Search is Social & ROI in Social Panels

Next week, Social Media Week will commence and I’m proud to announce that both my business partner and I will be panelists at two very social events.

The event I’m speaking at is called Search is Social. The panel is being moderated by Sean Percival, Director of Online Marketing at MySpace and Founder of lalawag which I’m really excited about. He used to work with my old boss, Ben Padnos, and my business partner Rex Freiberger at Tsavo. Additional panelists include Tony Adam of MySpace, Josh Ochs of Media Leaders and Erica Forette of Internships.com.

We will be discussing the impact that search engines play on social media networks and vice-versa, most namely how social networking profiles now seem to “dominate” search engine results pages and how some of the “search” share has gone to people searching on social networks for information instead of Google.

Search is Social Panel

Where: BLANKSPACES
5405 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

When: Monday, September 20
From 6:30pm – 9pm
Register: http://smwseo.eventbrite.com/

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My business partner Rex will be speaking at an event later in the week that, in my opinion, is going to be the best event of the week. It is a two part event that features panelists from huge world-wide agencies. In fact, I think that this is event is going to be so good that it’s ALREADY SOLD OUT but check it out anyways!

Brand Engagement – ROI in Social Media

Where: CoLoft
920 Santa Monica Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90401

When: Thursday, September 23
From 6pm – 9pm
Register: http://smwbrand.eventbrite.com/

Sign Up Traction: Design for Todays Internet Consumer

This is a remarkable slideshare presentation I wanted to share with you. As you can see, this really gets into the nitty gritty of the sign up process with an emphasis on turning visitors into sign ups. The slide show was created by Joshua Porter, founder of Bokardo, who specializes in Social Design. He not only does incredible design but in my opinion is amongst the most talented conversion optimization and user experience expert in his field.

California SEO Services with an Emphasis on ROI

I recently started a California-based Search Engine Optimization Services company with Rex Freiberger, a former colleague and current CEO of Highly Relevant, a Los Angeles SEO Company.

Highly Relevant is not your ordinary SEO company because we can deliver a return on your investment.

Yes, I said it. We can deliver results and are willing to structure our contracts as such. SEO is extremely top heavy, meaning that a lot of the work is done up-front. After an initial 3-6 months of SEO-intensive work we put you on a maintenance plan to monitor your rankings and protect your online reputation.

You want proof we can get rankings? Well we decided to take it upon ourselves to achieve #1 rankings for 2 fairly competitive search phrases: Chicago SEO Expert & Los Angeles SEO Expert. Take a look at the 2 screen shots below:

#1 Result for “Chicago SEO Expert”

#1 Result for “Los Angeles SEO Expert”

Please click the screen shots for full-size images.

Let me first say that I am NOT trying to brag. What I am trying to do is inform you that if you are looking for an SEO company that can deliver real results than look no further. We live and die by a simple expression; “People lie, numbers do not” and that’s how we like to build our relationships with our clients.

For more information about SEO, Social Media and Highly Relevant check out this PDF file: Why Search Engine Optimization.