Register before July 3rd using promo code SEMPDX and receive a 20% Discount . Now more than ever is the time to take a class in Search Engine Marketing. Employing search engine marketing techniques is a process that builds power over time. Make sure your online strategies are effectively implemented now so you can reap the benefits when it counts most. The bottom line is this: You will learn how to position your website so the best targeted searchers find your site therefore converting more Read more [...]

I had a nice chat with Matt Cutts at SMX Advanced. Not only is he a great guy but he is incredibly accessible for a person who has such a strong position of importance in our industry. I'm totally convinced that Matt would spend as much time with a search newbie as he would with a SEO “A” lister and if you happen to see Matt at a conference, don't feel bashful in going up and introducing yourself. During our conversation (the only part of it I'm going to share with you), Matt asked my opinion Read more [...]

Are you planning to see the Online Marketing Summit in Portland on August 5th? Perhaps you're planning to go see the Online Marketing Summit in one of its 10 other summer stops? How would you like to save 20% on your ticket no matter which of the 11 shows you decide to attend? It's easy. When you register at http://www.onlinemarketingsummit.com, make sure to use the code "IMAPORTLAND" to save 20% off your admission. OMS is the only purely educational event of its kind -- built around Read more [...]

As if you really needed another reason to be a member of SEMpdx, our friends at Webmaster World have given you one anyway... Now, all SEMpdx members will get a discount on their admission to Pubcon 2008, taking place in Vegas (baby), November 11th to 14th, 2008! To get full details of the discount, and see ALL of the SEMpdx member discount opportunities, visit the SEMpdx member discount page. Read more [...]

Aaron was one of the best presenters at Searchfest 2008 and I had a great conversation with him at dinner following the show. Aaron will be bringing the Online Marketing Summit on the road this summer with a stop in Portland on August 5th. He agreed to answer my questions about the event as well as about search marketing in general. 1) Please give us your background and tell us what you do for a living? I wear two hats. First and foremost I am the Chairman and Founder of an educational Read more [...]

SMX Advanced in Seattle was held June 3rd and 4th, and just like last year, I thought it was an excellent show. Even though I took copious notes, rather than recap all the sessions, which has already been done so well by many others, I thought I would blog about only the newest information I learned. Not all of the information below came from the sessions, and in a few cases, they came from conversations in the hallways, or even after hours. Not everything here might be useful for you to know, Read more [...]

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 10, 2008 -- Sitening’s Anastasia Holdren will conduct two AdWords™ training seminars supported by Google, Inc., in Portland, Ore. The seminars will be held June 25 and 26 at Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland-Lloyd Center [http://www.doubletreeportlandgreen.com/ ]. The seminars, titled “AdWords™ Seminars For Success,” are full-day classes designed to teach people to use AdWords, Google’s global advertising program. The seminars are divided into Read more [...]

Nearly every SEMpdx board member sent a rep to SMX Advanced in Seattle last week. We also spotted a lot of our friends there. Most of us wrote at least one blog post covering the sessions attended, impressions etc. Here are a few of those links: SMX Advanced 2008 Coverage from SEMpdx Amplify Interactive: SMX Advanced Seattle 2008 (links to multiple posts) EngineWorks: Value of Creating Value at SMX Advanced Anvil wrote several posts for Search Marketing Standard: Diagnosing Web Site Read more [...]

After being alerted about a paragraph in Yahoo’s new Terms and Conditions by my colleague Kent Lewis, I was in disbelief at what I was reading. Surely it was some kind of mistake, or they had not worded their intentions very well. I couldn’t imagine they would actually think it would be OK to edit their advertisers campaigns without their approval and then only make an “effort” to reverse the changes if advertisers noticed and requested a reversal in writing. But it is actually true. I Read more [...]