Search Talk Live

Damon Gochneaur, as well as being the proud owner of the best beard in SEO, is the founder of Aspiro Digital Marketing Agency. Based out of Dallas, Aspiro has earned a stellar reputation over the past decade helping businesses get more out of their online presence.

Damon got his start in digital marketing nearly 10 years ago with email and MySpace, marketing when, as he says, "most people didn't even know what digital marketing was." Attending The University of North Texas, he amassed nearly 200 credit hours as an undergrad while majoring in Biology, Computer Science and General Studies. Damon credits this agrarian education as the source of his creative marketing skills. When he's not experimenting with new channels and targeting, he enjoys spending time with his wife, three children, and their youth soccer league as a head coach!

Our guest this week is Googles very own Gary Illyes, Webmaster Trends Analyst for Google Switzerland. Having been with Google since 2011, Gary has dedicated his professional career to helping like-minded webmasters create better search experiences for users on quality sites. When not crunching data and finding new ways to improve web searches, he also contributes regularly to both the Webmaster Central Blog and the Google Webmaster Forums. In his youth, Gary taught online journalism in Romania and worked as a technical consultant for several high-profile media outlets. He studied IT at the University of Phoenix and holds an associate degree in journalism from the Ady Endre College of Journalism in Romania.

Aleyda Solis is a well-known and highly experienced International SEO consultant, renowned for providing personalized SEO advice, training, and on-going support. Through her boutique SEO consultancy Orainti, she has dedicated herself to helping multinationals and startups be visible and profitable in some of the world's most
competitive, complex environments.

Once known and beloved by webmasters as the face of Bing, Mr. Forrester is now VP, Industry Insights at Yext. Duane sites down with Search Talk Live to talk with us about where the industry will be in the next ten years and we couldn't be happier!

Now considered to be one most prominent and respected SEO practitioners working, M. Forrester has distinguished himself with over 18 years of direct search and digital marketing experience. His duties over the years have included content development, planning ad campaigns, managing ad buys, running e-mail, spearheading social media
programs, and much more, all for companies ranging from small startups to Caesar's Palace to Microsoft.

An author of two business books about digital marketing and conversion optimization published by McGraw-Hill, he also has an extensive resume writing for publications including Duct Tape Marketing, Forbes, WeWork, Search Engine Land and Entrepreneur, and the New York Times.

As the Vice President of Organic Search Operations at Bruce Clay-a company he left Microsoft to join-he currently busies himself overseeing content and search optimization for clients all over the world. Long known for his accessibility, he also is something of a globetrotter, always willing to speak at conferences and personally help partners.