In all honesty I can not believe of anything theoretical to write about in the moment but that is because I have 'had my head in the weeds' for the past few weeks. I've been doing the doing of Seo (for myself and at work) really intensely and that has left small time for thinking about how or why we do the issues we do in the doing of Seo.
That said (and I promise I will not repeat it), I occasionally hear from buddies who are in transit. It seems to me that I've heard from a lot more than several lately ('lately' being some thing like 'this year'). I don't usually speak of my buddies and co-workers online because, properly, frankly that keeps me out of trouble.
So I believed I would break with tradition and introduce you, my readers (and online pals) to some of my other buddies who also have connections with the Search engine optimization business. And let me say that I have ulterior motives for doing this, not the least getting that I am tired of seeing these folks not be seen. I have often (well, occasionally) said that the majority of Seo specialists and gurus and wizards do not really promote themselves online. I believe that to be accurate.
I also believe that is a shame, because numerous folks are really struggling to distinguish themselves from the crowd when looking for new clients, applying for jobs, or just trying to share an opinion somewhere in a meeting or in their offices. Here are several individuals whose Seo and advertising opinions mean one thing to me. Some of them could currently be taking on customers. Some of them could be in a position to help YOU. I'll list them alphabetically by last name.
Nicolette Beard very first contacted me before I left Houston in 2006. We met once or twice in person and have spoken on the telephone several occasions and have exchanged more than a few emails. I cannot say I have worked with Nicolette but she has more than 20 years' encounter in advertising, a minimum of five years' encounter in on-line marketing (including operating for a significant business and doing consulting work), and she practically persuaded me to go into company with her'except that I had already produced a career choice to leave Houston. To this day I have wondered if working with Nicolette wouldn't have supplied a minimum of as great a path as the one I've led so far.
Nicolette's independent consulting firm is Searchlight Marketing. I wish I could say I have stayed in touch with her enough to know when she is taking on clients but I don't. She did let me know earlier this year she had moved to the Naples, FL area and I see that she is now connected with the American Business Womens' Association Neapolitan chapter in Florida. Nicolette is intelligent, tenacious, insightful, and motivated. I would advocate her any day of the week.
Carlos Del Rio was an Seo technician at Visible Technologies when I began working there in 2006. Carlos and the 'traditional' or 'core' Seo team handled a whole lot of customers having a diverse set of wants. As Director of Search Strategies I was occasionally asked to make myself available towards the core Seo team as a secondary voice of authority but most of our conversations delved into all that theoretical stuff I've been writing about for the past a number of years. Carlos is wise, intuitive, and methodical and he produced me think on more than 1 occasion. You will find also more than a handful of Seo Theory articles that were written following Carlos and I had discussed some esoteric stuff in detail.
You could already know Carlos as the co-author of User Driven Change and the CEO at Agillian Marketing Services. I've never seen Carlos present himself as a theorist inside the field of search engine optimization but if there's an Seo Theorist's club and in the event you have to be voted in, Carlos has my vote. Take that for what it's worth.
I don't a lot like his present Twitter picture but I would work with Carlos once again any time.
Sae Dvorak is really a Web designer who worked on my team at Visible Technologies for a couple of years. She handled each and every crazy project I threw at her and on several occasions exceeded my expectations. To say that I sometime asked the Internet designers to take some actually boring concepts and make them exciting doesn't do justice towards the designers. Sae's function was imaginative and inspirational. Sae came to us with a total set of Internet design skills as well as a fundamental understanding of Seo. She would be an asset to any organization that wants to build a creative team that gets online marketing.
When I heard from Sae recently she was freelancing and also looking for a lot more permanent opportunities. Should you want some good freelance perform, now is the time to connect with her. If your business is looking for a solid Web developer who knows website structure inside out, you'd be crazy not to reach out to Sae. I can't suggest her perform enough.
Bo Seeger was also a member of Visible Technologies' 'core' Search engine optimization team when I began working there. Like Carlos Bo is really smart but though he usually handled the theoretical discussions well (as well as helped teach our Search engine optimization classes) Bo has always enjoyed the hands-on challenge of turning a web site about, increasing visitors, and satisfying those hard-to-please clients. He even took on a main PPC campaign in addition to his organic Seo clients where the client demanded (and RECEIVED) a 4-to-1 return on investment.
Bo was promoted to Seo Manager at Visible Technologies and eventually succeeded me as head of the search reputation management team when I transferred to another department. He has extensive managerial experience and can take any intern-level Seo newbie and train them up to be a competent Seo specialist in six months (give or take). Bo is currently freelancing and tells me he is taking on clients.
He's good, extremely good, and I'd not need to have to compete against him.
Kent Yunk is a friend of mine and I have had the pleasure of operating with him. He is transitioning into his own consultancy and working with his wife Melanie's Seo firm Roaring Pajamas (I adore that name!). Kent Yunk is really a world-class search engine optimization engineer, specialist, theorist, you-name-it. He has done some incredible projects. He knows how to scale up and can see a sick Web site a mile off. There have been days when I've been going on about theoretical stuff and Kent was the only person within the room who did not want any explaining.
I hope I have the pleasure of working with Kent once again.
These are phenomenal folks and they have all worked miracles on behalf of others. But they're, in my opinion, too modest about letting people know they're available (when they're accessible). There are, obviously, other folks with whom I have worked about whom I could say all sorts of wonderful items but I don't think any of them are freelancing or building consultancies or otherwise taking on Seo clients proper now.
Todd Friesen doesn't count ' most if not all of you ALREADY know who Todd is but let me say unequivocably that I would be very happy to work with Todd again, too. And I may as well mention Randy Ray, too. Great guy, extremely smart, a lot of experience in the highly competitive verticals, I often enjoy chatting with him.
You can find plenty of other good, smart people in the field who deserve the rare mention on this blog but this article is special in that I wanted to let you all know about my pals, folks whom I really feel can deliver a high quality performance. I'm presently not obtainable to take on clients. On those occasions when individuals ask me for consulting, I might refer them to malaysia seo, depending on circumstances.