Stephan Spencer's Scatterings

The Scattered Wisdom of a scientist turned web marketing virtuoso

March 2010
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We've Been Acquired!

I'm very pleased to announce that the company that I founded way back in 1995, Netconcepts, has been acquired by Covario Inc., the leader in search advertising software and services. It's exciting to think about what the future holds with the merged… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 01/12/2010 | Permalink

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VIDEO: Teen AdSense Entrepreneur

Yes, teenagers can make passive income via Internet marketing. Here's living proof (from a WebProNews interview at Blog World Expo) :More WebProNews VideosIsn't she amazing?!? Yes I'm a little biased, since she is my offspring. But still, it's im… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 11/21/2009 | Permalink

Comments (8)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Shameless Self-Promotion, Online Advertising, Blogging entrepreneurship, videos            

2 Days of SEO Training from Yours Truly!

Yes, you "heard" right! Two FULL days of SEO training from yours truly, coming soon to a city near you -- or not, if you don't live near Las Vegas, Chicago or Washington DC ;). This is truly a first. In my 14 years since founding Netconcepts, I have… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 01/07/2009 | Permalink

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Catch this video of the Teen Entrepreneurs Panel at Ypulse

I shot the following video of teen entrepreneurs Chloe Spencer of the Ultimate Neopets Cheats Site (my daughter!), Juliette Brindak of Miss O & Friends, Jared Kim of WeGame and Angela McBride, a.k.a. Asuka Martin in Teen Second Life presenting on the… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 09/03/2008 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Web Marketing, Shameless Self-Promotion, Social Networking teen entrepreneurs            

Forrester, Retailers, and GravityStream

A new Forrester Research report came out this month, titled Retail Interactive Marketing Spend Grows Steadily. According to the report, retailers are increasing online advertising investments at a rate of 25% per year and working to get the most out of t… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 08/19/2008 | Permalink

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From FooCamp to Ypulse to BlogHer in 8 days

I went off the radar for a few weeks. Apologies for that. I have a lot going on in my life right now - not all of it good - that is taking up a lot of my time and headspace at the moment. Plus I've been traveling a lot. I just got back from a 10 day trip… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 07/23/2008 | Permalink

Comments (3)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Community, Shameless Self-Promotion, Blogging blogher, conferences, foo camp, o'reilly, unconferences, ypulse            

Live from 9News' Studio: Behind-the-Scenes Newsroom Footage

What's it like to appear live on the news for a full three minutes in front of an estimated 1.2 million viewers? My daughter Chloe could tell you! On February 25th she presented a science experiment live on 9News, Denver's local NBC affiliate KUSA, wi… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 04/09/2008 | Permalink

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3 Must-See WebProNews Video Interviews on SEO

WebProNews did a bunch of great interviews at SMX West. I wanted to highlight three in particular (granted I'm a bit biased!)... First is this interview of me is on how to optimize the flow of PageRank through your site and the tactic of "PageRank scu… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 04/04/2008 | Permalink

Comments (1)| Comments RSS | Filed under: Search Engines, Shameless Self-Promotion adsense, interviews, local search, pagerank sculpting, webpronews            

Writing for the Huffington Post and speaking at SMX West

No, I'm not talking about me. I've never written for the Huffington Post. I'm talking about my 16-year-old daughter, Chloe Spencer. Some of you may remember (and are perhaps also sick of! :) ) me bragging about Chloe's Neopets SEO blogging success and… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 02/15/2008 | Permalink

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Vote for Your Favorite SEO Article!

I am very honored and humbled to see that two of my articles were nominated for a SEMMY (The Year's Best Posts in Search Engine Marketing). In the category of SEO category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards, my article on Search Engine Land was nominated, "Scu… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 01/25/2008 | Permalink

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