Aaron Agius

Search Marketing Expert, Director of Marketing at On The Way To The Web

Location: Sydney Area, Australia
Industry: Marketing and Advertising

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Aaron Agius's Overview

Current

Director of Marketing at On the Way to the Web

Past

Search Director at Atomic Search
Web Project Manager & SEO Consultant | SEO Expert at Elcom Technology
Project Manager at Leighton Contractors

Technical Director at Jim's Computer Services (Franchise), Sydney
Team Member at Crane Group LTD, Sydney
Technical Manager at SMO Technology, Sydney
Network Administrator at Walker Corporation
Technical Support, Network Administration at Datacom Connect, Sydney

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Education

Marcellin College

Recommendations

11 people have recommended Aaron

Connections

500+ connections

Websites

On the Way to the Web

Your ideal customer is the one already searching for what your business offers.

Our online marketing tactics exist to ensure that your business is found on the web.

Find out more about our search marketing services today at onthewaytotheweb.com.au.

With over 20 years of online marketing experience, On the Way to the Web is a specialist online marketing company that delivers real results to our clients.

We are a company that specialises in driving fresh leads through the doors of businesses on a consistent basis.

We take a deep, methodical approach to our investigation of your current online marketing efforts and then engineer better processes to ensure your online marketing efforts are functioning at their potential.

►►►Please visit onthewaytotheweb.com.au to sign up for your FREE search marketing consultation.

More About Me:
My background is solidly rooted in the world of IT, web marketing, Project Management, and business ownership. I have spent the last several years combining my technical and people management skills with the areas of search engine optimization (SEO) and social media optimization (SMO). My continuing goal is to effectively bridge the divides between search engine marketing, social media, and online businesses. With my need to be continually learning I strive to become a recognized name and a global leader in the area of search engine optimization and search engine marketing.

SEO Consultant | SEO Expert | Internet Marketing Expert

Specialties

SEO Consultant, SEO Expert, Internet Marketing Expert, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, Search Engine Marketing, SEM, Social Media Optimization, SMO, Internet Marketing, CPA, PPC, Affiliate Marketing, SEO Expert Australia, SEO Professional Australia, Search Expert, Search Marketing, Search Engine Marketing Expert, Search Optimisation, Search Engine Optimisation Expert, Search Engine Optimization Consulting, SEO for Small Business

Director of Marketing

On the Way to the Web

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry

January 2008 – Present (5 years 6 months)

On the Way to the Web is an Internet Marketing business with a focus on web development, search engine optimization (SEO) and social networking.

• Managed the full deployment and ongoing SEO efforts for 40+ medium to enterprise size clients in a range of different industries.

• Managed teams of resources for different projects ranging in size from 6 to 15+ team members.

• Planned, coordinated, and implemented special projects, such as increasing our clients online market share by venturing into social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn.

• Managed resources needed to implement multiple projects and maintained strict budgets.

• Hired, and supervised multiple contract support staff.

• Responsible for assessing staff adherence to policy standards and managing all resources to the high company standards.

• Analysed client SEO strategies and provide well defined solutions to business problems.

• Lead executive level client and internal presentations.

• Automated data gathering and report creation

• Determined the SEO strategy and tactics necessary to drive traffic to web sites with the ultimate goal of delivering a positive ROI via conversions, leads, and sales

• Developed a comprehensive training program to ensure SEO campaigns are executed efficiently by other staff

• Managed Linux based webservers hosting all client sites using WHM, Cpanel and IIS.

• Web Hosting Solution Services - Managed multiple Web, SQL, DNS & Mail Servers – offered to clients as a web solution of complete services.

Areas of Achievement
• Achieved multiple ongoing number 1 rankings within Google for many clients.

• Continuing management of successful CPA and affiliate marketing campaigns that provide a stable ongoing cash flow to the business

Search Director

Atomic Search

April 2011 – April 2012 (1 year 1 month)

Web Project Manager & SEO Consultant | SEO Expert

Elcom Technology

April 2010 – April 2011 (1 year 1 month)

Elcom Technology is an international, industry leading developer of an enterprise level Content Management System used by some of the largest businesses in Australia.

- Managed a team of web developers and graphic designers in the design and implementation of intranets, extranets and websites.

- Presented the merits of SEO to all business units and conducted training sessions for content populator's, coders, and developers on how and why to incorporate SEO in to their workflow

- Headed up the internal online marketing team with a focus on in depth internal SEO analysis of the company websites to improve the organic search traffic and lower ongoing PPC costs

- Developed and implemented numerous company-wide SEO "Best Practices" policies/documents:

- New website footer document
- Content Copywriting Guides
- Keyword Research (density, relevance, weight, etc ... )
- Meta Tag Guidelines

- Managed SEO campaigns for all of Elcom's SEO clients including, but not limited to the following tasks:
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Strategies
- Technical SEO
- SEO Copywriting/Editing
- Keyword Research
- Social Media Optimization and Marketing (SMO/SMM)
- SEO Training
- Internet Market Research
- Usability Design

- Performed ad-hoc and ongoing SEO consulting to some of Australia's largest companies and government agencies including: Lendlease, VolksWagen Australia, Hyundai Australia and NSW office of Water.

Areas of Achievement

- Designed and developed a 2 hour SEO Master class course training in-house SEO's, web managers, marketing managers and company directors of some of the largest companies in Australia.

- This course was run over several months and was taken nationally to audiences in Melbourne and Sydney.

Project Manager

Leighton Contractors

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Civil Engineering industry

January 2007 – September 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Project Manager working in I.T for this large multinational company. Responsible for handling multiple simultaneous projects of varying sizes and costs. Projects range from large Infrastructure roll outs, to internal business projects. Projects budgets ranged in size from AU$400k to AU$4Mill.
Managed as many as 6 simultaneous projects end to end to the satisfaction of the projects stakeholders, on time and on or below budget.
Managed teams of resources for different projects ranging in size from 6 to 15+ team members.
Planned, coordinated, and implemented special projects, such as server upgrades, messaging systems, and offsite presentations.
Managed resources needed to implement multiple projects and maintained strict budgets.
Developed an understanding of the importance of Strategic Business Objectives and the role it played in the efficient delivery of all projects.
Managed technical infrastructure operation and development for new development sites created by the company.
Directed numerous staff to provide quality efforts in the roll out of new additions to the corporate infrastructure.
Hired, and supervised multiple contract support staff.
Responsible for assessing staff adherence to policy standards and managing all resources to the high company standards.

Areas of Achievement
Received glowing praise from the CIO of Leighton Contractors for the early completion and smooth roll out of an additional 200 user site for one of the company's largest projects. The project stakeholders were pleased with the efficiency with which the project was run and the clear communication that was provided through the project lifecycle. This was completed while also managing 3 other projects.

Technical Director

Jim's Computer Services (Franchise), Sydney

January 2006 – June 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Director of the IT Consultancy and Software Development business. Was responsible for hands on technical work, project management, client liaison, and all managerial functions. Managed a team of 5 staff members, outsourced PC/LAN support and improved the communications infrastructure for our clients. Optimized available resources for projects by establishing and organizing in-house development processes to ensure resulting products met the needs of the company.
Provided technical project management and advice to our clients, maintaining strict data integrity, eliminating redundancy, and ensuring bullet-proof archival and recovery.
Developed product release strategies for applying networking technology and programming to manage a customer database for several building supply companies
Planned, coordinated, and implemented special projects, such as server upgrades, messaging systems, and offsite presentations.
Managed resources needed to implement multiple projects and maintained strict budgets.
Developed an understanding of the importance of Strategic Business Objectives and the role it played in the development of our customized applications.
Managed technical infrastructure operation and development for multiple small business including Real Estate agents.
Directed numerous technical staff to provide quality desktop support, reliable remote access, regular data backup, quality software development and robust networked resources.
Developed and implemented database applications for education groups, including student tracking and employer tracking systems.
Hired, and supervised technical support staff.
Responsible for assessing staff adherence to policy standards.

Team Member

Crane Group LTD, Sydney

January 2004 – January 2006 (2 years 1 month)

As a team we were responsible for the end to end completion of large project based changes throughout the multinational organization. A large portion of our projects were based around the conversion of the network system that was in place in our NZ warehouses into the new network configuration as well as the conversion of data from multiple legacy systems into our own

Held dual duties as the company SOE manager throughout the organization which included the streamlining of processes in order to have the SOE distributed according to the defined standards. My role involved the development and maintenance of the Windows scripts that were used to automate the SOE process as well as the roll over from the old systems that were in place.

Worked with the Business and IT Project Managers to ensure project scope was reflected in Business Case, Project Charter and MS Project plan
Facilitated process simplification, design or re-engineering in all contexts
Maintained excellent customer relationships with the business, trading partners and IT team
Ensured that IT initiatives were business led and supported the business strategy
Participated in an international cross-functional team to implement new network and management systems.
Managed resources needed to implement the project and maintain budgets.
Gained experience while training and leading numerous contractors to deliver data requirements on time and within budget.
Organized training and held frequent production reviews.
Performed technical and preventive maintenance evaluations on operational equipment.
Facilitated weekly sessions and stakeholder meetings to assess progress and resolve problems.

Technical Manager

SMO Technology, Sydney

April 2003 – December 2004 (1 year 9 months)

Responsible for the complete oversight of all technical initiatives and procedures of the company. Coordinated contractors and was hands on in the consultation, design, implementation, construction, maintenance and support of all networks designed by the company. Responsible for quoting, organizing profit margins, negotiating and supplier purchases.
Prepared presentation plans and materials.
Performed network integration and system tests.
Performed in-home repair of computer systems and related equipment by removing and replacing components or reconfiguring and restoring systems.
Surveyed customers on a periodic basis to ensure concerns are being addressed properly and promptly.
Directed technical staff of multiple contractors to provide quality desktop support, reliable remote access, regular data backup, and robust networked resources.
Reviewed technology infrastructure for our clients management groups, proposing enhancements, managing implementation projects, and assessing results.

Network Administrator

Walker Corporation

Construction industry

February 2003 – April 2003 (3 months)

The role was one of Network Administration/Desktop Support, reporting directly to the Systems Administrator. The role involved support of the entire network throughout the head offices, and other smaller sites. There were approximately 300 users being support by the systems administrator and myself. The network consisted of a wide variety of different technologies, varying protocols and a very large and varied interaction of network hardware and software.
Designed and constructed a wide-area network connecting satellite offices to corporate headquarters.
Configured routers, firewalls, domain name services, e-mail, Web, and ftp services.
Oversaw setup of servers and desktop workstations

Technical Support, Network Administration

Datacom Connect, Sydney

Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry

February 2001 – February 2003 (2 years 1 month)

This position supported all users of Microsoft Operating Systems throughout Australia and surrounding countries. I was required to diagnose, identify and resolve specific Operating System issues that could not be resolved by the first level technicians. I was responsible for solving issues with all Microsoft Operating Systems and reported directly to the Operating Systems team leader.
I was required to answer approximately 10 calls a day, with a 99% success rate of solving the customer's issues.
I was also Technical Lead for the Helpdesk/ Network Administration and Maintenance. I was required to be the first point of contact for all staff IT issues and also to be able to provide desktop support and network administration and maintenance.
Reported on common problems and complaints, escalating network-wide troubles to Lead Technician.
Maintained trouble-ticket system to record and track user calls and e-mails.
Installed operating systems and applications and conducted technical training demonstrations.

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Marcellin College

1994 – 1999

Websites:

On the Way to the Web

Interests:

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