What is an Internet Consultant?
Think of me as a new breed of business advisor. Like your lawyer, your accountant, your stock broker—each a trusted business partner whose expertise you rely on to succeed—my role is to ensure your business realizes the full profit potential offered by Internet marketing technologies and techniques. In a nutshell, I am a specially trained and certified Internet marketing expert, ready to deliver products and services that best meet your business needs and your budget.
Showing Businesses How to Grow Online
I specialize in building customized Internet Solutions to help your business generate more revenue and increase your online profitability, no matter what industry you are in. As a WSI Internet Consultant, I understand the needs and motivations of a business owner because I am a business owner myself.
Eric has been involved with the Internet since 1995 when he self-taught himself "HTML" and created the first website for a community bank where he was working as a management trainee, making his employer one of the first community banks in the nation with a presence on the web. Over his 15-year banking career, he took that website through several different incarnations and was responsible for numerous leading-edge technology innovations including real-time debit/ATM processing, online banking and bill payment and most recently an online mortgage lending service. He served his industry on several committees at the local and state level, most recently as Chairman for the Michigan Bankers Association’s Operations and Technology Committee.
Recognizing the potential of the Internet and his unique ability to help businesses better understand what’s possible, Eric made the decision to pursue his passion for technology full-time. In an industry where providers typically adopt a narrow “technology-focused” approach, Eric is able to use his business experience to better help customers develop a comprehensive strategy that is based on sound business principles. With his love for technology, he is able to help customers make better decisions and consider the “big picture” to help ensure long-term success for their Internet solution. Now in partnership with WSI, Eric is backed by the strength, experience and resources only a company like WSI can provide.
Eric holds a double-major BA in Business Administration and Psychology from Alma College as well as an MBA from Western Michigan University, where he was inducted as a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society for being in the top 10% of his class. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He serves his community in various roles and has served as Chairman of the local Chamber, is a member of Rotary International and sits on the local DDA board.
Eric and his wife Alicia reside in south-central Michigan with their two Golden Retrievers and recently celebrated their 10-year anniversary. In addition to enjoying his “family time”, Eric is an avid cyclist and recently founded Pedaling with a Purpose™, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping fellow cyclists raise money for worthy causes through the sport of bicycling.
In 2002 Eric had the life-changing opportunity to meet Christi Thomas, the brave daughter of a fellow GSB classmate, who was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer called Neuroblastoma. Over her four-year long battle against the disease, Eric was known around the world as “Christi’s Webmaster” as the website he created for the family surpassed one million hits and attracted visitors from across the globe. While Christi unfortunately passed away in the fall of 2006, this experience had a profound impact on his outlook on life and the true “power” of the Internet. Because of the impact she had on his life, Eric is donating a portion of profits to childhood cancer research efforts in Christi’s memory.
About WSI
Over the years WSI has helped thousands of businesses around the world to grow and prosper online and as your local WSI Internet Consultant, I am ready to help your business too! I can be reached at (269) 841-5007 or via email at eric@poweredbywsi.com to find out how you can profit from an e-Business strategy. I look forward to hearing from you soon...
New - Podcast
Interested in learning more about SEO (search engine optimization)? Eric recorded the following interview with James Brown, International Project Manager with WSI Web Words, entitled "Hugging the Ogre". With over 600,000 pages of SEO-optimized content to our credit, this interview really helps shed some light on the SEO process and why WSI has the expertise necessary to get you found online.
As future podcasts are recorded, you'll find them here, so check back again. Be sure to contact Eric if you are interested in helping your business succeed.