About Online Marketing Blog

Online Marketing Blog provides daily insights, resources and information on a range of digital marketing and public relations topics including:

Search engine marketing and optimization
Social media marketing
Business blogging and marketing
Online public relations

We’ve been recognized and we’re proud of it! Check out our Online Marketing Kudos page.

Advertising Age Power150
Top 30 Social Media Index
Onalytica list of most influential PR Blogs
Best Search Marketing Blogs - Larry Chase’s Web Digest for Marketers
Daily Blog Tips Top 25 SEO Blogs
Self Made Minds Top 100 - Blogs with the most RSS Subscribers
Ranked in the top 200 most popular and top 100 most “favorited” blogs out of 133 million tracked on Technorati
Nominated two years in a row for the Marketing Sherpa best blog about online marketing award

Online Marketing Blog Contributors:

Lee Odden - CEO
Julie Brue - VP
Jolina Pettice - Account Manager
Mike Yanke - Account Manager
Thomas McMahon - Web and Blog Designer/Developer who keeps this blog running smoothly
Dana Larson - SEO Supervisor
Jessica Cameron Ruud - Account Coordinator
Ashley Bruce - SEO Specialist

About TopRank Online Marketing:

TopRank is a leading Minnesota based Internet Marketing agency serving Fortune 1000 companies with online marketing strategy, consulting, implementation and training services.

TopRank has also been quoted in numerous business publications including: DM News, BtoB Magazine, NBC11 in Silicon Valley, US News & World Report, The Economist, the Business Journal and has been profiled in The Minneapolis Star Tribune as well as making the cover of Minnesota Technology magazine.

Find more information about TopRank media coverage on our Online Newsroom Blog.

Interviews with TopRank CEO, Lee Odden:

Lee Odden Interview on blog marketing at Blog World Expo by Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld (video)
Speaker interview with Lee Odden on business blogging by Dave Taylor for Blog World Expo
Interview with Lee Odden of TopRank by Garrett Pierson aka YourSEOMentor (podcast)
Interview on Social Media during Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco by Chris Heuer (video)
Twitter Marketing SES Toronto interview by Greg Jarboe (video)
Tips on SEO Interview interview by Rahaf Harfoush
Interview with Lee Odden on ecommerce online marketing interview by Adriana Iordan (video)
Blog Optimization at SES London interview by Greg Jarboe (video)
Profile of Lee Odden and Online Marketing Blog by Todd And
Starbucks and Measuring Social Media - KSTP TV, Minneapolis (video)
Small Business SEO Fundamentals - AllBusiness.com (podcast)
Enterprise SEO - WebProNews (video)
Search Trends - NBC11 TV, Silicon Valley (video)
Part 1 Interview on Social Media Optimization by David Wilson
Part 2 Interview on Social Media Optimization by David Wilson
Beginning SEO Podcast
Interview by Geoff Livingston on Diary of an Ad Man
Interview on One Blog a Day
Faceoff interview with Rand on Daily Blog Tips
Interview on RSS Ray (podcast)
WebProNews Interview - SEO for Your Business (video/audio feed)
Interview by ViperChill
Interview by Mike McDonald of WebProNews SES Chicago (video)
Interview by Michael Gray on Local Search Marketing
Interview by Matt McGee Small Business SEM
WebProNews interview with Rand, Lee and Todd (video)
WebProNews WebmasterWorld Pubcon (video)
eMarketing Talkshow (podcast)
Interview by Neil Patel of Pronet Advertising
Interview by Ernie Landante of Novita Issue Communications (podcast)
Interview on Web Certain Secrets
Interview Recap - SEO with Lee Odden Biz Tips Blog
Interiew by Patsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman of Next Level Partnership (podcast)
Interview on E-consultancy
Interview by Heather Lloyd-Martin
Interview by Chris Pirillo (podcast)
Interview on Jobs in Search
Interview by Aaron Wall
Interview on KCCO Radio (mp3)
Interview on SEO BuzzBox
Interview on MarketingStudies.net (podcast)

Interviews Lee has conducted:

IBM Distinguished Engineer, Mike Moran Part 8 of 8 - Continued guiding principles for executing your paid search campaigns
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Mike Moran Part 7 of 8 - Guiding principles for developing your paid search campaigns.
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Mike Moran Part 6 of 8 - Overcoming personal and organizational barriers to change.
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Mike Moran Part 5 of 8 - Start fast, fix fast, and fix again.
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Mike Moran Part 4 of 8 - The new customer relations
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Mike Moran Part 3 of 8 - Improving Response Rates
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Mike Moran Part 2 of 8 - Segmenting Online Audiences
IBM Distinguished Engineer, Mike Moran Part 1 of 8 - Internet as a Marketing Channel

TopRank contributes periodically to leading industry blogs and news sites including:

AllBusiness.com Search Engine Smarts
Media Relations Blog
BusinessBlogConsulting.com
MediaPost Search Insider
Chief Marketer
iMediaconnection
DM News
Target Marketing

TopRank speaking experience on the topics of online PR, search and blog marketing at industry conferences and events includes:

PRSA International Conference 2008
PRSA International Conference 2007
OMMA Global
Blog World Expo
MediaPost’s Search Insider Summit
Media Relations Summit
High Rankings Search Marketing Seminar
Search Engine Room (Sydney, Australia)
DMA 08 Conference
DMA 07 Conference
DMA 06 Conference
Search Engine Strategies (New York, Chicago, San Jose, London)
WebmasterWorld Pubcon
DM Days
Bulldog Reporter PR University
eComXpo
ACCM - Catalog Conference
Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association
Minnesota IABC

TopRank is also available to speak or provide training to your organization on topics related to search marketing, online public relations and marketing with social media. Please inquire here.

Interested in having Online Marketing Blog as a media sponsor or is your conference/organization in need of professional promotion and PR services? Check out our conference marketing and media sponsorship solutions.

Organizations and Affiliations:

DMA (Board of Advisors for SEM Council)
PRSA (Technology Section) Also Minnesota PRSA
SEMPO
MIMA
Web Analytics Association
SEO Consultants

If you’re looking for the next level of online marketing, we would love to learn more about your business, marketing and public relations objectives. Call us at 1-877-872-6628.