Day 1 at Mozcon 2012

It’s been a couple of years since I have been at Mozcon; 3 exactly. Wow, has it grown! I am always excited to be apart of the community at SEOmoz. Shout out to Charlene from SEOmoz for helping me out with my hotel issue. Alright,let’s get to the good stuff…today was a full day of great speakers.
Here’s my top 3 picks for today:



Paddy Moogan | Distilled

Paddy spoke on 35 Ways To Get Links. He talked about many simple and some in-depth strategies to get external link backs to your website. This is why I love coming to conferences. Sometimes I get so stuck in routine that I forget about some of these really simple strategies that work. If anyone has done link building in-house or for a client, you will relate to my love hate relationship with link building.



Wil Reynolds | SEER Interactive
Wil talked about Real Company Sh*t (RCS). Loved it! Loved it! Loved! To sum it up, Will talked about the difference in real content that was meaningful and genuine vs link building schemes that give what we do (SEO) a bad name. I absolutely agree with Wil in regards to being inspired by companies that stand for something and the marketability of these companies.



Rand Fishkin | SEOmoz
I always love what Rand has to say. Rand kicked off the conference today and talked about the future of SEOmoz tool set. Not only that, but Rand added value through out the day with some great questions for the rest of the speakers.

All and all, I am never disappointed when I attend an SEOmoz conference. More to come tomorrow.

Lindsay Viscount
Owner/Creative Director
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Today, Lindsay and I attended a convocation at Simon Fraser University to see our friend and coworker, Carolyn Dones, walk across the stage in the traditional silly gown and cap. At least it wasn’t as silly as what some of the people on stage were wearing. Now I wish I’d taken a picture of them, but I digress.

Seeing Carolyn earn her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications fills us with pride. We honestly count ourselves lucky to know such a hardworking and conscientious person. Since September 2011, Carolyn has been doing excellent work as internet marketing assistant as well as with content writing and handling social media for clients.

Carolyn, you are an invaluable member of our team and we wish you the best in all of your endeavours!

BNI Dynamo cleans up at the BNI Awards Of Excellence on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012.

One of the largest BNI Networking Groups in the Tri-Cities area, BNI Dynamo was awarded a Notable Networking Award to Preet Pall of The Bronson Group.

5 year honorable mentions for Preet Pall and Erica Cusumano of Dominion Lending Center, and a 10 year honorable mention to Paul Hendriks of Knowledge First Financial.

BNI (Business Network International) is a business and professional networking organization that offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly to gain new business by the passing and receiving of referrals. With chapters throughout Canada and more than 5,000 chapters worldwide, BNI is the largest professional business networking organization.

BNI Dynamo meets every Wednesday in Port Moody at the Old Mill Boathouse from 11:45am – 1:30pm.  Last year BNI Dynamo passed referrals that lead to over $400,000 in closed business.

We are currently looking for these professions to join our group:

  • Accountant
  • Bookkeeper
  • Graphic Designer
  • Business Coach
  • Physiotherapist
  • Landscaper
  • Cleaning Service
  • Mechanic
  • Traditional Chinese Medicalist
  • Photographer

If you are interested in checking out one of our meetings please contact Lindsay for more information. 778-229-5383

Buildex 2012 is one of the largest conventions in the Greater Vancouver Area for the construction and trades industry. Longevity Graphics attended the trade show today to see what company’s are new and upcoming within the industry.

While we were there, we ran into a couple of our clients that we built websites for, do internet marketing for including SEO, and implement social media marketing. Kelli from Timeless Wedding was working a both with a colleague, and Glenn Duxbury from Glenn Duxbury Inspections and Associates.

Our favorite both was The Grounds Guys Landscaping as they had a very cool mascot. Wish I would have thought of catching him on camera. All in all, it was a great day out of the office.