Benj Arriola

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Digital Analyst since 2018, SEO since 2004, former full-time web designer/developer…

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  • Speaker at Growing Your Business in a Digital World, Quezon City

    JCI Manila

    Spoke about digital marketing for enterprise level corporations. How different they are compared to smaller companies for the different digital marketing channels.

  • Speaker at Internet Retailers Conference and Expo (IRCE), Chicago, Illinois

    IRCE

    Spoke at the largest ecommerce expo world wide on geotargeted SEO for online retailers, co-presented with Grubhub where Myers Media Group has help implement some SEO strategies.

  • Interactive Marketing Awards Judge

    Interactive Marketing Awards

    Judge companies on their digital marketing campaigns in various award categories.

  • Stevie Awards - Sales & Customer Service Awards Judge

    Stevie Awards

    Reviewed company profiles, business case studies and evaluated their sales and customer service proficiency.

  • Speaker at Clarity '16, Chicago, Illinois

    seoClarity

    Spoke at seoClarity's Enterprise SEO conference where I presented SEO issues that deal with AngularJS and all possible solutions, deep into the code level. Also discussed Schema Microdata tip for SEO.

  • Speaker at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) West - San Jose

    Search Marketing Expo (SMX)

    Presented a comprehensive variety of tools essential for running SEO audits

  • Speaker, Hour of Code - Hoover Academy of IT

    Junior Achievement of San Diego County

    Participated in the worldwide movement, Hour of Code, where programming concepts and its significance was presented to 9th grade students of Hoover High School, San Diego Unified School District.

  • Speaker at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) East - New York

    Search Marketing Expo (SMX)

    Presented a comprehensive variety of tools essential for running SEO audits

  • Stevie Awards - International Business Awards Judge

    Stevie Awards

    Reviewed company profiles, business case studies for various international businesses and organizations.

  • Stevie Awards Asia Pacific Judge

    Stevie Awards

    Reviewed company profiles, business case studies for various businesses and organizations in the Asia-Pacific region.

  • Speaker at the Digital Entrepreneurs Manila

    Digital Entrepreneurs Manila

    Discussed latest trends and processes in content marketing.

  • Speaker at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) - Asia Pacific, Sydney Australia

    Search Marketing Expo (SMX)

    Discussed the latest in content marketing trends, it's process and relation to current day link building best practices in SEO. Was also a workshop lecturer on the significance of site architecture in SEO.

  • Guest Lecturer on Systems Architecture: Storage Management & Distributed Application Services at Loma Linda University

    Loma Linda University, Health Informatics

    Discussed File and Secondary Storage Management and also Internet and Distributed Application Services

  • Speaker at the Mastering Online Rankings Conference (MORCon) 2014, Bataan, Philippines

    SEO Organization Philippines

    Speaking about Google's current view of Quality Content

  • Speaker at Clarity '14, Austin, Texas

    seoClarity

    Spoke at seoClarity's Enterprise SEO conference where I discussed what it takes to get clients more involved and engaged in SEO campaigns to ensure that both parties take action to make SEO really work.

  • Speaker at the TRSA Sales & Marketing Summit 2014, Baltimore, Maryland

    Textile Rental Services Association

    Presented to CEOs, owners, marketers or textile rental service companies how they can benefit from Internet marketing.

  • Speaker at the Philippines Internet Marketing Network, Taguig, Philippines

    Philippines Internet Marketing Network

    Inspirational talk on learning SEO, starting from a totally different career.

  • Speaker at the SEO Hacker - SEO Summit 2014, Makati City, Philippines

    SEO Hacker & JCI Manila

    Ran with the theme SEO Secrets We Usually Don't Blog About. So I specifically talked about some past experience in blackhat SEO and the transition to pure whitehat SEO.

  • Speaker at the IMI Social Hour Tweetup, San Diego, California

    Internet Marketing Inc.

    Gave quick and easy, practical SEO tips to local bloggers that attended the Tweetup hosted by Internet Marketing Inc.

  • Speaker at the eM14 - eMarketing Association (eMA) Conference, San Francisco, California

    eMarketing Association (eMA)

    Talk about the basic concepts of Organic SEO to the members of the eMarketing Conference and was also included in the interactive Q&A sessions on Actionable SEO Analytics and High Performance Organic/Social Search Techniques.

  • Speaker at Pubcon Las Vegas 2013

    Pubcon

    Spoke at 2 sessions, (1) CSS & HTML Coding 2013, (2) Universal & Personal Search Optimization and also participated in the 1-on-1 lab clinics on SEO Technical Implementation Issues.

  • Speaker at the Mastering Online Rankings Conference (MORCon) 2013, Cavite City, Philippines

    SEO Organization Philippines

    Spoke about Avoiding Keyword Focus Dilution & Linking Issues Due to Dynamic HTML Effects

  • Speaker at TechBizConnection, Irvine, CA

    TechBizConnection

    One of the panelist answering questions on the theme: SEO is Dead - Content Marketing Tactics

  • Speaker at the YOR Health Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, CA

    YOR Health

    Was invited to speak on Internet Marketing strategies that can be applied in the multi-level marketing industry.

  • Speaker at the San Diego SEO Meetup Group

    San Diego SEO Meetup Group

    Discussed topics on content marketing and link building.

  • Speaker at the 1st Philippine BPO-Virtual Assistant Conference

    Globaltechsource.net

    Spoke about what it takes to be successful in SEO as a virtual assistant or as running a BPO service.

  • Speaker at EmMeCon Emerging Media Conference® Seattle 2013

    Wappow, Inc.

    Spoke about the impact of different generation on emerging media and how to target them accordingly.

  • Speaker at the Internet Retailer Conference and Expo (IRCE) Chicago 2013

    Internet Retailer Conference and Expo

    Presented how SEO is applied on ecommerce business and co-presented with stakeholders from ecommerce businesses large and small.

  • Speaker at the San Diego Ad Club SEO Seminar

    SDX (Formerly San Diego Ad Club)

    Presented to the San Diego Ad Club members the latest SEO strategies that can complement their current marketing efforts.

  • Speaker at eM13 - eMarketing Association (eMA) Conference, San Francisco, CA

    eMarketing Association

    Presented basic SEO concepts to online marketers and online business owners, who are members of the eMarketing Association.

  • Speaker at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) - Toronto, Canada

    Search Marketing Expo (SMX)

    Discussed international SEO.link building strategies and presented case studies.

  • Guest Lecturer at the Emory University Business School, Atlanta, GA

    Emory University

    Speaker at the SEO Bootcamp: Essential Marketing Strategies for Modern Business

  • Speaker at EmMeCon Emerging Media Conference® San Francisco 2013

    Wappow, Inc.

    Spoke about the impact of different generation on emerging media and how to target them accordingly.

  • Speaker at the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) - San Diego

    International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)

    Discussed about data driven online marketing integration to members of the IABC.

  • Speaker at the Online Marketing Summit (OMS) - Silicon Valley

    Online Marketing Summit (OMS)

    Spoke about detection, solutions, fixes and prevention of being affected negatively by the Google Panda and Penguin updates.

  • Speaker at the Mastering Online Rankings Conference (MORCon) 2012, Bataan, Philippines

    SEO Organization Philippines

    Discussed the business side of SEO, sales, marketing, operations, pricing and everything that happens when running an SEO business.

  • Speaker at the Mastering Online Rankings Conference (MORCon) 2011, Quezon City, Philippines

    SEO Organization Philippines

    Talked about local and international geo-targeted SEO.

  • Speaker at the Search Engine Marketing Conference (SEMCon) Philippines 2011

    Fiera de Manila (FMI) Philippines

    Presented on various SEO Tools essential for SEO professionals.

  • Speaker at the Bataan Blogging Boot Camp 2011

    SEO Organization Philippines

    Prepared a whole technical SEO presentation but found it to be too advanced for the audience, so i downgraded my presentation and turned it into a live Q & A session for anything SEO.

  • Speaker at the San Diego eCommerce Summit 2010

    San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau

    Spoke on the fundamentals of SEO, specifically speaking on non-practicing SEOs, and general marketing managers for the tourism industry.

  • Speaker at Pubcon Las Vegas 2010

    Pubcon

    Spoke on CSS code ordering and it's effects on search engine ranking with actual case studies.

  • Speaker at the Bataan Blogging Boot Camp 2010

    SEO Organization Philippines

    Spoke on blogging strategies for SEO

  • Speaker at the Search Engine Marketing Conference (SEMCon) Philippines 2010

    Fiera de Manila (FMI) Philippines

    Discussed two topics, Foundational Link Building, and also Blogging Strategies for SEO.

  • Speaker at Pubcon South 2010, Dallas, TX

    Pubcon

    Spoke on CSS code ordering and it's effects on search engine ranking with actual case studies.

  • Speaker at the Online Marketing Summit (OMS) - San Diego

    Online Marketing Summit (OMS)

    Spoke about Local SEO tactics and strategies.

  • Speaker at the Search Engine Marketing Conference (SEMCon) Philippines 2009

    Fiera de Manila (FMI) Philippines

    Spoke about how to comprehensively do keyword research and how to target these keywords appropriately that would be the most beneficial to an SEO campaign.

  • Speaker at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) East - New York

    Search Marketing Expo (SMX)

    Presented on a panel together with Google Engineers speaking on technical server and code issues and solutions for SEO. I specifically talked about CSS and code order and it's observed effect on ranking.

  • SEO Contest Winner - 4th Place

    NetBuilders.org

    NetBuilders.org SEO Contest
    Sulumits Retsambew - 4th Place/Honorable Mention

  • SEO Contest Winner - 2nd Overall Winner

    Branders.com

    Promotional Items Corporate Gifts Srednarb - 2nd Overall Winner
    5th on Google, 3rd on Yahoo, 1st on MSN/Live

  • SEOContest2008 Winner - 2nd Place

    UK Webmaster World

    UK Webmaster World's SEO Contest
    SEOContest2008 - 2nd on Google in UK

  • Speaker at the Search Engine Marketing Conference (SEMCon) Philippines 2007

    Fiera de Manila (FMI) Philippines

    Spoke about running SEO campaigns for large enterprise level megasites. Challenges on how to overcome technical issues, logistic issues and many other problems encountered in managing a very large website.

  • SEO World Championship Winner - 1st Place

    GetUpdated

    GlobalWarming Awareness2007 SEO Contest Winner - 1st Overall Winner
    2nd on Google, 4th on Yahoo, 4th on MSN/Live
    Winner of a Brand New Car

  • Ituloy AngSulong SEO Contest Winner - 10th Place

    SEOPhilippines

    Ituloy AngSulong - 10th on Google

  • Vorgermilten SEO Contest Winner - 1st place

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    1st on Google, 4th on Yahoo

  • Isulong SEOph SEO Contest Top 20 Competitor

    SEOPhilippines

    11th on Google

  • Philippine Web Awards Pre-Finals Judge

    Philippine Web Awards

  • Philippine Web Awards Pre-Finals Judge

    Philippine Web Awards

  • Philippine Web Awards Pre-Finals Judge

    Philippine Web Awards

  • Philippine Web Awards WInner

    Philippine Web Awards

    People's Choice Award in the Games Category

  • Philippine Web Awards Winner

    Philippine Web Awards

    People's Choice Award in the Business Category

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  • Tagalog

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  • English

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