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

Internal Links And My High School Evolution - Understanding internal linking is made easier by comparing it to high school. Just as cool kids in school can make others cool by associating with them, internal linking can spread the "coolness factor" of your site, aka PageRank, among various pages. Jul 17, 2008

Three Tips for Creating a Successful Blog - Instead of focusing on where to find links, SEOs and site owners should think about setting up a site so people will want to link to it. People usually put the cart (the links), before the horse (the content). But the horse is the content that drives the cart -- the links. Jul 3, 2008

The Link Bait Recipe - A good link building philosophy is to always start with great, compelling content, and let the links follow naturally. But it's difficult to garner links by being positive, helpful, and excellent. Links will come much easier if you're negative, conniving, and base. Jun 19, 2008

3 Ways to Spy on Your Competitors - James Bond would never have been the greatest secret agent on the silver screen if it weren't for his super-awesome gadgets. Fortunately for search marketers, there are some great secret agent link gadgets that can make you a top notch linker. Jun 5, 2008

Link Building for Dumb Asses - Want links? "Link Building for Dummies" would explain why acting like a dumb ass may be the smartest way to build links. May 22, 2008

Giving Links Away - There are a few ways of controlling what pages of your site share their link love. PageRank "sculpting" and siloing are two methods that use the "nofollow" attribute to control which links are counted in search engine ranking algorithms. May 8, 2008

The Power of Sharing: Link Building in Online Forums - Forums as a category have some of the highest PageRank online. Here are the road rules for link building in online forums. Apr 24, 2008

Link Building Strategies: Apprentice Edition - Great content is only half the battle. Don't forget the other half: getting the word out about your great content. Apr 10, 2008

Creating a Link Building System - Sometimes, it's important to get back to link-building basics. Here's a seven-step plan to get beyond linkbait and start getting ranked in the SERPs. Mar 27, 2008

First SEO Link Building Rule: Never Buy Paid Links...Until Now - Google commands SEOs: "Don't buy paid links." Here's why and when paid links work. Mar 13, 2008

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