Bill Grunau: Originally from California, Bill has over 20 years of experience in marketing ranging from high technology to B2B (Business to Business), B2C (Business to Consumer), retail, and non profits.

Bill attended Cal Poly University Pomona, Ca and obtained his BSEE. He then was accepted into the MBA program at Claremont Graduate School, Peter Drucker Management Center where he maintained a 3.8 GPA.

Bill has had a very successful career running highly successful International Marketing Teams and built companies to become highly profitable organizations. The companies he led include Daico (radar/microwave, defense, and high-tech), Optek (International Marketing of semiconductors and optical devices), Densitron (London based International organization for the production of LCD displays, and commercial computers), Cadence (semiconductor software company), VR Business Brokers both as owner of a Franchise unit and then in 2008 joined VR Corporate headquartered in Fort Lauderdale FL as V.P. of Worldwide Marketing and Business Development. He then joined Circle of One Marketing launching successful marketing campaigns inclusive of cutting edge Social Media programs.

Bill is ranked by Twitter Grader in the Top 5 Twitter Elite for Miami and has an active group of over 6,300 Tweeps from around the world. He has developed and managed Facebook fan pages with over 13,000 fans and created highly effective Facebook advertising strategies for clients that have increased CTR (click through rates) by as much as 20 times. Bill has developed and launched numerous social media campaigns employing Facebook, Twitter, and blogs coupled with Web 2.0 website designs. Bill has also successfully developed highly ranked websites for clients using SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SMO (Social Media Optimization).

He has published a book, “Own Your Future, Straight Talk About How to Buy a Business and Build Your Future ” and blogs regularly about Social Media on the SelfSEO.me blog as well the CareerXL.com blog on career and professional development topics.

Bill now lives in South Florida with his wife, is a partner at EsoTech Inc. a successful SEO/SMO/Digital Marketing Strategy organization and has joined the professional team at Yachting Image contributing his expertise combined with his extensive marketing career to produce measurable results for the overall success for yachting industry clients.