Last time, we had Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz speak, this time we’re going to turn it down a notch and watch Kevin juggle and ride a unicycle while reverse engineering Google’s algorithm. While that would rawk, the true agenda for SEOinBOI #4 is centered around open discussion.

Come with your ideas on what you would like to see at future meet-ups, and of course, any pertinent SEO topics that you’ve got intel on, or would like to discuss.

Please Facebook RSVP

Date: Thursday, February 2nd
Location: Cole Marr Coffee House [Google] [Foursquare]
Time: 5pm

SEOinBOI is a Boise area SEO-themed event hosted by Josh Laughtland, Marshall Simmonds of Define Media Group and Kevin Gamache of Wirestone.

We are very proud to be involved with organizations which effect the conservation of our natural environment. Advocates for the West (our client) recently helped protect the Boise River from a mining company (Atlanta Gold), who was found guilty of contaminating the Boise River with ‘toxic levels of arsenic and iron’.

Thanks to the efforts of Advocates for the West and the Idaho Conservation League:

Monday January 9, U.S. District Chief Magistrate Judge Williams determined Atlanta Gold Corporation is illegally polluting ontezuma Creek, a tributary of the Boise River near Atlanta, Idaho, with toxic levels of arsenic and iron, constituting over 1,400 violations of the Clean Water Act.

Source: Big Win for Clean Water in Idaho! - Advocates for the West

This feat will help protect the Boise River from other mining companies with similar practices aside from stopping Atlanta Gold from currently polluting clean water.

RT @AdvocatesWest Big win for clean water in Idaho! is.gd/X9v63A #AtlantaGold #BoiseRiver

— Joshua James (@JtreeSEO) January 13, 2012

New Client Brigade

photo credit: The U.S. Army

A warm welcome shout-out to our most recent Boise SEO and beyond clients:

Boise, Idaho Area

• VisitIdaho.org
• Advocates for the West
• The McClain Companies
• River City Veterinary Hospital
• The Urban Chiropractor
• Master Rooter

Throughout the United States and Canada

• Bungalux Luxury Real Estate – Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York
• WAV Wireless Outfitters – Aurora, IL
• LightHouse Business Information Solutions – Albuquerque, NM
• Oklahoma Office Systems – OK and NV
• SmartPrint – Ontario Canada
• Electronic Strategies, Inc. – Castleton, IN

Welcome aboard!

It is that time of the year again. We’ve already had a generous helping of Buddy the Elf, and it’s not even December yet!

We’ve been movin’ and a shakin’ this holiday season no doubt. Now that Thanksgiving is past, Christmas and the New Year will be here in no time flat. Downtown Boise has been freshly decorated, no snow… yet!

Here are a few pictures taken near the office…

The Festival of Trees is presently underway (today is the last day), the Capitol Tree has been lit (above) and Black Friday has come and gone. Our friendly office neighbors, the Downtown Boise Association, have a complete schedule of events for Christmas in the City available on their website.

Jtree News

Earlier this month, Rand Fishkin (and myself) presented at SEOinBOI #3. It was a unique experience that took place in a more relaxed environment than a typical conference.

A few pictures from the event…

The event attendees were top-notch; a high-quality group from throughout the region, many of which braved icy roads on the way in and out of Boise.

That’s all for now,

Happy Holidays!

SEOinBOI Event #3

Featuring Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz!

Event Information

• 5:30 Kickoff Speaker Josh Laughtland, Founder of Jtree.net
• 6:00 Feature Speaker Rand Fishkin, CEO and Co-Founder of SEOmoz

Josh is presenting a piece titled ‘Competing Clients Discourse’.

Rand will present some, a little, none or all of the following:

• Determining important reporting techniques and reports are the most important when strapped for time
• Alternatives to reporting in light of Google Search not passing keyword info
• Ethics
• In the weeds
• Future of search
• Social and search and the intersection

Event Emcee: Marshall Simmonds, Founder and CEO of Define Media Group, Inc.

Location: Foothills School of Arts and Science
618 South 8th Street, behind the Boise Public Library on 8th between Fulton and Battery

Please RSVP through the Facebook event page in order to attend this FREE event.

A big THANK YOU to all of those helping to make this event possible! See you all there!

SEOinBOI is a Boise area SEO-themed event hosted by Josh Laughtland, Marshall Simmonds of Define Media Group (formerly of The New York Times) and Kevin Gamache of Wirestone.

That’s right Boise SEOers! As announced at our last event- one of the Grandmasters of SEO will be speaking at the next SEOinBOI event in Boise, Idaho!

Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz is set to deliver a presentation to a small group in an intimate setting for the November 4th event. I will be giving a short presentation as well.

Location and exact time TBD. If you are interested in this event, please RSVP, which is the ONLY way to attend this free event.

SEOinBOI is a relatively new Boise area SEO-themed event hosted by Marshall Simmonds of Define Media Group (formerly of The New York Times), Kevin Gamache of Wirestone and of course myself.

Marshall Simmonds of Define Media Group (formerly The New York Times), Keven Gamache of [wire] stone and myself of Jtree Boise SEO are hosting the second SEO in BOI event this Wednesday (September 14th) from 5-6pm at Cole Marr in Boise.

Join us for an open discussion of search engine optimization and search marketing topics. Some of the possible topics:

• Google’s Authorship tag
• Google+
• Bing’s Twitter contract renewal
• Yahoo!’s future
• and more!

Please Facebook RSVP

SEOinBOI Event Details

Date: Wednesday, September 14th
Time: 5-6pm

Place:
Cole Marr Gallery & Coffee Shop
404 S 8th Street #154 (Lower Level)
Boise, ID [Google] [Foursquare]

… and our clients <3 us!

The SolutionPro data center, located in Boise, provides a variety of managed hosting solutions: colocation, dedicated, virtual and more. They also provide Business Continuity service for companies that need to maintain operations during emergencies.

Here’s a testimonial we received from Marketing Manager, Mike Spinosa…

Before launching a SEO campaign with Jtree.net, we couldn’t be found online at all. Jtree was able to increase our organic search engine ranking in Google for our primary keyphrases, surpassing thousands of our competitors in the process. They were even able to get our top keyphrase on the coveted page 1 of Google, and increased conversions for our target service by approximately 150%!


Their SEO reporting application not only kept us in the loop but allowed us to watch our campaign’s metrics steadily increase over time. Josh also presented multiple times about the status and performance of our campaign and even presented to a full-house at our open-house about reputation safeguarding. If you are looking for a SEO or PPC provider, look no further.

Thank you Mike and SolutionPro! It was our pleasure!

SEO is growing up and blowing up, which is why it’s time for a community event in the Boise area for those of us living an optimized lifestyle.

Marshall Simmonds of Define Media Group (formerly The New York Times), Keven Gamache of [wire] stone and myself of Jtree Boise SEO are hosting the first SEO in BOI event this Wednesday (May 11th) from 4-6pm at Cole Marr in Boise.

While future events may feature a topic and/or speaker, our first event is primarily a meet and greet. We’ll start off by doing what SEOs do best… drink coffee… and mingle – of course! Plan on standing up and introducing yourself to the group. Then, we’ll wrap-up with more banter and java.

Although this event is SEO focused, it is for anyone involved in the SEO field; designers/developers, writers, bloggers, PR, content producers, managers, consultants, social media marketers and on… all are welcome!

Please Facebook RSVP

SEO in BOI Event Details

Date: Wednesday, May 11th
Time: 4-6pm

Place:
Cole Marr Gallery & Coffee Shop
BoDo Bottom Floor, 404 S 8th Street #154
Boise, ID [Google] [Foursquare]

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