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A Global Leader…
Our Parent Company, Conasia Global Internet Inc., is a global leader in online marketing in areas that include advertising and marketing (WebsiteMarketingPros.com), mentoring & coaching (iMMACC.com), and software development (BestPresentationOnEarth.com).
The CEO & founder is Gerald Van Yerxa.
Website Marketing Pros (WMP) is a cutting edge online marketing company that delivers custom websites & total marketing services for businesses. We like to say that our customer service defies comparison!
WMP is part of a group of internet companies under the umbrella of Conasia Global Internet Inc. It came into being as a result of many business owners being involved in our iMMACC marketing, mentoring and coaching program where people, including business owners, enrolled with us to learn how to market online.
Over the years, while we became a big hit with many students, we found that many business owners simply didn’t have the time to devote to learning how to market their business online and then implement those skills in their own businesses. They were simply too busy ‘running and managing’ their businesses.
Business owners, and in particular small business owners, frequently solicited us to manage their online marketing for them.
Additionally, the primary reason many small business owners came to iMMACC (the Internet Marketing Mentoring and Coaching Center) in the first place was that they suffered from consistently poor marketing experiences & less-than-desirable relationships with the advertising agencies they had previously dealt with. That turned out to be an overwhelming clue of just how important (but sadly lacking) real customer service was in the marketplace.
As well, many small business owners were dismayed with inflated rates that were obviously in place to cover huge overheads that really big advertising agencies had to charge for as part of their marketing services.
That is how and why Website Marketing Pros was born as a full service marketing agency.
Rich History of Marketing & Advertising Success…
Gerald Van Yerxa has also co-owned & co-managed a successful group of privately owned radio stations in Western Canada with his younger brother. The radio group was headquartered out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. That was a family business of 25+ years. The call letters of each station were CFCW-AM (which stands for Canada’s First Country & Western radio station, CHRK-FM (a pop rock station formerly known as K-97), and CKRA-FM (a soft rock station formerly known as 96 K-Lite). He started in the radio & advertising business at the age of 19 in the footsteps of his father (the now deceased Hal Yerxa, who was inducted into the Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame). The stations were sold to a multinational company called Newfoundland Capital.
Additionally, Gerald owned and operated an advertising agency known as YMMC (Yerxa Multi Media Consultants) that was based out of Vancouver, British Columbia – and which specialized in all forms of print and electronic media.
Anecdotes…
Gerald’s father Hal was also a world-renowned champion cowboy who rode Cutting Horses, and at one time rode for the Queen and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace along with 9 other “Top 10” cowboys in the world.
The family also owned a jumper by the name of Mr. 79 who went on to win the world cup for Canada under the name of Blackjack.
Another thoroughbred horse (whose name was “Driving Home”) owned by the family won both the Queen’s Plate and the Canadian Derby – Canada’s 2 largest events in thoroughbred horse racing. The Queen’s Plate today carries a prize purse of one million dollars.
Other Business Experience…
Gerald Van Yerxa has also had a deep involvement in the Network Marketing business arena. He was named a Top 100 distributor for Mannatech Inc., a 500 million dollar nutritional company that today boasts over several hundred thousand active distributors.
He was also hired to launch 2 other global network marketing and direct sales companies; in both the nutritional supplement and skin care industries in the role of Communications & Marketing director.
Community Service…
Gerald Van Yerxa is also a past president of the United Way in the city he lives in: Kamloops, British Columbia. Prior to that, he also held the position of United Way Campaign Chairperson for the city.
His community service led to his being awarded the Pat Wallace Volunteer of the Year award for the City of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada for two consecutive years.
He’s is also a former director of tourism for the Province of British Columbia’s High Country Region.
Leadership, Experience & Family…
Gerald’s marketing & advertising background stretches back over 35 years and he’s been marketing online and coaching both people and businesses in internet marketing since 1996. As a result, he brings a strong leadership presence and a formidable set of marketing skills to Website Marketing Pros as the active CEO and president of the company.
Gerald Van Yerxa is a God loving Christian businessman, a devoted husband to his wife Rachael, and the happy & proud father of 2 beautiful & very bright children.
