Heather Lloyd-Martin is President and CEO of SuccessWorks. Recognized as the pioneer of SEO copywriting, her book “Successful Search Engine Copywriting” is considered a complete best-practices guide to search engine writing.

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Rand is the founder and CEO of SEOmoz, a search marketing consulting firm based in Seattle, WA. Rand’s best known for his work on the SEOmoz.org website, a resource that serves tens of thousands each month in the field of SEO/M. Like all good businessmen, Rand dropped out of the Univ. of Washington’s business school to pursue his dream of running a small company and has never looked back

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Dan Harbison turned his long-standing love of professional sports into his current position overseeing the online marketing and branding initiatives for the Portland Trail Blazers. This includes the Official Site of the Portland Trail Blazers: trailblazers.com, the first social networking site launched by a professional sports team; IAmATrailBlazersFan.com, direct email marketing, and a myriad of Web 2.0 applications including blogs and podcasts.

Now a search marketing consultant for SEOmoz, Rebecca has spent the last year building a presence in the SEO blogosphere and conference circuit. Although she is still constantly learning new SEO techniques, she has quickly become well-versed in link building, keyword research, generating link bait, and performing site reviews. Rebecca believes that anyone with a desire and passion to learn can grasp SEO and pick up on it quickly.

Matt McGee is SEO Manager at Marchex, a search and media company in Seattle, Washington. He’s guided successful SEO projects for clients of all sizes and budgets, with special emphasis on traffic acquisition via organic rankings. Matt is a speaker at the Search Engine Strategies conferences, and writes about online marketing at Small Business SEM. He’s a frequent contributor to several SEO/SEM forums, and is a moderator for the Small Business Ideas Forum.

Stoney deGeyter is CEO of, and leads a spectacular team of seasoned marketing experts at, Pole Position Marketing. In business since 1998, Stoney has built a successful search marketing business by fusing the brightest minds with a penchant for personal and business integrity. Stoney is the driving force behind Pole Position Marketing’s desire to make his client’s businesses more successful than his own. He strives to ensure that the Pole Position Marketing team works cohesively on each project that the end result meets and exceeds client expectations.

Mr. Hay is the co-founder and CEO of Expansion Plus Inc, a leading Los Angeles-based Internet marketing and public relations firm. E+ offers full service organic search services including new media consulting, web site optimization, link building, online press releases, blogs, RSS feeds and Social Media campaigns.

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SEMpdx Hosts SearchFest 07 at World Forestry Center

The Northwest’s Largest Search Engine Marketing Event
Draws National Speakers

 
PORTLAND, Ore. (February 20^th, 2007) – Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland (SEMpdx) officially announced SearchFest 07, the Northwest’s largest conference dedicated to search engine marketing (SEM).  The full-day conference will feature multiple learning tracks, workshops and expert panels to help businesses leverage SEM to increase awareness and revenue.  The conference will take place March 7, 2007 at the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon.  For more information about the event, or to register, visit www.sempdx.org.

Feedia’s John Hartman recorded the February 13th 2007 Hot Seat Event, where we reviewed five websites in a panel format. Listen to the podcast here

We have completed adding the 2007 Searchfest biographies on the SEMpdx
website.
http://www.sempdx.org/Events/Speakers_and_Topics/

See all speakers
and bios

Portland Oregon’s Searchfest date of March 7th is drawing nearer, and we’ve now confirmed the keynote speaker.

It’s going to be SEMPO’s Vice President Jeffrey Pruitt, who promises to be informative and entertaining as well.

You can see the entire Searchfest schedule as it comes together here, and you can register to attend Oregons largest search marketing event here.

Online registration for all current and future SEMpdx events is now available.

SEM Hot Seat is coming up next Tuesday, and Searchfest, Oregon’s largest search event is right around the corner, on March 7th.

Register for Searchfest.

A huge thank you goes out to Site 9 and the board of SEMpdx for working so hard to get the new website live.

Please go check out SEMpdx.org, and don’t forget to register for next Tuesday’s SEM Hot Seat!

Oregon’s premier search event, Searchfest, is going to be great, and if you’re traveling from out of town, there are now discounted rooms available for all attendees.

Hotel deLuxe has announced that they will extend a discounted group rate of $135+tax for non-smoking King deLuxe guestrooms on March 7, 2007 and we will honor the rate two days pre and post the event date as well.

Searchfest
Date: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Time: 7:30 am - 4:30 pm
Loaction: World Forestry Center | 4033 SW Canyon Road | Portland, OR 97221

Event Overview

SEMpdx brings you SearchFest 2007, a full-day search engine marketing conference featuring multiple learning tracks, workshops and expert panels to help you leverage search engine marketing (SEM) in your organization.