Online Marketing for Marketers

Kent Lewis

As President of Anvil Media, Inc., Kent Lewis is responsible for managing operations, marketing and business development to achieve the company's mission: to build Anvil into the one of the most respected search engine marketing agencies in the world. Current Anvil clients include ExpressJet, InfoWorld, Nautilus, Lucy.com, Oregon State University, PC World, Planar, Ronald McDonald House Charities, SmartWool and Yesmail. He is currently President and co-founder of SEMpdx, a professional trade organization based in Portland, Oregon that provides educational opportunities for local businesses and individuals interested in a career in search engine marketing. With a background in integrated marketing, Lewis left a public relations agency in 1996 to start his Internet marketing career at a Web development firm, where he also created a free monthly lifestyle e-zine. Shortly thereafter, he built and managed his first search engine marketing team at local full-service marketing agency before co-founding Wave Rock Communications and later, eROI. Lewis was also Director of Marketing and Business Development at goodguys.com, an online electronics retailer. In 2001, Lewis created pdxMindShare to build businesses and careers through networking and weekly emails featuring jobs and industry events. He is also an adjunct professor at Portland State University, where he teaches eMarketing and SEM workshops. In 2003, he founded a charity fundraiser event, Anvil's Annual Get SMART Gala, to raise awareness for SMART (Start Making a Reader Today). Due, in part, to his dedication to childhood literacy and SMART, the non-profit charitable organization invited him to join the board of directors. Lewis is a member of EO, a global organization for entrepreneurs, and is a recipient of Portland Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40 Award. When he's not working or hanging out with his family, he likes to write about his travels and life experiences on his blog, The Kent Lewis Experience.
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