“I ain’t sayin’ I beat the devil, but I drank his beer for nothing…Then I stole his song.”  Kris Kristofferson

I’ll be the guest speaker at Bido on June 26. We’ll be talking about SEO/Social Media. Please join us and you’ll be able to chat with me one on one for an entire hour. If you don’t have an account, log on to http://www.bido.com/. Click “Register” on top right of screen. Once logged in, go to the page for the day’s auction. Click the blue “chat” tab located under the purple bar the reads “Next Auction: …”. Then click “login to chat”.

SEMpdx will be bringing a session to Online Marketing Summit Portland on 6/29 at Hotel Monaco. Our session title/description:

“SEMpdx Presents 6 Pack: 12 SEM Tips You Can’t Live Without”
A rapid fire session where you’ll walk away with AT LEAST 12 actionable search engine marketing tips. The session will cover everything from SEO & PR, on-page SEO, linking strategies, social media optimization tips, local SEO tips and more. The format will feature 6 presenters who are tasked with giving you two take-home tips while being limited to just a couple of slides and a couple of minutes each - there will be no fluff, just content… and lots of Q&A time with these SEM experts.

The Online Marketing Summit is an incredible opportunity to see some of the best and brightest search marketers present in an intimate conference setting. Aaron Kahlow has organized an awesome show for Portland and I’m glad he’s taken the time to answer some questions about the conference and about Internet Marketing in general.

1) Please give us your background and tell us what you do for a living.

“His soul had approached that region where dwell the vast hosts of the dead. He was conscious of, but could not apprehend, their wayward and flickering existence. His own identity was fading out into a grey impalpable world: the solid world itself which these dead had one time reared and lived in was dissolving and dwindling.”   James Joyce, “The Dead”

“Lemme here you say…fight the power…we’ve got to fight the powers that be.” …Public Enemy

So, I just got back from a Royal Caribbean Cruise. My father purchased berths for 4 families, including mine, to sail in the Caribbean for 7 days. I suppose I shouldn’t complain since my family got a complimentary vacation but since this is a blog post, you gotta know I’m gonna complain about something :.)

Senior Manager, Paid Search Marketing wanted for a position with a leading consumer technology products company in downtown Seattle. This person will work with the Direct Marketing team responsible for marketing consumer products. The team manages the search and
affiliate marketing channels, as well as product launches and a number of
other direct to consumer marketing channels. This role is responsible for
the growth and success of a complex Search Engine Marketing (SEM) channel.
Search engine traffic from these programs drive a significant number of
sign-ups and revenue for our subscription services, making it a high
visibility channel with a significant impact on our revenue and profit.
Through industry expertise and the detailed management of a high volume of
terms, these channels have seen growth and innovation in recent years. We
are looking for somebody to lead these channels to even greater success in
the future.

More Details Here

There’s a new WordPress plug-in we just began using, and it’s pretty slick, called Tweetmeme.

On the surface, after just a couple of days on several sites, I’m finding that it’s improving user interaction and participation, adding more traffic, and increasing readership on the blogs, besides the obvious addition of new Twitter followers.

“Step inside my mind for a moment…” Robin Williams from “Reality, What A Concept”

When I saw this Tweet from John Andrews, I knew I had to question him about it…and here’s how the conversation went:

Just from this brief exchange that has nothing to do with search marketing, I have learned a tremendous amount about John and the traits he has as a search marketer.