Productivity Tips for Busy Search Marketers

I am a very busy search marketer. Besides running a full service search marketing agency, I write for 7 blogs on a regular basis, manage 3 directories, follow a little over 100 blogs in my RSS reader, am very active on Twitter, am active discovering and bookmarking content on StumbleUpon, Reddit, Mixx, Sphinn and various other social news and bookmarking sites, respond to all RFPs and am still the liaison for all our clients (a full time job in and of itself).

So how do I maintain this rigorous daily schedule while not losing my sanity in the process? Here are a few tips that help me to stay productive which I also presented in a session by the same title of this post at SMX West 2009.

Essential Search Marketing Tools & Wordpress Plug-Ins

While I am one who firmly believes that tools can never replace human ingenuity, they can make the job a human does a whole lot easier. With that thought, I thought I share some of the tools we use for SEO/SEM projects followed by some cool plug-ins to compliment SEO efforts with Wordpress blogs.

Note: I also shared these in a presentation entitled "Tool, Glorious Tools" at SMX West 2009.

SponsoredReviews.com Announces New Feature - LinkSets�?�

SponsoredReviews.com, a service that connects advertisers with bloggers willing to write honest reviews about their products and services, has added a new feature to their program - LinkSets.

LinkSets allow you to create an unlimited number of URL/Link Text combinations inside of your opportunities. The LinkSets system will then automatically handle assigning those links to bloggers as you purchase reviews.

GetListed.org - New Service Keeps Track of Local Listings

GetListed.org is a fantastic new tool for small business owners that will help them learn more about the way their business is listed in local search engines. Their goal is "to help small businesses claim and enhance their listings at major search engines."

Hear Me Speak at SMX West 2009

SMX West is just around the corner. This premier search and social media marketing conference takes place February 10-12, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California and will feature three days of sessions, keynotes, networking activities, special educational presentations and meals for which SMX events are famous.

I am privileged to be able to speak in two separate sessions - "Tools, Glorious Tools" and "Productivity Tips For The Busy Search Marketer." Both sessions take place on the final day of the conference.