TreeHouse SEM, LLC.

We find that being partners and friends is the best way to conduct business. We relish in-person meetings and getting to know our clients. Each client has individual needs and expectations for their business. TreeHouse is made up of extremely talented marketing professionals who are business owners themselves.

TreeHouse SEM was built around the ideas of effective and powerful Web identity campaigns firmly grounded in good customer relations. Our engineers have been around the SEO industry for years and we detailed what we thought was wrong with the current methods and practices emplyed by the larger SEO firms. We also polled clients and found out what they most liked and most disliked about their SEO campaigns.

This gave rise to the TreeHouse SEM methodology that we use today. We strongly believe in the power and effectiveness of our campaigns, but we also understand that there is a human element to any marketing campaign. Our mission is to provide the most effective services delivered in a way that greatly exceeds clients expectations. We look forward to working with you.

Our Executive Team

The TreeHouse SEM executive team has many years of successful business experience in many different industries. Combined with our expert level knowledge of SEO practices, this provides the absolute best campaigns focused on increasing revenue and return on investment.

Steve DeVries, Owner and CTO
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Steve comes from a rich Web background where he has worked on the design, development, and marketing aspects of hundreds of Web sites. Formerly from Mississippi where he attended Ole Miss, Steve moved to San Diego to pursue further challenges in the Web marketing arena.

To compete in the rapidly growing marketplace of SEM, Treehouse immediately set itself apart by placing Chief Technology Officer DeVries at the helm, who is one of the most coveted experts in the industry today. DeVries was previously a lead technical consultant at a competing local firm, achieving top rankings for major clients such as Entrepreneur, Vegas.com, Viacom, Workopolis, and Ziff Davis Media. DeVries' experience has brought him much industry attention and placed him in high demand as a speaker at industry events by those looking to pick his brain.

Brett Combs, Owner

Brett Combs has built an extensive resume of achievements in the real estate business over the past ten years throughout Southern California and Canada. Brett gained his foundation in the real estate business from two generations of a family brokerage development company successful in both Canada and the United States. After graduating from University of San Diego with a Business and Marketing degree 2001, Brett ventured out to start Pacific Shore Platinum Properties Inc. This forward thinking brokerage firm specializes in upscale home sales, high-rise condominium sales and marketing, and property management of a portfolio of over 100 homes in the coastal areas of southern California and Western Canada. Under Brett leadership, the company's has achieved sales in excess of 300 million dollars in 2005-7. Brett has developed a strong presence in the market and has become a household name in the community, being recognized for his high level of customer service and global networking.

Brett Combs, president of Del Mar-based Pacific Shore Platinum, a high-end real estate brokerage firm, is a co-founder of Treehouse. His decision to buy 40 percent of the Treehouse, he said, was a "no-brainer." But, first he was a client.

"I had been a strong believer in SEM, but it is such an unknown industry and there is no exact science to how it works," said Combs. "I had been doing the bare minimum, thinking I had been doing full capacity. I didn't know."

Josh Jenkins, Owner

Josh began his career in the financial services industry as a registered representative, training under a veteran market guru with the primary goal of attracting new clients through creative marketing. Following years of intensive hands-on experience, Josh started The Hartwood Group, his first company, in 2001. The Hartwood Group, is a niche qualified plan advisory, for which he gained national exposure and later sold to a large national insurance wholesaler. The Hartwood Group was successful as a direct result of Search Engine Optimization and dominant web rankings. This led to leads and ultimately clients.

With the competitive advantage of Search Engine Optimization in his pocket, Josh later co-founded a start-up institutional software company, which merged with a leading insurance conglomerate in mid 2006. Josh's web marketing experience placed him in the "expert" category. Josh has co-hosted the Wall Street Financial Hour, a Southern California public radio show, and has shared his industry expertise through platforms such as Fortune Small Business Magazine, San Diego Business Journal, National Underwriter, California Broker and Entrepreneur Magazine's Radio Show, among others.

Josh wanted to extend the reach of his marketing skills by exposing businesses from all industries to the power of search engine marketing. He is a co founder of Treehouse Search Engine Marketing.

Our Offices

We have recently completed our new offices and look forward to giving you the tour. We are located in beautiful Del Mar, California and welcome visitors to our office. Please call us at 866-604-1736 to schedule a visit and TreeHouse SEM can review your site in person.

Treehouse SEM
1442 Camino Del Mar Suite 205
Del Mar, CA 92014

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