Scary SEO Event Information
Scary SEO was an Internet Marketing event located in South Florida, with world class Internet Marketing speakers and networking. We have two main goals with our events.
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Scary SEO Conference
This is a hyper-networking event. With almost everything happening at the same location, including meals, events, and sessions. Even the sessions are hyper-networking, allowing both proffesional SEOs and enterprise level folks to gain from the experience.
The participants of Scary SEO will enjoy a 48 + hour community building and Internet marketing education experience unlike any other.
Jeff Quipp - CEO of Search Engine People
Jeff is president and CEO of Search Engine People Inc., one of Canada’s leading
search/social marketing companies. With more than eight years’ experience
in the search space, Jeff is is an online marketing strategist and a pioneer
in the field. He is a visionary in the SEO/SEM/SMM field and was among the
first to foresee the potential of search engines as an integral component
of the marketing mix. Jeff has an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University, and
a B.A. in economics.
David Snyder- Co-Founder Search & Social, LLC
David Snyder is a search and social strategist working for both
JRDunn.com and his own consulting group Search & Social,
LLC.
He writes for several web publications including MarketingPilgrim.com, SnydeySense.com,
and contributes a column on online reputation management at SportsAgentsBlog.com.
He has been on panels at SES Toronto and SES San Jose, as well as been involved
with regional conferences such as Blog Carolinas.
Jordan Kasteler - Co-Founder Search & Social, LLC
Jordan Kasteler a.k.a. Utah SEO Pro has been avidly involved in organic
SEO since 2001. He is also a fore-runner in embracing social media. He has worked on SMB sites for
a dedicated SEO firm, but is now deeply immersed in the world of
in-house enterprise-level SEO. At the same time he is also obtaining
a masters degree in communications. While Jordan’s experience lends
itself to the technical end of SEO with all server-side or client-side
coding aspects of SEO, he is currently fascinated with social media marketing.
Jordan writes on his own Utah SEO Consultant site and he has
also made contributions to SearchEngineJournal.com and SearchEnginePeople.com. He has been
invited to speak at SMX Local/Mobile, SES San Jose, SES Chicago, Pubcon, as well as SEM Canada
on his various areas of knowledge.
Rhea Drysdale - Online Marketing Director of Less Everything
Rhea began her career as a search engine optimization technician in 2004 for an online hotel marketing company. Since then she’s worked as an e-commerce analyst for a Top 200 Internet Retailer and was the Internet Marketing Manager for a Fortune 1000 staffing company.
As an active member of the SEO community, Rhea has contributed articles to SearchEngineJournal.com, was featured in the “SEO Bible” by Jerri Ledford, has presented at a national conference and speaks with local organizations on best search marketing practices.
Rhea is currently the Online Marketing Director for, Less Everything, a ruby on rails web development company, where she manages search marketing strategies for internal and client projects.
Martin Bowling - CTO of VEC3
Martin Bowling has worked in the Internet Marketing & Development space since 1999. The first part of his career was helping small West Virginia based business increase their visibility on the internet. Applying his talents in this area eventually landed him contracts with Toyota, Bayer Crop Science, The Air National Guard, West Virginia Department of Health & Human Services, West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office & Marie Calendar Foods.
Martin is the CTO of a small boutique Internet Marketing firm Vec3 based in Charleston, WV. With his primary focus on organic seo, social media & online reputation management. Martin believes that utilizing a multi discpline strategy is the only way to go in today’s every changing world, he never locks his clients into a one track strategy.
Loren Baker - Editor and Chief of Search Engine Journal and Partner
at Traffic Blend, LLC
Mr. Baker has been involved in the search engine marketing field since 1998 with a background in paid search and search engine optimization. In 2002, he began collecting his research and thoughts on the SEM industry, which blossomed into the current Search Engine Journal publication.
Brandy Eddings - CEO of New Edge Media
Brandy has only been in the Paid Search Marketing industry for three years
but in that time she has supervised or personally built and managed over
10,000 paid search accounts spanning over thousands of different industries.
She began her career with Idearc Media then moved on to work for other Dallas
area online marketing agencies. She has now ventured off on her own and
is launching her own agency, New Edge Media.
Pamela Lund - Director of US Operations - BespokeUSB.com
Pamela Lund has over seven years experience in marketing, including PPC, SEO
and offline mediums. She earned her Bachelor’s in Finance but quickly found
that her interest in marketing was greater. Before branching out on her
own with Bespoke|USB, Pamela spent 4 years managing a team that developed
over 2,000 websites and local SEO strategies for doctors, lawyers and dentists.
During that time she honed her skills in project and client management.
She also developed an aptitude for educating clients and effectively dealing
with difficult or unhappy customers.
Carolyn Shelby - Director of Natural Search at Chicago-based BeFoundLocal.com/The
Krull Group
Carolyn Shelby has been involved in Internet technology since 1994, when
she was the managing partner of an Internet Service Provider start-up near
Purdue University. She has been professionally designing and developing
Web sites for businesses and not-for-profit groups of all sizes since
1995. She is an advocate of holistic SEO, and specializes in rehabbing
underperforming/out-dated Web sites and helping larger corporations adjust
their structure and focus to make the most of new media.
Carolyn currently co-hosts “SEO 101″ on WebmasterRadio.fm, writes about
search industry related news and SEO-focused web design on her blog
(cshel.com), and is the Director of Natural Search at Chicago-based BeFoundLocal.com/The Krull Group.
Brian Chappell - Senior Social Search Strategist at Ignite Social
Media
With over 8 years of web design and search engine optimization experience, Brian Chappell has developed an in-depth organic search optimization background that stems from working in one of the most competitive fields around. Brian currently works for Ignite Social Media where he monitors and analyzes reputations across the web, as well as optimizes facets of social media marketing such as engagement, social interaction and promotion. Brian is an active member of the SEO community, runs a side business called Adapt Marketing and blogs at BrianChappell.com.
John Carcutt - Co-Founder/Chief Search Stratigest of AgencyWeb
In early 2000, John took the position of Online Marketing Manager at Foreclosure Net, one of the top three National Foreclosure Data providers in the country. While managing all aspects of this company’s online marketing, John was able to employ his specific expertise in SEO and grow the already large volume of organic traffic over 300% in just 2 years. 100% of the company’s top 200 keywords had first page positions on Google with over 90 #1 positions. At the same time, Johns involvement in the SEO community online increased as well. He was invited to become a moderator at one of the best known SEO forums and his reputation as an SEO expert and a pure “White Hat” began to grow. He started his own blog, wrote of other SEO publications such as SearchEngineJournal and WebProNews and started speaking on the search trade show circuit, most notably the top search engine convention series Search Engine Strategies.
One of the high points of John career was being recruited to become the Director of Natural Search for MoreVisibility Inc. one of the nations leading search marketing firms and a 2 time Inc500 winner. During Johns tenure as an executive at this award winning firm, he rebuilt the organic search department, added numerous new deliverables and created one of the industries best site optimization review products. During his time at MoreVisibility John had direct hands on responsibility for optimizing the webs sites of and online marketing strategies for of some of the most recognizable brands in the country including, Stanley Tools, Cotton Inc, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Miami Herald, JC Penneys and The DMA itself.
The previous 12 years of experience have all contributed to the depth of Johns expertise in the field of SEO. To keep up with the ever-changing landscape of the SEO industry takes time and determination. John is now an independent consultant who only takes on projects which interest him and provide the most opportunity for growth or discovery. He is currently focusing on the many different ways Social Media can work in conjunction with SEO and general online marketing to improve the overall marketing efforts of businesses online.
Ross Dunn- CEO of StepForth Web Marketing Inc.
Ross Dunn is the CEO of StepForth Web
Marketing Inc., a web marketing company founded in 1997 and based
in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. StepForth provides cutting-edge
search engine optimization services that provide highly successful, targeted
results for its clientele. Ross Dunn is a Certified Internet Marketing
and Business Strategist (CIMBS) with a background in web design and business
management. His broad Internet experience in combination with a talented
staff has made StepForth a name synonymous with top results.
Brian Carter - Director of Search Marketing at Fuel Interactive
Brian Carter is Director of Search Marketing at Fuel Interactive, a full-service
digital marketing agency in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; for Fuel’s own
clients and via its partnership with traditional agency Brandon Advertising,
Brian oversees the SEO, PPC, Social Media, and Online Reputation Management
campaigns of dozens of local and national clients in industries such as
medical, travel, hospitality, golf, and real estate. His passion is getting
his clients measurably excellent returns on their marketing investments.
Brian is an AdWords Qualified search marketing trainer, consultant, and
speaker. He has significant teaching and speaking experience. He has taught
at the Masters degree level, and served as president of his Toastmasters
club in San Diego, California. He has authored two books. Previously, Brian
served as E-Commerce Manager for the outdoor goods retailer Adventure 16
and as a freelance search marketing consultant for AdWordsMan.com. Brian
has more than eight years experience in the internet industry, beginning
as a founder of his first dot-com in 1999, and spent five years as editor
and lead writer for a large online magazine, The Pulse of Oriental Medicine.
Eric Lander - Organic Search Manager, ADP Inc./Associate Editor,
Search Engine Journal
Eric has been an organic search optimization specialist since 2001.
Having co-founded two separate search marketing agencies, Eric actively works
as the Organic Search Manager for ADP’s Dealer Services division managing SEO
for more than 2,000 car dealers in the United States and Canada.Throughout his
career Eric has enjoyed writing articles and how-to pieces to share industry
information, insight and opinion. Articles first began appearing in 2002 on SEO
Today, SitePoint and Search Engine Guide.Today, Eric serves as the Associate
Editor for Loren Baker’s Search Engine Journal and writes for his
own blog at www.ericlander.com.
Chris Hart - Director, Eastern Region Operations Bruce Clay Inc.
Before joining Bruce Clay, Inc. as Director, Eastern Region Operations, Chris
worked for 12 years in the online publishing industry. He has previously
worked as the Manager of Online Products and Editorial Search, Online Production
Editor, and most recently, SEO Strategist and Revenue Optimization Manager
at CMP Media. Hart received his B.F.A. in Fine Arts and Computer Graphics
from the New York Institute of Technology and his M.B.A. in Marketing Management
and Business Development from Saint John’s University. Supported by his
extensive experience in project management and customer service, the New
York office extends high-quality SEO and SEM services to clients across
the country
