Howdy Y’all.

The Texan has joined Distilled. In case you didn’t notice, I am not a Distilled blog regular, yet. I’m hoping this is a first in a long line of posts. And it’s April Fool’s Day. There can’t be a better time to announce my joining this awesome team right? I swear this is real.

First, let me say I’m not crossing the big pond. I’ll be headed up to Seattle in June to work with Rob as an SEO Consultant. Until June, I will be working remotely from Austin.

So who am I? I’m not Duncan’s long lost sister. Promise. My bio is there for anyone to read if you are so inclined. The more important thing is that I come to Distilled very excited about the opportunities put before me. I left my comfy home office (desk in my apartment bedroom) to come here because I have always had high respect and esteem for the entire Distilled team. Will continually amazes me with his presentations at conferences and with the questions he poses to the industry. And Will’s brother (*ducks* from Tom), well let’s just say I can’t wait to pick his brain. Everyone here pushes the envelope in search marketing and I am hoping to join that tradition.

P.S. Why the title? Funny story. One day Tom Critchlow (not sure it was him, but I’m going with it) called me a Yank. Now, I’m from Texas, and to southerners like us, a Yankee is a northerner. No one calls a Texan a Yankee. Just ask Melissa!!