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David Markovich was born and raised in New York City. Even in childhood he showed an entrepreneurial knack – from selling Yo-yos to the other kids at school to being a key sales player at multinational credit card processing company, MerchantPro Express, by age 18.

Mr. Markovich began his online career at Kidssocks.com and Mensunglasses.com <failed :(, two small startups, where his duties included: Brand development, web site traffic growth, internet and traditional media marketing, brand strategy and analytics systems in addition to being the sole customer service and public relations representative. As part of brand development he was tasked with finding new vendors that fit the company ideals and would be conducive to the company’s further growth.

In the course of business at Kidssocks.com David was introduced to Eli Feldblum, founder and CTO of RankAbove, when Eli was contracted to handle the SEO for the company. David was so astonished by the intelligence and knowledge Eli displayed in his field that he immediately asked to work with him. David worked with Eli at his company RankAbove, a major player in the SEO industry, which worked with clients like MTV, Forbes, 1800 flowers and more. He recently left to begin his own internet marketing firm PromoteUsNow.

While running his own business, David has also contributed, in part or whole, to the founding of several startups and small businesses.

Some of them include: Launching getdiamondsdirect.com Which consists of all marketing online and offline, development/design of the website and sales. Hiring the proper people to run the business. Launching an internet marketing department for Hara Partners (a silver Magento partner) and helping grow sales through many different channels. As well as helping with many marketing needs. Preparing to launch HonestBrand- A company focused on preventing negative reputation from appearing online.

David is currently writing his first book in which he’ll discuss his success and failures in sales and networking. Look for it in 2014

Mr. Markovich does public speaking, including speaking at Microsoft. He also was a recent guest speaker at Brooklyn Borough Hall, helping local Brooklyn businesses and non for profits grow.