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OrangeSoda Job Openings

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

OrangeSoda is hiring. There are a variety of openings (in Orem, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada) including web design, search engine optimization, account management, sales and .net dev. If you have any questions about the company or the positions feel free to shoot me an email. It really is a fun and challenging place to work.

OrangeSoda open house

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 1 p.m. OrangeSoda is having an official ribbon cutting ceremony for the office with the Orem City Mayor and other government officials and local business leaders. Following the ribbon cutting is an open-house for clients and colleagues from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Please invite your families to come between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. for pizza, dessert, and lots of orange soda!

Check out DigitalIQ magazine to learn a little more about what we’re doing.

2006 Search Engine Market Shares

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Google 49.93%
Yahoo! Web Sites 12.21%
Google U.K. 9.50%
MSN 6.89%
Google AdSense for Content 3.31%
Google Canada 3.28%
AOL 1.47%
Ask 1.17%
Google Germany 1.02%
Yahoo! Web Sites U.K. 0.95%
MSN U.K. 0.91%
AOL U.K. 0.71%
Google Italy 0.62%
Google India 0.60%
Dogpile 0.57%
Google France 0.52%
Google Spain 0.49%
Google Netherlands 0.39%
Google Sweden 0.33%
Google Venezuela 0.32%
Google Ireland 0.29%
Google New Zealand 0.25%
AltaVista 0.24%
Google Belgium 0.23%
MSN Australia 0.21%
Froogle 0.20%
Google Poland 0.20%
Yahoo! Web Sites Canada 0.19%
Google South Africa 0.17%
Google Japan 0.15%
Microsoft Live Search 0.15%
Search.com 0.14%
Google Switzerland 0.13%
Yahoo! Categories 0.13%
Excite 0.12%
ThomasNet 0.11%
Yahoo! Web Sites Australia 0.10%
Google Austria 0.10%
Google Finland 0.09%
Overture 0.09%
Google Norway 0.09%
Google Israel 0.08%
Netscape 0.07%
Google Portugal 0.06%
Google Romania 0.06%
Yahoo! Web Sites Mexico 0.06%
MetaCrawler 0.06%
Yahoo! Web Sites Singapore 0.05%
Mamma 0.05%
Yahoo! Web Sites France 0.04%
Open Directory Categories (dmoz.org) 0.04%
Lycos 0.04%
MSN Spain 0.04%
All the Web 0.04%
Google Indonesia 0.04%
MSN Sweden 0.03%
Google Russia 0.03%
MSN New Zealand 0.03%
HotBot 0.03%
Ask U.K. 0.02%
TOnline (Germany) 0.02%
Google Bulgaria 0.02%
Yahoo! Web Sites Italy 0.02%
Yahoo! Web Sites Germany 0.02%
Yahoo! Web Sites Spain 0.02%
Google Lithuania 0.02%
Go Network (Infoseek) 0.02%
Viola (France) 0.02%
Yahoo! Web Sites Argentina 0.02%
MSN France 0.02%
MSN South Africa 0.02%
Yahoo! Web Sites Spanish 0.02%
AltaVista U.K. 0.02%
MSN Germany 0.01%
AltaVista Sweden 0.01%
Google Kenya 0.01%
AOL Canada 0.01%
Looksmart 0.01%
MSN Netherlands 0.01%
MSN Norway 0.01%
Goo (Japan) 0.01%
AOL France 0.01%
MSN Singapore 0.01%
MSN Denmark 0.01%
MSN Brazil 0.01%
Yahoo! Web Sites Brazil 0.01%
Yahoo! Web Sites India 0.01%
Yahoo! Categories U.K. 0.01%
Yahoo! Web Sites Japan 0.01%
FreeNet (Germany) 0.01%
MSN Belgium / Dutch 0.01%
Yahoo! Categories Canada 0.01%
Excite U.K. 0.01%
Yandex (Russia) 0.01%
AltaVista Italy 0.01%
Google China 0.01%

SEO Specialist/Guru Opening

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

The person in this position will be responsible for implementing and managing Organic Search campaigns. This person will be responsible for researching keywords that are appropriate to the market, determining the best optimization techniques, and incorporating these techniques into the clients’ websites.
Will work closely with clients to achieve desired results. The SEO Guru will be responsible for providing ongoing management of all subscribers including reporting to the client on results of their campaign, SEO recommendations and delivery of assigned program deliverables.

Required skills:
Ability to work independently, to organize and prioritize multiple project responsibilities, and to produce quality work under deadline pressure.
Knowledge and demonstrated application of industry standards.
Experience and understanding of link building.
Strong understanding of website development techniques, SEO tools and site analytics principles.
Able to remain up-to-date with competition and industry trends through trade publications, blogs, etc to assess the potential impact of industry events on the clients’ websites.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Orange Soda was founded by a group of Pay Per Click industry pioneers in the late 90′s. We have managed tens of thousands of campaigns of all sizes, and in all industries. This is a full-time position in Orem, Utah.

Please contact me if you are interested.

Corporate Alliance

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

Yesterday I attended my first Corporate Alliance function. I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect as I have never attended a “business social” of this sort. I was pleasantly surprised at the opportunity to meet with various other business professionals and find potential relationships. I hope to be able to go frequently as I was able to meet numerous companies that were very interested in our small business internet marketing services.