About Kate Morris

Welcome to my world! My name is Kate Morris and I am a search engine marketer with Distilled Consulting. I specialize in paid search, organic optimization, landing page optimization, and social media.

My background is in marketing and advertising, mainly focusing on the internet side of things. I graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Marketing/Advertising from the Red McCombs School of Business. I had decided to focus early on the customer relationship aspect of marketing. I soon found that the world was changing rapidly (think Enron), and marketing was on the web.

I fell into working in PPC with an internship at a small marketing firm. Their client wanted to try this new PPC stuff, so they stuck the intern on it. Lucky for me, I have never looked back. I tested the waters at a Time and Attendance firm doing brand marketing for them for a few years, but ended up just working on their website most of the time.

I enjoy speaking more than I thought I ever would. You will find me at PubCon, SMX, and Affiliate Summit mainly. I am always open to new opportunities though. We all learned this from others, so it is a joy to give back to the community through education.

I have also started a group in Austin for search engine marketers you should check out if you’re in the industry, AustinSEM.org.