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...
Howdy, I am Nathan Isaacs, the membership chair for SEMpdx. We are starting a new initiative to recognize members beginning this month. As criteria for selection, SEMpdx members must have a completed profile in our membership directory, and then...
SEMpdx Joins Forces with Local Organizations for a Holiday Party! Join SEMpdx, pdxMindShare, Social Media Club, and AMA after work on Dec. 11 to celebrate the holiday season by eating, drinking, and partaking in good conversation. Light...
The November 2014 SEMpdx educational event features Josh Patrice, Director of SEO at Portent. Join us as we learn all about the convergence of SEO and CRO, specifically how to optimize conversion rates on your site for maximum ROI! Date and...
There’s a debate going on at SEMpdx and throughout the search marketing world around the use of “search” and “search marketing” when describing what we do. It is not a new conversation. We had it years ago at EngineWorks when deciding...
PPC "Back To School" Presentation for SEMpdx On September 9th I gave a talk at SEMpdx's "Back to School" event. I was asked to review changes in the PPC/SEM world that occurred over the summer. There were some exciting and controversial changes in...
The October 2014 SEMpdx educational event features a very special guest, Jon Colman of Facebook. Join us as we learn all about building an integrated content strategy! Date and Time Tuesday, October 7th, 2014 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Presentations...
As we do most of the time, we are meeting on the second Tuesday of the month, with networking from 5 to 7, we'll have an hour long presentation and Q&A, then another half hour of hang around time. Hope to see you there! About the...