SageRock Staff -- Web Marketing Experts

SageRock’s knowledgeable and genuine staff of web marketing experts is dedicated to building long term, trust-based relationships with businesses to help them achieve their long term web marketing goals in a professional and effective manner.

We do this by providing top quality, custom work supported by research and past successful experience. Our experts also continually seek ways to improve our client relationships through regular and open communication, refinement of operations, and an emphasis on a quality few relationships instead of a vast quantity of lesser business relationships.

Staff Bios

Sage Lewis, founder and president, has worked in web marketing for over 7 years – spending 2 years as an Internet Strategist at a web design firm before starting SageRock.com. Sage has been featured as a guest speaker at multiple colleges and trade shows and hosts several seminars per year on Internet marketing. Sage and his partner Rocky have driven SageRock.com to the top of the web marketing field, and the firm has been given top ratings by the only available third-party resource in the industry -- the MarketingSherpa.com Buyer's Guide to Search Engine Optimization and Positioning Services.

Team Contributions: SEO Research and Forum Positing, Business Systems, Business Philosophy, Business Growth, Sales, Account Management, Statistical Analysis Consulting, Web Marketing Consulting and Training.

From Sage: "If you asked me 10 years ago what my career would be in 2005, I probably would have never imagined I would be running one of the U.S.’s top web-marketing firms. But who knew how the Internet would affect us all? I find it thrilling, and I am passionate about this industry. I love the intricacies and details of the world of search engines, traffic metrics, and site usability. I’m proud to be our firm’s researcher, idea guy, and primary techno geek."

Rocky Lewis, co-founder and vice president of sales and marketing, spent four years as a technical writer and marketing professional for Penton Media, in Cleveland, Ohio before beginning to grow SageRock.com. While the web marketing industry has always interested Rocky, her primary focus has been search-engine-optimized content writing and the development of useful articles and other marketing materials for those researching the web marketing and search-engine-optimization industries.

Team Contributions: Marketing Systems, Brand Philosophy, Business Growth, Marketing Implementation, Sales, Proposal Writing, Account Management, Phrase Research, Content Optimization, Content Writing, Newsletter Sends, Web Marketing Consulting and Training.

From Rocky: "Selling and marketing web marketing is a fascinating challenge. It is a constant balance between educating clients about the technical intricacies of what we do (without bogging them down in the details) and helping them understand how this detailed but effective work can help their company’s bottom line. There is nothing more satisfying then starting with a company that just wants more traffic, and then working with them over the years until we’ve refined their marketing and metrics to the point where they can reach goals of increasing conversions from traffic coming in off of a particular engine for a particular phrase.”

Greg Haberman, Paid Search Specialist, manages all SageRock's client's Pay Per Click accounts including Yahoo, Google, MSN, Ask, Quigo and others. He has been integral in creating PPC management business systems that ensure clients are regularly and proactively involved with the improvement and optimization of their accounts. Greg spends a significant amount of time within the Social Media Optimization environment. He writes regularly on the happenings within the viral community-driven web sites such as Flickr, MySpace, YouTube, Digg, and many others. Greg is integrally involved in helping clients understand how to implement these new technologies within a successful web marketing campaign. When he's not working he loves to read, pursue his community-oriented web sites in Akron Ohio, and spend time with his girlfriend.

Team Contributions: PPC Research and Forum Positing, PPC Account Setup, PPC Ad writing, Bidding Management, Fraud Protection Management, Conversion Analysis, ROI Analysis, Phrase Research, PPC Landing Page Creation, Social Media Optimization.

Joe Abraham, Algorithmic Search Director, is a recent graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College who majored in Computer Science. He has had great success in optimization, most notably taking a client from just over 1,500 visitors a month to over 9,000 visitors a month in only 5 months. He has also been active in finding new techniques to help our clients succeed online by studying how certain types of pages are read by the search engines. Joe’s greatest strength lies in his technical background and his ability to reduce code on pages allowing search spiders to easily view the page. Outside of work, Joe loves to play with his band, The Five Points Band, and read books of comic essays.

Team Contributions: SEO Research and Forum Positing, Template Redesign, Statistical Analysis, Link Campaign Strategy and Acquisition, Meta Tag and Content Optimization, Phrase Research, Blog Creation and Optimization, Interactive Tool Creation, Discussion Board Creation.

Michelle Varisco, Operations Manager, has worked for SageRock since its creation in February of 2000. Michelle keeps the business flowing and functioning by serving as SageRock’s first phone contact, managing all accounts payable and receivable, overseeing human resources, and implementing business financial planning. Her contributions at SageRock are invaluable. When Michelle is not working she enjoys researching and reading history, studying fashion and design, and making art.

Team Contributions: Initial Phone Contact, Business Systems, Financial Management and Planning, Accounts Payable & Receivable, Human Resources, Phrase Research, Content Optimization, Link Acquisition.

Jenilee Grabenhorst, Sales and Marketing, is our liaison for communication at SageRock. Jenilee has extensive customer service experience. Her primary goal is to continue to make the level of customer service at SageRock second to none. The SageRock Fanatical Focus is to promise the highest level of quality service a business can provide. This is Jenilee’s focus.

Team Contributions: Customer Service, Marketing Implementation, Sales Development.