Evan Balafas Sales Consulting Sydney, Australia

Posted by Lead Maverick in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on Feb 13, 2008

Summary:

- Operational management of a new division in the Ansearch group of companies – financial/strategy, sales and financial.
- Global Business Development focusing on strategic commercial deals
- Strategic implementation of Digital/Search based solutions

Specialties:

Digital based strategy, Business Development, Strategic Account Management, Search-Based solution selling

Experience:

Consultant

Balafas Sales Consulting

General Manager (Division of Ansearch)

Searchtown Pty Ltd

- Operational management of a new division in the Ansearch group of companies – financial/strategy, sales and financial.
- Global Business Development focusing on strategic commercial deals
- Strategic implementation of Search based solutions

National Sales and Distribution Manager

Soush Pty Ltd (Division of Ansearch)

Managing search revenues whilst launching a new contextual search product in the Australian market. Maintaining and growing our distribution network.

Senior Account and Business Development Manager

Sensis Search

I was part of the Sensis Mediasmart team and managed all major accounts for Sensis.com.au along with growing the search distribution for sensis.com.au. Prior to being at Sensis, I was with LookSmart and was instrumental in gaining and growing major accounts. As the Major Accounts Manager, I managed a portfolio of accounts worth over $5 million in revenues. LookSmart was considered as the leading authority in Cost-Per-Click (CPC) based marketing, before the Australia operations were purchased by Sensis.

My role with Sensis currently involved managing all of of Sensis.com.au major accounts, (both agency and direct) and have recently implemented the world's first SMS based advertising product around Sensis 1234 Call Connect service.

I also managed Sensis.com.au syndication agreements with third parties. Some distribution deals that have already been added to the Sensis network include, SBS, NRL and AFL sites, Mamma, Blueskyfrog which carried the sensis search box.

NSW Sales Manager

Looksmart Australia

LookSmart was the Australian leader in Web directories and the backbone of search on the Australian Web.

Evan Balafas


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