Kent Lewis

In case it’s not on your calendar already, consider attending Bend Web Conference 2 (WebCon) in Bend Oregon on January 31st. You’ll get to see 3 top name speakers (yes, there are two other top name presenters besides me) talk about emerging and social media marketing. I will be co-presenting with Tim Kendall [...]

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I will be attending OMS 08 in San Diego as a panelist on the Social Media Peer to Peer Roundtable. If you haven’t already applied to attend, consider doing it today. The 3 day event will feature a laundry list of top name speakers from industry [...]

I’ve been an adjunct professor at Portland State University since 2000. The last two years, I’ve taught a two-day eMarketing Introductory Workshop as part of the new Internet Strategies Workshop Series. My next workshop is March 7th & 14th, and seats are still available. My eMarketing Workshop is not the first in [...]

Many of you are probably already aware that I speak from time to time. In case you’re interested in catching a few of these very special events, I’ve outlined the next few weeks. Most recently, I presented a search engine marketing overview at the OTBC in Beaverton (archived Webcast available). I will [...]

For the third year in a row, I’ve huddled with the Anvil Media, Inc. SEM team and put together a list of SEM predictions for 2008.  This year, I’ve raised the bar by posting it on Search Marketing Standard’s Blog.  Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, that is, unless we’re off the mark.  Let’s all [...]

In 1999, I created pdxMindShare to help connect talented individuals with each other…whether they were employed or not. Since then, pdxMindShare has grown significantly, with well north of 3,000 email subscribers receiving weekly updates including Portland-area jobs and networking events. MindShare hosts its monthly networking event 5:30 p.m. every third Wednesday of the [...]

In June of 2006, I was approached by contacts from a competing SEM agency about starting a search engine marketing (SEM) professional trade association. Naturally, I was game, and quickly recruited a handful of Portland’s best SEM professionals to join the SEMpdx board. Fast forward to today, and SEMpdx is a nationally recognized [...]

I’m proud to announce that my Portland-based search engine marketing (SEM) agency, Anvil Meda, Inc., continued with strong growth in 2007.  Anvil Media managed to increase revenues from search engine marketing (SEM) consulting services by 5o percent, with only one additional employee over last year.  A majority of the growth can be attributed to increased [...]