More than a few speakers have written to me asking about the SES conference series - how they should prepare, what they should bring, how the conference is organized for speakers, etc. There's an irony here that shouldn't be overlooked - when I was a first-time speaker (just a couple years ago), I had these same questions, and plenty of nervousness. I'm going to address this purely from an SES ...
Jeremy, along with Aaron Wall and a couple others, has put together something called the "Elite Retreat." Dave Taylor (one of the organizers) wrote a bit about the why of the conference: ...
Over the last 3 years, I've made more than 2 dozen unique presentations. Anyone who's seen these knows that one of my signatures is an attempt at humor. Occassionally successful, often dismally sad (particularly with British audiences) and universally tacky, embedded comics have been a mainstay of almost every Powerpoint I've authored. For no other reason than to share, I've collected s...
When I flew back from the NCAA championships this past spring, I thought to myself "well, that's the last time I'll fly on an aeroplane for a good long time." I was facing imminent graduation (read: unemployment) and I expected to be expelled into the world, a lowly M.A-less English major, browsing job websites for Junior Copywriter positions until the next coming of Christ. The gig w...
That's right folks; I've been tapped by Stanford University to participate in their Web Publishing Course on Monday, Nov. 13 & Tuesday, Nov. 14. The goal of the course is to help business owners, website managers and corporate executives learn the ins and outs of building and marketing a successful site. ...
As Joe noted to me - very few folks in our space have written about the recent acquisition of Incisive Media (by Apax Partners, a private equity firm). As usual, Joe has remarkable insight on the subject:Now with Incisive Media itself having been on the auction block with a subsequent sa...
Last week, I spend three days on the road, visiting a client in Guelph, ON. My job was to train a staff of 20+ web publishers, designers, content creators and managers on the things that we at SEOmoz do best - viral marketing, site/content development, usability/design analysis and social media marketing. The training itself was excellent - better than many of the training sessions I've conduct...
Aaron was right when he said that this was one of the best SEO interviews ever. Bob had a lot of ideas and contributions that just feel so right. Do you believe it is cheaper for most marketers to try to influence search engines directly, or to aim to influence ...
Last night I attended Seattle's small (but growing) Web 2.0 roundtable, hosted by the kind folks at Wetpaint. The traffic was a bit tough, due to a Mariners game across the street, but we managed to start right around 6pm and the hours flew by. The companies represented included: PayscaleTheir site isn't as "open&...
Savvy SEOmoz blog readers will know that my recap of SES San Jose made a brief appearance on our blog on Monday before it was taken down. Why the teaser, you ask? Well, apparently my recap was so frickin' huge that 1/4 of it got cut off, which resulted in a very cranky and expletive-spewing SEOmozzer. Rand's suggestion? Turn it into an article, which I happily did. I hereby invite you,...
During the past few months, I've received more than a few emails asking me about Mr. Martinez's position on the SEOmoz blog. At the SES conference in San Jose, a small handful asked the same question - here's the response I gave them: Michael's views and opinions are not mainstream. They don't always have the kind of logic that's easy for many of us to follow (myself included). Michael'...
During the expo hall last Tuesday at SES San Jose, I sat down with Matt Cutts for a 5 minute, impromptu chat on the air. Foolishly, I issued a challenge that anyone who sumo-wrestled me at the WebMasterRadio party on Wednesday night (Jim's got great photos here) and won would earn the right to a free link from...
Today I presented on the link bait panel at SES - one of my very favorite topics. I've always been a fan of Jennifer Laycock and Chris Boggs, but Cameron Olthius, who started out his presentation slowly, gave, in my opinion a be...
The big names in SEO are taking the week before SES San Jose as an opportunity to make drastic changes in their lives. Here's the rundown: Mike Grehan leaves Smart Interactive Andy Beal ...