SF Bay SEO Meetup – Premier Search Engine Optimizers Booze and Schmooze

Photos courtesy of Brent Csutoras

I really believe in the power of intention, synchronicity, and manifestation – the clearer your intention, the more synchronicitous events pop up in your life, and the greater the likelihood you will manifest your desire. A key success factor is going with the flow, and being open to others who may play a factor in the manifestation of your intention, rather than trying to control, own, and micromanage every aspect of it – which is where a lot of people sabotage themselves.

My colleague Jaime Lapena and I were discussing how great it would be to do a search marketing happy hour – network with other search engine marketers, share tips and ideas, have a pint/ cocktail.

Next step – create a network of local Bay Area search marketers, whom we can then invite out for a drink on a regular basis. LinkedIn Groups is still under construction, so I decided to create a Search Marketing LinkedIn Network as a workaround. A group would be better, but heck, we can migrate peeps later.

Then, I’m out covering a Monster Cable event for bub.blicio.us, where I win a killer set of floor speakers in a raffle draw. I meet Daniel Riveong of e-Storm, a San Francisco-based interactive agency with a search marketing division.

Mention the SEM happy hour concept. 3 weeks later, he emails me and says, “Remember how you were talking about starting a search marketing happy hour? Well it ends up that I had to organize one for Todd Malicoat, of Stuntdubl. It’s next week – you’re invited.”

With Brent Csutoras

With Neil Patel

Friday, August 10 at SF’s Gordon Biersch – 20 search engine optimizers at one long dinner table, followed by more drinks at the Cigar Bar. SEOs I got to know include:

• Niel Patel, who started dong SEO at the tender age of 16, and is currently the CTO of Advantage Consulting Services, a social media marketing and search engine optimization agency – though he hasn’t yet graduated from college.
• Todd Malicoat of Stuntdubl, premier SEO consultant and the guru of link strategy.
• Natasha Robinson, That Girl From Marketing, who gave me excellent advice on how to do an SEO site audit.
• Will Radcliffe and Forest Kolb, of BizzFlip, a community where people can freely conduct business, cultivate ideas, and explore the infinite potential of today’s business world.
• Brent Csutoras of Weird Asia News, who occupied the number one spot for the world’s largest orgy (he’s now number 2).
• Daniel Riveong and William Gaulthier of e-Storm.
• David Mihm, small business web site designer and internet marketing consultant.

Saturday, August 18, dinner and drinks at the Liberties, in SF’s Mission district included the same posse and more.

• Roger Monti, aka MartiniBuster, WebmasterWorld moderator and consultant who offers web site review,PPC consultation, link development and web design services.
• Carolyn Shelby, Webmaster, SEO, former co-host of Webmaster Radio’s ‘Rush Hour’, current co-host of SEO 101, and uber-achiever with a schedule much like mine.
• Lawrence Coburn, founder of Rateitall and Sexy Widget.

Caveman and Laura Lippay

Todd Malicoat and Roger Monti

Todd Malicoat is contemplating moving out from upstate NY to the hip, technocentric SF Bay Area, but only if SF Bay Area search marketers can rally for regular SEO happy hours.

Todd Malicoat

I think it ironic that, while I intended to organize search marketing happy hours, I was apprehensive about the time and energy launching a regular event would take, as I’m already maxed out on time and energy. At the end of the day, all I needed to do was kick back and go with the flow.

Expect more search marketing meetups to come.

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