San Jose

Lee Odden (@leeodden) is the CEO of TopRank Online Marketing, a digital marketing and public relations firm specializing in strategic internet marketing consulting, training and implementation services including: online PR , search engine and social media marketing.

A veteran internet marketer, Odden has consulted for clients including: HP, McKesson, BT, Northwest Airlines, PRWeb, Supervalu, WebAwards and the national PRSA.

Odden is one of 25 online marketing experts featured in "Online Marketing Heroes" published by Wiley and has been cited for his search & social media marketing expertise by The Economist, U.S. News and Fortune Magazine. As an active thought leader in the search marketing industry, he contributes to top industry publications such as Mashable, iMedia Connection and MediaPost along with publishing Online Marketing Blog, recognized by Advertising Age as one of the top marketing blogs on the web.

A sought after marketing & PR industry speaker, Odden has developed content for the DMA SEM Certification Advanced Course and Social Media Marketing workshop. He also conducts seminars for companies and regularly presents at: Search Engine Strategies, PRSA Annual conference & Digital Impact, WebmasterWorld Pubcon, OMMA, Blog World Expo and the Media Relations Summit.

Odden is active in the industry as the chair of the DMA Social Media Advisory Council, a board member on the DMA Search Engine Marketing Council and board advisor for Search Engine Strategies. He is a past board member of the Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association.