SEO Mentor

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I had the wonderful honor of spending some time with Lee Odden of Top Rank. He gave great insight on the changing SEO Industry and the up and coming Social Media industry. Also Within the interview that you can listen to above or read the transcript below you will find that Lee is not only smart but a really great guy and down to earth. So take a listen or check out & read the transcript below:

Garrett: Hello, it’s Garrett Pierson, Your SEO Mentor, here today with Lee Odden. Lee is known for his TopRankBlog.com and TopRankMarketing.com sites. How are you, Lee?

Lee: I’m very good Garrett. How are you?

Garrett: I’m good. It’s good to have you. I really appreciate you taking time to spend some time with me and my listeners. It’s a great honor to talk with you. I’ve been following your stuff for a long time now and I really appreciate your wonderful content for the industry that we’re in.

Lee: That’s very kind of you to say that. I appreciate the opportunity. I also appreciate that you’re one of the few people who actually says my last name is “Oh-den”. Most people say “Aw-den” or some other variation of that. They are kind of like key word permutations or something. I don’t know.

Garrett: That’s a big reason why I do these short and to the point interviews. A lot of us follow you, or follow some great authorities within the industry, but we don’t know a lot about you. That brings me to my first, introduction question. What could you tell us about yourself that we might not know about you your background in the SEO, social media industry, your family, and your hobbies, anything you want to talk about?

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I had the best time with my Monday Interview Podcast with Dave Snyder aka the cry baby! Take a listen above or read the transcript below to get total access to Dave admitting that he cries, a lot!

Garrett: Hello everyone. This is Garrett Pierson, YourSEOMentor. I’m here with Dave Snyder of Snydeysense.com, and SearchandSocial.com. How are you Dave?

Dave: I’m doing well. How are you doing?

Garrett: I’m good. It’s great to have you here, I’m excited. Why don’t you tell us a bit more about yourself, for those who might not know you; a little bit of your background in SEO, online marketing, social media, your family; anything you want to talk about?

Dave: I used to be a teacher for three years, when I first got out of school. I actually played music for a year when I first got out of school and just hung out. I didn’t know what to do with myself so I became a teacher. I’d always wanted to be a writer. My love for writing, and my huge love for sports, led me to start working for some content sites. They were a lot of fantasy football and basketball sites.

From that writing I started my own site and got into affiliate marketing just to keep the revenue up, to actually have the site pay for itself. I then got into SEO and all kinds of things. From there I decided that maybe the Web was the place for me to go. I really just wanted to start off as a content writer and editor. I ended up looking into SEO and getting more into it. I took a job in the agency world.

From there I worked with an agency for a while and I toiled in an agency in an online marketing manager. We all know how agency work can go. It can be pretty grueling sometimes. I learned a lot; mostly from just being thrown into the fire.

Now I’m the search and social media strategist for JRDunn.com. We’re the world’s largest designer jewelry store. I’m also the cofounder of SearchandSocial.com, with Jordan Kasteler. We’re a SEO and social media consultancy. We also do our own online media.

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I had the wonderful opportunity to talk a bit with the crazy and funny Dave Harry aka TheGypsy. If you dont know who Dave is then shame on you because you are totally missing out on his very valuable and hilarious content at his famous SEO Blog Huomah.com. So listen to my interview podcast with Dave and get into the mind of this master of words! (P.S. He didn’t even swear once, NEW RECORD!)

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Here is what was talked about in my Tuesday SEO News podcast #2:

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In my very first Monday Interview Podcast I had the opportunity to talk a bit with my good friend Jordan Kasteler aka Utah SEO Pro. I think of Jordan as an authority in the search and social media communities. So listen to my interview podcast with Jordan and get a sneak peak of what he will be speaking on in some of the upcoming conferences and get some real gold nuggets to help with your SEO!

If you would rather read then listen here is the transcript of the interview:

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SEO Superlatives Winners for 2008

Just wanted to give a big shout out to Chris Hooley’s “SEO Superlatives Winners for 2008″ survey. I truly enjoyed voting and the results. Here are a couple of my favorite winners:

SEO Conference Clown – Chris Hooley

Best SEO Conference Speaker – Matt McGee

Biggest SEO Nerd – Aaron Wall

Best SEO Nickname/Handle – SexySEO

Biggest Google Fanboy – Ann Smarty

Most Fiery SEO – Michael Gray

SEO’s Biggest Douchebag – Jason Gambert (forgettable SEO Trademark guy)

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