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2010.03.08: Oscar Movies are Like Optimized Websites
2010.03.04: Internet Marketing Jokes
2010.02.23: Where I'm speaking in the next 2 months
2010.02.11: Enterprise SEO Automation
2010.02.11: Personalized Search Strategies & Video Games
2010.01.28: Have You Been A/B Tested Recently?
2010.01.25: Portent Interactive Visits Zoka Coffee
2010.01.15: Interview on Search Engine Journal
2010.01.11: Google Caffeine - Don't Let It Keep You Awake at Night
2010.01.06: 15 Years
2009.12.21: How to: Set up and Track Product Extension Ads in Google AdWords
2009.12.02: Spin Your Social Media Marketing Flywheel
2009.11.25: I Went To Pubcon 2009 And All I Got Was This Lousy Matt Cutts
2009.11.12: Evan Fishkin's PubCon 2009 Head Shaving by Matt Cutts
2009.11.12: Don't Market to Me like I'm a Prostitute
2009.10.30: Dear Yahoo, Please Stop Showing My Ads for EVERYthing
2009.10.07: The 10Things Site Review, by Portent
2009.09.28: Shout-Out: Hanapin Marketing's $16,000 SEM Sweepstakes
2009.09.23: Dear Google, Please Give Me Back My Money
2009.09.02: Did Google Earn the Fail Badge or did the Advertiser?
2009.09.01: Write Short Simple Obvious Story Titles
2009.08.14: 230 Link Bait Ideas
2009.08.07: Interactive Marketing - Ever Changing & Often Unclear
2009.08.04: Write Compelling Messages - Think Greeting Cards
2009.08.02: Speaking at SES San Jose
2009.07.31: Is This How Vince's Change Works?
2009.07.27: Simplify PPC Reports
2009.07.24: Google Suggest Links - A New Upgrade
2009.07.23: Where is Your Social Media Marketing Headquarters?
2009.07.04: Fisher Plaza: Service Restored, Portent Response
2009.06.18: AdWords Bid Simulator Update
2009.06.11: Nofollow frenzy: Google Makes Major Policy Reversal on PageRank Sculpting
2009.06.05: Writing Killer Ad Copy...and not getting arrested
2009.06.04: The 5 S's: How Portent Works
2009.06.02: We've got High Tweets - We got High Tweets
2009.05.28: Writing Killer Ad Copy: SMX Advanced Seattle Speaker
2009.05.28: The Future of Search - Bing It On
2009.05.21: MSN AdCenter Content Network Reports
2009.05.14: Into the deep blue Internet
2009.05.08: New Predictive PPC Tool: Paid Search Return Estimations
2009.04.30: The elves were busy last night
2009.04.28: 5 Tips To Better Product Descriptions
2009.04.28: Stairway to Heaven
2009.04.09: 36 Reasons You Need This Dummies Book
2009.03.17: Yahoo Finally Gets a Clue and Adds Ad Scheduling & Demographic Bidding for You
2009.03.16: Seattle SEO Dysfunction at the PI
2009.03.13: Portent Team Co-Publishes a New Dummies Book
2009.03.11: Notes from Danny Sullivan Keynote at SEMpdx SearchFest 2009
2009.03.06: Keyword Resource Tools that Aren't Keyword Tools
2009.03.04: The Three Kinds of Optimization
2009.02.26: The Golden Rule of Graphic Design
2009.02.23: What Does an Internet Marketing Company Do?
2009.02.20: Tough Love For Clients
2009.02.12: Calling All Publications: Rel=canonical Is Worth A Look
2009.02.02: Are Long Tail Keywords Dead?
2009.01.27: We're hiring: Copywriter/Social Media addict wanted
2009.01.23: The Microsite Mistake Macro Fight
2009.01.23: It's 2009! Are You Ready to Fail?
2009.01.19: Is the AdWords Keyword Performance Module of any use?
2009.01.19: Portent Top 10 SEO, PPC Firm Of 2008
2009.01.12: Microsoft AdCenter Finally Brings Us Custom Date Ranges
2008.12.31: Ten Internet Un-Resolutions to Make this Year
2008.12.29: Google Oops - Tukwila Hotel Meets Seattle Coffee
2008.12.29: AdBrite: Trash or Treasure?
2008.12.23: Whopper Virgins: Not Appalling. Not Brilliant, Either.
2008.12.10: Paying your Yahoo Search Marketing bill with Pay Pal
2008.11.18: 3 New Google Analytics Custom Reports a PPC Marketer Should Be Using
2008.11.05: Killer Facebook Marketing Strategy
2008.11.03: Obama McCain SEO - My 2008 Election Prediction
2008.10.31: John McCain Keyword Chart & SEO Rankings
2008.10.31: Quick Photoshop Tip: Make your product images shine.
2008.10.31: Google Outbids Barack Obama for Obama's Own Name
2008.10.30: Barack Obama Keyword Chart & Google Ranking Report
2008.10.29: Portent's Seeking SEO Interns
2008.10.27: Winning In the Wedding Industry with PPC
2008.10.24: How to Use Dating Bible's "The Rules" to Succeed in Internet Marketing
2008.10.16: The AdWords Quality Score Hammer Has Fallen, Now What?
2008.10.13: More Revenue for Google with First Page Bids
2008.10.08: Identify Top Bloggers
2008.09.30: ABC Search | A Positive ROI
2008.09.12: A Loaded Gun - Quentin Tarantino's Secret Weapon for Creative Professions
2008.09.10: A Day In The Life of an Internet Marketing Company
2008.09.08: PPC Hero Guest Post - PPC Quality & Relevancy
2008.08.27: A Case for Customized Print Ad Landing Pages
2008.08.22: Quality Score Updates Make Me Nervous Too
2008.08.18: Does Web 2.0 still look good? Did it ever?
2008.08.14: The Four Qualities You Need to Be A Good Copywriter (hint, good writing isn't one of them)
2008.08.13: Top 11 Tips for Picking a 2nd or 3rd Tier PPC Engine
2008.08.12: How to Build Reputation & Branding with Articles
2008.08.03: A Firefox Quirk You May Not Be Aware Of
2008.08.01: Top SEOs Names Portent Interactive a Top 10 Firm
2008.08.01: No Deep Secrets In PPC Marketing
2008.07.31: Everything You Wanted to Know About Inbound External Links
2008.07.30: Copywriting is better than other writing careers
2008.07.28: Yahoo Outsources Your PPC Ads to India
2008.07.27: Google Updates Visible Toolbar PageRank
2008.07.25: Part 1: What is copywriting
2008.07.18: Why You Need Creative Services
2008.07.18: How to Design Your Site Like It's 1999
2008.07.15: Do Not Waste PPC Display URLs
2008.07.14: Paid Search & Organic Search Require Different Content Strategies
2008.07.02: The Holy Grail of Internet Marketing: The Truest Best
2008.07.01: In Search Engine Optimization, There Are No Guarantees
2008.07.01: Get Started with the Google Content Network
2008.06.24: PPC FAQ - Bidding on Trademarked Terms
2008.06.24: Successful Search Engine Optimization
2008.06.19: PPC FAQ - When to Stop Using PPC Keywords
2008.06.12: PPC FAQ - Finding the Right Number of Keywords
2008.06.11: PPC FAQ - Action Packed PPC Keyword Research
2008.06.09: Search Engine Optimization Before Development & Design
2008.06.06: Controversial Company Practice Proves Shoe-in for Online Success
2008.06.05: The Only Career Advice College Grads Should Read
2008.05.29: Create a Microsoft Windows Live Product Feed
2008.05.27: Basic SEO Copywriting in a Nut Shell
2008.05.21: Create a Google Product Search Feed
2008.05.20: Competitive Rubber Chicken Research for Search Engine Optimization
2008.05.16: Search Engine Optimization Pre-flight - Analytics
2008.05.15: From Seattle - Search Engine Optimization Explained
2008.05.12: A Marketing Secret: I Know Something you Don't
2008.05.12: Ask PPC Advertising Pushing Me Away
2008.05.05: Google Leaks AdWords Quality Score
2008.04.30: Creativity Versus Mediocrity: A Country Western Parable
2008.04.29: Twitter Secrets Revealed
2008.04.28: Make the Most of High Traffic Keywords
2008.04.25: Create Rusty Metal Text in Photoshop: Tutorial
2008.04.24: Three Audiences Every Website Should Cultivate
2008.04.21: Hedging Your PPC Bets: Geo-Targeting for Revenue
2008.04.21: Give MSN adCenter Support Four Stars
2008.04.17: When it comes to marketing, it’s always peanut butter and jelly time
2008.04.11: 14 Ways Internet Marketing Is Like Four Square
2008.04.11: How to Make MSN AdCenter Work with Google Analytics
2008.04.11: Search Engine Marketing Does Not Affect Your Business Model
2008.04.10: It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s Another Excruciating Marketing Metaphor.
2008.04.07: The SEO Matrix is Calling You
2008.04.07: Solving the (not set) in Google Analytics
2008.04.07: Actionscript 3 Particles Tutorial
2008.04.03: Marketing 101 – From the Beginning
2008.04.02: When it comes to Gen Y Advertisements, Pigeonholing is a Major Party Foul
2008.04.01: Portent Finds Google's Missing 100,000,000 Adwords Clicks
2008.03.28: Stayin' Alive: What Internet Marketers can learn from Indie Bookstores
2008.03.28: Ian Lurie Search Marketing Media Roundup
2008.03.26: B2B Marketing | Expanding Your Web site Content
2008.03.25: Advanced Actionscript 3 Preloader
2008.03.24: Sandwich Your PPC Ads with URLs
2008.03.21: Bad Monkeys (Part 1): Getting the Most Out of Your Agency
2008.03.20: Bait and Switch is Bad! But Bait and Sweetly Suggest Works!
2008.03.18: B2B Marketing: Is It Time to Expand Your B2B Internet Marketing Strategy?
2008.03.17: The Mysterious Black Holes of the Content Network
2008.03.14: Happy pi Day! But What About e?
2008.03.13: What kind of client are you? Introducing the Portent Client Matrix
2008.03.11: Embedding Flash the Smart Way with SWFObject
2008.03.11: Pauli Exclusion for the Techie and Creative in Internet Marketing
2008.03.11: Speaking at SEMPDX Searchfest 2008
2008.03.06: Technorati Post Claim
2008.03.06: Google Analytics Benchmarking: Share Your Data
2008.03.02: Search Engine Optimization: There IS A Right Way
2008.02.28: The Struggle for Validation
2008.02.27: Loves Poppies, Still Owns Piggy Bank: Write Personas like Match.com Ads
2008.02.26: Personas and Search Marketing: Talk at SMX Today
2008.02.22: Stale Linkbait Works Best: How to Totally Ignore your Blog and Still Increase Traffic
2008.02.21: Class up your link icons with CSS background images
2008.02.20: QA is Like being a Priest in World of Warcraft
2008.02.19: Bragging About My Kids, er, Team
2008.02.08: Welcome to the new Portent Interactive blog.

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