CMS Product Consulting 

What I do Mark Sprague is an information and software products visionary with a passion for the customer/user experience. He has generated many value-added products and services in new niches in everything from Social Networks, Social Media, Search Engines, Auto-Classification tools, Entertainment Titles, Education Applications, Business Applications, Web Services, and Usability Analysis Newsletters. He has recently been consulting in Enterprise Search, SEO, Content Strategies, Mobile Applications and Social Networking. Mark is interested in pursuing innovative early stage, early revenue opportunities as an advisor, consultant or possibly on a full-time basis.

Areas of Expertise . Search Engines and SEO Search strategies (web, enterprise, product & people) Social search strategies Auto-classification solutions Search engine optimization (SEO) Social Networking Social Network platform selection Social media strategies User-generated content Facebook Connect (Single sign on) Content Content integration and aggregation Information architecture and management Taxonomy and domain model development Meta data models for web services and mobile devices User-generated content Named entity extraction E-publishing and media development Directory services for small businesses Alerting services using SMS and email Product Management Product strategy, definition and design Product research and business requirement documents Human factors usability testing Ecommerce infrastructure and services Executive Management Web development management Web site operations Out-sourced product development Customer service Employee development

Recent CMS Product Consulting Clients Lionbridge Inc. - Product definition, prototypes and design. Technical specifications, information architecture and data models. SEO strategy. CashStar Inc. - Search engine optimization strategies / Search behavior models. FetchDog Inc. - Search engine optimization (SEO) and content strategies Allstate Financial Inc. - Social Networking, Taxonomy development and search engine optimization (SEO) for GoodHandsCommunity.org. Attivio Inc. - Enterprise Search. Community Phonebook Co. - Data models and search strategy for yellow book directories. Dakota Ventures - Product definition and information architecture for search and social networks. B*tween Productions - Requirements for social communications and virtual goods strategy for the BeaconStreetGirls.com. WashingtonVC - Social networks, Social bookmarking and Social search. Everyday Solutions Inc. - Parent notification service using GPS, SMS and automated voice broadcasting technologies. Hartford Insurance Company - Taxonomy and Domain modeling. mShopper.com - Search strategies, taxonomy development, auto-classification and information architecture. Data models for mobile devices. NameMedia Inc. - Product management, taxonomy, auto-classification, search strategies, web analytics and Meta data model development.

Technical Advisor to MyRoar, Inc. BeaconStreetGirls PlanetRewards, Inc. Attivio, Inc. HighlandMensCare, Inc. Lynn Cyr Designs