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I have been investing in real estate for the last couple of years, with my focus being on short sale transactions, subject to, and lease optoins. When I as an investing began enountering funding issues with my short sales, I was spurred to form One Day Funding since I saw a real need for transactional funding services. Prior to investing and providing transactional funding, I had had a successful record of past business ventures.

The last business I owned was called Webster Group International (WGI) There I served as the President and CEO. WGI provided internet marketing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) services that guaranteed our clients would rank in the first 10 positions on the search engines. I founded the company in 1995, it literally was one of the first three SEO companies in the world. In 2001, I am proud to say that WGI was named by Deloitte and Touche as one of St. Louis’ “Technology Fast 50”. This award is given to technology companies that have shown the greatest growth over the previous 5 years. WGI was awarded a 5th place ranking out of 50 technology companies in the St. Louis area. We also were ranked #374 in the national Deloitte and Touche Fast 500.

I sold the company to a firm called Tempus Group out of Great Britain in 2000 and stayed on as President and CEO until 2002. In 2001 Tempus Group was bought by WPP, the largest advertising, marketing, & communications company in the world. WGI served as its interactive arm to provide marketing and advertising services to its clientele via the internet. WGI was re-branded as Outrider in 2001 and remains in business today as one of the premier search marketing firms in the world.

While operating WGI, I also designed and developed a software product called SitePromoter, which allowed individuals and businesses to create their own Search Engine Optimization marketing campaigns for their own businesses or web sites. This was also sold with WGI to Tempus Group.

Prior to forming WGI, I created a software product that was designed specifically to provide organization of the businesses of those involved with selling Pampered Chef® products, which is a home party business that sells all types of kitchen products. This software was subsequently sold to the corporate offices of the Pampered Chef®, where it was used by their consultants and directors nationwide.

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Hi Shari! Thanks for reaching out to me. I appreciate talking with you in regards to transactional funding, you been a great help! 03:44PM on February 22, 2012 · Matthew Terry