Acumen is a design and brand innovation company offering a broad range of creative services, including branding and identity; brand-to-space; marketing and communications; architectural and interior design; graphics; product development and package design; and web design. Smart, strategic and integrated, their creative solutions inspire enthusiasm and drive game-changing results that are tied directly to their client's key business initiatives. By grounding their work in both intuition and strategy, they revolutionize brands. Whether your brand is emerging or evolving, their solutions create a strong brand influence that garners a customer loyalty that is far beyond traditional. They bring ideas to life.
The company vision to excel in the area of local SEO search, came from the founder Michael Luevano, whom worked for one the godfathers of local search out of Temecula California over 5 years ago. He started in sales and was quickly promoted into management where he learned more of the technical engineering of local SEO. After a tenure of 3 years with the local internet pioneers, Michael went on to form Blackwood Industries. The organization is comprised of some the brightest minds in the industry. Their teams work experience includes the likes of HP, IBM, and QualComm just to mention a few. The Blackwood Industries team is concentrated in providing its customers a high level of customer satisfaction. Starting with a dynamic sales force delivering strategic solutions like local search optimization, web development, natural organic SEO, social media solutions, and mobile applications.
Shane Barker is an accomplished digital marketing consultant. From working with celebrities on digital reputation management to obtaining a #1 national ranking with PROskore as a social media consultant, Shane has built an impressive list of accomplishments in digital marketing. As a regular contributor to publications like Salesforce, Yahoo Small Business, Marketing Profs and others, he continues to grow and share his knowledge.