Mike Wilton is currently the SEO Manager at a full-service marketing agency. Over the course of his career, he has worked with companies from a range of industries including real estate, healthcare, technology, beauty, consumer goods, agriculture, and hospitality as well as local SMB’s.

Mike is also an award-winning writer and beyond his own publications, has written for industry publications like Search Engine Watch,  Bruce Clay, Search Engine People, and Search News Central.

Prior to his current role, he was the Internet Marketing Manager for Plastic Surgery Studios where he helped develop and aid in the marketing strategies and solutions used by the company for their clients around the globe.  During his four year tenure with the company, he provided consulting and strategic direction to the company in both their in-house and client-side SEO and social media efforts.  He also became an integral part of developing relationships with major industry players such as RealSelf and Plastic Surgery Practice Magazine and was invited to speak on Local SEO at the AAFPRS 2012 Fall Meeting in Washington, DC.  In mid-2012 he wrote two articles on SEO that were published in industry magazines, Plastic Surgery Practice and OFPSA.

Before joining Plastic Surgery Studios in 2009, Mike was a Website Marketing Specialist at Advanced Access, a leading real estate website hosting, design, and internet marketing company, where he developed the foundations of his digital marketing career assisting real estate agents and companies with the marketing of their websites using SEO, social media, and paid search advertising.

Mike has an AA in Graphics Design from Platt College and has completed the Become a Journalist specialization from Michigan State University.

Mike is happily married and lives with his wife and two children in Corona, California. On that rare occasion, Mike is not on the web, you can catch him listening to music, spending time with his family, or checking out the latest Halloween or horror exhibit/convention.