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SES San Jose Backlash – Apperantly I’m a pimp???

joe.whyte — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:03:35 +0000

I was sitting at the office minding my own business when low and behold (re-bicca) or rebecca from SEOMOZ pinged me and wanted me to check out her new comic strip. I was pretty suprised/honored to be mentioned on this comic strip however I never thought of myself as k-fed or a pimp.

Perhaps I’m in the wrong profession?

Check out the SES San Jose Comic strip here.

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My Search Engine Strategies Re-cap

joe.whyte — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:09:19 +0000

Overall, it seemed like more people where attending the Social media, local search, blogs and feeds and mobile search classes. I ended up moving around and leaving a few classes that where not ideal for my time and moving into other classes that could be more beneficial. It seemed most of the social media classes, blog and rss feed, mobile and local classes where the hardest to find seats and almost impossible to find a power outlet for my laptop. The speakers did a far job and I really loved the Q & A after each session. I had a lot of questions that needed answering and its a nice way to put my name and my company out there ;-0.

On the second day the exhibit hall opened and the major networking began. There was an astonishing 4 floors of the exhibitors and sponsors. I was able to meet a lot of interesting people and tons of business connections during the exhibitors hall.

Be sure to check out my Friends page to see some photos of SES NY!

Some of the people I really enjoyed meeting are listed below:

Kim Krause berg: Real Pleasure meeting you Kim.
Jeff Quipp: Anyone who likes hockey is my new best friend!! Yea and jon does owe you a beer LOL.
Amy tuck: I think your job rocks!!
Guillaume Bouchard: I love your shirt and I think you are a fun guy. It was a pleasure meeting you.
Brian and Greg from Best Of the Web – Thanks for the swag gear and sorry I didnt make dinner but I am glad we caught up at caslte pub.
SEOMOZ Crew - Rebecca, Jane and Scott: You guys are really cool. I had a blast meeting you all!!
Justin from Cha Cha: You guys are the coolest!!
Lisa B from Bruce Clay Blog: I know Bruce had you confined to the classes and the blog so I was really happy to see that you pulled yourself away and was able to kick it with me for just a bit! I hope I didn’t embarasse myself. I really want a “the lisa shirt” now .
Bill Slawski: Thanks for chit chatting with me at the wifi lounge. You are a really great guy and I appreciate the advice and the help.
Joe Morin - Really appreciate the networking opportunity. Vary interesting that you work down in irvine! Small world!
Neil Patel: Good hanging out with you bro
Cam Olthuis: You are a pretty funny guy andI enjoyed meeting you.
Mike Mcdonald - Sorry I couldnt make the interview as I had a flight fiasco mishap on my last day. I will catch you at SES San Jose though.
Cshel: You are really nice. I was new to the crowd this event and you made me feel welcomed.
Emilio Amodei from blogsvertise: Never used your service before but I will be now! Thanks for the shirt btw!
Nicola: You are really fun and I hope you had fun!!
Cheryl: Fun fun fun fun fun with a gun and grab and hold.
Chris Hooley Next Student: ____ Slicer rocks!! Spotlight rocked, effing new york city rocks and YOU ROCK my friend!! John from next student: Dance commander, you are my hero!!
Jim Boykin, we build pages: It was awsome meeting you and I cant wait for your new tools to be launched. Thanks for the clock!
Lee Oddon, top rank blog: Vary nice meeting you Lee!!!
Todd Malicaot, stuntdubl: Ok, so now that I know you are from michigan I know you are awsome!! Its funny because I found out a ton of SEO’s are actually from michigan like rebecca kelley, you and me. Small world huh?
Jon Fisher, wickedfire: You have tons and tons and tons of stories! I’m lovin it!
Brandy, Darren, Robert and Eddie from Webmaster Radio: I love all of you guys!! Really great hanging with you all again.
Loren Baker from Search Engine Journal: You are tall!!! LOL, I really enjoyed meeting you loren and welcome back to the states!
Andrey and Boris from SMS: You guys are awsome. Had a great time meeting you!
Becky from Trellian: You are to nice to me! JK, I will be in contact soon!
Randy from Pay Per Post: I will be calling you on monday! Thanks for the great advice and help.
Greg Boser and dax: Thanks for laughing at my joke about how to tell how long a man has been married… by how fat his stomach is!! Its a small world. I had no idea you guys where in irvine area. Great meeting you both! Nice piano playing dax!
SEO Loser: Nice meeting you at castle pub!
Kris Jones from pepperjam: Sorry we kept missin each other but it was really good to see you again.
Andrea Schoemaker: You are the most freaking kick ass chicka I know!!

I really hope I am not leaving anyone out but I bet I am. If I am just blog how rude I am for missing you on this list and I will be sure to add you in

Thanks to everyone who welcomed me at SES NY and I really appreciate how kind and fun you all are!!

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Getting ready for SES NY!

joe.whyte — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:53:55 +0000

I am in the middle of doing some packing and getting some work done as I will be gone most of the week on a trip to New York for SES. This is my first SES and I am really looking forward to meeting some industry leaders and making some new contacts. There are also some interesting sessions going on about mobile search and social media which I am interested in attending.

So what are the steps to a perfect SES trip? I am not really sure but here are mine .

1) Create the most kickass IPOD playlist you can. For me I am usually on edge when I fly so I am choosing some relaxing music. Kean, Coldplay, james bluntt etc. This playlist is a complete 180 from my workout playlist which is NINE INCH NAILs, marilyn manson, disturbed, inflames, tool, incubus, audiovent, audioslave etc.

2) Must spend some QT with the doggies. They will miss their daddy. Jubilee is the white one and chubaca(chewy) is the brown one.

3) I am packing pretty light and not bringing any nail clippers as I dont want to carry to much stuff and I really dont want to take the chance of my bags being lost. Last time I flew I brought nail clippers and I was immediatly detained and stripped searched. I wont make that mistake again.\

4) Must spend some QT with my true love, my wife. I love you baby!

5) Map out your SES agenda and make sure you schedule networking moments in advance.

6) Meet as many people as I can. Be open, friendly and willing to learn and teach!

Lets hope this list works out for me

Jaans Search Marking blog <—- You have been tagged back my friend!!

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Elite Retreat interview with Kris Jones and Lee Dodd

joe.whyte — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:54:46 +0000

I am doing a series of post’s over at Blog.lunarpages.com about elite retreat speakers and how attendee’s will be able to take real world applications to problems they encounter while doing business online and apply them in today’s market place. The price tag for elite retreat definitely gives meaning to it being elite but my goal is to show people the worth behind a convention like this. Yes it cost’s around 5 grand to go to this convention but you have to look at what you are getting for this price. You are literally getting one on one consulting with industry leaders. Lets break it down like this.

Plain ticket to San Fransisco: $434
Ticket to Elite Retreat: $4,950
Getting to talk to industry leaders in a one on one basis: Priceless

Thanks mastercard

So I am conducting a series of interview’s with the speakers at elite retreat and trying to get a better understanding at what attendees can expect from elite retreat. So far I have interviewed Lee Dodd (forum Expert) and Kris Jones (SEO,SEM, and much more expert at pepperjam). Next on the list is Aaron Walls, Neil Patel and founder Jeremy Schoemaker.

Be sure to check out the interview’s over at lunarpages.

Kris Jones – Elite Retreat Interview
Lee Dodd – Elite Retreat Interview

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Business card competition with Andrea Schoemaker | here are my cards

joe.whyte — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:42:48 +0000

Ok so here are my cards. No photo shopping, no tricking just straight cards. I wanted to post a photo of them to see if I can coax andrea in showing her cards as well to determine a true winner .

I think maybe I should have tried to get more cards and lose less money in vegas

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Affiliate Summit West – 2007 Roundup

joe.whyte — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:11:59 +0000

I woke up around 8:00 on sunday morning to go to vegas for affiliate summit west 2007. I made the mistake of wearing shorts to vegas which was a shocking 30 degrees with a wind chill factor of a billion! We rolled in like a true crew ready for the summit, drinks and gambling. We immediatly registered and networked for a while and meet some interesting people. Greg and Brian from BOTW, Brandy from webmaster radio, Andrew Wee, Andrea Schoemaker, Jeremy Schoemaker, some people from pay per post and many many other top affiliates and contacts.

One of the best parts of affiliate summit was the Q&A super affiliate panel. You can see the questions and answer over at conversation rater and pay close attention to web hosting questions as me and amy put forth a pretty big amount of the classes questions.

My general take on affiliate summit
One problem I think needs some serious attention concerning affiliate summit is the knowledge base and notablility of each speaker and also making sure each session comes off without a hitch as we ran into some. OVER-ALL I took away something from each class and contact I made at affiliate summit.

Check out Lunarpages web hosting blog to see more info on our trip and photos of the event. We have some funny quotes, photoshopped pics and much more!!

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Andrea Schoemaker’s busines card challange | Affiliate Summit – You are going down sista!

joe.whyte — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:30:23 +0000

Today Andrea Schoemaker posted that she is going to accept my challange at affiliate summit. Andrew wee is also taking on this networking approach and he is an advisary I will have to keep my eye on. I’m watching you andrew but maybe we should team up because andrea is going to be tough to beat bro!!! lol. The challange is simply this: The person with the most business cards at the end of affiliate summit wins! Now of course marketing yourself, your company and your services by networking is the true goal at affiliate summit but why not make it a lil more interesting? I am totally challanging Andrea Schoemaker over at planetandrea.com to a business card networking challange.

No rules except one. Be the person with the most business cards or face blog humiliation!!!

Its on andrea and I’m bring my sexy!

I also have a secret weapon… the lunarpages marketing team ninja’s!!!