Philip O'Hara is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Directory One. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, O’Hara relocated to Houston in 1981 and established a career as an advertising consultant. For sixteen years he assisted small business owners who wanted to generate leads using the Yellow Pages.
In 1996, Philip formed a team to help develop his Internet site for his yellow pages consulting business, and quickly found clients interested in exploring advertising options with Yahoo and other search engines. O’Hara saw tremendous potential in website design and web advertising, and founded Directory One Inc.
Web marketing became the sole focus of Directory One, Inc. with O’Hara following the same principles of Yellow Pages advertising. Just like AA Auto Shops who appeared first in the yellow pages, he wanted his clients' websites to appear first in online searches on the Internet and have the maximum call to action at the top of their pages. With this in mind, he hired a qualified team to execute Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategies.
This trend setting approach was well received by a variety of small businesses. In 2001, Directory One, Inc. had 37 clients and the company expanded by purchasing www.checkhouston.com, and again in 2004 it merged with Artistic Video and Around Houston Website Design.
Currently, Directory One, Inc. has hundreds of clients and is the most successful website design and SEO firm in Houston. A wide range of clients, from attorneys, to oil and gas companies to florists are seeing results everyday from the use of key word rich website marketing. Directory One, Inc. has evolved into a full service advertising and marketing agency offers video production and is the leading video optimization company in the United States.
As the CEO of Directory One, Inc., O’Hara meets each of his clients personally and customizes a program for their website design and marketing. He oversees a professional team including web designers, writers and video production and editing and teaches a SEO web marketing course at Houston Baptist University.
With affordable pricing schemes and innovative web solutions, O’Hara and his team are committed to make Directory One, Inc. the best in its field.
