I had a blast tonight attending my first SEO meetup. I had a little trouble finding the place, which is a bit ironic when you stop and think about it. Once there, however, I got to meet and network with a bunch of fellow, local SEO enthusiasts and professionals.
Having written and sold an e-book on the subject a couple of months ago (view the sales thread and buy it here, view all of the awesome feedback I received on the thread at the old forum here), it was fascinating to sit in a room and have an intelligent discussion about some of the cutting-edge SEO paradigms that are on the horizon.
I would like to take a second and give a shout-out to Jon Payne and all the folks at Ephricon (the brains behind this whole group, as well as the brains behind SearchMaryland), Murph (still one of my favorite SEO resources), Danny at WebsiteGrowers.com (let’s see what we can do about those links, Danny), Chris and Page over at r2i, Mike and the gang over Groove Commerce, and countless others whom I am sure I’m forgetting (sorry!).
Remember, just because you’re into Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, SEO, or SEM doesn’t mean you get to be a hermit. You still have to network. It’s not what you know, it’s WHO you know. Well, OK in SEO, it really IS what you know, and where you post it, and what your H1 tags are, and who links to it…
I will leave you with some SEO humor…
SEO-1: “Hey, we’re ranking for duplicate content.”
SEO-2: “How often?”
If you’re not an SEO, don’t even try. You will only hurt your brain.
P.S. - Don’t forget to buy a copy of SEO Supremacy.
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10 Comments Received
September 24th, 2008 @12:14 am
Chris, why does your site redirect me to RipeTV.com?
It just happened. Really weird…
September 24th, 2008 @7:13 am
I’m not sure why that was happening. I was experimenting with a CPM banner that seemed to be doing some weird things to my page. I have removed it so let’s see if that helps. Thanks!
September 24th, 2008 @7:43 am
Who you know can definitely help your online career out not to mention the amount of useful information you can learn off of other marketers.
September 24th, 2008 @7:46 am
Amen. Well said.
September 24th, 2008 @7:47 am
Chris my friend, why was I not informed about this meetup?
Let me know when the next one is.
September 24th, 2008 @8:07 am
Hey, Rob. I thought when we went to lunch you said you were going to go. I was looking for you!
September 24th, 2008 @8:11 am
I was talking about something else, obviously I was wrong haha. Pass me the date and time of the next one when you can.
September 24th, 2008 @8:03 pm
It was nice meeting everyone there, Chris this is a great blog you have and if I can ever lend any advice just ask.
September 24th, 2008 @8:11 pm
Chris - glad you liked it and thanks for the nice writeup! Here’s my take: http://leadgenseo.com/2008/09/24/baltimore-seo-meetup-last-night/
September 24th, 2008 @8:43 pm
@Murph: Thanks, I might just take you up on that, my friend.
@Jon: Thanks, I am now subscribed to your leadgen feed. Kudos for arranging such an awesome event.
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