by Kent Lewis | Oct 3, 2019 | SEMpdx Blog |
As a seasoned presenter on digital marketing-related topics, I’ve had the opportunity to partner with Digital Summits conference series, speaking in Seattle, Portland and most recently Charlotte. The strategic reason to present on the topic of podcasting at Digital Summit Charlotte, is simply because I’ve never visited the city and am glad I did. It’s a lovely, yet high-growth city with excellent food. More importantly, the 2+ day Digital Summit provided a host of insights from dozens of speakers. I’ve highlighted the most interesting...Read More... 
by Kent Lewis | Sep 25, 2019 | Events, SEMpdx Blog, social media |
This past week, I had the honor to attend and speak at Senior Care Sales & Marketing Summit (SMASH) in Las Vegas. While there were dozens of speakers and topics over three days, I thought I’d share highlights from my two favorite sessions. Creating a Social Media Measurement Framework Jim Sterne is truly a godfather of analytics and I was excited to see him on the conference schedule. He’s the founder of a host of associations and excels in making measurement more accessible to marketers. In his session, Jim talked about the ‘opportunity...Read More... 
by Kent Lewis | Aug 28, 2019 | Business, Link Building, Organic, SEO, social media, Tools |
I recently had the opportunity to appear as a guest on Michael Perman’s show: Craving the Future Podcast: The Future of Influence. I shared the guest role with the co-host of my new podcast, Podcast for Closers, Mike Chase. The conversation among the three of us centered around the future of influence and how marketing and sales will evolve in the coming years. One area we touched briefly upon was the role social media influencers play in our lives. The interview inspired me to take a deeper dive into the rapidly evolving and often...Read More... 
by Kent Lewis | Jun 25, 2019 | Organic, PPC, SEO |
Not long after Google unveiled AdWords in 2002, companies have had the option to buy branded terms. Unfortunately, many organizations have elected not to purchase their own company, product or service-related terms for a variety of reasons, primarily because an organizations’ website already ranks #1 in organic search results for those terms and feels they can save money by investing elsewhere. I believe this is logical, but short-sighted thinking. In this article, I outline at least five reasons to buy branded terms in paid search. 1....Read More... by Kent Lewis | Jun 12, 2019 | Marketing, SEO, social media |
The second and final day of Digital Summit Portland built nicely upon insights from the first day. Before we dive in, be sure to check out my day 1 recap: Voice, Rebel Brands and UX Design. The Psychology of a Website: Optimize for Cognitive Biases, Conversion Triggers, and Google’s RankBrain, Matthew Capala, Alphametic In this session, Matthew shared recent research regarding the impact of organic search traffic (a primary source for a majority of websites) and key ranking factors. Those ranking factors have evolved from keyword-based to...Read More...
