Archive for February, 2008

Search Marketing Tips from Online Marketing Heroes

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Wiley recently announced the launch of a new book, “Online Marketing Heroes: Interviews with 25 Successful Online Marketing Gurus”, in which TopRank has an entire chapter on the subject of social media marketing for SEO and PR.
The list of internet marketing experts interviewed for the book include consultants, agencies, CEOs, PR professionals, client side bloggers […]

Session: Search Marketing and Persona Models

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

The personas session, today at SMX, reminded me so much of psychology classes in college. A large group of people discussing why other people behave the way they do.
Gord Hotchkiss, President and CEO of Enquiro, kicked things off by helping the audience understand the factors impacting how humans make decisions, including:

explicit, implicit memories
past interactions […]

Session: Google’s 5 Tips to Succeed in Universal Search

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

As mentioned in a previous post, universal search is a hot topic here at SMX West.
My first session of the day: The Blended Search Revolution revealed insights from the major search engines about how they are ‘compiling’ the universal search results and how companies should take advantage of the opportunity.
Universal search leverages new content such […]

SMX West Keynote: Level Set on Search 3.0, 4.0 and More

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

SMX West, in Santa Clara, kicked off today with a keynote from Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief of Search Engine Land.
Danny started off the conference by talking about the different generations of search, of which many of us have experienced, the generation we’re in now and where he thinks the industry might go next.
Here’s a quick rundown:
Search […]

SES New York and the Industry That Never Seems to Sleep

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Next month I’m heading to New York to blog the SES NY conference for Online Marketing Blog where Lee is speaking on the “Beyond Linkbait: Getting Authoritative Online Mentions” panel with newly elected SEMPO board member Chris Boggs and PR veteran Sally Falkow.
I’m over-the-moon excited to attend and have stumbled upon a tiny connection between […]

PR and Social Media: PRSA Teleseminar

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Tomorrow the PRSA is conducting a teleseminar “PR and Social Media - What every practitioner needs to know“.
Take a first-hand look at the phenomena that are redefining the practice of public relations.  Hear from three digital PR pioneers about the array of new tools, strategies and channels available to today’s practitioner from Facebook and Second […]

SEMPO Announces 2008 Board of Directors

Monday, February 25th, 2008

I’m sure this will be well covered on the search marketing news blogs but I wanted to make a post because a good number of the new SEMPO board members are people I have known for years and respect a great deal. It can be a big commitment to donate your time to an association […]

Next to Last Post from London

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

SES London 2008 has ended and I am now tasked with spend a few extra days in London to see a few sights and visit a few friends plus a fiesty 90 year old great uncle.
This SES has included a variety of firsts including my first time to London, first time speaking on two panels […]

Session: Beyond Linkbait Getting Authoritative Online Mentions

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

SES London 2008 - Beyond Linkbait: Getting Authoritative Online Mentions
Link building is crucial, but linkbait tactics that worked this year may not be as effective next year. This session focuses on the underlying quality as well as ingenuity needed to get other websites to link to you early and often. It will also explain how […]

5 Ways to Better Leverage Your SEO Firm

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Hello – My name is Nicole St. Martin. I recently joined TopRank Online Marketing as an Search Marketing Manager. I will be working with the TopRank team as a liaison between clients and the service specialists, assessing client marketing needs, providing strategic direction and setting tactical implementation plans.
After working in the SEO industry for 6 […]