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Employee Spotlight: Quinton Hufferd, Social Media Specialist

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 08:50 AM PST

Quinton Hufferd has been an integral part of the SEO Inc. family now for over 6 months. He’s a key member of the growing social media team, and he brings a good deal of life and ideas to the table. Read more about Quinton’s experiences, both professionally and personally, on today’s Employee Spotlight.…

Your background/history with Internet Marketing/SEO/Etc…

I first got into Internet Marketing with a music education publisher called Hudson Avenue Music. We produced music education DVD products – stuff like How to Play Guitar, How to Play Drums, and How to Play Keyboards – and sold them online all around the world. Since the company consisted of about 3 friends in Southern CA, I wore a lot of hats in the business. I wrote content for blogs and social media channels, developed e-mail campaigns, and wrote sales copy for all of our websites. My work life was developing content and continually testing its effectiveness to gain more online customers. I also helped build our online community of loyal fans on a daily basis. I carried this into my position here at SEO Inc. as a Social Media Coordinator, and now continue to learn more effective ways to be seen and heard online.

What brought you to SEO Inc.

Since almost all of my Internet Marketing experience was developed in a very small operation as an independent contractor, I was looking for some more formal experience. SEO Inc. has been a great place to learn the ins and outs of an Internet Marketing agency. There's literally something new to learn every day… which is mostly due to something changing nearly every day. Keeps me on my toes.

What you will bring to the table at SEO Inc.

Since Social Media Marketing still has this "Wild West anything goes" stigma, I'm excited to be part of the ground floor social department at SEO Inc. New ways to attract customers on social channels are popping up every minute, so it's exciting to be part of the social wave hitting companies and consumers alike. I hope to utilize my skills as a content writer and curator to truly capture our clients' voices to effectively communicate with their social communities.

You elsewhere on the web…

If you were to google my name, you're probably going to find a lot of music related stuff. I'm probably most active these days on Facebook (quinton.hufferd or quintonhufferdmusic), but you can find me on many of the big social websites. (@QHufferd, +QuintonHufferd, qhufferd)

We all should be as proud as you to have accomplished…

I think my biggest claim to fame was a summer tour and MAVTV reality show called, "Randy Scott Chasing the Dream." I played keyboards with Randy, Guitar Center's King of the Blues in 2010, for about a year. We rubbed elbows with some big names in the blues music industry on a North American. I tell you it was surreal to make a reality show, even if it wasn't any mainstream TV.

Besides being online, you enjoy…

I enjoy spending time with my wife, friends and family. Besides that I really enjoy playing music and traveling.

You are from from _________… And you currently live in __________…

I am originally from San Marcos, CA. I was in Redlands for college and played music in the Inland Empire area until I moved back to North County San Diego. Currently, my wife and I live in Escondido, CA with our two little dogs, Changa and Sugar Baby.

Your favorite movie and why…

Tough question. I enjoy all movies, but my go to is The Princess Bride. It's a great storyline, great acting, and all around great movie.

We bet you didn’t know that (interesting fact about yourself)…

I was a founding member of the jump blues and swing band, Big Papa & the TCB. We wrote the song, "Go Big Papa," that Papa John's Pizza used as background music for their national TV ad campaign. The TV spot even aired in the Superbowl.

SEO Inc is proud to have you here. What are you most looking forward at this company now that you've signed on?

I look forward to learning more about Internet Marketing every day. The industry is always changing, so it's fun to be in an environment that's ahead of the curve.

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Oh, and if you’re looking for that Papa John’s commercial…