- Ben Padnos
Ben Padnos is an
Internet entrepreneur based inManhattan Beach ,California USA.Padnos, born
January 1974 inCambridge, MA ,USA , an Internet Sales and Marketing pioneer, has more than 12 years of online sales, strategy, marketing and business development experience, including 4 years @Yahoo! Inc . from 1997-2001. He has founded or co-founded several successful Internet start-ups, including CashFlowFromCreditCards [http://www.CashFlowFromCreditCards.com] , EndTheDebate [http://www.EndTheDebate.com] , which purchasedBarry Bonds ' 755th home run baseball at auction, andSearch Engine Marketing firm, Better, Inc. [http://www.betterppc.com] , which was acquired by Tsavo Media, Inc. [http://www.tsavo.com] [ [http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=90759 Tsavo Media Continues Acquisition Streak - MediaPost ] ] in September 2008 [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091601708.html paidContent.org - Media Rollup Firm Tsavo Buys Online Marketing Firm Better ] ] [ [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS105462+16-Sep-2008+BW20080916 Tsavo Opens Headquarters Office in Santa Monica, Completes First Acquisition ] ] . The CEO of Tsavo isMichael_Jones_(Internet_entrepreneur) .Biography
After attending the
University of Michigan , Ben moved to Southern California to become Co-Founder and Director of Marketing at California-based University Netcasting, Inc. (UNI).He was responsible for developing the marketing, advertising and sponsorship plans for UNI's launch of a new collegiate on-line sports network, FANSonly, which helped secure nearly $5mm in venture capital funding. FANSonly was acquired by Student Advantage prior to their IPO in 1999 [ [http://www.secinfo.com/dsvRx.639j.d.htm#1stPage SEC Info - Student Advantage Inc - 8-K - For 6/28/99 - EX-99 ] ] . The site is now known as CSTV.com, owned by Viacom [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/04/business/04adco.html CBS to Acquire CSTV for $325 Million in Stock - New York Times ] ] , and is considered the #1 website specifically devoted to college sports.
Current Work
Ben founded DONE! Ventures [http://www.done.com] in October, 2001 after leaving Yahoo’s ValueLab. DONE! has incubated several successful businesses, including eCreditCards [http://www.ecreditcards.com] , CashFlowFromCreditCards [http://www.cashflowfromcreditcards.com] , audio file sharing site, Audioo [http://www.audioo.com] , and a search engine marketing firm, Better, Inc. [http://www.ppcsquad.com] .
BetterPPC [http://www.betterppc.com] is a scientific ad copy testing and optimization platform for pay-per-click advertising services
Google AdWords andYahoo! Search Marketing . Better, Inc.'sSearch Engine Optimization service, DONE! SEO [http://www.doneseo.com] has been profiled in Newsweek [ [http://www.newsweek.com/id/109612 Cleaning Up Your Online Reputation | Newsweek Technology | Newsweek.com ] ] , Kiplinger's Personal Journal [ [http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2008/06/how-to-improve-your-online-repuation.html Reclaim Your Good Name on the Web - Kiplinger.com ] ] , WashingtonPost.com [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603089.html Keeping Your Profile Clean - washingtonpost.com ] ] , MSNBC.com [ [http://redtape.msnbc.com/2007/09/most-savvy-cons.html Companies’ online reputations scrubbed clean - The Red Tape Chronicles - MSNBC.com ] ] , and ComputerWorld [ [http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;696259563;pp;3 Computerworld - Online reputation management is hot - but is it ethical? ] ] . The company is also known for its “get found on Google” service called SearchForMeOnline [http://www.SearchForMeOnline.com] . Ben serves on theBoard of Directors of Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Company, Inc. [http://www.padnos.com] a century-old family owned and operated scrap metal and paper processing and recycling firm based inHolland, Michigan .References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
