My first post of the year is going to be to thank John Hossack and VKI Studios for coming out last Monday to present at the Vancouver Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Meetup, which I organize. It was the first time we run out of seats in the room at what has become our regular Meetup […]
Meetup of Meetups 09 – Too Immediate Post
It’s almost midnight. I’m a little tipsy and not sure if it’s kosher to write while in this condition, but as Nike says, I’ll just do it. I’m coming back from the Meetup of Meetups here were more people that I could count. The word is that there were more than 500; and I would […]
IIMA Sponsors Vancouver SEM Meetup
The Vanouver SEM Meetup was lucky enough to get a sponsorship offer from the International Internet Marketing Association (IIMA) last week. They are offering 25% off new individual and corporate memberships for the month of December. That’s a generous chunk of cash (thank you IIMA :)) and I wouldn’t be surprised if IIMA membership goes […]
Vancouver SEM Meetup (Nov 17) Thoughts and Photos
(Okay, this post is late – really late – but bear with me. I’ve been transitioning to a new job (and a new lifestyle) and still getting the groove to blog more consistently.) The last Vancouver SEM Meetup (Nov 17th) was about Bing.com. James Laitinen from the International Internet Marketing Association (IIMA) presented a very […]
Vancouver SEM Meetup – Oct 6th – Raquel Hirsch from Wider Funnel
Last week the Vancouver Search Engine Marketing Meetup had Raquel Hirsch from Wider Funnel as a presenter. The presentation, I thought was great; the sound and A/V quality at Ceili’s, not so much. Here are my thoughts: The presentation was titled The Six Landing Page Success Factors. Wider Funnel is a company that specializes in […]
The Vancouver SEO Meetup Group Changes Name!
The Vancouver Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Meetup Group is changing its name to The Vancouver Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Group. The reason is that we have many members who would like to hear and discuss a variety of issues beyond SEO – in fact we do that already.