In all honesty I cannot feel of anything theoretical to write about at the moment but that is since I have 'had my head within the weeds' for the past few weeks. I have been doing the doing of Seo (for myself and at work) extremely intensely and that has left small time for thinking about how or why we do the things we do in the doing of Seo.
That said (and I promise I will not repeat it), I occasionally hear from pals who are in transit. It seems to me that I've heard from more than a couple of lately ('lately' being one thing like 'this year'). I don't usually speak of my pals and co-workers online because, well, frankly that keeps me out of trouble.
So I thought I'd break with tradition and introduce you, my readers (and online pals) to some of my other pals who also have connections with the Seo business. And let me say that I have ulterior motives for doing this, not the least being that I am tired of seeing these people not be seen. I've usually (nicely, occasionally) stated that the majority of Search engine optimization specialists and gurus and wizards don't truly promote themselves on-line. I believe that to be accurate.
I also think that's a shame, since several people are truly struggling to distinguish themselves from the crowd when seeking new customers, applying for jobs, or just attempting to share an opinion somewhere in a meeting or in their offices. Here are a couple of people whose Seo and marketing and advertising opinions mean some thing to me. Some of them may currently be taking on clients. Some of them might be in a position to help YOU. I'll list them alphabetically by last name.
Nicolette Beard first contacted me before I left Houston in 2006. We met when or twice in person and have spoken on the phone numerous times and have exchanged more than a few emails. I cannot say I've worked with Nicolette but she has a lot more than 20 years' encounter in marketing and advertising, at the very least 5 years' experience in on the internet marketing (which includes working for a significant business and performing consulting perform), and she practically persuaded me to go into company with her'except that I had already made a career selection to leave Houston. To this day I've wondered if working with Nicolette wouldn't have provided a minimum of as great a path as the one I have led so far.
Nicolette's independent consulting firm is Searchlight Advertising. I wish I could say I have stayed in touch with her sufficient to know when she is taking on customers but I do not. She did let me know earlier this year she had moved to the Naples, FL area and I see that she is now connected using the American Company Womens' Association Neapolitan chapter in Florida. Nicolette is smart, tenacious, insightful, and motivated. I would recommend her any day of the week.
Carlos Del Rio was an Search engine optimization technician at Visible Technologies when I began operating there in 2006. Carlos and the 'traditional' or 'core' Search engine optimization team handled a lot of clients with a diverse set of wants. As Director of Search Methods I was occasionally asked to make myself accessible 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 several years. Carlos is intelligent, intuitive, and methodical and he made me think on much more than 1 occasion. You can find also a lot more than a handful of Seo Theory articles that had been written following Carlos and I had discussed some esoteric stuff in detail.
You may already know Carlos as the co-author of User Driven Change as well as the CEO at Agillian Marketing Services. I've never noticed Carlos present himself as a theorist in the field of search engine optimization but if there is 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 significantly like his present Twitter picture but I'd function 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 crazy project I threw at her and on numerous occasions exceeded my expectations. To say that I sometime asked the Internet designers to take some truly boring concepts and make them exciting does not do justice towards the designers. Sae's work was imaginative and inspirational. Sae came to us with a complete set of Web design skills and a basic understanding of Seo. She would be an asset to any organization that wants to build a creative team that gets on-line advertising.
When I heard from Sae recently she was freelancing and also looking for much more permanent opportunities. If you want some great freelance function, now may be the time to connect with her. If your organization is looking for a solid Internet developer who knows website structure inside out, you'd be crazy not to reach out to Sae. I can't recommend her work enough.
Bo Seeger was also a member of Visible Technologies' 'core' Search engine optimization team when I began working there. Like Carlos Bo is extremely wise but though he always handled the theoretical discussions nicely (and even helped teach our Seo classes) Bo has usually enjoyed the hands-on challenge of turning a site around, growing site visitors, and satisfying those hard-to-please clients. He even took on a major PPC campaign in addition to his organic Seo clients exactly 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 an additional department. He has extensive managerial expertise 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 customers.
He's great, extremely good, and I would not wish to have to compete against him.
Kent Yunk is really a friend of mine and I have had the pleasure of working with him. He is transitioning into his own consultancy and operating with his wife Melanie's Seo firm Roaring Pajamas (I enjoy that name!). Kent Yunk is a world-class search engine optimization engineer, specialist, theorist, you-name-it. He has carried out some amazing projects. He knows how you can scale up and can see a sick Website a mile off. There have been days when I've been going on about theoretical stuff and Kent was the only individual in the room who didn't want any explaining.
I hope I have the pleasure of working with Kent again.
These are phenomenal people and they have all worked miracles on behalf of others. But they are, in my opinion, too modest about letting individuals know they are accessible (when they're available). You will find, needless to say, other people with whom I've worked about whom I could say all sorts of great issues but I don't believe any of them are freelancing or building consultancies or otherwise taking on Seo customers proper now.
Todd Friesen does not count ' most if not all of you ALREADY know who Todd is but let me say unequivocably that I would be very happy to function with Todd once more, too. And I may well also mention Randy Ray, too. Excellent guy, really intelligent, a lot of experience inside the very competitive verticals, I always enjoy chatting with him.
You will find lots of other excellent, wise people inside the field who deserve the uncommon mention on this weblog but this article is special in that I wanted to let you all know about my friends, individuals whom I feel can deliver a top quality efficiency. I'm presently not available to take on clients. On those occasions when people ask me for consulting, I may refer them to malaysia seo, depending on circumstances.