Thoughts on joining SEMPO?

Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization

[DXL]

I was checking out a business magazine and came across a reference to the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization. I've been on WW for years and have never heard of these guys, it looks like their individual memberships start at $299.

Is there anyone here that's a member of SEMPO that can shed some light on the benefits of getting at least an individual membership? Many new theories about SEO can be found here at WW. I feel as though we exhaustively discuss changes in search engine algorithms, what works, and what doesn't, so its worth asking if there is anything more that I can learn by becoming a member of their group.

[SEOMike]

You never heard of SEMPO? Man, you've been a member here longer than me... there was a lot of talk about SEMPO on here when they first started.

I was a member for a while. I didn't find too much benefit to it except for using the logo for marketing. I did find some good leads from people posting RFPs and they had good job postings. Haven't been a member for probably two years, so I'm not up to date with their current offerings. Been considering giving it another look lately though...

[phranque]

brett tabke was a founding board member of sempo [pubcon.com].