Thanks to the quick work of the organizations below, we are all excited to announce the introduction of the region’s first Social Media Awards, The SoMe Awards (so – mee). This year’s award is on a tight time table, but your help with tweeting, blogging and spreading the word is appreciated. Most details are available at www.someawards.com. Don’t be shy – nominate yourself or a client close to you.

SEOmoz Website

Social Media Marketing vs. Viral Marketing. Creating profiles on Web 2.0 sites vs. Linkerati - Targeted Content, Building friends & relationships in blogoshphers vs. Digg etc. SMM can rule the SERPS, control the brank, get link love, show the community you are a participant, traffic, influence traditional media.

Top Social Media Sites:
You Tube
Wikipedia
Yahoo Answers
Yelp
Linked-In
Flickr
Craigslist (Best of)
Facebook
Amazon
Myspace
Technorati
Judy’s Book
Newsvine
Twitter
City Search
Wikihow

Scott Hendison of Search Commander, Inc is one of the founding board members of SEMpdx, and he was interviewed by Marketing Pilgrim’s Andy Beal while attending the SMX Advanced Seattle event last week. - Watch The Video Clip

“If there’s anything the Internet has shown, it’s that a lot of people have too much time on their hands. Todd Mintz, a Portland, Ore.-based Internet consultant, suspects iRazoo’s checks and balances won’t be enough to prevent efforts to move sites into the top spots mostly likely to be seen by users.

“There are very smart people out there who will figure out how to game it,” he said.

“Kent Lewis remembers the moment distinctly. He was at a conference on search engine marketing last May when he approached Danny Sullivan — the godfather of the industry — and asked him about attending a similar event in Portland. The reaction: Port-where?

“People assume Portland is small,” said Lewis, president of Anvil Media Inc. “We’re in the Northwest. We fish. It rains. We couldn’t possibly be industry leaders. They forget about Intel and Nike. They see this little town with one skyscraper.”

I just want to let everyone know that I, Todd Mintz, (along with Scott Hendison & a couple folks from Anvil Media) will be attending SMX Seattle on June 4 & 5. I’m reasonably sure that I’ll be 100% organic each day, so look for me there. I’ll post my updates on this blog for the people that aren’t able to make it.


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PORTLAND, Ore. (March, 8, 2007) Search Engine Marketing Professionals of Portland (SEMpdx) held SearchFest 07, the Northwest’s largest conference dedicated to search engine marketing (SEM). The full-day conference featured multiple learning tracks, workshops and expert panels to help businesses leverage SEM to increase awareness and revenue. The conference took place March 7, 2007 at the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon. This video is a small preview for the upcoming release of the session content video that is being produced. For more information on how you can obtain the full video, go to http://www.sempdx.org

Search engine marketing has been Stanford’s primary professional focus for the last several years with an emphasis on search engine optimization. Fascinated by SEO since 1995, he achieved high search engine position for his own sites, those of his employers, and for for clients. He has had articles published, lectured at universities, and presented in seminars.

As President of Anvil Media, Inc., Kent Lewis is responsible for managing operations, marketing and business development to achieve the company’s mission: to make every client a testimonial and case study. Lewis founded Anvil Media in 2000 to help clients increase visibility, leads and sales through their Web presence. Current Anvil Media clients include American Red Cross, Cardiac Science, CreditReport.com, InFocus, Kettle Foods, Oregon State University, PC World, Pearson, Planar, ReliableRemodeler.com, Thrifty Airport Parking and TransCore.

1) What is GTS Services and what is your role there?
GTS Services is primarily a software solutions company focused on the auto and flat glass industry. In short, their goal is to build profitability for each of their clients in the glass industry by offering business solutions that cut cost, increase margins, and make doing business easier.