SearchInfluence

As of September 28th, the Search Influence account management team has 12 Bing Ads accredited members on staff in addition to the 12 team members who received Google AdWords certification last spring. We are constantly striving to improve our training and credentials so that we can provide the highest level of knowledge and most value for our clients. With both Bing and Google ad-certified professionals, we are the most accredited Online Ad team on the entire Gulf Coast. You can see the full list of accredited SI employees in Bing’s Find a Pro Directory. We’re very excited about our expanded knowledge in the Bing Ads program, and loved the interaction we received from Bing about our enthusiasm for the program! Talk about great customer service.

Your Google Place page and Maps location are flagship representations of your business, and often the first information potential customers will see. Our CEO Will Scott will contribute to a panel on optimizing these crucial pages at Pubcon 2012, and you can get a preview of the action below! Will has previously spoken at several Pubcons, and he’s honored to be included in the lineup again — be sure to check out the video after the jump.

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Our CEO Will Scott is among a bevy of local SEO luminaries called in by Thunder SEO to discuss the recent launch of Google+ Local. Check it out right here!

Search Influence was named in the first Flyover 50, a list compiled by Five Elms Capital to highlight the 50 fastest-growing companies in the central U.S. 

Topping the list is Appcore, a company based in Des Moines, which provides cloud computing infrastructure. To be considered for the inaugural Flyover 50, companies applied or were nominated, and the top companies were determined by a percentage of growth in revenue.

In order to qualify, a company’s revenue must have exceeded $1 million in 2011 and be based within a 20-state area in the central United States.

Our hardworking CEO Will Scott got a shoutout in the writeup of the Mediapost Search Insider Summit today! Click here to see what Mediapost had to say about the event and a recap of Will’s comments on retargeting cookies and social content.

SI CEO Will Scott recently led a discussion panel at Search Starts Here, the 2012 Local Search Association Conference. This stellar writeup goes over some of his main points and provides a handy bulleted list of key takeaways at the end. You can also check out another writeup on Local Search Insider by clicking right here!

Our CEO Will Scott gets a quick shoutout in a Mediabistro article on Twitter article marketing. Check it out!

Search Influence CEO Will Scott has a chat with our friends at BtoB featured today, covering a variety of local search topics. Check it out right here!

Our CEO Will Scott has a guest post up on CPA Practice Advisor today, covering essential steps to Facebook success. Click here to see what he has to say about getting your business’s page up and operational, curating content for your market, engaging your fan community and more!

As we’ve announced, Search Influence was recently included on the 2011 Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies, and we couldn’t be prouder!Silicon Bayou News was nice enough to give us an in-depth writeup, and you can read it right here! We also get a shoutout in their recent week in review column.