Omaha, NE -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/13/2011 -- November 7, 2011 Steve Manes became a highly anticipated member of the Intertwine Interactive team! Steve’s role at Intertwine is specializing in the management of affiliate programs in a wide variety of industries driving an impressive total of over $12 million annually in affiliate sales for our clients. Leveraging his relationships with many top tier affiliate partners, he’s able to quickly build and expand on a program that drives new revenue and customers to his clients’ websites.

Steve has held several key positions for prominent companies in his professional career. To highlight a few, he was the Affiliate Marketing Manager for Sears Holdings Corporation. In his role at Sears Holdings Corporation he developed, grew and managed the Kmart.com affiliate program along with assisting on the Sears.com affiliate program, helped to exceed the yearly ROI goals, and created an annual 2011 plan and forecast for the affiliate program based on yearly metrics and industry trends. He also launched, grew and managed the Sears Espanol, Sears Puerto Rico and MyGofer Affiliate Programs while serving as the point of contact to the Sears International team for all Affiliate, SEM and Datafeed inquiries.

Prior to acting as the Affiliate Marketing Manager for Sears Holdings Corporation, Steve was an Account Manager for LinkShare Corporation.

While at LinkShare he had several responsibilities which included overseeing implementation of online marketing programs for 12 clients in multiple verticals, including the development and tracking of each client’s project plan. He also implemented individual account revenue strategies to exceed each client's ROI goals, delivered client business reviews to highlight performance, growth opportunities, and industry trends, and oversaw a team of four that helped clients’ reach their affiliate marketing goals

Steve has his degree in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He currently resides in Chicago with his wife Meredith and two year old daughter, Isabella. He is an avid sports fan, likes to travel, try new restaurants, and watch movies.