Sage Lewis

Sage Lewis started his online marketing company, SageRock.com, in 1999 during a time when most Internet companies were failing. SageRock, however, has thrived under Lewis’ direction -- growing an average of 30% every year, while also being recognized as one of the top ten search engine optimization firms in the U.S. by a third-party resource in the industry, Marketing Sherpa.

Regarded as a web marketing expert, Lewis speaks regularly to business organizations like NEOSA and COSE, serves as a resource for press about industry trends, and teaches a recurring class on search engine optimization at Cleveland State University.

Lewis has created a unique company culture that values the individual employee and client, and he has built SageRock around one principle, “The concern, respect and empathy for the individual people we come in contact with at SageRock is our single core value.”

Lewis lives in Akron with his wife, Rocky, and son, Indiana.

Recent articles by Sage Lewis

PageRank Sculpting: Welcome Back to High School Hell
Google's new rules affecting PageRank sculpting bring us back to high school. Instead of letting us vouch for our cool friends and disavow the geeks who want to hang out with us, Google is now punishing us for being one of the cool kids. Jul 2, 2009

Sage's Dirty Little Secret
Lean forward here. I'm about to tell you a dirty little secret: Part of an effective PR response is to keep the controversy going. Jun 18, 2009

The Best Links Come from Knowing Thy Self
Think about what you love and then see how you might be able to create some content that would be of interest to the people in that community. Love is the secret ingredient to link building. Jun 4, 2009

Cabela's, Performics, and Performance Marketing
Today. we'll look at an interesting promotion that drives online shoppers to offline retail locations using coupons. There are some important things to learn from this successful online/offline promotion. May 21, 2009

Make Sure Your Promotion Is Legal
Jumping into sponsoring a promotion without first thinking through the potential legal issues involved could lead you into trouble. Here are some things to keep in mind. May 7, 2009

Building Links by Building Trust
I want to share one idea that you can act on right this very minute to help you with your link building. It might actually be the tool you need to push through the rest of this recession. Apr 23, 2009

How to Evolve this Column
I asked people to fill out a survey of some possible ways they would like to see this column evolve. These are the end results. Apr 9, 2009

My Thoughts on Promo Outcomes
Asking people to give feedback about your product or service is great on many levels. It builds relationships and provides incredibly valuable information. Mar 26, 2009

Assessing the Success of Our Promotion
Did Search Engine Watch readers vote for their favorite promotion ideas? Was my link building promotion a success? Did you win a $25 gift certificate? Find out all the answers inside. Mar 12, 2009

Vote for Your Favorite Promotion Ideas
Cast your vote to help shape this column into the absolute best column it can be. Pick your favorite user-submitted idea, and enter to win an Amazon gift card. Feb 26, 2009

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