Marketing Pilgrim's 2007 SEM Scholarship Winner

Andy Beal has announced the winner of Marketing Pilgrim's SEM Scholarship for 2007. The winner is Jeff Horsager who won votes from four of the competition judges with his article Increase Conversion Rates with the Google Website Optimizer.

A big back slap goes to Jeff and my commiserations go to Daniel Tynski, whose article The 7 Deadly Sins that Hurt You as an SEO won my vote and attracted over 10,000 visitors - more than all the other entrants combined! Oh well. There's always next year.

As the ultimate winner, Jeff wins enrollment in our Certified Search Engine Marketer Pathway course. I'll look forward to handing over the keys to Jeff shortly.

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Marketing Pilgrim SEM Scholarship Finalists Announced

Marketing Pilgrim has revealed the names of the five article authors who have made the final round of the SEM Scholarship competition. They are:

Paul Steinbrueck
CK Chung (aka Kid Disco)
Daniel Tynski
Marios Alexandrou
Jeff Horsager

Three cheers for each finalist! As a member of the panel of judges, I'm looking forward to tucking in to each article and choosing the one that best satisfies my appetite for fresh SEO/SEM reading material.

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New Marketing Pilgrim SEM Scholarship Announced

Andy Beal has officially launched Marketing Pilgrim's Search Engine Marketing Scholarship for 2007.

We were delighted that Andy asked Search Engine College to be involved again this year and we've donated a Certified Search Engine Marketing Pathway course valued at $1,195, to the prize pool.

This year the scholarship consists of a fantastic $10,000 prize package, including the following items:

• A full conference pass to the Search Engine Strategies conference held in San Jose, this August.
• The winner’s article will be published in the industry print magazine, Search Marketing Standard.
• Enrollment in a Certified Search Engine Marketer Pathway course at SearchEngineCollege.com.
• One month of industry coaching and training from search marketing expert Andy Beal.
• One year of AdWatcher.com service (ad tracking and click fraud monitoring) and one year of AdScientist.com service (bid management).
• One year subscription to WebmasterWorld.com.
• One year premium membership to SEOmoz.org.
• A free web analytics account from CrazyEgg.com.
• A one year Bizwatch account from BizResearch.com.
• A one year subscription to the SEO project management site, SoloSEO.com.
• A copy of Aaron Wall’s “SEO Book.”
• A copy of Jennifer Laycock’s book, “Small Business Guide to Search Engine Marketing.”
• A copy of Andrew Goodman’s book, “Winning Results with Google AdWords.”
• A copy of Kim Krause Berg’s books “Please Ring Bell for Service” and “How to Quench Your Web Site Visitors’ Thirst.”
• A cash prize ($100) courtesy of Cre8asiteforums.com.
• Link-ninja sword (wooden), throwing stars (rubber), clock, t-shirt and $100 cash courtesy of WeBuildPages.com.
• More prizes to be announced.

Scholarship contestants simply need to submit an article on any subject related to search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click advertising (PPC) or social media optimization (SMO) before April 6 2007. Click here for more entry details. The five finalists will have their article reviewed by a panel of judges and the winner will be announced on May 21.

Andy has asked me to be a judge this year and I'm really looking forward to reading all the entries. Good luck to all contestants!

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Second Cre8asiteforums Scholarship Recipient Announced

Search Engine College is pleased to announce the second recipient of the Cre8asiteforums Educational Scholarship Fund. The winner is Miriam Ellis of Solas Web Design.

Miriam is another long-time cre8asite forums member (nickname = SEOigloo) and besides helping answer lots of webmaseter questions in the forums and running her own web design business, she is also an accomplished artist. Miriam will receive a $400 credit from Search Engine College towards any Certification course of her choice in our curriculum.

Congratulations Miriam!

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Cre8asiteforums Educational Scholarship Fund Selects Search Engine College

I'm thrilled to announce that Search Engine College has been chosen by members of Cre8asiteforums to be one of the five recipients of the first Cre8asiteforums Educational Scholarship Fund.

Cre8asite members were asked to take part in a poll over the past month to vote for the training institution they would most like to see allocated $400 US of forums revenue in order to cover search engine marketing tuition for a deserved forums member. Search Engine College came in as 3rd most popular training provider behind SEMPO and FreshEgg Internships.

It is my great pleasure to announce that the recipient of Search Engine College training for this educational scholarship is Elizabeth Able from Olympia in Washington. Elizabeth is a long-time crea8asiteforum member (nickname = ablereach) and is interested in accessibility, data analysis, seo and just about anything in between.

Congratulations Elizabeth and I hope you enjoy whichever Search Engine Marketing course you choose to take from our curriculum.

But that's not all folks! We were so impressed with the educational vision that Cre8asiteforums have come up with that we've decided to match their scholarship fund dollar for dollar so that two people can participate in our programs. So stay tuned for the second lucky scholarship winner.

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And the winner is...

A hearty congratulations goes out to Ben Wills, winner of Marketing Pilgrim's SEM Scholarship with his article entry The Five Pillars of Social Media Marketing.

As part of his prize, Ben receives both Starter and Advanced courses in Pay Per Click Advertising from us here at Search Engine College. Happy studying Ben!

Congratulations to the SEM Scholarship Finalists

Marketing Pilgrim has announced the four finalists for their SEM Scholarship. They are:

• Nick Urbani for The SEO Article You Shouldn’t Read
• Ryan Bell for Instant PPC Success for the Hometown Hero
• Jordan McCollum for SEO is Pointless (But You Don’t Have to Tell Your Clients)
  
• Ben Wills for The Five Pillars of Social Media Marketing

Now the judges have the unenviable task of choosing a winner. On behalf of Search Engine College (as one of the scholarship prize providers) I would like to congratulate all finalists and wish them the best of luck for Friday when the winner is announced. We look forward to seeing one of you in class!