I’m spending the day at Internet Strategy Forum Summit West conference in Portland, Oregon. Charlene Li, co-author of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies, kicked of the event with a keynote based on the concept and title of her book, Groundswell. She initially outlined the four step approach to the groundswell, […]
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 […]
SEMpdx hosted SearchFest ‘08 at the Oregon Zoo yesterday. At the day-long event, 250 attendees enjoyed 14 sessions covering various aspects of search engine marketing, as presented by internationally-recognized industry experts. For those of you that missed out, we’ve posted the SearchFest ‘08 presentations and photos online. Look for my Top Ten […]
For the March educational event, Portland Entrepreneur’s Organization members visited the East Side CSO Tunnel Project (AKA The Big Pipe). While it’s been difficult to ignore the construction on both sides of the Willamette Riverfront created by the West and East side projects, I had no idea about the scope of the Big Pipe […]
SEMpdx SearchFest ‘08 is only a week away! We’ve got a full lineup of nationally-recognized SEM professionals at SearchFest ‘08, including a keynote address from Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz, and a select group of exhibitors. If you’re planning on registering to attend SearchFest ‘08, the sooner the better, as the price keeps going […]
Since the first dive bar bus tour I attended 6 years ago, I’ve been a big fan. So much so, I co-organized two dive bar bus tours myself. Aptly named Tie One On, we rented a school bus (or two) and filled them with well-dressed friends and stopped at some of Portland’s greatest “dive” bars. […]
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 […]
One of the great benefits of living in Portland, is being just a over an hour from the beautiful Oregon Coast. One of the benefits of my line of work is that I get to work with great clients like Tolovana Inn south of Cannon Beach, Oregon. We left Portland early to beat […]
Last night, my wife and I took advantage of our “date night” to enjoy an excellent meal at South Park before spending an evening with the Portland Baroque Orchestra. The concert featured guest director Richard Egarr, the newly appointed director of England’s Academy of Ancient Music. Having such a well-established director/musician is a treat, but […]
