Internet Marketing Career

Certified Internet Marketing Professional

IVAN LLESOL, a certified internet marketing professional officialy started his online career after graduating his BSIT Course from in STI College Cebu. In 2006, he started at iComm International as Junior Web Developer. He works there for a couple of months. While working at iComm International he was also an active member of Cebu’s Queen City Toastmasters Club.

THE LEARNING CURVE

During his acive membership in the Toast Masters Club, he realized that he has skills in dealing with people. That is why after a couple of months working at iComm International, he decided to leave and had a shift of career at the end of 2006.  After iComm, he worked at Banbros Commercial Inc. , one of the leading IT Distributor Companies in the Philippines. He worked there as product specialist for ASUS Networking Solutions. After 2 months he was appointed as the Product Specialist for the NETGEAR Networking Solutions distributed by Banbros. During his stay in Banbros, he was able to regular deal with different computer enterpreneurs in the Visayas and Mindanao. One of the most notable is Mr. Wilson Ng, the owner of NgKhai Computer Solutions. These experience enble him to develop his people dealings as well as his business and marketing skills. In  mid 2008, Hewlett-Packard Philippines called him and offered him to work for HP as one of their Technical Sales Executives. This a break that Ivan has been waiting for a long time and his dream of one working in a world class multinational IT company. So in a heart beat, he accepted the offer and started working at HP by mid 2008.  During his stay at HP Philippines, his business and marketing skills were further developed as he was able to learned and worked with expert HP Sales Executives.  His horizon also further widen as he was able to do business with different company CEOs and CIOs in different business sectors. Ivan worked at HP for only almost a year, after realizing he can do more than being just an IT Executive.

ONLINE MARKETING CAREER

In mid 2009, Ivan begun working with Mr. Armil Velos, a SEO Consultant Residing in Cebu City, Philippines. It was Armil who initially introduce him the Search Engine Marketing business and its opportunities available. During this time, he opted to start as a Freelance SEO Consultant and SEO Trainer and left HP as well as turning down other job offers. He started doing internet marketing training workshops on Colleges and Universities in Cebu. He then became a SEO Trainer at Bluemanggo Institute of Technology for almost a year while working also as SEO Consultant at Techgrowth Global.  In 2010, offshore projects begun to pour for Ivan. It was this year that he was able to work for the following companies: Techgrowth Global, Butler Hill Group, SEO and Social Media, LLC and Snap Web Solutions. Also in 2010, Ivan Llesol and his bestfriend, Ruben Licera Jr., who is also a certified internet marketing expert, their own outsourcing company, GoOutsource Solutions International, Ivan Llesol became the CEO and Ruben Licera as its Operations Director. This company during that year provided internet marketing services to clients in Canada and Australia. In 2011, Ivan and Ruben started RLCOMM International, a startup internet marketing consultancy company in Cebu. Ivan works there as the Operations Director and Ruben is the CEO. This company is currently providing services to its local clients as well as clients in the US and Australia.  In 2012, Ivan and Ruben together with their associates started Social Media Philippines, a community of a Knowledge-sharing Web 2.0 users as well social media mrketing experts.

CERTIFICATIONS

In 2011, Ivan Llesol earned his Inbound Marketing Professional Certification from Inbound Marketing University and Hubspot. Ivan Llesol is also a Toast Master International Certified Competent Communicator .