Austin SEM Meetup - Local Search

Posted July 3rd, 2008 at 10:24am

Oh, hello blog, where ya been?

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About 4 months ago Adam and I decided to start a SEM meetup group in Austin. We couldn’t figure out why there wasn’t one already, so we decided to do it. We had our third monthly meeting last night and it keeps getting better. Great people, great discussions, and of course, we love the topic. We have over 100 members now and get about 30 people at each meeting (max for the venue - we need a bigger one!).

Here are the slides from the presentation: Local SEO: How to Totally Own in Google.

I also put some notes and URLs on the Austin SEM meetup message board.

My fave local SEO sites/blogs:

http://blog.kelseygroup.com/
http://www.localseoguide.com/
http://www.localpoint.com/
http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/
http://blumenthals.com/blog
http://stephenespinosa.com/
http://gesterling.wordpress.com/
http://www.convertoffline.com/

Next month, Video SEO! Adam and I will be presenting again, but I have a few people who I will beg to share their expertise. This is a *Really* great group… Here is what some people have said about it:

This is an extremely valuable source of knowledge, and the collaboration of the group added richness of combined knowledge and experience which helped everyone learn more about the topic. I would Highly suggest if you own a small business, and have a website, you need to attend this meet up.

Another thorough and lively discussion organized by Laura & Adam. I’m sure everybody who attended learned something new that they can apply to their unique situation. Great stuff!

Laura and Adam have put together something great. I learn so much every time!

A great group of people. All professionals, but fun, and out there to give and receive useful information for SEO/ GREAT GROUP!

If you want to learn or get plugged in or even hire a good SEO firm then get plugged in to this group.

Cool, huh?

Edit: Some great write-ups about the event!

Our favorite blog coach - the Tracksuit CEO covers a bunch of points that I didn’t even mention. So glad you keep coming back, Daniel!

And another veteran of the group, Judd (who owns Austin interactive marketing company Trif3cta), made a great post covering even more stuff that I didn’t mention.

Go check out those posts - they are worth the trip!

Filed under General, Austin SEM Meetup

Tags: google local, local optimization, local search marketing, local sem, local seo, yahoo local