
SEO Independent Freelancer (Search Engine Optimization = to make Google love you)
Romania

SEO Independent Freelancer (Search Engine Optimization = to make Google love you)
Romania
Current: Freelancer
Past experience in SEO: Webvertise (1+ year), freelancer (8 months), Cratima (1 year)
Past education related to SEO: Masters' in Communications and Public Relations
Skills: Very good IT skills, advanced English.
Attitude: People-driven, curious, and very direct speaker.
Goal: To have an impact on people's lives. And on Google ranking.
Freelancer: Site audit for Romanian Cultural Institute - Icr.ro (November 2009);
Freelancer: Lotto Romania, Elevate, CISO dental, MindMaster (February 2008 - present);
Temporary job: Specialist Internet research - HR Club (June - August 2009);
Temporary job: Internet Evaluator - Google, USA (July 2007 - January 2008);
Temporary job: Customer Service Specialist - Sodexho PASS (October 2005 - January 2006);
Temporary job: Data entry operator - Academy of Economic Studies (October 6-20, 2002);
Temporary job: Painter - RomPetrol Petromidia Navodari (August 1-15, 2001);
Freelancer: Internet Research for MIT MBA students in USA (March 2007 - February 2008);
Internship: Horvath & Partners Romania (July - October 2005);
1. Add web site in web directories and social networks;
2. Edit keywords, description, alt title, web pages title;
3. Manage AdWords campaigns;
4. Do Internet research.
I can also do communication (via corporate press releases, newsletters, and personal blogging, video blogging, mailing lists, forums).
(Internet industry)
June 2009 — Present (8 months)
Freelancing in:
a. Search Engine Optimization (will help you improve visibility on Google);
b. Social media presence (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube - I can take care of these and others);
c. Content writing (I can write blog posts, news, resource articles, press releases);
d. Internet marketing (you have a web site, you have a social network, you have the content; How do you promote it?);
e. Training (I can teach you or your employees do all of the above).
(Internet industry)
April 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 3 months)
Webvertise does web design and development. Presentation web site: Webvertise.ro
Within Webvertise I worked as a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialist.
Key performance: I created a new procedure for introducing sites into web directories. I reduced by over 50% the time for directory submissions. The probability for errors decreased by 90%.
Performances:
* On four Romanian press release web sites, the word [webvertise] appeared over 600 times;
* For searches in Romanian, Webvertise.ro was on the first 10 positions on Google for [web design] search, an increase from positions 11 to 20;
* For a portfolio of 60 web sites of Webvertise I got monthly traffic increases;
* The web sites in the portfolio were visible by search engines in at least 200 Romanian and external web directories.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Cratima does web design and software development. Presentation web site: Cratima.com
Key performance: I have been voted by Cratima team the second most trustworthy person within Cratima with whom to do a start-up business.
From June 2006 until July 2007 I have been SEO specialist.
Between March and May 2006 I have been a Customer Care Specialist.
Accomplishments obtained in July 2007, compared to June 2006:
* By adding Cratima web site in web directories and social networks, I contributed to rising the Google Page Rank of www.cratima.com from 0 to 4;
* [cratima] keyword occurence over the Internet rose from 1,000 to 50,000 results;
* The AdWords ad for the "web design" keyword has been selected on top position;
* One of the press releases has been the foundation of an article on Softpedia.com;
* The research I made on the Internet for a documentation for an European project contributed to winning the licitation.
Masters' , Communication and Public Relations , 2005 — 2007
Graduation paper: "Web 2.0 from non-youngsters perspective. Traian Basescu's campaign for the May 2007 referendum". Grade: 9.5 (out of 10).
Bachelor's Degree , International Relations and Economics , 2001 — 2005
Graduation paper: "International commercial negotiation. Strategies and techniques". Grade: 10 (of 10). Both papers are available online (in Romanian): lucrareolivianbreda.googlepages.com
Playing theather within: Studio 24 (2 months), Calandrinon (5 months), Toma Caragiu (1 year); Sports: Jogging, body building (now); karate-do shotokan, kyokushin (2 years); tae-bo (3 months).
A treia cafea (September 2009 - present), L.E.C.S. Bucharest (April 2008 - present), LEADERS Romania (November 2002 - present), A.C.T.O.R. Bucharest (April - May 2008), Chance for Life (April - September 2003)