Managing Partner – BeyondInk
Advisory Board – SEMpdx

With nearly 40 years experience in marketing and public relations, Anne Kennedy founded Beyond Ink in 1997 to bring the fundamental principles of marketing communications to online media. A search engine marketer for more than 10 years, she is an industry thought leader and sought after speaker and writer worldwide.

Currently, Anne represents professional SEO firms on the Search Engine Strategies (SES) Domestic Advisory Board, an influential group of business professionals from various industries and fields of expertise selected to propel the search industry forward.

She further serves on the board of directors of Helium.com, a community of writers providing experience-based knowledge, wisdom and creativity to publishers and readers. Barely 18 months after launch, Helium gained 85,000 writers who have published nearly one million articles on the site.

After earning a degree in Radio, Television and Film from Northwestern University, Anne was certified an Internet Professional by Novell, Inc. Anne served on the Board of Directors of Mesda, now TechMaine, the state’s principal IT trade association for six years, and before that with various PR and marketing organizations in Connecticut and Rochester, New York.

Anne lives in Maine and Oregon, and can always be found at Beyondink.com.