Before today, SEMpdx’s lovely, local, comparatively modest SearchFest was the only search marketing conference I’d ever been to. This morning, I walked into the bluest room I can ever recall seeing, and ... » Continue

It wasn’t too long ago that social media success was saved for large non-profit organizations that, alongside their existing marketing initiatives, had the time and resources to allocate to the ... » Continue

Peyton Manning’s legacy – up for debate. Super Bowl XLVIII’s ads capturing our imagination – not even close. Peyton Manning and the advertising world let us all down as we gathered our ... » Continue

#Hashtags are coming to Facebook. What does it all mean? Will cats and dogs start living together in the same room? Will machines take over the world? Probably not. But there ... » Continue

Here at Anvil, we believe in supporting our local community by offering pro bono services, volunteering time outside of work and making charitable donations to those in need. One way ... » Continue

Last year, I was asked to present at Portland’s EO Experience, featuring subject matter experts on various entrepreneurial topics. Specifically, I was tasked with covering trends in the world of ... » Continue

Much of the online marketing and IT world had been buzzing with the term “big data” for several years now, but really within the past 6 months its picked up ... » Continue

Earlier this month, Jeff McRitchie appeared on SEOMoz‘s Whiteboard Friday series presenting his YouTube Ranking Factors.  The full video is definitely worth checking out, but if you don’t have the 17 ... » Continue

Google recently announced that it will be changing its algorithm to incorporate semantic search technology, which has the potential to drastically alter search results, and have a huge effect of ... » Continue

There are a lot of discussions about paradigm shifts in the search and digital marketing industry: the growth of mobile, the incorporation of social signals into search results, the use ... » Continue