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Kevin D. James is an award-winning digital marketing professional widely regarded for his background in technical SEO, brand strategy consultation, content marketing, and pay-per-click advertising. Kevin's results-driven approach towards digital marketing has garnered him multiple awards of distinction from Google Partners, Clutch.co, The Manifest.com, Search Engine Marketing Professionals (SEMPO), and the Los Angeles Business Journal. INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE - Active in UX/UI web development, SEO, and Internet marketing since 2001. Kevin industry background is independently verified through digital archives published on the Internet’s Wayback Machine. Click to view - https://bityl.co/QAEl - Educator/Adjunct Professor: Co-authored SEO course curriculum and taught search engine optimization (SEO) at the University of Denver’s Digital Marketing Boot-camp. (2020, 2021, and 2022). View source - https://bit.ly/40jpPk5 AWARDS & ACCOLADES Best Global Agency ' recognition by Clutch.co three consecutive years in a row. (2024, 2025, and 2026). View source - https://bit.ly/4fFfxze - Global Marketing Leader, Spring 2024 - Global Content Writing Services, Award, - Best Content Writing Services, Denver - Best Artificial Intelligence Company, Denver - Best Digital Marketing Company, Denver - Best User Experience IT Company, Colorado - Best Standard Operating Proceedures (SOP), Company Clutch is North America's leading ratings and customer satisfaction review platform for IT, digital marketing, SEO, web development, and business services. With over 500,000 businesses in the Clutch database, earning recognition as a top 1% rated marketing professional means that Kevin James has outperformed approximately 158,400 agencies and solopreneurs in each category. Entrepreneur Of Impact: Kevin James is a 2024 Nominee in the 'Entrepreneur Of Impact' contest, created by billionaire mogul Daymond John of the television broadcast, "Shark Tank" and Forbes Magazine, is an innovative competition designed to identify and celebrate visionary entrepreneurs making a significant difference in their industries and communities. View source - https://bit.ly/4hdwqSs Google Engage Agency (Partner): 2014 silver award winner and second place in Google's 'Best Small Agency' annual competition. View source - https://adage.com/ and https://bit.ly/3Wz5kOL AGENCY LEADERSHIPS: - 18 years of agency experience in SEO Manager and Digital Marketing Director leadership roles. - Adept at inspiring and motivating 4 to 12 person teams to achieve both strategic and client revenue goals while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders. - Former agency employers include: 180Fusion, National Positions, Blue Tangerine, and Madison Miles Media. Two of the aforementioned agencies, National Positions, and 180Fusion, were ranked by INC Magazine among the "Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in America". Articles about them were published in Forbes, Bloomberg, AdWorld, and Affiliate World. - In August 2014, 180Fusion was ranked #176 among INC Magazine’s top 500 fastest-growing companies in America, rated the "Number #1 Digital Marketing Agency in LA by the Los Angeles Business Journal", and voted number #18 as a ‘Best Place To Work’ in LA.180Fusion has 63 published client reviews. - Kevin James is named and appreciated in a client review for helping a client exceed organic search strategy goals. https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/180fusion.com LARGEST BILLING CLIENTS: Kevin significantly contributed SEO, PPC, content marketing, and conversion optimization expertise to the online success of global and national brands; Kraft Foods, American Express, Disney Consumer Products Group & Interactive Media, Brazil's Tourist Authority, Topeka Kansas Zoo, Certa Pro Painters, Volkswagen, Land Rover & Range Rover. Other notable clients include Denver Health & Hospital Authority - a top ten US-based regional US hospital with $2.3 billion in revenue and over 12,000 employees, MC Global Holdings (the parent company of Vivimu.com) - the world's leading contract manufacturer and wholesale distributor of 40 legal hemp-based products, with more than 600 customers in the United States and 20 countries in Europe and Asia. *2023: 35 employees and $90 million in worldwide sales, and K-1 Global©—the longest-running and largest professional kickboxing event promotion in combat sports history.