“I was surprised when getting involved with this conference how many people could not distinguish between strategy and tactic,” stated Kevin Ryan at the top of my final session of a whirlwind SES Chicago.
“Kevin Ryan Unplugged” was a chance for Kevin Ryan, the man behind it all, to share his own personal thoughts on the conference and for attendees to offer compliments or suggestions.
It also served as a great bookend for my coverage of this excellent conference.
If I were to sum up the conference as a whole, I would, as Scott Miller did in a previous session, break it down to three C’s:
Conceptuality
Communication
Coordination
Today, it’s becoming increasingly vital in search that all parties involved in a website communicate and coordinate with each other on the concepts they will be promoting (how was that for including all three C’s in a sentence :))
While I had this idea in mind, Ryan received a […]
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Focus is a tricky thing. Especially when describing a product that has so much too it. How can you possibly explain a detailed product, like a customized laptop, for instance – in just a few bullet points? The ideal prospect will want to read about every last feature – that’s simply their demeanor.
Let’s take a different, broader product. Pizza, for example. It’s absolutely fantastic that major pizza chains allow you to order pizza online using landing pages, and I truly hope that the best pizza in the Twin Cities will not only begin doing so soon – but call TopRank Online Marketing immediately to provide their site with the treatment their pie deserves.
Who isn’t interested in pizza? But just how much do you want to know about it before ordering? Can’t you find a lot of this information somewhere else, if so inclined […]
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Well, do you?
If you’re reading this, and you’re not a relative or friend of mine trying to figure out just what it is I do, the answer is probably affirmative.
A more accurate question could read, “Should You Want to Be a Search Marketer?”
The answer could be found in this aptly labeled “Just For Fun” track on Day 4 of SES Chicago.
The panel, moderated by Kevin Ryan, included:
Dave Davies, CEO of Beanstalk
David Wallace, CEO and Founder of SearchRank
Nicole St. Martin, Search Marketing Analyst for HotGigs
David Hoffman, from Search Smart Marketing
So should you?
Of course, per St. Martin. Search marketing, as it stands is new to the point that demand for talent is greater than supply of talent. Unlike other disciplines, such as engineering or anything else tech related, there is […]
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“Managing PPC for Multiple Clients” had for me the pleasure of being a “slow-burn” of a session at SES Chicago.
For those unfamiliar with a term I may or may not have created, it means that it did not leave an immediately strong impression on me, until I later was fortunate enough to review the notes I had taken.
The session, moderated by the always exceptional Kevin Ryan featured a panel of:
Joe Rosza, President of SEO Columbus
Matt Naeger, VP & General Counsel for Impaqt
Christopher Upkes, Director of Agency Business Development for Adapt Technologies
Craig Macdonald, VP of Marketing for Alliances & Product Management
So what was is it that resonated with me most about this session upon further reflection?
Even more so than the notion of managing PPC accounts, it was the notion of “managing”.
We […]
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What’s great about working in a new and constantly changing industry, that still manages to adhere to several of the rules of the past, is that you can take an old adage and play around with it and try to coin it to fit our new world.
For example, “An image is worth a thousand words,” could turn into:
“An image is worth a thousand links”
“An image search results is worth a thousand text search results”
“A properly branded image is worth a thousand non-branded images’
And so on…
So were the themes of the hyper-paced “Images & Search Engines” today at SES Chicago.
Moderated by Anne Kennedy, the panel featured:
Shari Thurow, Founder & SEO Director at Omni Marketing
Chris “Silver” Smith, Lead Search Strategist at Netconcepts
Amanda […]
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Oftentimes, the birth of one technology, while dubbed a death-knell or replacement for an existing technology, instead simply means an evolution.
Television, for example, was not a death-knell for film nor for radio. In fact, film & radio have evolved to not only exist in their original environments, but spill over into the newest technical mediums.
The web is perhaps the strongest example of this, as film, television, and even radio have migrated over to this medium.
So was the starting point for my first session at SES Chicago – Day 3 titled “Podcast & Audio Search.”
The session, moderated by Danny Sullivan featured on its panel:
Amanda Watlington, Owner of Searching For Profit
Daron Rabin, From WebMaster Radio
When attempting to be found or brand yourself using audio content, would you believe the actual physical recording is actually the easy part?
In fact, this process can be outsourced to the experts, namely, the […]
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It seems nearly every conference will have an overarching theme to it. (Rather, it seems the sessions I choose to attend at any given conference will have an overarching theme to them).
The final session I attended during Day 2 of SES Chicago, “SEO & Development: Get It Together” spoke further on what I had been seeing throughout the day, and served as a nice bookend to my first conference session, “Usability & SEO”.
The conference, moderated by Chris Boggs, included on its panel:
Geoff Karcher, President/Owner of The Karcher Group
Sage Lewis, President of SageRock.com
Colton Perry, SVP of Technology at NetPlus Marketing
The session continued on the overall theme of SEO & design working together from the conception of a website and through each of its days to ensure a powerful blend of creative and SEO best […]
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Truly, is there anything in the world more beautiful than a perfectly designed website?
One that is easy to find, easy to navigate, all while burning its design into the heart of its visitors?
Like a perfect marriage, it contains seamless and complimentary aspects of all that have a stake in its creation to the point that its union seems almost too easy.
Our nation’s high divorce rate serves to remind us that it’s truly not as easy as it looks. My first session at SES Chicago, “Usability & SEO” served as a reminder that these two complimentary concepts do not blend seamlessly without a bit of work.
“Usability & SEO”, moderated by Jeffery Rohrs, included on its panel:
Shari Thurow, Founder & SEO Director from Omni Marketing
Matthew Bailey, President of SiteLogic
Bob Tripathy, Search Strategist from Discover Financial Services
Prior to today’s session, I had always thought of SEO and usability as essentially one in […]
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While I am not native to Chicago (regular readers are well aware that TopRank Online Marketing is native to one of the 50 toughest states in the union - Minnesota) - it is a far more local journey than my last two excursions, to SES San Jose and the Bulldog Reporter Media Relations Conference in DC.
My objective at SES Chicago next week will be to both cover sessions for the benefit of our valued readers here at Online Marketing Blog and to learn as much as is possible in a short week about topics such as universal search and marketing with social media - what are best practices, what are the most powerful tactics?
In my role as an Account Manager at TopRank, I am constantly striving to ensure content related to our clients and their campaigns are found by the right prospects, at the right time, for the right reasons. […]
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