Kent Lewis
President, Anvil Media, Inc
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.
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Presentations
Schedule
- Build Brand, Create Customers, & Excite Evangelists
02/07: OMS Day 1 - Digital Marketing Fundamentals
02/06: Online Marketing Boot Camp
2011 Annual Schedule
- Social Media (B2C)
02/09: OMS Day 2
Online Marketing Summit 2010
- Fundamentals of Web Marketing
02/24: OMS Day 2
Online Marketing Summit 2009
- Mastering the Fundamentals of Organic & Paid Search Engine Marketing
02/05: Day 1
OMS 2010 Regional 23-City Tour
2009 Regionals
Social Media Virtual Summit
- Online Brand Management: Managing Your Brand Via Search & Social Media
11/02: Virtual
