Anvil Media

For those of you that may not already know, I’ve been a long-time supporter of Oregon’s early literacy reading program for struggling students.  In 2003, I created SMART Gala to raise awareness for the SMART reading program among a new generation of volunteer readers and financial supporters. Over the course of 4 years, Anvil Media [...]

After 14 arduous days of growing and grooming, search engine marketing agency Anvil Media announced a winner of Anvil’s Stash Bash 2008. The winner outperformed and outlasted 6 other men and was able to secure the coveted prize: a gift certificate at HairM good towards a King Cut and Ultimate Shave. Each member [...]

Nancy Bhagat with Intel tackled the topic of end-to-end marketing online (a fundamental shift). Fundamentally, marketers are facing a media revolution: the increasing number of media outlets, noise and costs are compounded by time-shifting (Tivo effect).  With so many media outlets, reaching an audience is a cost-prohibitive endeavor. Nancy reminded us that there are [...]

At the recent SMX Advanced in Seattle, Anvil Media’s own Leisa Hall posed a question to Google’s Matt Cutts: does he feel like he’s search engine marketing’s (SEM) moral compass?  Although it wasn’t attributed to Leisa or Anvil, it did generate a few laughs and hearty post-event discussion.  Even if the initial question about being [...]

Hallie and I attended The Portland Business Journal’s 2008 Fastest Growing Private 100 Companies reception tonight at Portland Art Museum. We represented Anvil Media, the only search engine marketing (SEM) firm to make the PBJ Fastest Growing 100 List. Needless to say, we were pleasantly surprised with the outcome. After watching clients [...]

I just spent a little time this morning reviewing my schedule and noticed I’ll be attending, exhibiting or speaking at quite a few events over the summer. I thought I’d take this opportunity to share a few of the events with you here, so you can plan accordingly.
07.16 - pdxMindShare
07.16 - SEM for SMB [...]

Being a Class A Moron just got harder. NBC’s 30 Rock integrated Google into Thursday night’s episode with a New York Post Page Six storyline plot involving Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin). A controversial comment in the infamous newspaper created an association between a search for Class A Moron and Jack Donaghy in a Google search. [...]

As a former board member and long-time supporter of Portland Advertising Federation (PAF), I’m very pleased to see the 100+ year old organization is evolving and staying relevant with the  ad industry.  Most recently, a group of PAF members formed a special committee to create a unique internship opportunity for marketing students looking for real-world [...]

For Anvil Media’s Spring field trip, we tapped DreamLife Powersports for a snow-filled adventure on Mt. Hood. The Anvil team headed up to Trillium Lake, where we were met by the DreamLife team and loads of toys. For the excursion, we rented 4 snowmobiled (aka sleds), 1 quadrunner and an RV. For [...]

It’s been a long haul, but I made it.  I blogged 16 sessions for Search Marketing Standard over a 4 day period.  I learned a few things, met a few people and even picked up a cold.  The obvious highlight was lunch with Seth Godin, but I did enjoy SearchBash ‘08 at Spotlight in Times [...]