High Rankings®, Search Engine Marketing Leader, Brings Seminar to Minneapolis & Extends Early Bird Discount to February 22

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (PRWeb) February 15th, 2007 - http://www.highrankings.com/msp - High Rankings®, a search engine marketing (SEM) industry leader, is conducting a seminar in Minneapolis, MN March 15th-16th at the Crowne Plaza Northstar. Due to high demand, the $200 Early Bird Discount has been extended -- register before February 22nd to SAVE $200.

The High Rankings® Search Engine Marketing seminar will feature expert speakers sharing a complete SEM process that works. Unlike other live SEO and SEM seminars, presenters will build upon one another's topics providing a consistent process for converting website visitors into paying customers.

As president of full service search engine marketing consulting company KeyRelevance.com, featured speaker Christine Churchill is a recognized online marketing expert and an advocate for ethical search marketing. Churchill is a 10 year veteran search marketer and speaks frequently on the topics of search engine optimization, blog marketing and online public relations.

In her sessions "Effective Keyword Research" and "The Ins and outs of Paid Search (PPC)" Ms. Churchill will teach attendees to use organic search and Pay Per Click collectively to drive traffic.

High Rankings® founder Jill Whalen adds, "Christine knows PPC like no other, which is why she is one of my preferred PPC partners for my clients. She's been in the search marketing world for at least as long as I have, and knows more about all facets of SEM and SEO than anyone else I know."

Whalen further adds, "Christine's knowledge of keyword tools together with her PPC experience enables her to whip an under performing PPC campaign into shape very quickly with incredible results. She's also an amazing speaker whose love of the industry shines through with every word!"

Additional speakers and sessions include:
- High Rankings® Founder & CEO Jill Whalen presenting "Technical SEO," "The Nitty Gritty of Writing for Search Engines" and "Putting it All Together"
- Marketing Words Inc. CEO Karon Thackston presenting "Copywriting for Success"
- KeyRelvance.com President Christine Churchill presenting "Effective Keyword Research & Paid Search"
- Right Click Web Consulting CEO Scottie Claiborne presenting "Link Building" and "Usability & SEO"
- SiteLogic CEO Matt Bailey presenting "Measuring Success" & "Cool Tools for Diagnosing Website Problems" and
-TopRank Online Marketing CEO Lee Odden presenting "UnGoogle Your Search Marketing"

EVENT DETAILS
High Rankings® Search Engine Marketing Seminar
Thursday March 15th-Friday March 16th, 2007
Crowne Plaza Northstar, Minneapolis MN
Due to high demand, the High Rankings Early Bird Discount has been extended!
Register before February 22nd to SAVE $200; receive an additional 10% if you refer a friend!
http://www.highrankings.com/msp

About High Rankings®
High Rankings® is an internationally recognized search engine optimization firm located in Framingham, MA specializing in search engine optimization, SEO consultations, site analysis reports, SEM seminars. CEO and founder, Jill Whalen, is the host of the free High Rankings® Advisor search engine marketing newsletter and the author of "The Nitty-gritty of Writing for the Search Engines." She has also recently co-founded SEMNE, a local search engine marketing networking organization for people and companies in New England.

Agency Contact       
Bill Arnovich
Misukanis & Odden
952-400-0342
BArnovich@misukanisodden.com

Company Contact
Pauline Kerbici
High Rankings®
508-309-3037

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