Advisory Board / Volunteers

Advisory Board:

 

Anne Kennedy – Beyond InkAnne Kennedy

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SES Advisory Board; International Search Strategist, Author – A search marketing industry thought leader, Anne co-authored the first book on international SEO and PPC, Global Search Engine Marketing (Pearson Que February 2012). After providing search engine consulting to hundreds of companies—including Hearst Newspapers, Philips Lifeline, and Dunkin Donuts—and launching dotcoms Zillow and Avvo online, she formed an international online marketing consortium with Nordic eMarketing in Reykjavik, London, Stockholm, Rome and Beijing. Anne was a founding member of the board of directors for Helium.com, acquired by publishing giant R.R. Donnelly in 2011.

David Mihm – GetListed.org & DavidMihm.com

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David Mihm is one of the world’s leading practitioners of Local search engine marketing.  He has created and promoted search-friendly websites for clients of all sizes since the early 2000’s.

David writes frequently about Local Search at his own blog, Mihmorandum, and formerly wrote a column on Local Search at Search Engine Land. His annual Local Search Ranking Factors project is among the most important studies of Local SEO.

David has been invited to present on Local search marketing by every major search marketing conference, including multiple SMX and SES events, the BIA/Kelsey Group ILM Series, and SEOmozCON.

He previously served on the Board of Directors of SEMpdx, Portland’s search marketing trade organization, as Director of Partnerships from 2008 – 2010 and SearchFest Director in 2011. In addition to managing his private consulting business, David is the co-founder of GetListed.org.

Heather Lloyd-Martin – SuccessWorks SEO Copywriting

Kent Lewis – Anvil Media, Inc.

Matthew Brown – AudienceWise

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Matthew Brown is a veteran digital strategist who has designed and implemented search marketing and audience development campaigns for dozens of companies, from Fortune 500 publishers and large e-commerce companies to emerging startups.

Prior to launching AudienceWise, Matthew was Director of Search Strategy for the New York Times Company from 2005-2010. His area of focus was driving the research and technology side of the search marketing effort for the Times, the Boston Globe (Boston.com) and the International Herald Tribune. Since joining the NYTco, his team helped exponentially grow search traffic to the newspaper’s websites.

Matthew also co-founded Define Search Strategies in 2005 as a consulting branch of the New York Times Company, designed to work with larger publishers to build comprehensive SEO programs integrated into the daily workflow. At Define, Matthew designed and implemented comprehensive search marketing campaigns for businesses large and small, including ToysRus, Time Inc, NHL.com, TVGuide.com, Hearst Digital Magazines, Lime.com, National Geographic, Oprah.com, PC Magazine, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Reader’s Digest.

Tom Hale – PPC Specialist Thomas Creek Concepts (Forums admin)

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Moderator and Rabble Rouser for SEMpdx Forums
ex-Top Contributor in AdWords Help Forum
Owner – Thomas Creek Concepts – A Google AdWords Certified Partner

Background:
Portland State University Scholars Program – English Major (Wordsmith)
Food & Beverage Management (Bottom Line Business Savvy)
Retail Sales (Sales Skills)
Financial Services (Hardcore Sales Skills)
Online Music Promotion, for the love of it (That is How I Discovered AdWords)
Professional AdWords Manager (Unique Skill Set = Success)

Mark Knowles – Smart Solutions & Pixelsilk (Web committee)

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With decades of experience and hundreds of software and Web development projects under his belt, Mark Knowles has an in-depth understanding of Web design, development, marketing and search engine optimization (SEO).
His professional background includes developing technology solutions for companies such as JELD-WEN, Intel, adidas Golf, PacifiCorp and many others. And as an entrepreneur, Mark has built several technology companies into multimillion-dollar organizations.
During the past several years, Mark’s focus has been founding and developing the first-ever SEO-friendly content management system (CMS), Pixelsilk. At Pixelsilk, Mark leads a team that combines the Web CMS with SEO best practices for client websites across the globe.
In addition, Mark is also a speaker at leading search marketing conferences including Search Engine Strategies™ (SES), Search Marketing Expo™ (SMX), PubCon™ and others. He also serves as an advisory board member at SEMpdx in Portland, Ore., and is co-chair of the annual Bend WebCAM (Web + Creative Marketing) Conference.
On a personal note, Mark Knowles is known for having a relentless energy and a passion for craft beer.

 

Dan Sundgren – Intelius

Aliza Earnshaw – AboutUs.org

 

Volunteers

2011/2012 volunteers TBD