I need to make a attempt, I suppose, to answer the questions about 10x Marketing that have been floating around the Utah SEO/tech industry since December. (I realize my personal blog is not exactly 'official', so take this for what it's worth.)
In December of 2006, Innuity decided to move the 10x operations up to Washington. When we first sold 10x to Innuity back in early 2005, it was clear that at some point it would make sense to do that. (Not that we really wanted that to happen -- we live in Utah because we like living in Utah! And 10x was a fantastic place to work!)
The timing of the move was worse than unfortunate, because as with any large corporate shift, lots of people were let go. In December.
Fortunately, Utah has the lowest unemployment rate in the country and just about every 10x'er was bathed in hands-on experience with all sorts of Internet marketing for a wide range of companies. Many have already landed better paying jobs, closer to their homes, with great work environments, and all sorts of good things. (Anybody who hasn't yet, please contact me and let me point you in the direction of some good folks who are still looking for people!)
Up in Washington, staffing and training are the orders of the day. Some of the old 10x'ers are still hanging around here, working to assist in the transition and cover things until Washington is fully up-to-speed on the tools and processes. We'd already been fulfilling all of our small business accounts up there, so for many of the people it's a smaller shift than it could have been.
Innuity plans to continue fulfilling all current accounts and actively searching for new accounts, with the 10x Marketing name and tools and processes and everything, so 10x lives on as nearly identically as possible. There's some pretty exciting things on the horizon.
I've been with 10x Marketing through a lot of ups and downs. During that time, I've gotten married, developed and taught a class at BYU, started a magazine column with Connect, almost completely finished a Master's degree, and visited China. So it feels a little weird to think that 10x Marketing is the only place I've ever really worked. Straight out of college. Through several rounds of layoffs and business model shifts and CEO shifts and industry shifts. Working on virtually every single client that ever worked with 10x Marketing. Typically behind the scenes, but there.
And I'm still here.
Weird.
(See how even this post turns introspective? Blogging is like a black hole, pulling everything inevitably towards navel-gazing. Like a navel ring made of Bose-Einstein Condensate. Anyway, the point should be clear: yes, 10x is moving to Washington. Yes, many people here were laid off. No, 10x Marketing is not going out of business or running away from the fierce Utah competition. Yes, my tendency to ramble on far too long is irritating even to me.)