SEO Mentor

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Rhea Drysdale was willing to spend some time with me even during her busy week with her big announcement that you will hear or read about within the interview. Rhea has had a ton of experience in the SEO industry in such a short amount of time and is very willing to share some great tips about how to stay organized and where to go for great information. Thanks for your time Rhea!

Check out the interview by listening above or reading the transcript below.

Garrett: Hello everyone, this is Garrett Pierson here. Today I have the wonderful opportunity of interviewing Rhea Drysdale. How are you, Rhea?

Rhea: I’m very well, thank you. How are you doing?

Garrett: I’m doing great. It’s good to have you here. Today is Monday, September 22, 2008. I’m just going to give a ‘quick Rhea’ in twenty seconds that I found from her blog. I’ll give a little overview of who she is. She says, “I’ve worked with some of the best Ruby on Rails developers in the world, managed internet marketing for a Fortune 1000, and SEO for a top 200 internet retailer. I’ve also chaired a local non-profit, blogged at Search Engine Journal, and I love SEO.” Is that all true, Rhea?

Rhea: That certainly is. I’ve had a lot experiences in a very short period.

Garrett: That’s great. Everybody can check out more about Rhea at RheaDrysdale.com. I’ll have a link to that so you can check her “About Me” page at /blog/about. Rhea, why don’t you just tell us a little bit about yourself, your background? I know you have an announcement that you announced last Friday. Why don’t you tell us about your background in the SEO and online marketing industry, or anything about your family, your hobbies or anything else you want to talk about?

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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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Take a listen above to my short and to the point Social Media Weekly News Wednesday Podcast where I give you some of the top news items in the Social Media industry. Here are some of the items I talked about today:

Twitter as News-wire

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MyBlogLog redesigns, functionality remains the same

MyBlogLog has finally unveiled its new design which is a good upgrade in aesthetics and user experience over the previous. Unfortunately, the redesign is solely that – a …

Looking at Fake Social Media Profiles

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Recommendation Engine rolling out this week!

We hope to roll it out to everyone within the week or so. The Recommendation Engine is a cool way to discover new content on Digg. Now that there are more than 16000 stories submitted to the Upcoming section every day, it’s difficult to …

Find out how popular you are! Use Wired Celebrity Meter!

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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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