Hi All, I¹m curious to hear from people who attended that 8/20 SEO seminar by SEOsuccessonline.com (see the thread below). Did it give understanding? Ability to take action? It¹s long been on my todo list to broach some SEO topics here, especially about local/map SEO, for local SEO is an area where one can learn enough to do it well on one¹s own, without the help of a pro. In fact I¹ve often thought that chambers of commerce should offer local SEO packages. I recently attended a seminar held by a Google employee, and Google is in fact piloting programs to work with some chambers of commerce. Google is also working with some universities to produce credit courses in search marketing and web marketing. Trusted sources of education are crucial for the SEO industry and for businesses. Best Regards, Rob Laporte President and CEO DISC, Inc. - "Making Web Sites Make Money" 413-584-6500 Fax 413-584-3330 Rob at 2disc.com www.2disc.com Note: Increasingly, ISPs, companies and individuals use spam blocking systems that block legitimate email too. Important emails should be followed up with a phone call if no reply happens within an expected span of time. From: Rob Laporte <rob at 2disc.com> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:21:14 -0400 To: Hidden-Tech <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] SEO workshop taught by an old colleague and friend The more SEO education that business people get, the better. However, having practiced SEO steadily for over 13 years, I feel constrained to point out that the words ³everything needed to build an SEO skillset² would have to mean learning where you have to go and what you have to do in order, over weeks and months, to gain sufficient practical mastery of SEO, and those words should not be interpreted as meaning that you will learn all that you need in one day. The latter innuendo would be absurd. It would be like saying you can learn enough in one day to become an attorney. Having said that, I¹m sure the seminar would serve as a helpful introduction, and may be worthwhile for many people. Best Regards, Rob Laporte President and CEO DISC, Inc. - "Making Web Sites Make Money" 413-584-6500 Fax 413-584-3330 Rob at 2disc.com www.2disc.com Note: Increasingly, ISPs, companies and individuals use spam blocking systems that block legitimate email too. Important emails should be followed up with a phone call if no reply happens within an expected span of time. From: Daniel Fried <frieddan at gmail.com> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:17:35 -0400 To: Hidden-Tech <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> Cc: Andrew Celentano <andrew.celentano at verizon.net> Subject: [Hidden-tech] SEO workshop taught by an old colleague and friend I worked with Andrew for a number of years doing the back ends for websites for the companies he worked with. He is very good at what he does and I highly recommend his seminar to anyone interested in improving their SEO skills. Here is his announcement. Are you farming out your SEO work to somebody else? This half day workshop will give you (or one of your staff), everything needed to build an SEO skillset in house. Whether you want to build this discipline in house or just use this expertise to leverage your own website, this is the workshop for you. DATE: Saturday August 27th LOCATION: Winchester * COST: $599 Register by August 20th for discounted pricing ($475) for more information go to: www.seosuccessonline.com <http://www.seosuccessonline.com/> * workshop location given after registration Best Regards, Andrew Celentano andrew.celentano at verizon.net Best Regards, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20110928/683ee5d9/attachment.html