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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>'Net Features : marketing, sem, seo</title><link>http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/marketing/sem/seo/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: marketing, sem, seo</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)</generator><item><title>SEM Certification with Market Motive</title><link>http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2008/08/28/sem-certification-with-market-motive.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:6064</guid><dc:creator>Mike Phillips</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=6064</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2008/08/28/sem-certification-with-market-motive.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#39;re unfamiliar with &lt;a href="http://www.marketmotive.com/search-marketing-certification.php"&gt;Market Motive&lt;/a&gt;, they provide a bevy of online classes to help Web businesses train staff on the intricacies of Internet business. Now they offer a certification program in SEM, with two levels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Practitioner track is for your marketing staff and covers the basics of search marketing. The Master Consultant track subjects the student to &amp;quot;stringent testing and a peer review by the Internet Marketing Dream Team.&amp;quot; The cost is much higher, but so is the depth of coverage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The certification program is conducted through video classes, live webinars and workshops and Q&amp;amp;A sessions with the staff. And the staff is the most attractive part of the course. It&amp;#39;s a Who&amp;#39;s Who in the Internet Marketing world including Bryan Eisenberg (&lt;i&gt;New York Times&lt;/i&gt; best selling author), Greg Jarboe &amp;amp; Jamie O&amp;#39;Donnell, Dr. Alan Rimm-Kaufman, Matt Bailey,&lt;a href="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2008/08/01/Understanding-Consumer-Behavior-with-Web-Analytics.aspx"&gt; Avinash Kaushik&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; John Marshall, &lt;a href="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2007/05/01/expert-todd-malicoat-linkbaiting.aspx"&gt;Todd Malicoat&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2006/08/07/conversion-tuning-crash-course.aspx"&gt;Tim Ash&lt;/a&gt; and more. With this talented staff, it sounds like a pretty good alternative to outsourcing your SEM needs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Courses start at $299 and cover SEO, Web Analytics, PPC, Social Media Practices, Online Publicity and Conversion &amp;amp; Landing Page Optimization.&lt;/p&gt;
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