBank as VP of Sales & Business Development in 2005 and
is responsible for ClickBank's sales activities and
alliances with affiliate and publisher organizations
worldwide. Prior to ClickBank, Ramachandran worked at
Requisite Technology where he was VP of International,
Global Alliances and Business Development. He joined
Requisite in 1998 through its acquisition of Antaeus Systems
Inc., where he was the President, CEO and Founder. Prior to
Antaeus, Ramachandran was President and CEO of Conceptual
Technologies, and prior to that held senior management
positions with Computervision Corp., Prime Computer, Inc.
and Datapoint Corp. with worldwide responsibilities.
Ramachandran holds a BS in Physics from St. Joseph's
College, Bangalore University and an MBA from the Indian
Institute of Management. |
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Ran Aroussi is an Internet
marketing strategist and entrepreneur. He's the co-founder
of ClickIM, Israel’s largest and most reputable school for
online marketing and entrepreneurship, where he teaches
others how to quit their day jobs and make a living
"working" full time online.
Ran expertise expertise include search engines marketing,
relationship marketing and Internet business development. He
also joint ventures with other companies and individuals to
create products that make the task of "making money online"
a little bit easier. |
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Igal
Pines was just another webmaster with big dreams until
he met the PPC2Affiliate world,
since then he lives the Israeli dream of financial freedom &
spends most of his time enjoying life
and growing Click Here ltd, his affiliate company, while
working on the beautiful beaches of Israel. |
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Branko Rihtman is a senior SEO
Analyst at Whiteweb (www.whiteweb.com). Branko has been
uniquely successful in the SEO field since 2001, and has
generated impressive ROI for a large number of clients. He
earned a B.Sc. in Biology and Environmental Sciences from
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is currently pursuing
his M.Sc. in Molecular Ecology at the same institution. His
scientific background enables him to analyze SEO challenges
in a unique way and to continuously design creative
experiments which helps the company improve its
understanding of how search engine algorithms work.
Therefore he has earned to be called an SEO Scientist which
is also a name of his blog (www.seo-scientist.com) where he
publishes some of his discoveries in the world of search
engine marketing. |
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Felix
Leshno is an Affiliate and
Entrepreneur
of Net Monster, a leading affiliate marketing enterprise.
Felix is one of the most experienced affiliates in the
e-commerce marketing and is well known for being one of the
top affiliates in many programs. |
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Ophir Cohen is the CEO of
Compucall Web Marketing, the leaders in professional web
marketing in Israel, and abroad. Compucall helps global
brands to define their online marketing strategies, interact
with their target audience, generate qualified traffic to
their web assets and drive high conversion rates and ROI,
using natural and genuine search marketing techniques such
as organic search engine optimization (SEO), pay per click (PPC),
SMO (Social Media Optimization), Permission Email Marketing,
Online PR and Pefrormance marketing. |
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Ofer Dascalu is the CEO of
WiseImpact, a leading worldwide SEO and Online
Marketing consulting company which helps its clients to
excel in the highest competitive markets. WiseImpact team
includes highly skilled professionals which have years of
both technological and business rich experience, a team with
proven track record that successfully generated millions of
dollars directly from SEO alone.
Mr. Dascalu founded his first online business at the age of
15 and has more than 17 years of online marketing
experience. Mr. Dascalu has proven track record leading
companies from an early stage of crafting an idea up to a
stage of becoming a success story. Over the years, Mr.
Dascalu lead both small and mid size organizations, S.E.M Professionals, eBsure & Clasys and large size
NASDAQ listed organization including a Sr. Director position
at Symantec, Veritas & Precise managing dozens of people
located in three development centers in Boston, Chicago &
Denver.
Mr. Dascalu holds a B.A in business (Summa Cum Laude) from
Ruppin and holds a MBA from the Northwestern Kellogg & Tel
Aviv Recanati international executive MBA program. |
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Itay
Paz (àéúé
ôæ) is the founder and CEO of B4Playing, an online
affiliate company. Itay has extensive experience as an
entrepreneur in the internet industry & affiliate marketing.
A founder of Dropland, an e-commerce starts up specializing
in the auction market place. Since 2000 Itay is running an
affiliate marketing company. Itay is one of the organizers
of Affilicon. |
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Joeri Kreisberg, Adv., is a partner
with the law firm of Yigal Arnon & Co., one of Israel’s leading law
firms. Joeri’s practice is in the fields of high-tech and life
sciences, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, Internet &
E-Commerce, gaming and gambling.
Joeri has represented many of Israel’s top venture capital funds, as
well as foreign funds investing in Israeli related companies. Joeri
works with high-tech and start-up companies in various fields,
advising them on all matters, including financing transactions; M&A
transactions; research and development activities, including the
sale or purchase of technologies and licensing transactions; and
various commercial transactions.
In addition, Joeri specializes in Internet and E-Commerce,
representing companies and ventures in these fields with a variety
of business models, including Israel’s leading media conglomerate.
Joeri is vice-chairman of the high-tech committee of the Israel Bar.
Yigal Arnon & Co. is one of the largest and leading law firms in
Israel, providing a full range of legal services to a wide-ranging
client base, including major international (“Fortune 500”)
companies, financial institutions, real estate developers, young
emerging growth companies, investor groups and high net worth
individuals. |
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Jivan Manhas is
Founder and Head of Sales of MediaTrust. As a seasoned executive and an experienced
entrepreneur, Mr. Manhas possesses diverse business experience, a
fundamental understanding of how to leverage cutting-edge
technologies within online media, and valuable strategic and
operational experience in creating new ventures. Prior to
co-founding Advaliant, Mr. Manhas was a co-founder of a number of
Internet consulting companies, including ViaCentrix, Digital Bytes
and Consultica. |
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Omri Gonen is the Founder and CO-CEO of
wesell.co.il, the first and leading Affiliate Network in Israel.
Omri is an experienced entrepreneur in the Internet industry and has
extensive knowledge and understanding of SEM, Affiliate Marketing
and Internet Technologies. |
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Miriam
Schwab is the CEO of
illuminea
marketing & media, a Jerusalem-based firm that helps
companies create and optimize their web presence with
comprehensive blogging and social media strategies.
illuminea's clients range from large hi-tech companies to
innovative start-ups and world-changing non-profits. Miriam
maintains an active voice online via social networks and
blogging, and regularly lectures on the subject to groups
and companies. Miriam writes a number of blogs including:
illuminea's blog (about social media and marketing),
WordPress Garage (about the WordPress blogging platform),
and israelplug (about good news from Israel). Miriam would
love to connect with you on facebook, friendfeed, twitter,
LinkedIn, and whatever other social networks may come along. |
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Sam
Michelson is an Internet Marketing Entrepreneur whose
company Five Blocks creates partnerships/JV's in profitable
niches. This allows Five Blocks to create an alternative to
traditional affiliate relationships. Sam believes that SEO
Knowhow is a potent currency and his company’s strategy
includes the exchange of winning ideas with other SEOs. |
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Jim
Mansfield, CEO,of Intela, is an affiliate marketing
entrepreneur and founder of Intela. Intela is a global lead
generation and affiliate marketing company. After a brief
career as an IT consultant, Jim started as an email
marketing affiliate in 2001. Jim, along with partners,
founded Vayan Marketing Group in Florida. Vayan focused on
email marketing and lead generation. As the company’s CEO,
Jim grew Vayan as an email marketer and lead generation
company over the next several years. Vayan focused on US
email and home based business leads.
In 2006, Jim started Intela in Boulder, Colorado. Intela
focuses on email and lead generation. Jim saw an opportunity
in international lead generation and affiliate marketing, so
within 2 years Intela was earning over half its revenue
outside the U.S. Jim and Intela have spent a great deal of
time establishing the company as a significant email
publisher
and lead generation network in the UK, Australia, and all
over Europe. Intela has grown rapidly in three years and
currently has operations in the UK and the US and traffic
and revenue in
5 countries and growing.
Jim is a graduate of the University of Michigan and splits
time between his home in Boulder, Colorado and London. |
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Elroei
Buchman is the Co founder & CEO of K Logic (a.K.a
K) one of the leading online marketing companies in
Israel. K is a full service search engine marketing agency
specializing in complex multi structured SEO projects and in
internet strategy consultancy. |
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Dr. Orit
Mossinson is an Internet Marketing and E-Branding expert
with over a decade of experience in Biz Dev & Marketing.
Orit holds a Doctorate of Business Administration (Ph.D.).
In her Ph.D. research Orit explored E Brand Equity vs
Traditional Brand Equity. Dr. Mossinson is currently the
Vice President of De- Kalo Ben Yehuda Investment Bank, a
partner in the international Harvard VC n-Qube and teaches
in several Academic institutes.
Orit’s column in Globes |
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Guy
Gamzu is the founder and managing director of Cubit
Investments Limited - a privately owned investment company
specializing in early stage venture finance. For more than
ten years, Mr. Gamzu has orchestrated the structuring,
positioning and development of investments in numerous young
technology ventures. He has led investment negotiations,
built successful management teams and shaped the business
models and strategy for Cubit’s portfolio of companies,
nurturing countless business ideas into thriving companies.
Mr. Gamzu served as a board member of several technology
companies, including Fraud Sciences Ltd (Acquired by eBay),
RealTime Image Limited (Acquired by IDX –GE Healthcare),
Gilian
Technology Limited (now Breach Security), Quiver Inc.
(acquired by Inktome – Yahoo!), and others.
In spite of the technology ‘bubble burst’ years, Mr. Gamzu
has managed to increase the value of Cubit by an average of
over 30% year–over–year net IRR per annum. Among others
technology companies, Mr. Gamzu currently serves as a
Director on the Board of Eyeblaster - a multinational,
Interactive Advertising Content Delivery and Management
Technology company. With a family background of three
generations in the Diamond business, Mr. Gamzu founded in
1999 ‘Aglaia Diamonds’ – one of the world’s finest diamond
brands, which he pioneered with a new concept that leverages
the merits of high quality diamonds together with high-end
marketing and technology. Mr Gamzu holds a BSc (Hons) in
Business Studies, Marketing & Finance from City University
Business School in London, UK. |
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Andrea Yager
has been involved in online marketing since the year 2000.
Her creative approaches and depth of knowledge and
understanding in Internet Marketing has added hundreds of
thousands of dollars to the businesses of others. Andrea has
also managed to grab the attention and work with some of the
biggest names in her field. Andrea enjoys sharing lots of
'make money online' ideas on her blog and other web
properties. |
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Tsafrir Peles is the Co-CEO of DSNR
Media Group. Tsafrir Peles has been deeply involved with
Internet advertising since 1999, when he became the
Marketing and Operations Manager of a US online auction
site. Upon his return to Israel in 2003, Mr. Peles joined
DSNR, and as VP Marketing and Business Development, was one
of the organizers of the company’s Internet Media and
Marketing Department. Mr. Peles completed his MBA with
honors at Baruch College in New York and is an officer in
the Israeli Army Reserves. |
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Mike Peters is a General
Manager with Software Projects, the "fastest growing
full-service Internet Marketing & Web development firm"
according to Inc Magazine. Mike started his first company at
age 14, dropped out of school at 16 and made his first
million by the time he was 20 years old. With 300 employees
across 5 locations, Software Projects is helping Microsoft,
American Express, ReMAX, Countrywide, 3M and other leading
organizations, build, manage and grow their online
initiatives. Super affiliates like Shawn Casey, Tellman
Knudson, Felix Leshno, Amit Mehta, Anik Singal and others,
rely on Software Projects to quickly bring their ideas into
fruition. |
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Arik Czerniak was formerly the
founding CEO of Metacafe, and is currently involved in
several startups. Arik writes at
Accelerate.co.il and recently co-founded
SuperSonicAds, a virtual currency monetization platform
focused on Europe. Arik Holds a Bsc in Math, Physics &
Computer Science and an MBA from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem. He is married and lives in Tel-Aviv. |
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Shay Shevach is the Affiliate
Director at
Rummy Royal. Shay has an extensive knowledge in
affiliate marketing and he is considered as an affiliate
marketing expert. He and his team have brought you
RummyRoyal.com - the worlds leading
rummy games network. A
veteran in the gaming industry, Shay simply knows who to
work with. After all, we are all people who make money.
Exclude the buzz words – and it is all about relationships
and an open mind. |
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Sharon Argov is an online
marketing and affiliates specialist. Sharon was one of the
founders of 888 affiliates program and filled couple of
positions in the department during the IPO and after. Sharon
is the co-founder of "beyondpartners" consultancy group -
train and assist varies companies build their affiliate
business as well as consult VC with online marketing
subjects. Sharon brings deep understanding of the internet,
hard sales background and commitment to performance. |
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Sam Goldfarb is the founder of
Tradimax. He has an MBA with a specialization in marketing
as well as a background in computer engineering. Tradimax
provides Facebook marketing services for clients who want to
use Facebook to achieve greater brand awareness. Tradimax
also works with customers to develop and implement internet
marketing strategies. |
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Andrey Shirben, Partner and
Director of Business Development in
Kenshoo - Andrey brings
with him a unique combination of vast technological
background as well as business understanding and sales &
marketing expertise. Andrey’s experience ranges from leading
technological teams, through product & project management as
well as customer facing roles, to VP of Sales & Marketing.
Being a private investor, Andrey originally joined Kenshoo
as one of its first investors, quickly falling in love with
the company and joining it full time. In his current role
with Kenshoo, Andrey is responsible for “jumping the curve”
and looking into various cooperation & integration
opportunities with partners across the online marketing
spectrum, such as the
Buntai project (KENSHOO SEARCH™ for
Affiliates), Display Networks integration, Behavior
Targeting etc. |
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Monte Cahn is Founder and
President of Moniker and President of SnapNames, which
together make up the Aftermarket & Registrar Division of
Oversee.net, which also manages more than 4 million domains
and 117 ICANN Accredited Registrars.. Oversee provides
Domain Asset Management services, a complete set of business
services that help clients manage and maximize the value of
their domains. At Moniker, Monte has pioneered domain name
aftermarket services since 1999, with a focus on delivering
top-notch security, customer service, and value added
products and services. He has more than 20 years of
experience in the healthcare, high-technology and Internet
fields.
Monte helped start the first online domain brokerage
business in 1996, and facilitated the first domain name sale
over $1 million dollars (Wallstreet.com) and $2 million
dollars (Autos.com). He co-developed the first
IRS-recognized domain appraisal system, and is the visionary
behind Live Domain Auctions. Monte Cahn is host of the
weekly internet radio show “Domain Masters” on
www.WebmasterRadio.fm. He graduated from University of
Kentucky. |
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Daniel Green is a senior member
of Yigal Arnon & Co.’s corporate partnering, licensing and
intellectual property practice group. He has represented
emerging and established companies in the information
technology, biotechnology, medical device and life science
industries. Daniel has also advised leading companies in the
renewable energy market, and has worked extensively with
venture capital funds, having been involved with various
aspects of fund formation and secondary fund transactions.
Daniel has extensive experience in structuring, negotiating
and documenting complex licensing, development and
technology transfer arrangements, Internet and e-commerce
agreements, OEM, VAR and other distribution, supply and
franchise arrangements, international joint ventures and
partnership agreements, and other diverse commercial
transactions.
Prior to joining Yigal Arnon & Co., Daniel practiced law in
Toronto, Canada for several years with the firm of Cassels
Brock & Blackwell LLP. He has lectured about IP licensing
transactions at the Law Faculty at the Hebrew University in
Jerusalem and at a continuing education program sponsored by
the Israel Bar Association, and has had several articles
published in a leading international intellectual property
periodical.
Daniel earned his law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School of
York University in Toronto. He also holds a B.A. (hon.) in
Political Science from McGill University in Montreal, and an
M.A. (magna cum laude) in Middle East History from Tel Aviv
University. He is fluent in English, Hebrew and French. |
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Assaf Shami is the owner of
RankAdvisor.com a division of Oz Internet Marketing Inc.
RankAdvisor.com is dedicated to helping businesses create a
powerful online presence easily and economically. We provide
a comprehensive array of Internet marketing services backed
by superior service and the latest technology. Our
professional team will help you develop a marketing concept
for your website, create it and maintain it within today's
highest standards and advanced technology. We provide a
complete solution to your entire Internet marketing needs at
a very affordable price. |
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Itai Levitan is the CO-CEO and
CO-Founder of easynet search marketing, a well-established
company within the International search marketing industry.
The firm offers multilingual paid search advertising
services, strategic search engine optimization (SEO) and
conversion rate optimization. Backed up by its proprietary
optimization platform, easynet edge, this search marketing
firm has partnered up with its strategic clients, as it
optimizes search marketing activities throughout more than
50 countries. Itai is inspired about digital marketing,
entrepreneurship and people. |
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Amir Yarkoni is the CO-CEO and
CO-Founder of easynet search marketing, a well-established
company within the International search marketing industry.
The firm offers multilingual paid search advertising
services, strategic search engine optimization (SEO) and
conversion rate optimization. Backed up by its proprietary
optimization platform, easynet edge, this search marketing
firm has partnered up with its strategic clients, as it
optimizes search marketing activities throughout more than
50 countries. Amir is inspired about digital marketing,
technology and Mother Nature. |
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Oren Todoros is the CEO &
Co-Founder of HYPick.com a social interaction site as well
as a video blogger on Seovice.com New Media Daily and
TechAviv.com. With over 7 years of experience behind him,
Oren has lead the the online marketing initiatives of
organizations within the B2C industry as well as the mobile
industry, most recently as the new media manager at
modumobile.com |
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Eli Feldblum is the CEO of
RankAbove, a recognized
SEO and SEM expert, was formerly Director of Marketing for
Didit. Eli was responsible for Didit’s personal SEO and PPC
efforts, and worked on search marketing campaigns for a
number of other A-list companies, including Match.com,
Style.com, Concierge.com, NewYorker.com, American Express,
AT&T Mobile, Cingular, John Kerry for President 2004,
Glamour.com, AD.com and more. Eli is a founder of RankAbove.
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Glenn Pagan, Senior Vice
President, Network Sales is a highly regarded sales and
marketing professional with over 27 years experience in
technology (IBM International Sales), publishing (Conde Nast
Publications), and integrated/online media. Glenn has been
involved with several online startups since 1995 and in the
performance marketing space since 2004. Over the years, the
valuable experience of developing and executing growth
strategies for some of the worlds leading companies such as
Coca-Cola, Phillips Electronics, L’Oreal, and BMW has
enabled Glenn to see client’s challenges from their point of
view. An avid sportsman, Glenn competes in triathlons
(5:11:36 Half Iron Man) and marathons (2:42 personal
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Shai Pritz is the CEO and
co-founder of UniqueLeads.com.
Uniqueleads.com is an affiliate network that specializes in
matching the right ads to the right audience.
Shai has been a leader in the online marketing industry for
over 12 years.
Starting out as an affiliate himself doing PPC, SEO, Email &
Display, Shai has a unique perspective to see both sides of
the business.
By understanding what he wanted in an affiliate network
himself, he was able to build Uniqueleads.com into one of
the best networks running today.
Shai is an active presenter and speaker concerning affiliate
marketing strategies at many industry wide events including
OMMA,& Leadscon.com
Shai is also a founding member of OLGA (Online Lead
Generation Association). |
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Dr. Harlan Kilstein is one of
the most in demand copywriters in the Internet Marketing
world. His clients
range from most of the top online experts to clients who
want to dominate their niche. Dr. Kilstein is the
only top copywriter who uses the techniques of NLP in his
copywriting for maximum conversion effects. He holds the
record for the fastest million dollars made online in just
under 20 minutes. |
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Alan Kay is a Marketing
Experiments Landing Page Optimization Professional. During
the past 18 months Alan has been obsessed with improving
landing page conversion on both free and fee based offers.
As a result of this, Alan will share with you the 17 keys to
mastering how to improve the conversion rate of every single
landing page you have ever created and will ever create in
the future, step by step, at Affilicon Israel 2009. |
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Gary R. Beal is the MD of VanguardSEO
has been in the Search Engine Optimization field for 12
years. He attended Ohio State University in the US and holds
a Masters Degree in Biometrics and Mathematical Statistics.
He specialises in SEO for very competitive markets;
primarily in Gaming, Dating, Travel, Insurance and Financial
Industries. He has spoken at many SES, SMX ,CAP, AAC, EIG,
G2E, AIG, GPWA, CAC and A4UExpo conferences around Europe
and has also been on dozens of expert SEO panels. Gary has
written specialised articles for multiple online marketing
publications and Moderates on 3 separate Affiliate forums
and as an Affiliate has great insight. He is known best for
his free 1-on-1 sessions during conferences and his
non-commercial, plain talk delivery. The online world knows
him as GaryTheScubaGuy and his Top 12 SEO Tips. |
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Loren Zimmerman is an Affiliate
Manager for Intela located in Boulder CO. She has been
working within the Internet industry or the last five years.
Her experience encompasses working with independent
advertisers and publishers as well as networks both national
and international. She has spent the last five years
representing advertisers and accommodating the best
interests of the publishers creating successful results for
both groups. She is extremely skilled at building client
relationships and speaking knowledgeably about the industry
which she has chosen as her profession. |
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Jason Gill serves as Network
Manager (Affiliates) and has been with Neverblue for over 2
years. Jason has helped Neverblue establish themselves as a
global leader in affiliate marketing. He has strong
professional and personal relationships with many of
Neverblue’s top clients, continuously working with them to
increase revenues. Jason participates on multiple company
sporting teams while continuing to establish solid
relationships with partners and grow affiliates businesses.
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Idan Shnall is the owner of
RankAdvisor.com a division of Oz Internet Marketing Inc.
RankAdvisor.com is dedicated to helping businesses create a
powerful online presence easily and economically. We provide
a comprehensive array of Internet marketing services backed
by superior service and the latest technology. Our
professional team will help you develop a marketing concept
for your website, create it and maintain it within today's
highest standards and advanced technology. We provide a
complete solution to your entire Internet marketing needs at
a very affordable price. |
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