Hi. My name is Jon Payne, and I run an SEO agency based in Baltimore.  As of early 2009, we now have a Charlotte location in addition to our main Baltimore office.

The purpose of this website is to serve as a sort of professional profile site for yours truly.This site started as a blog about internet marketing and SEO, and since then has transitioned from a “blog” to a “website with a blog” to a “static website that happens to have a bunch of pages that I keep online because they were part of the old blog and there is no reason to pull them down”.

I’ve since re-focused my blogging efforts on a new lead generation blog, leadgenseo.com. Hopefully I’ll be able to keep that blog up-to-date, but no promises.

Check out these links for more info about me:

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Eventually this site will house a few more-polished pages about myself, as well as some old blog posts, a few random musings about whatever I’m into, etc. I hope to spend a bit more time making the entire site a sort of online resume but that will take time, and likely not happen for a little while since its not a high priority.

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Current Projects

At any one time I’m involved in a number of projects for clients, my own projects and so on.  I have a pretty wide range of interests and love learning about new things.  I also very much enjoy helping out small businesses and analyzing business models and value propositions, particularly in the online environment.  Whether its creating a law firm directory or a site about home improvement tips and ideas, if it involves growth I’m generally game…  Shoot, I can even get jazzed up about iron fencing if there is a viable positioning and differentiation strategy behind it!  Most of the businesses I consult with are based in Maryland, such as a local photo printing lab that is making quite a name for themselves on the national scene, or a number of top IT companies.  Some of them are listed in our Maryland business directory.

See the “contact” tab above if you’d like to reach out to me and discuss a project you have.

Most Popular Blog Posts:

The blog on this site is pretty much no longer active, but I’m keeping the old posts online.  Some of the most popular ones were: