{"id":62616,"date":"2019-03-12T20:46:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T03:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/?page_id=62616"},"modified":"2025-03-18T09:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:48:39","slug":"mainplayers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/mainplayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Bruce Clay Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Bruce Clay Inc.’s worldwide family! Some of these faces you may recognize from their public appearances<\/a> and some work behind the scenes. Here is the leadership at our search marketing optimization company \u2014 the individuals who make sure that our clients achieve their goals.<\/p>\n

Bruce Clay U.S.<\/h2>\n

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Bruce Clay, Founder and President<\/h3>\n

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Bruce Clay is founder and president of Bruce Clay Inc., a global search marketing optimization firm providing search engine optimization, pay per click management, social media marketing, SEO-friendly \u200bsite architecture, content development, and SEO tools and education.<\/p>\n

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Bruce Clay (left) receives the 2013 History of SEO advisory board’s Lifetime Achievement Award from Mark Knowles<\/em><\/p>\n

Prior to launching Bruce Clay Inc. in 1996, Bruce operated as an executive with several high-tech businesses, with a far-reaching professional background in leading Silicon Valley firms.<\/p>\n

Bruce holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a bachelor\u2019s in math and computer science from Western Illinois University. As an industry thought leader, \u200bhe is an accomplished speaker, author and educator. Each year, Bruce speaks at leading industry conferences and conducts training courses for students worldwide on concepts and methodologies related to search marketing. His insights have been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, PC Week, Wired Magazine, Smart Money and many more.<\/p>\n

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Bruce co-authored the book Search Engine Optimization All-In-One For Dummies<\/a><\/em>, now in its fourth edition, published by Wiley. It contains \u200bmore than 700 pages of hands-on, practical guidance for implementing comprehensive SEO. His book Content Marketing Strategies for Professionals<\/a><\/em> covers how to use SEO and content marketing together to reach a target audience online and generate sales.<\/p>\n

Bruce is also a past member of the board of directors of SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization. In 2013, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence in Vision, Execution and Market Influence in the Practice of Search Marketing by the History of SEO advisory board.<\/p>\n

Notable accomplishments include:<\/p>\n