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Captiva Marketing
Full service search engine marketing company specializing in the development and implementation of comprehensive SEM programs including search friendly web site design.

SEO Consultant Profile

Company: Captiva Marketing
Contact: Mark Forst, President
Address: 10805 Sunset Office Drive, Suite 207
St. Louis, Missouri 63127, United States
Tel: 1-314-822-3656, Fax: 1-314-822-3734
URI: http://www.Captiva-Marketing.com/
Contact URI: http://www.captiva-marketing.com/contact.html

About Captiva Marketing

Captiva Marketing was founded in 2002 by Mark Forst and Bill Brasser and now has a staff of approximately 20 people that specialize in 5 functional areas including Internet Marketing, Web Design, Web Development, eCommerce, PR and Social Media. The company serves over 200 active clients in a wide variety of industries.

Mark Forst

As the president of Captiva Marketing, Mark brings over 17 years of strategic marketing and 9 years of SEO experience to the Captiva team. His primary work is in the B2B sector where he works with a number of companies developing search friendly web sites as part of comprehensive search engine marketing programs.

Bill Brasser

As V.P. and partner in the firm, Bill brings over 11 years of sales and marketing experience to the Captiva team. He has done an extensive amount of work for the world's 3rd largest pharmaceutical company and one of the largest mortgage companies in the U.S.

Training and/or Education

In the Captiva Marketing team, we have assembled a team with a diverse set of talents. We are, however, a marketing firm at heart. Managing over 200 sites/campaigns, we are continually learning and refining our approach to organic optimization, CPC advertising management, and conversion enhancement.

Mark Forst holds a BS in Marketing from Miami University as well as an MBA from the Olin School of Business of Washington University. Before founding Captiva Marketing, he was the Director of Marketing for a global manufacturing company where he designed and implemented the company's web marketing strategy.

Bill Brasser holds a BS in Marketing from St. Louis University and an MBA from the Olin School of Business at Washington University. He was formerly the marketing manager for the consumer products division of a St. Louis based manufacturing company.

Website and/or Graphic Design Experience

Search friendly design is a core competency of the Captiva Team and we have built over 150 web sites ranging from small ecommerce sites to corporate sites for large publicly held companies.

We take a unique approach to web design with the goal of creating sites that not only rank well in the search engines, but that also have clean navigation, a professional image, and a powerful marketing message.

We emphasize the importance of proper calls to action so that we can implement tracking systems to properly measure the performance of the site's that we build.

In addition, we have developed of number of search engine friendly applications including a full web content management system, eCommerce platform, and Blog software.

Technical Experience

The Captiva team is skilled in most programming languages including HTML, .ASP, .PHP and ASP.NET. We also use a variety of other technologies including Flash and JSP to meet the design and functionality requirements of our clients.

Memberships

Community Involvement (Social Media, Fora)

Certifications

Notable Achievements

Inc. 5000, St. Louis Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies, St. Louis Largest Web Design Firms

Client References

We have a diverse group of clients although each partner/account manager focuses on a few industries.

Our medical/pharmaceutical team works extensively with the world's third largest pharmaceutical company, one of the top research universities in the country, and many others.

Our eCommerce team services over 30 accounts including Eddie Bauer and one of the largest online retailers in the U.S.

Please visit our site to view our portfolio or call us for additional client references.

Consultant Comments

We attribute much of our growth to providing extremely personalized service to all of our accounts. At Captiva Marketing, we do not treat SEM as simply the act of making a site algorithmically compliant. Our goal is to generate leads or sales for our clients in the most cost effective manner possible utilizing all aspects of search engine marketing.

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This SEO Consultants Directory Profile was last modified: 2010-08-20T13:40:49-0800
Author: Mark Forst, Company: Captiva Marketing

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