Lee Odden - TopRank Online Marketing

Lee Odden Bio

Lee Odden

Lee Odden is the CEO of TopRank Online Marketing, a Minneapolis based digital marketing agency specializing in strategic internet marketing consulting, training and implementation services including: Content, Search, Email and Social Media Marketing.

A veteran internet marketer, Odden has consulted for leading B2B companies including: HP, McKesson, BT, Marketo, PRWeb, StrongMail and the PRSA.

Odden has been frequently cited for his search & social media marketing expertise by leading industry and business publications including The Economist and Fortune Magazine. As an active thought leader in the search marketing industry, he’s contributed to top industry publications such as Mashable, MarketingProfs and writes a column called “Social Media Smarts” for ClickZ. He also publishes one of the most popular marketing blogs on the web, TopRank’s Online Marketing Blog, recognized as a leading business blog by Advertising Age, Junta42 and Social Media Examiner, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors and over 48,000 subscribers.

Odden is currently writing his first book, “Optimize: Win more customers with Social Media, SEO and Content Marketing” to be published by Wiley in 2012.

A sought after search marketing, social media & PR industry speaker, Odden has keynoted Online Marketing Summit, Social Media Junction and Search Exchange on the intersection of Search, Social Media and Content Marketing.

‘Lee Odden presented a keynote address and a full day workshop to 180 highly impressed communications practitioners at Social Media Junction 2 in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee’s breadth and depth of expertise are simply awe inspiring. In the potentially daunting and complex area of social media marketing and content marketing, Lee represents logic and a clear way forward. Lee presented not just excellent strategic advice but tip after practical tip. I would highly recommend Lee Odden to anyone who needs insightful, practical and systematic advice on how they should proceed in their social media marketing practice.’
Jennifer Duval-Smith - Executive Director, 360 Digital Influence at Ogilvy New Zealand

Odden has developed content for the DMA SEM Certification Advanced Course and the DMA Social Media Marketing workshop. He also conducts seminars for companies and regularly presents internationally in cities ranging from San Francisco to Hong Kong to London to New York. He is a long time speaker at: Search Engine Strategies, PRSA Annual conference, BlogWorld Expo and WebmasterWorld Pubcon.

Odden is active in the industry as an advisory board member for Search Engine Strategies and is a past board member of the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association, DMA Social Media Advisory Council and Search Engine Marketing Council.

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