September 15, 2015 – After a brief summer respite, SEMpdx kicked off its new year of educational events with local search expert David Mihm from Moz. David shared with us the state of local search and several key developments to pay attention...
May 12, 2015 – The highly anticipated Members Appreciation event took place this week with special guest Brent Csutoras of Kairay Media joining us to share his insights on how to effectively leverage social media. His presentation was jam-packed...
April 14, 2015 – A sold-out crowd welcomed Ethology’s Mike Corak to this month’s SEMpdx event. With experience building successful strategies over the years for companies like Coca-Cola, FedEx and Walt Disney, Mike walked us through all...
March 10, 2015 – With SearchFest still fresh on our minds, SEMpdx gathered for its monthly educational event on Tuesday. The focus? Bridging the gap between PPC and SEO. SwellPath’s Craig Galyon encouraged us to take a holistic approach to...
SearchFest 2015 is upon us! I know you are all busy planning which speakers to see, so it pains me to tell you that you are going to have to make another tough decision this weekend: where to eat. The one problem with SearchFest is that it is...
February 10, 2015 – This month’s SEMpdx event focused on video marketing. Casey Henry, from Wistia, joined us from Cambridge, MA to share his research on effective video marketing and where video can have the biggest impact. Looking at...
January 13, 2015 – At this month’s event, attendees had the chance to submit their websites for review by a panel of SEO experts, including Kevin Getch, Scott Hendison, Mike Arnesen and Michael Cottam. Four lucky organizations were chosen,...
For those of you not familiar with the Hot Seat concept, it goes a little something like this... You share your website, your baby, the vehicle for your business hopes and dreams, the technological and marketing feat for which you are endlessly...
November 11, 2014 – The focus of this month’s SEMpdx event was conversion rate optimization (CRO). Josh Patrice, Portent’s Director of SEO, joined us from Seattle to share his vast knowledge and expertise, leaving us with clear tools we can...
October 7, 2014 – It was a full house at this month’s SEMpdx event as we welcomed Facebook’s Jonathan Colman to Portland for a discussion on integrated content strategy. Jonathan began by walking us through a complete picture of what...