Jason Sexton joins as a Search Engine Marketing Analyst to assist with client campaign management, reporting and analysis, and strategic development of clients’ PPC advertising initiatives.

In short, Jason makes us more efficient and effective.

Jason is a recent graduate from Virginia Tech’s Marketing Management program and has a list of extracurriculars, scholarships, honors, and experience that stood out against a field of other highly qualified candidates.

As a Tech undergrad, he was selected by the head of the Marketing Department as a research assistant to develop surveys and and assist with a study of the impact of direct-to-consumer advertising on prescription drug use and its adverse effects. He’s also an Excel whiz and in the process of completing the Google AdWords and Google Analytics individual certification tests.

I’m glad he’s here, and looking forward to introducing him to my clients and partners.

I’m looking for a motivated, ambitious Search Engine Marketing Analyst to help me improve my clients’ businesses and take on new opportunities.

I’ve posted the full job listing on LinkedIn. If you know somebody that may be qualified, please share the listing. If you are interested in learning more, drop me a note and we can set up a time to chat.

P.S. If you are looking to hire an experienced senior marketing exec, Mike is your man.

P.P.S. The picture on slide 3 is my son…you had to be there.

There’s no shortage of advice about how to improve your website’s search rankings and increase traffic from search engines. But how do you know if your efforts are paying off? Hint: It’s not where you rank on Google.

The old adage is true, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”

Join us for a conversation about accountability in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising, and website analytics. Andrew Miller of Your Search Advisor will help you understand the relationships between strategies, tactics, and performance metrics that really matter.

If you don’t know the ROI of your AdWords campaigns or SEO initiatives, this Market Dialogue is for you!

We’ll cover a wide range of topics related to improving e-commerce sales, generating more sales leads (phone and email), and increasing your company’s ability to measure all of your online marketing efforts against your specific business objectives.

Afterwards, you will be able to assess whether or not your SEO and PPC campaigns are running as efficiently and effectively as they could be, how your competitors’ results compare to yours, and how to prioritize your next moves.

Hope to see you there!

After three years with CarMax and three years in Ann Arbor…

It’s good to be home

It’s taken a while, but I’ve finally migrated back downtown. I knew it would happen some day. My new office feels like some sort of weird professional homecoming. The space is in the Watkins-Cottrell building, next to La Diff and across the street from the now defunct Southern Railway Deli.

117 South 14th Street, Suite 310. Stop by and say hi! Here’s a map…

Photos courtesy of Rick Whittington Consulting.

I would encourage you to read my latest entries, “Adding Phone Call Tracking to the Conversion Optimization Mix” and “SEO for Mid-Sized Businesses – All Aboard!”

I also want to thank Unbounce.com for the opportunity to share some call tracking knowledge with their incredibly passionate and forward-thinking audience of conversion optimization experts. And of course my friends and partners at Wax Custom Communications for allowing me to evangelize Search Engine Optimization to their diverse set of healthcare, insurance and corporate clients.

Happy reading!

Here are the slides from last night’s meeting. The crowd may have been small, but the vibe was enthusiastic. Most of the content was voiced over and the slides are sparsely worded. Hopefully the images and text convey enough meaning, otherwise you’ll never understand the references to the Dharma Initiative (and cake).

Wondering how to measure phone calls in addition to standard web metrics and online conversions? Are you in or near Richmond (or can be next Tuesday)?

I am presenting Phone Call Tracking for Marketers at Refresh Richmond‘s monthly meetup. I’ll come up with some interesting ways to cover the following topics:

• What is phone call tracking?
• Why track calls from your marketing campaigns? (hint: because your clients don’t know they need it yet)
• Build or buy?
• Merging call data with campaign data
• Optimize, refine, repeat

Here are the details:

• Date: Tuesday, January 18th
• Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm (after party at Popkin’s Tavern)
• Location: INM United office, 201 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA

Hope to see you there!