Comments on: 3 Questions to Help You Plan Your Search Marketing Career

By: John Carcutt

John Carcutt — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:42:00 +0000

I have asked potential SEOs in interviews the following question… “If you could choose, would you rather be Superman or Batman?”

First it lets me know how they react when caught completely off guard, and then I look for the “Batman” answer. Batman did not have any superpowers and relied completely on analytics and detective work. Exactly the mindset needed for SEO. I don’t need people on my team who think they are faster than a speeding search engine.

Nice Article Josh.

By: Zoobie Joy

Zoobie Joy — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:01:46 +0000

Awesome Tips Josh..^^..it has been very helpful..^^

By: Semaphore

Semaphore — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:10:28 +0000

Good Article
I like your topic which should about Left and Right Brain for SEM person
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By: Josh Gampel

Josh Gampel — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:44:36 +0000

Thanks for the comments and the kind words on the post. I have received a ton of feedback today from people stressing their desire to find someone that has both sides of the brain and candidates looking to utilize both sides effectively. Please feel free to continue to comment or let me know if I can help you out in any way.

Josh

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:11:56 +0000

It is good to reconfirm to myself that I entered an industry that is considered one of the fastest growing industries. The opportunity to become an SEM came to me 2 years ago and I took it blindly. I had no idea of its potential.
Coming from a finance & accounting background my left side of the brain is more developed then my right side. I do appreciate your insights of both the left & right side of the brain, and I plan to be more mindful of developing the more creative side of me.

By: Larry

Larry — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:14:22 +0000

Great article and I have seen many folks who have a technical and marketing background. I started in Computer Science and ended my education with Marketing as well.

By: Jean

Jean — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:35:33 +0000

This is a great article! I didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I started my life in search right after college. I graduated with a degree in IS Mgmt but ended up in marketing. I went from intern to Online Marketing Manager in 2 1/2 years. I’m glad to know I’m in an industry that is considered “brilliant” and “best of the best”. Question 3 really hits me. I’m at a point in my life where I’m trying to figure out if I’m going in the right direction for myself. Now I feel empowered to know that I picked the right road and a few other road options are ahead. Josh, I like the point about using left and right brain. I’m glad I use both and improving at the same time! My right brain likes to take over more often than not though. Thanks for a great article!

By: jaypaul

jaypaul — Wed, 28 May 2008 15:14:33 +0000

Josh, very Unique info about search Marketing Job’s Power.
Main points of Question’s are communicator with search marketing and analytics.
I got Grades from web stats, this is very useful area in marketing, i found and worked hard in analytics of sites .

web stats is very interesting Area in search marketing or web marketing.

Thanks Paul

By: Mendy Ouzillou

Mendy Ouzillou — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:58:37 +0000

Great article – though not a professional SEM, I do enjoy providing that service for my glass art and jewelry website. By day I am a director of product marketing and by night/weekends a glass artist. You can see my engineering background on my LinkedIn profile. My engineer friends don’t understand my artistic side and my artist friends don’t understand my nerdy side. Glad to see there is a community where my left brain/right brain self will fit right in!

Mendy

By: Mark Sprenger

Mark Sprenger — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:45:31 +0000

Great article! I entered this field about 10 years ago. I started my school work int he area of art and grphic arts and finished with a degree in Engineering. When we hire search marketing techs we look specifically for individuals with a creative bent that have chosen technology as their focus.