SEO Mentor

Jeff Quipp is an outstanding mind and friendly guy. In this interview he gives a bit on his background and some great tips and resources for all you SEO and Social Media junkies.

Garrett: Hello everyone, this is Garrett Pierson, Your SEO Mentor. I’m a little under the weather today, so excuse my voice. I’m going to interview Jeff Quipp of SearchEnginePeople.com. I’m so excited to interview him. I had the opportunity to meet Jeff back in Florida a couple of months ago. He’s just an outstanding guy, very friendly, and knows his stuff. How are you, Jeff?

Jeff: Great, thanks Garrett. Thanks for having me.

Garrett: Let’s get started. Tell us a little about yourself for people that might not know you. I know that’s very few, but some might not know you. Give us your background in the SEO and online marketing industries, your hobbies and anything else you want to talk about.

Jeff: As you said, I’m Jeff Quipp. I’m President and CEO of Search Engine People. We’re based out of Toronto. My background is actually pretty interesting in how I got into search in general. Essentially, after graduate school, I started working for the Yellow Pages here in Canada. In Canada, there is really only one Yellow Pages company, unlike the U.S. Of course, I got to experience different departments within the Yellow Pages group, had some really interesting experiences. Ultimately, I became in charge of yellowpages.ca at one point. Then, I migrated over to Sympatico-Lycos, which basically evolved out of the Yellow Pages group. Sympatico-Lycos was a content play essentially, but it was also the largest ISP in the country at the time.

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So it has been a while since I have actually written a blog post and wanted to tell all my readers that I appologize but I hope you have been enjoying my podcast interviews with some of the industries best. These interviews will keep coming in the future for those chomping at the teeth for more.

I have been away for a while with family and having a great time! I have also been really busy with some big projects that are going to really help people that want to learn Social Media Marketing. The pre-launch of this Web 2.0 trainin course is going to be launched with Vince Tan’s Biggest Fire Sale which includes online marketers like Russell Brunson, Joel Comm, Michael Rasmussen, Howie Schwartz, Frank Bauer, Ewen Chia and that is just naming a few.

Over 100 Top Marketers Will Come Together To Bring You The BIGGEST And BEST Firesale Ever — Jammed With Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Best Selling Products For You.

Here’s a SNEAK PREVIEW of the over $8,000 Worth Of Top Products Headed Your Way On November 18th, 2008

It’s official! I am proud to announce that I have joined the guys (Dave and Scott Brandley & Team) at Global Marketing Strategies owners of Trust Guard.

Although I don’t think much of titles, I am honored to be the “Operations Manager” where I will be organizing the operations of the company by taking my managing skills and putting them to work. I will also be taking on the task of building up strategic alliances/partnerships with related companies in the online marketing industry. So if you are at all interested in a partnership with Trust Guard then feel free to email jv (at) trust-guard.com or call me at (877) 848-2731.

I also will be the mouth piece at the new Trust Guard Twitter account at Twitter.com/TrustGuard and other Web 2.0 properties that Trust Guard will be setting up in the future.

If you have not yet checked out what Trust Guard has to offer then I suggest you do so NOW! You might want to compare Trust Guard to companies like McAfee Secure (HackerSafe), Truste, BBB, ControlScan, Verisign and see what we have to offer that they don’t and compare pricing.

If I told you that placing the Trust Guard seals on your website would and could increase your sales/conversions by 41% not sure if you would believe me, but what if Bryan Hoover of RadiantSmile.net told you and other website owners just like him. Now, am I saying that your conversion rate is going to go up 41%? NO. But what I am saying is that myself, Bryan Hoover and others have had similar results with being verified by a third party like Trust Guard and simply placing the seals on our websites.

Sorry about that last two paragraphs, seemed a bit salesy (is salesy even a word) but hey I am very passionate about my new position and the Trust Guard services. Can you blame me?

P.S. Next week I will be doing a podcast interview with Dave and Scott Brandley with more about Trust Guard latest innovations. So stay tuned!

If you want to meet a cowgirl that loves Paid Search Marketing then you can’t miss my interview with Brandy Eddings. As you will find Brandy is not only a PPC genius she also is a huge football (Dallas Cowboys) fan and she also works on muscle cars. Now who wouldn’t want to get to know a girl like that!!!

Garrett: Hello everyone, this is Garrett Pierson, Your SEO Mentor, and I am here today with Brandy Eddings of BrandyEddings.com. She is a paid-search marketing expert. How are you Brandy?

Brandy: I’m good. How are you doing, today?

Garrett: I’m wonderful. Thank you for your time and thank you for being here. Brandy, I’m going to start out with my introduction question that I ask everybody, because we want to get to know you a little bit more. What can you tell us about yourself, your background in the online marketing industry, your family hobbies, anything you want to talk about?

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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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For this SEO & Social Media Monday Interview Podcast Series I had the opportunity to interview myself. Yea I know I am weird but hey your chance to learn a bit more about me Garrett Pierson Your SEO Mentor. I also go into depth of why and how I do these interviews and stay tuned to my next interview with Lee Odden of TopRankBlog.com on Monday August 25, 2008!

So check out and listen to the podcast above or check out the transcript of the recording below:

Hello everyone, this is Garrett Pierson here; Your SEO Mentor. You’re here for my Monday interview series. Welcome, and thank you for being here.

Today, I have the opportunity to interview myself, Garrett Pierson. The interviewee that I was going to interview fell through but that is okay. I have the opportunity to interview myself. That’s a good thing, because I’ve had a lot of listeners, people who follow me, and friend ask, “Garrett, you’re doing these great interviews with some great experts in the SEO and Social Media communities and industries, but we don’t know a lot about you.” This is a great opportunity for me to tell you all a little bit about myself, to tell you why I do these interviews, and to go through what these interview series are all about. Thank you for this opportunity. Hopefully you guys will stick around and listen. I’m going to make this very quick and to the point.

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