Mark McLaren
Online Marketing Consultant

McBuzz Communications LLC

Websites:

• Seattle Online Marketing Consultant - McBuzz Communications

I'm an online marketing consultant in Seattle with a focus on social media, WordPress website development, search engine optimization and Google AdWords.

I see the explosive growth of blogging and other forms of Web 2.0 social networking and social media as a huge, largely untapped opportunity for organizations to reach new customers and strengthen connections with affiliates and existing customers.

McBuzz Communications LLC offers WordPress website development, social media marketing, search engine optimization, pay-per-click marketing, and consulting to help businesses set up and use blogs successfully. We are especially good at using these techniques in combination. For example, Google AdWords advertising produces lots of information that can be used to improve search engine optimization and to help you choose the best topics for your blog.

I'm looking forward to participating in WordCamp Seattle 2009, and I have been an presenter at SocialMediaCamp Seattle, an enthusiastic participant at BarCamp, and I have given a number of business-focussed educational seminars like "Introducing Web 2.0" for the Edmonds Small Business Development Center's 21st Century Business Planning series.

Create and amplify buzz around a client's brand, and around their products and services -- connecting them with customers, bringing in new business and drawing positive attention from the media.

Looking for clients who want to use a Web 2.0-enabled website (see Killer Websites seminar), SEO, blogging and AdWords in combination to bring valuable traffic to their website, increase profits and establish themselves as a leader in their field.

University of Pittsburgh MA, History and Philosophy of Science 1994 - 1997

University of California, Irvine BA History; BA Philosophy 1987 - 1993 magna cum laude

Owner, McBuzz Communications LLC (Sole Proprietorship)
May 2005 - Present

Strategic consulting, online marketing and communications, use of Web 2.0 technologies.

Web development and design, search marketing, creation and coaching in use of blogs as business websites and flexible marketing tools.

Senior Production Manager and Interactive Developer, Bradley Brown Design Group

March 2000 - April 2005

Ultimate responsibility for a portfolio of Web development and related marketing communications projects, from concept through initiation, planning, and execution to closure.

Technical Illustrator / Graphic Designer, Black Box Corporation

August 1998 - October 1999

Black Box is a highly respected worldwide provider of network infrastructure services, communications equipment, and technical support.