Bizresearch's History:
Founded in 1997 by Laura Thieme, Bizresearch provides search engine optimization (SEO), paid search (CPC / PPC) campaign management, full-service search engine marketing services including website traffic analysis for retailers, law firms and Fortune 500 companies throughout the United States, UK and Canada. Bizresearch specializes in obtaining organic seo listings, complementary with paid search engine marketing campaigns in Google, Yahoo, MSN, and shopping search engines such as Shopping.com, Bizrate, Dealtime UK, Kelkoo UK and Froogle. Bizresearch tracks incoming traffic and resulting sales utilizing the leading industry's analytical tools to determine if the cost of ad spend is appropriate for the client's industry to secure a net profitability each year.

Bizresearch search engine marketing clients include Fortune 500 companies, manufacturers, and both large and independent retailers with online stores. Our retailing clients sell everything from home decor to board games to office supplies. Most of our retail clients have been able to increase business 40-50% within the first year of working with Bizresearch. See our case studies. We have also worked with select law firms throughout the United States offering complete web site redesign, attorney bio updates, case abstract updates, recent case filings, search engine marketing and potential lead/case tracking analysis.

Executive Profile:

Bio of Laura Thieme, President and Founder of Bizresearch:

Laura Thieme founded Bizresearch in June of 1997. Bizresearch provides search engine marketing, tracking and ROI analysis services for retailers, Fortune 500 companies, and manufacturers throughout the United States and in Europe.

Prior to founding Bizresearch, Ms. Thieme worked for American Electric Power (AEP) in Columbus, Ohio, and USAID/Deloitte & Touche in St. Petersburg, Russia. She has a degree in Russian Studies from The Ohio State University, where she graduated in 1993.

Ms. Thieme has been featured in Internet Retailer, TechNewsWorld, EcommerceTimes, CBS Marketwatch, New York Daily Post, Business First, Investors Business Daily, Columbus CEO, Columbus Dispatch, The Daily Reporter, MarketingSherpa, SearchDay, SearchEnginewatch.com and ClickZ.com.

Ms. Thieme presents at U.S., Canadian, and European Search Engine Strategies (SES) conferences on "Measuring Success", "Marketing Database-Driven Web Sites", "Shopping Search Engines", and "Tracking ROI on Paid Search" as well as WebmasterWorld (Las Vegas). She presented at DMA's .Net Marketing on Shopping Search Engines and the Inner Circle of Advocates' Personal Injury Lawyer Annual Conference. She is an expert witness in a case involving trademark and metatag concerns.

Ms. Thieme has written articles for her industry peers on "Measuring and Tracking Success", "Keyword Research", "Link Farms", and "Managing Paid Search Marketing Campaigns", which were published by SearchDay, an online industry publication for search engine marketers. Links to articles can be found through her company's web site at Press Releases.

Ms. Thieme has also been chosen to develop the curriculum and teach a newly developed search engine marketing syllabus at The Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business.  Principles of Electronic Marketing 754 was taught this past spring 2007.  In addition, Ms. Thieme developed two online courses for SEMPO's Advanced Paid Search Online Courses.  Those courses launched in mid to late April, 2007. 

Ms.Thieme was recently interviewed by local radio and TV news media regarding ecommerce marketing trends and shopping search engines. You can listen to her interviews at Radio Interviews

Ms. Thieme was a Columbus, Ohio 2004 TopCat Finalist for Woman in Technology. Her technology team was a TopCat Finalist for Outstanding Team in Technology. Ms. Thieme's ecommerce research has been published in part by MarketingSherpa's Marketing Metrics Guide (2004).  Her patent for Bizwatch(TM) was published and is currently pending as of 2007.