Leslie Rohde: The Cats Are Leaving The Bag

During my "retirement party" teleclass the other night, I revealed why I am shutting down my SEO training programs... but I wasn't able to tell you about everyone who is joining me, because they hadn't all told "their people" yet.

Well, today I can let you in on a few of the real identities behind those code names I gave you last week.

"Mr. Blue" is none other than Leslie Rohde, developer of the popular Optilink and Optispider SEO tools, and one of the few people in the world I can go to for a serious technical discussion about search engines and SEO. You can read Leslie's announcement for yourself.

"Mr. Paisley" is Frank Kern, a controversial figure to be sure*, but truly one of the smartest people involved with online marketing today. In spite of what you may have heard, Frank is one of the good guys, and I know a lot of people who don't make a move without getting Frank's feedback first.

"Mr. Green" is Sherman Hu of WordPress Tutorials - a great teacher, who has helped a lot of people get their start online. Sherman will help us out with a lot of technical "how to," and also brings a fresh perspective on the challenges and opportunities of today's web.

There are others yet to be revealed. I would love to tell you all about everyone, but I can't until they make their own announcements.

The other cat that's gotten out of the bag is what I am doing in place of my (now closed) training and coaching programs. If you haven't listened to the podcast from my last teleclass, you can get the MP3 and a PDF copy of the presentation here.

Some of you have probably heard of Stompernet already. If you haven't heard of it, listen to my podcast, read Leslie's announcement, or watch this space, because I will be talking about it in more detail soon.

Stompernet was founded in October by my good friends Brad Fallon ("Mr. Pink," who has built an online retail business from scratch to a $10 million+ business) and Andy Jenkins ("Mr. White," who has done the same, and is our "go to guy" for analytics, conversion, multivariate testing, and a lot more).

With over 1000 members today, Stompernet is currently closed to new membership, but we (the new faculty) got them to pry the door open for our loyal readers and students.

I will be posting more over the coming hours and days, as we move toward our "big day" next week, when you will have an opportunity to join us... but watch this space, and register for our announcement list, because we will only be able to hold the door open for about 24 hours.

P.S. If you have any problem getting access to the podcast, just email me, questions(at )seoresearchlabs.com and I will be happy to send you the download link.

*In the online world, sometimes we allow others' perceptions to create our reality. Frank and Leslie have both created their share of controversy over the years. If you knew these guys personally, you would know why I am so excited to be working with them. Please, listen without prejudice.