Myself, Marshall Simmonds and Kevin Gamache would like to invite those in the SEO in Boise space to our 4th meetup.

Last time, we had Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz speak, this time we’re going to turn it down a notch and watch Kevin juggle while riding a unicycle. 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 (formerly of The New York Times) and Kevin Gamache of Wirestone.

Jtree’s founder, Josh Laughtland, is currently featured in the February edition of Sunset Magazine. Available today! Grab the tablet edition…

Not for SEO mind you, but for three of his favorite northwest hot springs destinations. Josh runs a couple websites specific to recreation of the geothermal sort (hot springs), which happen to bring in thousands of unique visitors each month.

His first geothermal website, IdahoHotSprings.com, started out as a hobby shortly after moving to Boise. It contains years of his personal trip reports besieged from many backpacking, hiking and backcountry driving adventures had throughout Idaho and the northwest.

Follow @hotspringsguy on Twitter
Visit the Hot Springs Blog
Josh on Google+

It’s one day before Christmas Eve! In light of this special event, here is an awesome infographic that covers the history of the NORAD Santa Tracker since 1955.

Source: Norad Santa Tracker : The History of NORAD, Google & Santa [Infographic]

NORAD Santa Tracker Applications

There are multiple ways to track Santa tomorrow night, even official Android and iPhone apps to boot. Links are below…

Official NORAD Website

Google Maps for Mobile Link

Android Application

iPhone Application

Happy Holidays and Safe Travels!

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]

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]

Facebook RSVP

Like SEOinBOI on Facebook to view event pictures and future event information

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From the Jtree.net Presentation at the SolutionPro DataCenter Open-House

Your rep is everywhere – even if your company isn’t. Competitors and customers can easily disrupt your brand image by stealing content, impersonating your company and more. The key to managing your reputation online is to be proactive! Monitor everything, everywhere possible. Take action as soon as a threat is detected, before it multiplies.

The slides above cover general reputation safeguarding information and feature the following list of free monitoring tools that can be utilized right away.

• Google Alerts beta http://google.com/alerts
• Social Mention http://socialmention.com
• Backtype http://backtype.com
• Copyscape http://copyscape.com
• Copygator http://copygator.com
• Hootsuite http://hootsuite.com
• Spokeo http://spokeo.com