APP PUBLISHING COMPANY BACKGROUNDER

App Publishing is a software development company based in Portland , Maine that specializes in mobile application development. The current focus is on two mCommerce applications, Mobile Store Maker and Mobile Invoicer.

CO-FOUNDER BIOS

Link Stevens

Link's background is in event marketing and e-marketing. After a successful tenure at Pierce Promotions & Event Management in Portland Maine , where he supervised national promotion tours for Fortune 500 companies, Link launched ClearVue Graphics, an e-commerce company specializing in automotive window graphics.

Since 2001, ClearVue Graphics has grown into the leading manufacturer and top eRetail website for automotive window graphics. During this time, Link has become a talented eMarketing expert with outstanding knowledge and skills in the areas of search engine optimization or SEO (ClearVue Graphics commands the top spot in organic search results for all product related search phrases), e-mail marketing, affiliate marketing and social network marketing.

Link holds two masters degrees and is a proficient writer, manager, public speaker, as well as a strong phone and direct sales agent. Link sold ClearVue Graphics in 2009 and is using his skills to build sales tools for businesses through the development of mobile communication applications.

Bill Broadbent

Short Version :

Bill Broadbent started marketing online in 1998 and has sold millions of dollars in consumer goods since then. He has been interviewed in many media outlets and publications from the NY Times, National Geographic, and USA Today to NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News and even The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Lately, his interest has turned to the mobile revolution and he is developing mobile applications at www.AppPublishing.com .

Long Version :

Bill Broadbent Bill is a recognized industry expert. He has given over a hundred interviews and has been featured on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, USA Today, Fox News, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, National Geographic, The BBC World News, CBC National Network, The Times (London), and the Moscow Times, to name a few.

Bill is a seasoned entrepreneur with a track record of success in ecommerce. He began in the apparel industry printing t-shirts for rock bands in the late 70's while still in college. By the mid 80's, Bill was printing t-shirts for many bands and major retail accounts nationwide.

In 1998, he started T-ShirtKing.com which quickly grew to become a top-100 retailer on Amazon.com and won Internet Retailer Magazine's Top 50 eCommerce sites in 2004 next to LL Bean, Gap and Zappos.

Bill sold his company to Art.com in late 2006, and in 2007 moved with his family from New Mexico to Maine . Since then his interest has turned to the mobile revolution and he is developing mobile commerce applications at www.AppPublishing.com .