About Elmer Boutin

by Elmer Boutin on April 11, 2009

I’m a Marketing Technologist and have been working with web sites and in web marketing since 1996. I started out doing web sites for local businesses such as car dealerships and an art gallery. I also helped start an online rental property referral web site aimed at assisting military people find homes before they moved.

I currently work for Rockfish Interactive as Senior Manager Search Strategy. Before that, I was Webmaster for Wilsonart International where I was involved in everything from social media to server administration to web development.

I advocate IT and Marketing departments working together to have the best possible web marketing efforts and thus benefit the enterprise. I also believe it’s important for everyone to develop themselves as leaders, to learn to be the best they can be at whatever they do.

In this space I draw upon my vast and diverse experience to offer you advice how to do your work better. Although I slant towards web marketing topics, many of the articles here have applications in many different fields.

Elmer Boutin and Peter Leshaw chatting before their In-House SEO session at PubCon Las Vegas, 2011

Elmer Boutin and Peter Leshaw chatting before their In-House SEO session at PubCon Las Vegas, 2011

I …

  • am a veteran of the U.S. Army (14 years in the Military Intelligence Corps)
  • Understand Czech and German
  • ride a Honda Shadow Sabre
  • hold an amateur radio license (KB5NJU)
  • am married
  • have three great kids
  • and play the bass

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Elmer Boutin and Scott Cowley at breakfast, PubCon Las Vegas, 2011

Scott Cowley and Elmer Boutin having breakfast at PubCon Las Vegas 2011, photo courtesy of Andy Beal Photography

Elmer Boutin and Peter Leshaw at PubCon South 2011

Elmer Boutin and Peter Leshaw at PubCon South 2011 - Photo courtesy of Thomas Ballantyne