Digital Marketing

Suds & Search 24 | Ruth Burr Reedy, VP of Strategy at UpBuild

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My guest today is Ruth Burr Reedy, Vice President of Strategy at UpBuild. I first heard of Ruth when she was working at Moz as their Lead SEO. Veteran SEOs know that Moz used to be called SEOmoz. Ruth took on the daunting challenge of overseeing the SEO for that rebrand. She’s now living in Oklahoma and I start our conversation asking about her journey to UpBuild.

Ruth is an in-demand speaker who’s presented at all of the major industry conferences including UnGagged, Mozcon, SMX, and State of Search.


The Shoes of MozCon 2020

Shoes of MozCon action shot from 2019So somehow, the “Shoes of MozCon” has become a tradition. I started off as a goofy thing to do on Twitter with my friend Bryant, and now it’s something everyone expects, and maybe even looks forward to (and this year, we even got shoe companies hitting us with ads on the hashtag). With COVID causing the conference to go virtual this year, it took a lot more work to make it happen. Special shout out to Hayley Bowyer, who helped me get all the speakers to send in photos.

So once again, here’s the MozCon recap post that you never knew you needed in your life… The Shoes of MozCon Virtual 2020!


Suds & Search 19 | Casey Markee, Founder of Media Wyse

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My guest today is Casey Markee, owner of Media Wyse.

He is a staple at SEO conferences all over the world including SMX, Pubcon, State of Search, and Onward. He co-authored the book, UnFair Advantage: Winning the Search Engine Wars, which has been updated over 289 times as of this publication. It is the longest continuously updated SEO book on the Internet.


The details about Google’s new automotive study

In this week’s video, I share the details about the new Think With Google report that was released last week about the effects of COVID on the automotive industry. Even if you’re not a car dealer, the shift in browsing and buying habits applies to pretty much everyone. Check out the video to see how the coronavirus has fundamentally changed the way that people shop online.


How Does a Microbrewery Survive Social Distancing?

Our business is flanked by two microbreweries, literally.

When we walk out our front door there’s Dovetail Brewery, and out our back door is Begyle Brewing. Both are great establishments offering some of the best beers in Chicago.

Yesterday, we learned that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker ordered that all bars and restaurants in Illinois must close their doors to dine-in customers from the end of business Monday, March 15 through March 30, due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19.

The first thing we thought was selfish, as in… “There goes 15 happy hours.”

But then we began to wonder about the microbrewery businesses. Can they survive being shuttered for 15 days? What happens if the Governor’s order is extended beyond 15 days?


Digital Marketing Tips from Pubcon

Welcome back to another episode of Local Search Tuesdays! This week’s video is a long-awaited treat… A few months ago, I thought it would be awesome to start doing quick interviews with the top digital marketing speakers when I spoke at a conference. I started at Pubcon, and got some awesome tips.

I ended up switching jobs and in the interim, the release of the video got a bit delayed… But now that I’ve got Local Search Tuesdays up and running, we can finally release the video!

Check it out – it’s packed with awesome tips from some of the top digital marketing experts in the world…