SEO and Blog Marketing Expert Lee Odden Blogs Chicago ad:tech Conference

Minneapolis, MN, July 25, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Lee Odden, President of TopRank Online Marketing and publisher of Online Marketing Blog, has been selected to “blog” next week’s ad:tech conference in Chicago.

Odden, who joins fellow bloggers, Steve Hall of Adrants, David Berkowitz of 360i and the “Inside the Marketer’s Studio” blog and Carly Lesser of CDG Solutions and the CDG Presents” blog, will be covering five of the ad:tech conference sessions which range from a fireside chat with SEO gurus Bruce Clay and Dana Todd to a panel on engaging social media to persuasion architecture with Bryan Eisenberg.

“ad:tech is one of my favorite conferences and there is a tremendous amount of marketing firepower there”, says Odden, “Being able to contribute to the conference in this way is very satisfying and also helps those that cannot attend get a taste of what they’re missing.”

Since founding TopRank Online Marketing in 2001, Lee Odden has been consistently recognized as a thought leader on search marketing. He regularly blogs Search Engine Strategies, WebmasterWorld Pubcon, DMA conferences and also publishes Online Marketing Blog, which has been rated one of the top 200 blogs on the Internet by Feedster.com.

For an ongoing commentary on this week’s ad:tech Chicago conference on interactive marketing, visit the AD:TECH blog at http://www.adtechblog.com/
For more information about the search engine optimization and blog marketing programs offered by TopRank Online Marketing, visit: http://www.toprankresults.com

About TopRank Online Marketing
TopRank is a Minneapolis based search marketing firm that provides search engine optimization, online public relations and blog marketing services. TopRank has been rated a top 5 SEO firm world wide by topseos.com and listed as one of the top 20 most influential authorities on blog marketing by Onalytica.

As founder and President of TopRank, Lee Odden is often cited in business publications including The Economist and U.S. News and World Report and speaks at numerous conferences on the topics of online PR, search engine and blog marketing. He also publishes Online Marketing Blog, offering practical insight into the converging world of SEO, blogs and new media PR.

Odden is also a member of SEMPO, serves on the board of directors for the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association and is an active member of the DMA Search Engine Marketing Council.

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