Director of ROI.com.au, Ewan Watt, has been featured on Australia’s Financial Review as one of the nations most successful entrepreneurs of recent years.

After starting his fledgling internet marketing business in Melbourne in 2006, Ewan has grown a considerable enterprise which now employs over 40 employees at ROI.com.au’s head office in Surrey Hills, Victoria.

Ewan identified Google Places as one of the most important recent developments in search engine marketing, suggesting that businesses who adapt to the latest change in Google’s algorithm will experience significant wins in organic search engine traffic.

ROI.com.au has picked up some notable awards during it’s five year history, including:

• Smart Company – 50 Fastest growing startups
• BRW – Fast starters

While Ewan expects revenue for 2011 to surpass the $4 million mark, he admits that the year on year growth experienced by ROI.com.au will be difficult to maintain.

To read more on Ewan Watt and how he progressed ROI.com.au from a bedroom enterprise in 2006 into Australia’s leading performance based search engine marketing company, click here.