SEMpdx has partnered with CMD, Oregon's largest multi-disciplined marketing agency, and specifically with the agency's earned media group, to help further promote and raise SEMpdx’s profile. CMD has been a front runner in developing best practices for how to incorporate social media and search within PR efforts for its clients, such as Cisco Systems, NW Natural, Intel and JELD-WEN, inc. In fact, the agency's PR group recently changed its name to CMD's earned media group, which better reflects Read more [...]

We never stop trying to add more value to our membership, so in addition to the monthly events (which have been getting better and better), we've been trying to obtain more member discounts. The latest discount obtained comes from http://www.affiliatesummit.com/, whose biannual conferences are a marketer's dream. If you've never been to an Affiliate Summit, you're missing out, with the next one coming in February in Las Vegas. The discount is for 10% off, and will be added to our members password-protected Read more [...]

I thank ShoeMoney for recently sending me a 4-pack of his t-shirts. I’m glad to have my children Hayley & Cade model these terrific shirts.

This post was written by Everett Sizemore, a Guest Blogger from the First Page Fitness Marketing Group. There are a number of reasons why you don't want your affiliate tracking link to be available for all to see. Below are a few of those reasons, followed by links to a few resources to help you get started with affiliate redirects, ad-tracking or jump scripts. Hiding Affiliate Links from Spiders Anyone who has been around the affiliate marketing industry for awhile knows how frustrating it Read more [...]

With the rise of Google's universal search, search engine marketers are going to have to be craftier to make sales / generate leads. Clearly, people who have never thought of using video in SEM (including me) are going to have to adapt to this new landscape. Above is my first affiliate video. Pretty cheesy huh? However, I have "found" targeted traffic that I wouldn't have gotten any other way. Below is a video I made to advertise a job opening at the company that I work for (S.R. Clarke Read more [...]