Instructor: Kelly Hodsdon

After nearly a decade of working for Corporate America, Kelly started applying his love of technology to the Internet full-time in 2003. His understanding of marketing coupled with his knack for technology opened the door for a successful entry into the world of Internet business.

Kelly has:

• Created, launched and sold TimelessCandles.com, an Internet based business selling candles. Kelly took the business from $0-$60,000 in sales in less than 5 months, and hit $142,600 in candle sales in the first year using the search engines alone. That’s a lot of candles!
• Developed a system for launching over 800 keyword optimized websites which made over $110,000 in AdSense revenue in the first 7 months.
• Created and launched LocalSitesFor.com, an effective and affordable system for small businesses to leverage the search engines like Google and Yahoo for their local markets.

Kelly has provided Internet and Search Engine consulting to many independent companies and agency clients like, Papa Murphy’s Pizza (PapaMurphys.com), MiaDonna Diamonds (MiaDonna.com), Firenza Baking Mixes (Great-Recipes.com), and River City Boat Sales (RiverCityBoatSales.com).

His specialty is optimizing web presence for the search engines and helping companies define their Internet business objectives, conducting Internet market research and competitive analysis, and designing and implementing strategies to achieve those objectives.