Since my start on the web in late 1993, I've been written about in over 150 books, magazines, newsletters, and been on T.V. and Radio shows. Here's a Google Book search with some examples. The services I created have also been used as examples in college courses on Internet marketing.  Some are included below.
 

	May 2012 I'm featured and quoted in CIO Magazine's article 25 Link-Building Tips to Drive Traffic to Your Website
	June 2011 Interviewed in Small Business Computing Magazine: Top 10 Small Business SEO Tips for Link Building, by James A Martin.
	2011 Third Edition - Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day by Jennifer Grappone and Gradiva Couzin is written for anyone who has a web site and has yet to embark on the time-consuming process of optimizing the site for search engines. Both authors are experienced SEOs, and the book reflects the systematic approach they've developed whenever working with a new client. Fully updated and expanded, Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day, Third Edition will help you raise your visibility on the Web.
	2010 Social Media Metrics: How to Measure and Optimize Your Marketing Investment By Jim Sterne
	2010 Quoted extensively in the TechWorld magazine article: The dark side of online marketing
	2010 Guest on Daron Babin's SEO Rockstars along with Rich Stokes.  Archive
	2009 I am one of 25 people profiled in the book: Online Marketing Heroes: Interviews with 25 Successful Online Marketing Gurus (Hardcover) by Michael Miller Book Description This book focuses on today's most successful online marketers, with up-to-date information and advice on current online marketing trends. It includes 25 interviews with today's top Internet marketers -- email marketers, web marketers, advertising executives, and the like.
	2008 Search Engine Optimization: An Hour a Day by Jennifer Grappone and Gradiva Couzin is written for anyone who has a web site and has yet to embark on the time-consuming process of optimizing the site for search engines. Both authors are experienced SEOs, and the book reflects the systematic approach they've developed whenever working with a new client. Refreshingly, this approach focuses not only on technical tactics, but also on the reasons why SEO is important beyond just achieving high rankings in search engine results—things like business goals, creating appealing marketing messages and designing human-usable web sites.
	Fall 2007 Eric Ward Link Building Q/A with  Detlev Johnson | Search Return
	Summer 2007 Toronto Search Engine Strategies Conference Review By John Alexander "Highly interesting session..."
	Spring 2007 WebProNews THE iNsidER link building video discussion with Eric Ward. In this link building video, WebProNews Managing Editor Mike McDonald connects with Eric Ward via webcam to discuss the finer points of link building today, what constitutes good link bait, and creating a good balance of organic and paid links.
	Spring 2007 SEO Rockstars (Listen to the Podcast) "The legendary Link Moses, Eric Ward talks to Greg Boser and Todd Friesen"
	Winter 2006 The eleventh edition of the Search Pulse has now been archived. We were able to discuss in detail about half of the topics I wanted. This week, we had on Eric Ward to discuss one of the most discussed topics of the week, a Google blog post on link building. We also talked about duplicate content, CSS to hide content, AdSense no longer allowing images near ads, the Yahoo Directory Tag, Panama information and much more. Also, Chris Boggs had a nice rendition of the "Hello Panama Song," see lyrics below. The topics we covered are listed below, in order of priority (based on search community buzz). You can download the MP3 file here and listen at your convenience.
	Winter 2006 In Danny Sullivan's final post to SearchEngineWatch readers before heading to his new digs at Search Engine Land, Danny wrote... “Information posted as part of my web development work in 1996 expanded and relaunched as Search Engine Watch on June 9, 1997. It rapidly drew more attention and traffic, in no small part due to Eric Ward's fantastic way of getting news around.”
	Fall 2006 In an article titled "Make Links Work for You—Carefully", By Brian Quinton " in Multichannel Merchant, Brian writes... “To some SEOs and Webmasters, there is no “wrong” way, of course; whatever brings people to your site and visibility to your page is worth trying. But search marketing consultant Eric Ward doesn’t agree. Ward specializes in consulting on link-building and link campaigns, and he says the pursuit of a quick ranking or traffic hit comes with the risk of a long, slow, painful penalty from the search engines if you get caught.”
	Winter 2005 My URLwire service is recommended on page 237 of Peter Kent's book Search Engine Optimization for Dummies.
	Fall 2004 My services and site were included in Business 2.0's "Best Business Links on the Web"
	Spring 2004 Complete Guide to Internet Publicity: Creating and Launching Successful Online Campaigns by Steve O'Keefe  Here's what Steve said about me: "There are only two services to which I can give unqualified recommendations. The first is NetPOST, Eric Ward's service at www.netpost.com. Eric is the master of Web site launches. He gets results because he's obsessive about it..."
	Spring 2004 Planning Your Internet Marketing Strategy: A Doctor Ebiz Guide by Ralph F. Wilson  My URLwire service was featured on page 244.
	Spring 2003 The Publicity Handbook, New Edition: The Inside Scoop from More than 100 Journalists and PR Pros on How to Get Great Publicity Coverage by David R. Yale  My URLwire service was featured in the "Services for Publicists" section on page 425
	Summer/Fall 2002 Larry Chase wrote about my Netpost and URLwire services in both editions of his book "Essential Business Tactics for the Net".  Here's a quote from page 267. "Eric Ward is the most respected in the field"
	Spring 2002 The famous "WebMama" Barbara Coll covered my services in her WebMama's Journal Special Tools Issue (May 2002) Here's what she said: "Eric Ward's Link Building Services - Eric is the best at developing and executing a campaign to increase external links to a website. He also owns URLWIRE, a website announcement service, which I have used for clients."
	Spring 2002 I was invited to contribute to the new book "The Most Effective Articles Of 71 of The World's Top Marketers" This brand new ebook features a truly unique marketing resource. 71 of The World's Top Marketers have agreed to share the Most Effective Articles they ever wrote - and, in most cases, to comment on the background behind that effectiveness.  573 pages of ideas, tips and techniques.
	Winter 2002 URLwire was featured in an article in marketingsherp'a ContentBiz newsletter. Read the article here or if the original is still online it will be here.
	Winter 2002 URLwire was featured in an article in the United Airlines Member magazine in January, 2002 Read the article here or if the original is still online it will be here.
	I was invited to be one of the experts included in Promotion World's Expert Interviews section.  I'm thrilled to be included with legends like Danny Sullivan in this section. Read the interview here or if the original is still online it will be here.
	c/net's Builder.com site featured one of my how-to articles.
	My URLwire service was featured in an article in the April 2001 SEARCHER Magazine.
	In the November/December 2000 issue of Inc. magazine, there's an article by Jim Sterne that covers my company and approach in great detail.  I am honored that Jim said about me: "Ward's understanding of site publicity is unsurpassed... those who want the job done right by the best in the business flock to Ward and count themselves lucky that the maestro isn't booked into the next millennium". Read the article here or if the original is still online it will be here.
	Entrepreneur Magazine wrote about my services in their article Making The List Read the article here or if the original is still online it will be here.
	In the August 2000 issue of BUSINESS2.0, I'm mentioned and quoted in an article by Glenn Fleishman about paid Yahoo listings.  Read the article here or if the original is still online it will be here.
	My services were recommended in an article in the new print and online magazine, BOB Interactive. Read the article here or if the original is still online it will be here.
	I was interviewed for this article in The Industry Standard:  Getting the Right Spin: PR on the Net The Internet has begun to change the art of public relations. If it cuts down on unsolicited phone calls, reporters will be forever grateful. By James Ledbetter and Bernhard Warner. Read the article here or if the original is still online it will be here.
	My services are discussed in the just released second edition of the book "101 Ways to Promote Your Web Site". The first edition of the book sold over 13,000 copies. The second edition, which has recently hit the shelves, is filled with the latest Internet Marketing tips, tools, techniques and resources as well as seven new chapters.    You can view my site's reference in Chapter 18 - Maximizing Media Relations on page 367.
	I wrote the special center section for the book "Advertising on the Internet".  Thanks to Robbin Zeff and Brad Aronson
	I was interviwed for this ABC (national) interview on search engines, by Chris Stamper, who wrote "The War on Spamdexing". If the interview is gone you may be able to find it here.
	ZD Internet magazine interviewed me for the article No Site Unseen, by Lori Piquet.
	Many Web-years ago (1995), I received the Tenagra Award for Internet Marketing Excellence.Other winners of this award include names like Yahoo, Netscape, and FedEx. No other firm in the Internet awareness building business has won it except me, and I'm sort of proud that my small biz is now mentioned with the big boys from Netscape and Yahoo.
	I was the Technical Editor for Tom Vassos/Macmillan Publishing's Strategic Internet Marketing: "Proven strategies for successfully marketing your products and services"
	In Steve O'Keefe's book: Publicity on the Internet, my services are the first he recommends, and he covers them extensively.
	I was included in The New Internet Business Book by Jill and Matthew Ellsworth
	Richard Seltzer includes me in his Internet WORLD magazine article, April, 1996. Pg.69: "HEADS UP - After you create your Web site, you need to let everyone know it's there."
	Jim Sterne sings my praises, and I didn't even have to pay him, in his excellent book: World Wide Web Marketing:  "Integrating the Internet into Your Marketing Strategy"
	How to Grow Your Business on the Internet -Your Expanded and Updated Complete Guide to Making Money at the Speed of Light by Vince Emery
	If you want to know all the boring details of how I ended up in this business, read this interview from Netrageous Results magazine (Thanks to Jim and Audri Lanford)
	The late Ivan Weltman from the esteemed TUDOGS said "Eric is well know at conferences and in professional news groups for his consistent philosophy of 'Do It By Hand'. Every news release he sends out is individually written and addressed, geared to the needs of the journalist and his/her audience. It has paid off for Eric, for the fortunate few he accepts as clients, and for the journalists who rate Eric as one of their most important contacts".

Older press coverage, interviews, publications and places that have covered and recommended my services:  NetGuide Magazine, December, 1996. Pg.97: "Top Web Marketing Tips" Al Bredenburg's book: The Small Business Guide to The Internet  Interactive PR: "The Newsletter on New Media for Communications Professionals" America Online, as an invited guest on the Internet "InBiz" show  CIO's WEBMASTER magazine  WEBster, the CyberSpace Surfer WebZine Web Diamonds by Tom Vassos  The Scout Report from InterNIC  UK's largest print Internet magazine, Internet Folio: / MediaCentral

 

Announcements from Eric Ward I do typically do not issue the announcements via any 3rd party distribution services. They appear on my site only, and are for for those with an interest in what I'm up to. December 31, 2006 Eric Ward To Write New Link Week Column for Danny Sullivan at SearchEngineLand.com Search engine expert Danny Sullivan has tapped Eric Ward for a new column dubbed Link Week, to launch in January on Sullivan's new site SearchEngineLand.com The Link Week column will focus on current trends and issues affecting the link building and content publicity field.  more » November 15, 2006 Publicist and Link Builder Eric Ward Launches Link Bait Strategy Service Eric Ward's link bait strategy service utilizes his experience to determine what role link baiting can play in your online marketing strategy more »