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...
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,...
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,...
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...
[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...
Thanks to the Pearl District Business Association for requesting SEMpdx present at their monthly breakfast event. Please find the presentations below for: Demystifying SEO, Social Media and Digital Marketing The Presentations: ...
January 8, 2013 – It was back to the basics Tuesday night as SEMpdx kicked off a new year. Formic Media’s John McPhee began the evening by covering SEO fundamentals and touching on a few current best practices we should all be doing. Among...
Nicely done, @hughgarrett and an excellent example of how to get someone to share your content! Appealing to companies and organizations by including them in your infographic is a great way to get them to share, and it worked...
November 13, 2012 – This month’s focus was on Google Authorship, likely the next big game changer in search. Mike Arnesen, Senior SEO Analyst from SwellPath, provided an in-depth look at Authorship and how Google+ can improve your...