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(PRWEB) February 24, 2015

Will Scott, CEO and co-founder of Search Influence, the largest online marketing company on the Gulf Coast, will prove why social media is still a powerful sales tool for small businesses. Scott is a featured speaker for SearchFest 2015a digital marketing conference held Friday, Feb. 27 in Portland, Oregon, organized by nonprofit association SEMpdx. At the conference, Scott will detail strategies and techniques small businesses can use to realize a tangible return on investment from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and other social media sites.

Scott is speaking in the panel session, How to Make (Piles of) Money with Social Media in 8 (Absolutely) Attainable Steps, which is set for 2:45 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the SearchFest 2015 conference. The session takes place at the Sentinel Hotel, 614 SW 11th Ave. in Portland.

Believe it or not, there are still some small business owners who think social media is a passing fad. Theyve got plenty to do in their business that doesnt include tweeting the day away. We know, through experience though, that those businesses who do engage make money, Scott said. Scott, who has been helping small businesses get online since 1994, leads a team of dedicated professionals at Search Influence who offer search engine optimization, online advertising, social media services, reputation management, analytics and lead tracking services.

Other speakers in the session include moderator Kent Lewis, president and founder of Anvil Media Inc., and panelist Marty Weintraub, founder and evangelist at aimClear. The session will also cover:

SearchFest presents multiple informative learning tracks, workshops and panel sessions designed to provide direct insight into the most up-to-date strategies and technological advancements in online search marketing and social marketing. Industry experts and thought leaders from around the country deliver in-depth presentations ranging from basic search engine marketing and social media fundamentals to specific advanced techniques.

About Search Influence

Search Influence is a national, full-service online marketing company based in New Orleans, La. The only New Orleans firm on the 2011 Inc. 500 list of Americas fastest-growing private companies, Search Influence is the largest online marketing company on the Gulf Coast. It has hundreds of direct and partner customers, including local merchants and clients in the law, plastic surgery, cosmetic dentistry and dermatology industries as well as publishers and Yellow Pages companies who provide SEO and other online marketing products for their advertisers.

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Minden, Ontario (PRWEB) February 23, 2015

First Page SEO (http://www.first-page-seo.com) a well-known search engine marketing company has acquired the Kawartha Vacations (http://www.kawartha-vacations.com) tourism directory. First Page SEO is very involved in the hospitality web marketing sector, providing web marketing services to over 100 resort clients and 17 independent hospitably directories. First Page SEO also owns the Haliburton Tourism directory (http://www.haliburton-tourism.com) and Ontarios busiest boating site, Boating Georgian Bay (http://www.boatinggeorgianbay.com).

Kawartha Vacations includes content on waterfront accommodations, area events, local attractions, shopping, conference venues, wedding facilities, spa services, golf courses, fishing, last minute vacation deals, and in general, it is a good source of local knowledge. The sites new owners at First Page SEO plan to expand the site and invite guest writers to contribute to site content.

We are very good at building and marketing tourism directories, says Mark Coles, Owner of First Page SEO. It is often difficult for non-profit groups and tourist associations to maintain and grow this type of directory over the long run. Because we already have the staff in-house to keep the sites fresh, and with our expertise in web marketing, we can make these directories grow and flourish. The revenue to maintain these sites comes from on-site advertising. Its a win/win for our business and the hospitality sector in a given tourist district because they have the benefit of having their area, and their resort properties and attractions promoted aggressively. Our sites are always top placers on Google. In addition, we keep the sites fresh and up to date from a technical point of view. This is a cost that would normally be paid out by the organization or passed on as a fee levy, states Coles.

Our first objective with the Kawartha Vacations site is to convert it to an HTML5 responsive layout so that it conforms to Googles new requirement of sites being mobile friendly and achieving the mobile friendly Google icon on mobile search listings, states Stephen Roome, President of First Page SEO. This has to be done because on mobile searches, sites that are deemed mobile friendly by Google will have a placement advantage. Unfortunately, stand-alone mobile sites are relegated to the trash with Google's new preference. We have been converting many client sites to responsive, mobile friendly layouts in the last few months. Once we have that done, we will focus on fresh content and reach out to existing and potential advertisers who can help support the site because it will bring them business. We will work hard at marketing the site, and as the site achieves stronger brand recognition, our hope is to bring better awareness to the Kawartha region and its businesses, says Roome.

Wed like to thank Ben Samann owner of Viamede Resort (http://www.viamede.com). He is the one who originally funded the site and got it rolling over the last two years, to the benefit of all those in the Kawartha tourist region, says Coles.

It may sound altruistic, but ultimately our goal is to have a portfolio of successful regional tourism directories to promote central Ontario at large. We are missing Muskoka right now and eventually we will do something about that. We dont just want to build an Ontario-wide based tourism directory because a number of our existing clients already fill that niche. They are doing a pretty good job getting the word out regarding vacations and tourism in general in Ontario. I believe that regionally, we can do a much better job marketing tourism in Ontario. I like to think that inside Ontario, accommodation properties shouldnt be competitors cannibalizing each other for business. We have to look at the big picture and bring new customers to Ontario and not just recycle those already vacationing inside the province. Our real competition over the long haul is not our tourism operator neighbours in Ontario, but the cruise ships, sun & sand vacation destinations and hundreds of other out of province tourism destinations. We need to work together to build awareness of tourist brands, attractions and accommodation venues and regional directories are a good foundation to make that happen, explains Coles.

About First Page SEO: First Page SEO has been a leading Canadian SEO consultant for search engine optimization, website marketing, and site promotion since 2001. First Page SEO (http://www.first-page-seo.com) is ranked 5th of the top 30 companies in Canada for organic search engine optimization and best SEO services by Top SEOS. Offering a wide range of website consulting services at a reasonable price, First Page SEO specializes in placing websites on the first page through intensive site analysis/optimization, customized keyword bidding campaigns, and link building programs, including e-news media release and social network submissions. First Page SEO also builds attractive web sites that place ahead of the competition, reputation management services and offers rock solid hosting services. For more information about First Page SEO, call 705 286-3656 or visit http://www.first-page-seo.com.

Contact Information: Mark Coles, Owner First Page SEO PO Box 525 Minden ON K0M 2K0 (705) 286-3656

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PHOENIX (AP) A Republican lawmaker who has been pushing a series of guns rights bills pulled out a new proposal Monday, tacking an amendment onto a minor bill that will legalize sawed-off shotguns, silencers and nunchucks in Arizona.

The state already has some of the strongest Second Amendment protections in the country, but the Republican-dominated Legislature is working to add more breathing room for gun owners.

The amendment by Sen. Kelli Ward, R-Lake Havasu City, adds to a bill designed to restore a persons gun rights if a judge sets aside a guilty conviction.

We have a right to keep and bear arms and really that right shouldnt be infringed, she said.

The amendment legalizes devices that muffle guns, rifles and shotguns with barrels less than 16 inches and nunchucks weapons made from two sticks or rods connected by a rope or chain.

Ward said the idea for her amendment came from a pastor in the western Arizona community of Topock who wants to own nunchucks.

Critics said the amendment is overly broad and avoided scrutiny by never going through committee hearings.

Rep. Steve Farley, D-Tucson, said Wards amendment makes the bill less about helping people and more about legalizing weapons prohibited under Arizona law.

It is only going to further our reputation on The Daily Show here in Arizona that we couldnt find a way of banning driving while texting while at the same time making legal silencers, sawed-off shotguns and nunchucks.

Rep. Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, said he sees the problem with sawed-off shotguns, but not silencers.

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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal

CARSON CITY A flurry of firearm and Second Amendment related bills introduced in the Legislature have already generated plenty of controversy even though none of the major proposals have even had hearings yet.

First there was a dust-up between Senate Democrats and Republicans over a GOP gun measure that includes domestic violence provisions that Democrats said fell short of what is needed.

Firearms are making some noise in the Nevada Legislature this session.

This could be the year of the gun, as Republicans, who are in the majority in the Legislature for the first time in decades, see a chance to enact Second Amendment measures supported by many of their constituents.

Assembly Judiciary Chairman Ira Hansen, R-Sparks, said the large number of bills is in part a reflection of concerns that there is a strong movement to curtail gun rights nationally.

At least nine bills directly relating to firearms have either been introduced or are being drafted.

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