{"id":2353,"date":"2011-07-29T13:17:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?page_id=2353"},"modified":"2020-09-10T14:47:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T21:47:46","slug":"about-scott","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/about-scott\/","title":{"rendered":"About Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Hendison is the CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchcommander.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Search Commander, Inc.<\/a> and is the founder and creator of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seoautomatic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEO Automatic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a computer and software retailer in Portland from 1997\u20132002, Scott first learned about search by selling used software titles online, and building an on-site computer service business through Pay Per Click and organic search engine optimization.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, he began working with clients for internet marketing, and in 2004 obtained &#8220;certification&#8221; from one of the few education courses available at the time, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchengineworkshops.com\/workshop_dates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Search Engine Workshops<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>After years of studying, reading, and actively performing search engine optimization, in 2006 Scott began speaking at some of the larger internet marketing conferences, and helped found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sempdx.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SEMpdx<\/a>, a local non profit educational organization for the search industry. <\/p>\n<p>Scott remains on the forefront of the industry to this day, attending and speaking at events nationwide. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.searchcommander.com\/search-conference-education-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See this calendar<\/a> to find out where he&#8217;ll be appearing next.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Scott on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/shendison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> to see what else he&#8217;s up to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Hendison is the CEO of Search Commander, Inc. and is the founder and creator of SEO Automatic. 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