It is no secret that I spend a good amount of my year at conferences. In the past year, I have been working on my own and needed to be at as many as possible for networking and client development. Now that I am with Distilled, I can be a little picker about what shows I attend and how often. When first approached about Blue Glass LA, I knew nothing about it, only that Chris Winfield, Brent Csutoras, and Tony Adam were behind it. That in and ...

Pubcon is always a great time. This year was no different - staying up until the sun comes up, crazy antics, and the best SEM information in one place. This year's PubCon was sponsored by Raven Tools - a tool that I use and talk about regularly. I am a fan of their product and their whole team. [caption id="attachment_952" align="center" width="300" caption="Raven Team"][/caption] A few weeks before PubCon, Jon Henshaw sent me the coolest ...

I always promise that I'll post these and don't always get around to it, but I am going to this year. :) Here are my presentations from PubCon this year. I spoke on two panels and moderated three, so I can only give up just my two. [caption id="attachment_923" align="alignright" width="192" caption="From @Chiropractic"][/caption] I had an awesome time this year speaking with some fantastic people (Joanna Lord, Tim Ash, Brad Geddes, Chris ...

When Purpose Inc asked the attendees of PubCon to choose a favorite charity, I blanked. I have raised money and walked/run for so many great ones. Most recently those focused on cancer research because that seems to touch my life more everyday. But I didn't pick any of those. Instead I am going with the one that touched my life and so many others from the start of our lives. The March of Dimes. I was born prematurely and very sick due to my ...

So where is that recap of my trip with all the juicy details you ask? Well I'll cover my tea time with the Queen (kidding) and all the other fun later. But for those of you that missed the show or just couldn't cross the great pond, here is my presentation. It was for the Writing Killer Ads and Landing Pages panel. We had a fantastic time answering questions and had one of the best moderators ever, Jon Myers. So if you want to know a little ...

No, this blog has not been hacked.  I do hereby solemnly swear, that I, Kristy Bolsinger, do have consent from one Kate Morris to be waxing poetic on her site. [yes she does, and welcome to any time she wants to! - Kate] Today was the first of the two day eMarketing Summit put on by Innotech in Portland, Oregon.  As hard as I tried to talk Kate into visiting me so she could cover it herself, I just couldn't tear her away from her beloved ...

So the wonderful staff at PubCon is working on getting CDs to everyone with the slides from every speaker, but I did promise my slides to everyone, so here they are. Feel free to post questions or email me with any. So happy to have everyone there. I hope you all enjoyed the show and visiting Austin! Keyword Research and Selection Large Scale Bid Management ...

I have had tons of people ask about different things for their trip to Austin and my good friend Joanna Lord mentioned that I should do a guide. What to see, what to bring, what not to miss. Guess I can throw some info together. :) If you have specific questions, comment and I'll answer!! If I need to I'll add it to the post. Needed at PubCon South Business Cards (a must, kinda late to order, but you can always do one day turnaround and ...

I was recently at PubCon listening to a panel called "5 Bloggers and a Microphone." Some great people on that panel. They were lacking good questions though, so I asked my friends on Twitter if they had any questions. I got one good one out of the bunch. So here are the Top 5 Tips (a few more bonus tips too) to making a blog popular. Barry Schwartz – Be on a specific schedule. Lee Odden – resource pages seem to be the most popular ...

I know someone is going to kill me for naming my blog post that, but stay with me here. It's not just a catchy name. There is some similarity in a good 60% of SEO tips and that is: Change the world with your product/service. That's not a small order, I get that. But think about it. What is the one thing every top SEO will tell you? Write good content, give people what they are looking for, etc. It all comes down to one thing, be the best. ...