About Joshua Carnes
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I have a back ground specializing in business marketing and business start ups. I have Managed corporate marketing and communications functions, overseen extensive budgets and multi member teams. Direct brand management, PR, media relations, corporate positioning, product launches, advertising & sales. I have multiple certificates of recognition from Stockton City Council, Superior Court of California, California State Senate, California State Assembly, and the U.S. House of Representatives.
Specialties:
Business Development, Business Consulting, Strategic Marketing Strategies, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, and Social Media Branding
My Current Position:
I am currently the Director of Operations & Lead Project Manager for Achieve DMA a local Internet marketing firm specializing in search engine optimization (SEO) & social medial marketing / branding.
My Posts have recently been featured on:
- Curve Wire – “Social Media Marketing Can Build Your Business”
- Web Traffic ROI – “A Test Plan For Social Media Marketing”
- RINF Fused News – “Social Media’s Biggest Obstacle?”
- Multiple posts on - Sacramento Social Media
- Multiple posts on - The ABC’s of Internet Marketing
Experience
Lead Consultant, Marketing & PR Manager for Lion Consulting
May 2008 – August 2011 (3 years 4 months) Sacramento, California Area
Manage corporate marketing and communications functions, overseeing extensive budgets and multi member teams. Direct brand management, PR, media relations, corporate positioning, product launches, advertising, sales collateral and trade show marketing.
Operations Manager & CMO for Tour Investments Inc
January 2006 – May 2008 (2 years 5 months) Sacramento, California Area
Served as the Director of operations as well as initiated marketing campaigns for company and all clients.
Board of Directors & Managing Director of Marketing Division for Royal Capital Group
August 2003 – January 2006(2 years 6 months) Sacramento CA-Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site and advertising revenue. Developed brand strategy and statistics systems.
-Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development.
Advanced Skills:
Social Media, SEO, New Business Development, WordPress, Content Writing, Marketing Strategy, Market Planning, Marketing Research, Online Marketing, Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Business Planning, Small Business, Small Business Development
Recommendations,
“Joshua did an exceptional job on our recent project. Joshua is a detail oriented, innovative and careful perfectionist – his ideas, skills, creativity and understanding of change requests made the project a dream. He has an extensive knowledge, and his open-minded approach could not be overestimated. He denotes a strong experience in areas such as project management and internet Marketing.” ~ Jason W.
“Two words describe Josh. Flexible and integrity. I enjoyed working with him and appreciated his dynamic approach as well as his focus on keeping the clients best interest in mind.” ~ Darrell F.
“Very much a team player, Josh is always easygoing. He is keenly devoted to his work, but being a real people person, he is also enjoyable to be around.
Josh demonstrates that he understands what business is all about. He puts the customer first, feeling as I do that the key to good business is satisfied customers. I suppose doing well in business is easy if you are, as he is, driven in equal measure by both quality and efficiency.” ~ Wes K.
“Joshua is a very honest, caring and fair employer, I would gladly work for him anytime. I will also refer him business when I can because he takes excellent care of his clients.” ~ Lori V.
“Joshua is a highly intelligent and motivated individual that is a pleasure to work with. He has great intuition and ideas, and knows how to implement them. I would jump at the opportunity to work with him in the future.” ~ Trevor D.