Lisa Peyton of "The Generator Group", a Portland-Based Executive Search / Staffing company and strong SEMpdx supporter, sends me a link to a very interesting interview she did with a recruiter who uses the Second Life Platform to recruit job...
Hey Matt, I enjoyed meeting you and chatting with you at Pubcon. You're a great guy and I truly believe that nobody could possibly do a better job of webmaster outreach than you and I admire that you willingly journey into strongholds of folks...
Thanks to Joe Morin, I was able to attend a performance of Cirque de Soleil's "KA" at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Plot really doesn't apply in this sort of show. However, I saw some stuff performed live that should be impossible to do off...
Seth Godin, author and Change Agent, was recently named Most Important Marketing Guru by leading marketing executives. A few months ago, I asked if he’d keynote at SEMpdx SearchFest 08. While he wasn’t able to speak at SearchFest, he agreed to...
Entire Day 2 Agenda All Speakers and Bios This day seemed more devoted to "advertising", and there seemed to be even more sessions that were just company showcases. Again, I've whittled it down to only what I felt most useful below, and I did...
I'm not attempting to recap the entire conference, but I've tried to pick out only the most helpful or useful bits of information shared, and I did not intend to slight anyone by leaving out their presentation. All Speaker Bios and links to their...
After reading the comment on the previous post, I went to Google and searched for "SEO poker tournament Pubcon" and there it was... Cool! I'm not sure how I missed this, and it's even had several Sphinns. The poker tournament time was changed to...
I just want to let people know that SEMpdx Board Members Todd Mintz & Scott Hendison will be at the Webmaster World Conference (aka Pubcon) in Las Vegas that's starting on 12/4. While I'll be taking in the top sessions from the comfort of the...
Do you even know what Google Notebook is? Even if you do know what it is, you probably aren't using it very much, but you may want to start, because not only is it a handy tool, it might start to affect rankings. According to this article by Bill...
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...