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From Authorship to Authority at SMX West

Published March 12th, 2013 Authorship & AuthorRank, SEO

Our Senior SEO, Mike Arnesen, is speaking today (on two panels) at SMX West 2013 in San Jose, California. If you’re there, make sure to check out Blow Me Away Blogging at 1:30pm and From Authorship to Authority at 3:30pm. What follows here is the blog post version (of course, it’s nothing compared to the [...]

Mike Arnesen 37 Comments

Upcoming Speaking Engagements: Catch SwellPath at this Week’s SMX West 2013

Published March 11th, 2013 SEO, Social Media, SwellPath

SwellPath’s Mike Arnesen is on the road again, this time appearing on two panels at this week’s SMX West 2013 in San Jose. Catch the Blow Me Away Blogging session from noon to 1:30pm PST on Tuesday, March 12 to learn how to keep your blog updated with fresh and appealing content, generate leads, increase [...]

Emily Priebe 8 Comments

Highlights from SearchFest 2013

Published February 28th, 2013 Events, Industry, News, Reviews, SEO

The day began just as the agenda promised: with bacon. SEO-minded content management system company Pixelsilk provided the salty, smoky centerpiece of our tasty breakfast, which found me sharing a table and a pitcher of ice water with my SwellPath colleagues, as well as a number of the Northwest digital marketing landscape’s heavy hitters, including content marketing [...]

Will Hattman 13 Comments

SearchFest 2013 Food Guide

Published February 19th, 2013 Events, Industry, Reviews, SwellPath

SearchFest is this Friday and it’s guaranteed to be an amazing time for everyone who attends (just check out the speaker line up and you’ll see what I mean). On top of that, there are fantastic networking opportunities all day long and the chance to explore the unforgettable city that we (at SwellPath) call home. Even better, [...]

Mike Arnesen No Comments

How to Conduct a Social Media Competitive Analysis

Published January 31st, 2013 Social Media

As marketers, we are now living in a world where social media is fully integrated in our brand strategy and communication plan. We’re all using social and have a presence on the various social sites; it’s now time to start really analyzing what type of social communication is effective and what’s not. Because of its [...]

Ashley Stuart 6 Comments

AuthorRank for Brands

Published January 24th, 2013 Authorship & AuthorRank, SEO

AuthorRank is one of the hottest topics in SEO for 2013. The potential is huge and the advent of AuthorRank as a major factor in Google search ranking seems imminent. There’s one big unanswered question here, though. What about AuthorRank for brands? I wrote an extensive post about How to Prepare for AuthorRank on SEOmoz [...]

Mike Arnesen 20 Comments

How to Amplify Earned Media

Published January 17th, 2013 SEO, Social Media

So! Your site was just on the receiving end of a little nod from a much bigger site. You(/your company/your non-profit/your blog/your political organization/your band/your art collective) were the right combination of lucky and good, and some reputable online so-and-so blessed you with a product review, an event write-up, an interview, or maybe just a [...]

Will Hattman No Comments

What Businesses of Any Size Can Learn From Marketing A Micro Business

Published December 21st, 2012 Advertising, Paid Search, Social Media

                    Like most attempting to run and manage a business, I’ve had triumphs and failures in marketing my business and building awareness for my product offerings.  Much like the Cobbler’s children with no shoes, as a Digital Marketer by occupation, I’ve found that many times my [...]

Ashley Stuart 4 Comments

8 Takeaways from a True Story of 800% Blog Growth

Published December 5th, 2012 Blogging, Events, Industry, Social Media

I love blogging. That’s why I’m excited to bring you the blog post version of my SMX Social Media Marketing presentation from the “Blow Me Away Blogging” panel. “Content marketing” is definitely the hot buzz word of the year and while the idea of marketing content as the crux of your inbound marketing strategy gets [...]

Mike Arnesen 25 Comments

SEO 101 for Bloggers

Published November 27th, 2012 Blogging, SEO

Let me just say this up front… …bloggers are awesome.   Bloggers have something to say and they’re not afraid to say it. Bloggers create great content (generally) and that content is making up a larger and larger portion of the web. Bloggers are making the web a better place by engaging their respective communities [...]

Mike Arnesen 43 Comments

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