Doug is married to wife Linda and has 3 daughters; Brittaney, Courtney and Sierra. On Oct. 31, 2010 granddaughter Brylee was added to the Cavin family.
Objective
To increase brand awareness and sales for my sponsors through personal representation in the central Ohio market and nationwide through Internet promotion and viral marketing
Summary of Promotional Experience and Assets:
* Authored “Make an Impression,” which has been published on numerous fishing-related Websites and is used by many tournament anglers as a guide to promoting sponsors
* Launched Get Hook’d fishing forum in October 2007. Since starting the forum over 500 people have joined with daily averages of 4,508 page views
* Launched Get Hook’d youtube channel which has over 75,000 upload views
* Launched Get Hook’d July of 2009. Get Hook’d is one of the fastest growing fishing industry websites on the internet.
* Launched Get Hook’d Tournament Series in 2010 with over 120 anglers fishing the first season.
* Regular contributor on fishing-related Internet forums where I talk about sponsors’ products. Over 2,000 posts per year.
Promotional Appearances & Fishing Seminars
* Rei Lakes Fishing & Country Legends Expo
* Bass Pro Shops
* Gander Mountain
* Various boat shows throughout OH, KY, TN and IN
* Various retailer shows throughout OH, KY, TN and IN
Promotional Experience within Fishing Industry
Over 10 years as Field Staff, Pro-Staff, Sales Representative, Director of Pro-Staff, and Director of Sales with various companies within the fishing industry.
Current sponsors are:
Vicious Fishing
Duckett Fishing
Reel Grip
Set the Hook
Ardent Outdoors
ima Lures
Optimum Baits
Deps
Zappu
Eco Pro Tungsten
Bait Werks
Assassinator Baits
Television Promotions
* Created show proposal, which was accepted, to appear as a guest in the 2009 season of the popular ESPN2 TV show, Beat Charlie Moore.
* 2010 guest appearance on Hook n’ Look with Kim Stricker – Click here to see show preview
* 2010 guest appearance on Fishin’ with Joe Jordan
