Online Marketing Blog

Since December 2003, TopRank’s Online Marketing Blog has provided insights, resources and commentary 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! Read what these influential marketers have to say about Online Marketing blog.

Additional TopRank Recognition:

• TopRank CEO Lee Odden ranked top ten in the Twitter Power 150 list
• TopRank CEO Lee Odden Named #15 of top 100 online marketers 2008
• TopRank Blog a top 20 Marketing Blog on Advertising Age Power150
• Top 100 Advertising, Marketing, Media & PR Blogs
• Top 30 Social Media Index
• Top 10 on Top 150 Social Media Blogs
• TopRank Included in Onalytica list of most influential PR Blogs
• TopRank Named on of the 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 50 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 - Senior Account Manager
• Adam Singer - Account Manger
• Thomas McMahon - Web and Blog Designer/Developer who keeps this blog running smoothly
• Dana Larson - SEO Supervisor
• Jessica Cameron Ruud - Account Manager
• Kristen Hebert - Account Coordinator

About TopRank Online Marketing:

TopRank is a leading Minnesota based Online Marketing Agency founded by CEO Lee Odden, Susan Misukanis and Julie Brue that serves 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 the TopRank Internet Marketing Newsroom.

Organizations and Affiliations:

• Search Engine Strategies (Board of Advisors)
• DMA (Chair of Social Media Council, Board of Advisors for SEM Council)
• PRSA (Technology Section) Also Minnesota PRSA
• MIMA (Past Board member)
• Web Analytics Association

Interviews with TopRank CEO, Lee Odden:

Video Interviews:

• Pubcon South: What’s Happening with Social Media and Business? by WebProNews (video)
• Interview with Lee on SEO at BlogWorld Expo by WebProNews (video)
  
• Interview on blog marketing with Lee at Blog World Expo by Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld (video)
• Interview on Social Media with Lee during Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco by Chris Heuer (video)
  
• Twitter Marketing interview with Lee at SES Toronto interview by Greg Jarboe (video)
• Interview with Lee Odden on ecommerce online marketing interview by Adriana Iordan (video)
• Blog Optimization at SES London interview by Greg Jarboe (video)
• Starbucks and Measuring Social Media - KSTP TV, Minneapolis (video)
• Interview with Lee Odden Part 1 - SEO, PR and Digital Asset Optimization - with Brett Tabke (video)
• Interview with Lee Odden Part 2 - Search Marketing Will Always Be Needed - with Brett Tabke (video)
• Enterprise SEO Interview with Lee - WebProNews (video)
• Search Trends - NBC11 TV, Silicon Valley (video)
• WebProNews Interview with Lee - SEO for Your Business (video/audio feed)
• Interview with Lee by Mike McDonald of WebProNews SES Chicago (video)
• WebProNews interview with Rand, Lee and Todd (video)
• WebProNews interview with Lee WebmasterWorld Pubcon (video)

Podcast Interviews:

• DishyMix Episode 100: SEO and Social Media Public Relations - Susan Bratton
• Community Powered, Live from SXSW with Lee Odden - Susan Bratton & Aaron Strout
• WebmasterRadio.FM Cover Story interview with Lee on SEO, Social Media and PR by Jiyan Wei of PRWeb
• Interview with Lee on SEO and blogging by Garrett Pierson aka YourSEOMentor (podcast)
• Small Business SEO Fundamentals interview with Lee - AllBusiness.com (podcast)
  
• Lee on Beginning SEO Podcast
  
• Interview with Lee on SEO and Social Media Marketing on RSS Ray (podcast)
  
• On The Record…Online With SEO Guru Lee Odden - PRSA Blog (podcast)
  
• eMarketing Talkshow interview with Lee on Push Pull PR (podcast)
  
• Interview with Lee on SEO by Ernie Landante of Novita Issue Communications (podcast)
  
• Interiew by Patsi Krakoff and Denise Wakeman of Next Level Partnership (podcast)
  
• Interview with Lee on SEO and Blogs by Chris Pirillo (podcast)
  
• Interview with Lee on SEO at KCCO Radio (mp3)
  
• Interview with Lee on MarketingStudies.net (podcast)

Text Interviews:

• The Agency Side of Business: Lee Odden, TopRank - by Valeria Maltoni of Conversation Agent
• The Twitter 20 Interview on SEO and Social Media - by Jay Baer of Convince & Convert
• SEO, PR and Social Media at SXSWi - Susan Bratton Dishy Mix
• 5 Questions with Lee Odden (about SEO & Social Media) - The Bit Boss
• How to Create a Top-Ranked Business Through Blogging - Interview on HubSpot
• Interview with Lee on Blog & Feed SEO - by Manoj Jasra, Web Analytics World
• Speaker interview with Lee on business blogging by Dave Taylor for Blog World Expo
• Tips on SEO Interview with Lee by Rahaf Harfoush
• Profile of Lee Odden and Online Marketing Blog by Todd Andrlik
• Part 1 Interview with Lee on Social Media Optimization by David Wilson
• Part 2 Interview with Lee on Social Media Optimization by David Wilson
• Interview with Lee on SEO by Geoff Livingston on Diary of an Ad Man
• Interview with Lee on One Blog a Day
• Faceoff interview with Rand on Daily Blog Tips
• Interview with Lee by ViperChill
• Interview with Lee by Michael Gray on Local Search Marketing
• Interview with Lee by Matt McGee Small Business SEM
• Interview with Lee on blogs and SEO by Neil Patel of Pronet Advertising
• Interview with Lee on Online PR and SEO on Web Certain Secrets
• Interview Recap - SEO with Lee Odden Biz Tips Blog
• Interview with Lee on SEO, blogs and PR on E-consultancy
• Interview with Lee on SEO and PR by Heather Lloyd-Martin
• Interview with Lee on SEO Jobs in Search
• Interview with Lee by Aaron Wall
• Interview with Lee on SEO BuzzBox

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
• Mashable

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

• Affiliate Summit West
• 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, Toronto)
• WebmasterWorld Pubcon
• DM Days
• Bulldog Reporter PR University
• eComXpo
• ACCM - Catalog Conference
• Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association
• Minnesota IABC
• DPAC

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.

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