About John Kirker

John Kirker started his first internet company in 1994.

Since doing so, he has been involved in the planning, development, execution and/or maintenance of nearly 800 online projects across virtually every commercial sector.

Currently he advises companies of all sizes, advertising agencies and promotional firms on ways to use the internet and other marketing mediums to increase lead-flow, overcome challenges, automate business processes, increase effectiveness and grow bottom line profits.

One of his early ventures, MortgageSites.com, offered turnkey online marketing solutions for banks and mortgage professionals across the US. The system paved his future in online marketing because it was one of the first, if not the fist system to integrate direct mail marketing with the web and offer every visitor personalized, unique and custom tailored content.

Through a relationship with TMP/Monster, this same system was used by on of America’s leading pest control companies and ran for nearly 10 years creating an estimated $500,000,000 in gross revenues.

In addition, while working with TMP/Monster, John’s companies also created projects including OnlinePostCard.com, JobViper.com, and many others.

Together with TMP/Monster, John’s companies offered services utilized by Allstate Insurance, Kaiser Permanente, Terminix, Charles Schwab, AOL, Lockheed, Army, Navy and Air Force, Pizza Hut, Sun, etc. Terminix continues to use a system invented by John which geographically targets homeowners and automatically triggers direct mail campaigns in a geographical areas where termites are reported.

On July 1, 2001 John sold his company to an investment firm where he stayed on as Vice President and General Manager through September, 2003.

Since that time John has acted as an adviser to many companies and started a few of his own ventures.

Most recently he founded Tweetmatix.com – a Twitter connection building tool for Small Local Businesses.

His passion for hockey led him to create RinkTime.com, a hockey and skating rink directory which has been frequented by nearly 400,000 visitors each month.

He also is a partner and adviser to BenefitBar which was been developed to help raise funds for charitable organizations through its partnership with Yahoo!

John and his wife Amanda enjoy swimming, cycling, ice skating, hockey and being outdoors with their dog Bailey.