A whole bunch of years ago, there was a Domain Conference in Seattle called “Domain Roundtable” which I had the privilege of attending. One of their promotional efforts that stuck with me as being particularly savvy is they offered somebody...
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...
The free local seo tools that I cover below can help you identify areas for improvement with on-page SEO, optimizing your Google+ business listing, finding inaccurate citations, finding the best citation sources, analyzing your link profile,...
We need your input on helping make SEMpdx better. SEMpdx sent out a survey today to active and expired members, as well as folks on our newsletter list. [caption id="attachment_14280" align="alignnone" width="300"] Picture from After Party at...
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...
In our 2015 SEM “Hot Seat”, attendees can choose to submit their website ahead of time for a chance to be reviewed by our panel of experts. Our amazing panelists cover a wide range of specialties and each will share their analysis and make...
Welcome to SEMpdx’s featured member profile post for November. Before we get to this month’s featured member interview, I wanted to quickly welcome new and renewing SEMpdx members: Lani Farnmorth (new), Spyker Media (renewing), SQ1 Portland...
Eight months ago, I came closer to a real nervous breakdown than ever before. It all started when my wife and I decided to add a deck to our house... You know the rest. Cost overruns, missed deadlines, large men with humongous biceps outside...
[caption id="attachment_14025" align="alignnone" width="300"] Social media + Search engine optimization = success[/caption] In their quest for the most useful search result, Google’s algorithm has placed increasing weight on social media...
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...