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Kent Lewis

Member since: Oct 31, 2007
Last activity: Feb 12, 2009

Anvil Media, Inc.

Portland, Oregon 97210

503-595-6050

What Kent does

As President of Anvil Media, Inc., Kent Lewis is responsible for managing operations, marketing and business development to achieve the search engine marketing agency's mission: to build Anvil into the one of the most respected search engine marketing agencies in the world. Current Anvil clients include Extensis, gDiapers, Nautilus, Lucy Activewear, Oregon State University, PC World, Planar, Point6, Tea Collection and Yesmail. He is also founder and acting President of Formic Media, a search engine marketing (SEM) agency focusing on the small business market. Lewis is also co-founder and former President of SEMpdx, a trade organization for SEM professionals based in Portland, Oregon. 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 an online career community and Portland-area networking event. 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) for which he also sits on the board. 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.

What Kent does best

Search engine marketing (SEM) services including search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) management, social media marketing (SMM), online reputation management (ORM, SEM PR, viral and grassroots marketing, networking

What does Kent need?

Clients for Anvil and Formic Media: http://www.anvilmedia.com http://www.formicmedia.com

Education

BS in Business with Marketing Concentration; Western Washington University

Experience

-President and Founder at Anvil Media, Inc. -Founder at pdxMindShare -President at eROI -Director, Internet Strategies at YRG -Director of Marketing and Business Development at goodguys.com -Vice President at Wave Rock Communications


Kent's location

Portland, Oregon 97210