Announcing a new job opening: Search Engine Marketing Specialist. See our careers page for more information. Amplify-Interactive, a Portland Oregon search engine marketing agency, is hiring a Search Engine Marketing Specialist. The specialist will have the unique opportunity to help drive the next phase of growth for Amplify Interactive, and learn the fundamentals of search engine marketing . Search Marketing Specialist: This is an entry-level job. The specialist will help with all aspects Read more [...]

Now in its 10th year, the global SES Conference and Exposition Series educates tens of thousands of marketers each year, with a 98% satisfaction rate. SES Chicago (December 8 - 11), the only major Search Marketing Conference and Expo in the Midwest, will be packed with 60+ sessions, multiple keynotes and Orion Strategy sessions, exhibitors, networking events and more. We hope to see you there. 1)Please give me your top 5 reasons for attending SES Chicago 2008. a. Lawrence Lessig, founder Read more [...]

Donate Life Northwest and our 300+ volunteers sincerely thank SEMpdx for their very generous donation to our annual Lifesaver's Breakfast fund-raising event Thursday, Oct. 23rd. It has been a privilege for Donate Life Northwest to be honored as the Charity of Choice for your organization and we deeply appreciate your support throughout 2008. As a liver transplant recipient and a member of the Donate Life Northwest board of directors, I am fortunate to witness the amazing impact such financial Read more [...]

SEMpdx is an "all volunteer" organization, and cleaning up comment and forum spam comes with the job. However, when these time sucking wastes of pixel space come from someone that is supposed to be "in the industry", it really ticks me off. Sifting through several hundred morning e-mails Thursday, I ran across two newly submitted forum posts awaiting approval. One was supposed to go in our Portland "local search marketing jobs" forum and one was slated for the SEM business forum. As soon Read more [...]

SEMpdx Past President Kent Lewis gratefully agreed to answer some questions about his newest venture. 1) You have one successful search marketing agency…why start another one? What’s the relationship between Formic & Anvil? Anvil Media provides search engine marketing (SEM) services to Fortune 1000 and equivalent clientele that have very specific and sophisticated SEM requirements. As much as we enjoy working with smaller businesses, Anvil is not structured to effectively help these companies. Read more [...]

As online networkers go, I definitely fall into the Ho/Sl*t category. I will get LinkedIn / Facebook Friend / Twitter Follow with just about anybody who doesn’t spam me. I deliberately choose this path because I believe that expanding my “sphere of influence” online is worth the time spent at these activities. Last week, I received the following email via LinkedIn from a total stranger. Hi, I'm a recent graduate and former student-athlete looking for career opportunities in the Read more [...]

SEO Strategies PDF

SEMpdx thanks Aaron Wall for a most outstanding presentation.

Blu Drobushevich's "Back to Basics SEO" presentation from SEMpdx's October 14 Hot Seat event is now posted on Amplify Interactive's site. Here's a link to the Back to Basics SEO presentation. Thanks to all those who attended - that was a great turnout and we hope to see more of you at the next event! Read more [...]

“If you want a partner…Take my hand…Here I stand…I’m your man.”…Leonard Cohen I’m not in the job market now. I’m happily employed in my current position. But what if I were? First, I would craft a kick-ass resume and post it on my personal website. Then, I would Twitter that I was looking for a new position. My tweet would get pushed to Facebook, FriendFeed & many other places so a large number of people in my network would know that I am seeking employment. Meanwhile, Read more [...]

We're happy to announce the addition of a new benefit for SEMpdx members. Taking advantage of this one will pay for nearly half of your membership fee, and you don't even have to leave town to use it! There's a new search marketing publication on the scene called Search Engine Marketing Journal, (or SEMJ for short), and it's quite unique. For starters, there are no advertisements throughout the entire issue at all. Even the cover gets right to the point with the entire table of contents right Read more [...]