We let our student graduates answer that question and speak for themselves...
Karen Tiede - SEO Workshop Graduate 2011.
Mike is easily one of the best in the business of SEO. His teachings provide a great mixture of up-to-date academics with real-life experience, allowing his students to comprehend and understand difficult concepts. I cannot thank Mike enough for his knowledge, his passion and his patience. Mike offers solutions for very competitive SEO issues with imagination and unrelenting study, and his excellent reputation in the industry is well-deserved.I am honored to have had him as my SEO instructor.Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, Expert
Alan Buckner - SEO Workshop Graduate & (SEA Colleague)
I would like to thank Sue Cooper for an incredibly interesting and informative session on SEO. I learned more about SEO in two hours with her than I did in 7 years at Uni, I would recommend her SEO & SEM courses to Everyone."
Julie Sanderson - Australia QLD Link Building Seminar
"I learned more in this last Workshop than ever before. Now I have the latest list of ideas, suggestions, skills, practices and tools and things I can do. John Alexander, Steve Scott have revitalized my ambition and have energized me. This is the most valuable SEO certification that I could have received. Thank you for sharing everything that you did in Orlando!"
Gail Wright - Advanced SEO Graduate
"Steve Scott is a GREAT presenter and was a lot fun to have in class."
Heather Hutzel - Orlando SEO Workshop Graduate
John Alexander is one of those rare individuals who has the combination of excellent marketing knowledge, great business sense and generosity of spirit. John has given me a wealth of ideas that has helped me get Search Engine Academy NW launched and I appreciate his dedication and support. If you need training, you can't go wrong being trained by John or one of his many local community trainers.
Colleen Wright - Owner, Search Engine Academy North West(colleague)
"My head is just swimming with all the valuable information I've garnered by attending the SEO Mastery Workshop in Las Vegas, and I can't wait to implement improvements to my web site with the skill-set I have gained. Thank you so much Robin, John, Mike and Ginette!"
Kristi Cordoni - SEO Workshop Graduate
Laurie Macomber - SEO Graduate
"I'm Back from Las Vegas...the quality of SEO information is unbelievable.Thank you Robin, John and Mike!"
Nancy Wigal - SEO Workshop Graduate
Dear Robin & John,
I just wanted to thank you forall the information.
Previously we weren't found in the search engines. Wenow are in the number 1 spot.The result has been a major increase in traffic in our retail store. I am also working onother pages and should have a series foryou to take a look at soon.
Cindy Stewart - SEO Workshop Graduate
John keeps a close watch on developments and trends in Internet marketing and the SEO community. He has been training in this area for many years and knows very well how to make complicated material very accessible and how to encourage and motivate students toward success.
John is very personable and goes the extra mile for those he teaches because he genuinely cares about their success. He is just as much a mentor and coach as he is an instructor. June 2, 2010
Search engine optimization pioneers Robin Nobles and John Alexander have set the industry standard for SEO education with first-to-market online training and on-location workshops.
They bring together some of the industrys leading SEO professionals at the Search Engine Academy and deliver individualized, hands-on SEO workshops in business communities throughout the world.
Search Engine Academy was the first to offer certification for SEO training and today is one of the few organizations to offer certification that is recognized and approved by the US educational system for Continuing Education Units."
Gail Wright - SEO Workshop Alumni Graduate
"Thank you all so very much for a fantastic week that we think will change our lives! Eli said it was the best week of training in his life."
Wendy Biksen - SEO Workshop Graduate
"GREAT Workshop, I'll be coming back again!"
Francisco Fuentealba - Orlando SEO Graduate
"I found the Workshop well presented and clear and the 3 of you are wonderfully unassuming, considering how good you are. Thank you for making my trip so worthwhile - I thoroughly enjoyed myself."
Sue Henry - SEO Graduate visiting from the United Kingdom
"Extremely informative - The technical solutions, the personalization solutions and the article marketing strategies were of most interest to me."
Miriam Cunningham - SEO Alumni Graduate
"John, what we learned when you were here has been priceless. We set a record day yesterday and had a record month for January. Great stuff! I hope you are well.
I would have been in touch sooner, but our business has exploded and we have not had a free second until now."
Best Health & Regards,Bryce Purvis - Cincinnati, Ohio
John,
"I didn't get the opportunity to thank you personally for the outstanding workshop this past weekend in Orlando.
The ideas presented here have me thinking about website optimization, writing, search engines and research in new ways. I got much more out of the workshop than I would have imagined. I also wanted to say that the quality of individuals at the workshop is a real testament to you,Robin, Michael and the rest of the Search Engine Workshops team.
Thank you for taking the time to make a personal impact. Your presentations have a remarkable way of reaching the individual while still speaking to the entire group. I felt that comments were for me individually and the group as at whole. With the entire 3 Day Advanced Workshop...Color Me Impressed."
Joe Finucan - Orlando SEO Advanced Workshop
Thank you for the continuing SEO experience, as I continue to learn from each of you. I got great value from the workshop, specifically how we are to deal with Google's Personalization.
Michael Burns - Orlando SEO Advanced Workshop
John,
"It was a pleasure getting to know you and participating in a tremendous workshop. Thanks for the great information, superb SEO tools and good advice."
Bob Linger - Orlando SEO Advanced Workshop
Kevin Fell - Arizona Search Engine Academy
"Thanks again for your hard work on our behalf at the workshop. I appreciate you willingness to share what has helped to make you a success."
Regards,Michael Richards - Las Vegas SEO Workshop
"John, this has been the absolute best search engine workshop and SEO learning experience ever! I've learned so much about Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing. Every time I come to a class, I learn more and more. Thank you every so much for BEING YOU, a very special instructor, mentor and person!"
Gail Wright - Alumni SEO Workshop Graduate
"I learned an immense amount. It was like drinking from a fire hose."
Kevin George - Arizona Search Engine Academy
"I've learned a great deal in a short period of time."Thank you,Steve Thomas - Philadelphia SEO Workshop Graduate
Thank you John,
"I enjoyed the class, met some good people, and learned a number of things!"
Vern Wanner - Orlando SEO Advanced Workshop
John, Robin and Michael,
Thank you for opening my eyes to how true SEO professionals should work. I got a lot out of this Workshop and look forward to working with you in the future.
Tom Kraeutler - Baltimore SEO Workshop Graduate
"I just wanted to let you know that I did as you suggested in our consultation and now the site is appearing on a lot more Top pages AND were also getting more inquiries from it."
Thanks for the help.Gil SeryVice-President, Sales & MarketingTungsten Heavy Powder
Hi John,
I wanted to extend my gratitude, and appreciation for all the valuable SEO information that you presented last week. THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN!
I respect the fact that you, and your associates are not just teachers, but you are doers. I also like the fact that you have hands-on experience, and are out there evolving with this industry as it emerges.
You guys demonstrate a longer term opportunity, with an expanding foundation that has a great deal of substance. Again, many thanks for your time, and attention. It was a very worthwhile week!
Regards,Ron Oaks - SEO Graduate from Toronto SEA
"It wasn't just from a theoretical perspective, but also included "live" examples."
Elaine ChubryMontreal Advanced SEO Workshop Graduate
"Excellent class. Wish I had found you guys 2 years ago!"
Ken Bolt Toronto Search Engine Academy SEO Graduate
Dear John, Robin and Michael,
"Hope things are going well with you all. After the SEO workshop in Vegas, I took on this SEO account that you guys all provided input during the workshop.
They were stuck in #15-#17 forever, and their desired keywords have 11,700,000 competition pages. I used all the good notes that I took during the class, I thoroughly scrubbed their site. And just this week they finally got on the 1st page! T hey are now at #5.
I really enjoyed the SEO class, and meeting all of you. Since we all try to get good at it, I cant resist to sharing my first little victory with you."
All the best,Dana Chen Fischer - Las Vegas SEO Workshop Graduate
Before I took the search engine academy training course, I had an intermediate level of SEO understanding. Not only am I now an expert, this course has taught me an entire new way of approaching SEO.
Annie Ho,Toronto SEO Workshop Graduate
Hi John,
We greatly appreciated your insight and experience and ability to communicate complex ideas in an understandable manner. I am confident we will see some very positive results as we continue to apply these principles.
Best regards,Graham - In-House Keyword Research Presentation(Richmond Hill)
"I just wanted to take the time and thank you again for theclass last week. I was blownaway. I learned more in three days then I have in the 5 years that I have been teaching myself.
You both have given me the motivation and the tools that I need to make this company a success. You both bring so much joy to your students lives and careers."
Thank you,Danielle Rhoades - Las Vegas SEO Workshop Graduate
"John, you guys have FAR exceeded my hopes and expectations for the class this week. What youhave taught us and shown us is gold."
Thank youTom Petty - Las Vegas SEO Workshop Graduate
"Dear John, a year ago I joined you and Robin in Orlando for the SEO workshop. I was a complete novice to the world of Search Engine Marketing, and barely knew any code. I had been in direct marketing for 10 years, well-versed in copy writing, but the online world was a complete mystery.
At that time we had zero ranking on the search engines, and e-commerce comprised only 12% of our sales.
Thanks to the fine training you and Robin provided, I am thrilled to report that a year later, many of my products have first page rankings (sometimes #1 positioning.
We're outranking some of our toughest competition, our e-mail campaigns are thriving as never before, online sales are now 33% of my total business, and we are only beginning to realize the potential.
We started a business in Canada in February, where we get even better rankings than here in the States and for the first time, are able to market to Canadians as Canadians and not Yankee knock-offs. We've opened a store in the UK, with plans for South Africa, Singapore, and Brazil in the works (where we have regional offices).
My time with Search Engine Workshops, with you and Robin, were worth every penny!"
Kevin M. Williams - Orlando SEO Workshop Graduate
Robin and John,
"I want you both to know that I am extremely grateful to you for helping me establish my business properly on the Internet.
Your Workshops have made all the difference and our Web site continues to be our main marketing tool."
I can't thank you enough,Bayard Fox - Orlando SEO Workshop Graduate
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