Speaking Engagements
Internet Marketing Seminar in Honolulu
Warm aloha to our readers and our Hawaii neighbors. This is Day 10 working on the North Shore of Oahu, and it’s been the easiest 10 working days of my life. Not because I’ve been slacking off: I’ve been putting in long days, filled with the usual calls, research, meetings and project work. But everything [...]
Indianapolis Seminar Debrief
We had a great seminar in Indianapolis. Here’s a photo of Vikram and Suzanna grinning for the camera on the way out, so you can see the mood we were in as we left the building. Thanks to everyone who attended. It was a bright and interested group, and we received some great questions at [...]
Indianapolis Internet Marketing Summit
Please join us for our next local summit, being held in Indianapolis next Monday. Vikram and I will be presenting internet marketing basics and strategies to local business owners. Topics will include: creating a successful website implementing powerful search marketing strategies measuring your online results monitoring your online reputation maximizing your online revenue It will [...]
Evision’s Advanced Search Marketing Session at Long Beach Convention Center
Evision was honored to be invited to CHLA’s Annual Southern California Conference. I flew into Los Angeles straight from SMX Seattle to deliver one and a half hours of search strategy to the conference attendees. The seminar was very well received. I think I was able to steer more people into thinking about strategy before [...]
SMX Seattle Update: 2 days of rain, coffee and catching up
The Big Wave Blog was at the SMX Seattle show last week. Here are the highlights of my trip to a very rainy Seattle. Being in Seattle always gives me a thrill, as someone who grew up during the grunge era. Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Soundgarden come to mind…ah, the good music from the 90s! [...]
Jacksonville Internet Marketing Seminar Roundup
I would like to thank Jacksonville for giving us a great kick start to our Search Engine Marketing tour of 2008. I had a great week in Jacksonville exploring the city and also going out for my first Atlantic Ocean surf session with Ronnie. The seminar was very well received by attendees. We were able [...]
Evision’s Search Engine Marketing Tour 2008
Newsflash for our readers! The Big Wave Blog’s parent company is going on a “internet marketing tour” and the following cities have been confirmed: Jacksonville, Florida Thursday, May 29 10:00–11:30 am Chicago, Illinois June 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana June 2008 Honolulu, Hawaii July 2008 San Diego, California August 2008 Denver, Colorado September 2008 Now is your [...]
May 6 Event in San Francisco
Mark your calendars! If you are planning to be near San Francisco on May 6, please join Evision for our seminar on Leading Practices in Search Engine Marketing at the Hotel Nikko. Topics covered will include: Effective Keyword Strategies Balancing Online and Offline Marketing Monitoring Your Online Reputation Harnessing Web 2.0 Social Media The session [...]
SMX Santa Clara Roundup: Keep your shoes on!
After saying goodbye to SMX Santa Clara, a lot of parting thoughts came to mind. Overall, it was an interesting conference. All the search industry celebs, vendors and commoners showed up to get a feel for the first “SMX Expo.” Danny Sullivan unleashed the Expo-style events for Search Engine Land & Third Door Media. Building [...]
SMX Santa Clara: Day 2 Highlights
Landing Pages and Multivariate Testing The most important element of optimizing any landing page is understanding the client’s goals and intentions. Every page on every website needs a goal, and landing pages are no different. In fact, it is probably more important to clearly define your objective or goal for a landing page, because the [...]







