Welcome to Guest Post Week on the Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog

Monday can be tricky to navigate, but here’s a little sunshine to brighten the week-long journey ahead! It’s guest blogger week on the BCI blog, and we’re thrilled to have a few Internet marketing industry super stars stopping by our happy home. Check in every day for what we hope offers a light-bulb moment. Let’s all give a warm welcome to these awesome guests.

Chris Silver Smith: Chris, director of optimization strategies at KeyRelevance, is a copious blogger who can be found offering opinion and reporting at his blog, Silvery.com, and on the Search Engine Land column Locals Only. He’s also on Twitter, @si1very, and now here on the Bruce Clay, Inc. blog — this week only!

Read Chris’s post for power optimization tactics for your images: 10 Image Optimization Tips For Local SEO

Colin Jeavons: Colin is the CEO and founder of NTENT, a company using semantic search technology to enhance the visual appeal and relevancy of paid search results. A former political blogger, Colin will be sharing his perspective of the future of better advertising through semantic search. Check out Vertical Search Works on Twitter at @WithNTENT.

Read Colin’s post to discover how small businesses can better reach customers with semantic search technology for online ads: A Shortcut to the Grail: How Semantic Search Can Boost Internet Marketing for Small Businesses

Tracy Falke: A new-to-the-wild Internet marketing consultant, Tracy is a repeat guest blogger thanks to her sharp insights and irresistible charms. For proof, see her last post for us, Big Business Heart Social Media 4ever.  I expect the same brutal honesty coming your way this week. For a year-round dose, follow Tracy on Twitter at @Tracy_Falke.

Read Tracy’s post to journey to a not-so-distant future where implanted and wearable computer chips allow for visual search: Augmented Reality and the Future of Visual Search

Mitch Monsen: Unafraid of tackling technical SEO topics as a blogger, Mitch is CEO of SEO consultancy firm WhiteFireSEO. He specializes in on-page optimization strategies and tactics and content creation, along with filling in as a guest blogger in a pinch. ;) Follow Mitch on Twitter at @mitchmonsen.

Read Mitch’s post for a reality check about Web content’s over-rated reputation in SEO: Dethroning the King: Why Great Content Won’t Beat Your Competition

Virginia Nussey is the director of content marketing at MobileMonkey. Prior to joining this startup in 2018, Virginia was the operations and content manager at Bruce Clay Inc., having joined the company in 2008 as a writer and blogger.

See Virginia's author page for links to connect on social media.