Patricia Skinner

Patricia Skinner

SEO Director at SEOclass.org

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Current
  • Contributing Writer at Marketing Pilgrim
  • Freelance SEO Consultant at Wellwrittenwords (Self-employed)
Past
  • In-house SEO at Islamica.com
  • Freelance Editor at Emagine Group
  • SEO Copywriter at AndoverCG
Education
  • Rushmore University
  • University of Chichester
Connections
197 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising

Patricia Skinner’s Summary

Cost-effective SEO and Internet marketing, quality web copy, social media expertise, online reputation management, professional WordPress installs without unnecessary fuss.

Patricia Skinner’s Specialties:

SEO web content, website optimization, optimized press releases, link bait, branding and identity, social media marketing, WordPress install.


Patricia Skinner’s Experience

  • SEO Director

    SEOclass.org

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    September 2009Present (3 months)

    Partnered with Amir Zaman to create SEOclass.org a new company offering Internet marketing and reputation management in addition to full SEO services and social media marketing.

    We will launch within the next couple of weeks.

  • Contributing Writer

    Search Engine Journal

    (Internet industry)

    March 2009Present (9 months)

    Contributing to their on-site article database on search and social media.

  • Contributing Writer

    Search Engine People Blog

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    February 2009Present (10 months)

    Joining a great team of SE writers.

  • Contributing Writer

    Marketing Pilgrim

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    November 2008Present (1 year 1 month)

    Sharing my SEO and social media knowledge with the Marketing Pilgrim community.

  • Freelance SEO Consultant

    Wellwrittenwords (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    1998Present (11 years )

    SEO consulting including all aspects of search engine optimization, content development and website promotion.

  • In-house SEO

    Islamica.com

    (Publishing industry)

    February 2009March 2009 (2 months)

    All the usual SEO duties: optimizing the code for their new design, writing content for web and assisting with their social media marketing strategy.

    Currently on hold due to withdrawal of funding.

  • Freelance Editor

    Emagine Group

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

    October 2006March 2007 (6 months)

    Editing publications for Emagine. At present working on a book by novelist George MacIver.

  • SEO Copywriter

    AndoverCG

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

    September 2005March 2006 (7 months)

    Contract copywriter creating search engine optimized content.

  • Senior Copywriter

    Infosearch Media

    (Public Company; ISHME; Internet industry)

    April 2003June 2005 (2 years 3 months)

    Created keyword-enriched (SEO) web content on a diverse range of subjects.

  • Writer

    Gareth Stevens

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

    20032004 (1 year )

    Wrote two books (Syria and Jordan) for the series Countries of the World, for their partner company, Marshall Cavendish Asia. Gareth Stevens published the US versions of the books.

  • Writer

    Marshall Cavendish

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

    20032004 (1 year )

    Wrote the Syria and Jordan books for their series Countries of the World.

  • Copywriter

    InfoSearch Media

    (Public Company; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    20022004 (2 years )

  • Assistant Editor and Arabic Language Consultant

    Jamestown Foundation

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

    20012002 (1 year )

  • Freelance Writer

    Thompson-Gale

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Publishing industry)

    19992000 (1 year )

    Wrote entries for the Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine (2000 edition) and the Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology II (2000 edition).


Patricia Skinner’s Education

  • Rushmore University

    MBA , Marketing, Busines Communication , 20062007

  • University of Chichester

    Business Studies 19721975


Additional Information

Patricia Skinner’s Interests:

I continue to garner knowledge and experience of all facets of the intriguing world of Online Marketing. SEO and reputation management remain my favorites.

Patricia Skinner’s Groups:

SEOmoz, twitter, Sphinn.com, FaceBook

  •    LinkedSEO
  •    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
  •    SMX - Search Marketing Expo
  •    SEMpdx - Search Engine Marketers of Portland
  •    SearchEngineWatch.com Forums
  •    Social Media Marketing
  •    Search Engine Professionals
  •    SEO Content Marketing Association (SEO-CMA)
  •    Search Engine Journal Contributors

Patricia Skinner’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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