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By Melissa Larsen<\/em><\/p>\n

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BEST MARKETING PROFESSIONAL: Ian Rakow<\/strong><\/p>\n

The former student body president at Central High School, Ian Rakow founded his first business,\u00a0The Computer Wiz, 28 years ago. Fast forward to 2003 and Rakow established the successful\u00a0Cyberactive Consulting, which currently offers search engine optimization, social media\u00a0management and online reputation management for individuals and businesses. It also specializes\u00a0in online reputation management for politicians and high-net-worth individuals and businesses.\u00a0\u201cI love online marketing and helping people make money. I have been doing search engine\u00a0optimization for almost 18 years and have developed a mathematical approach that gets\u00a0consistently amazing results. I have taken those skills and incorporated some other strategies to\u00a0also provide a highly effective online reputation management services to both businesses and\u00a0individuals.\u201d @IRakow<\/a>. Photo by Kayla Fisher.<\/p>\n

Buy your copy of Arizona Foothills Magazine Best of Our Valley 2017 Collectors Edition issue<\/strong>\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Melissa Larsen BEST MARKETING PROFESSIONAL: Ian Rakow The former student body president at Central High School, Ian…\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-people","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\nIan Rakow: Best Marketing Professional 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Melissa Larsen BEST MARKETING PROFESSIONAL: Ian Rakow The former student body president at Central High School, Ian Rakow founded his first\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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