I promised myself I’d slow down on conference speaking last year and while I’ve turned down more offers this year than ever before, (and been turned down myself the one time I formally pitched) some really great opportunities have popped up.
Here are the upcoming conferences I’ll be speaking at for pretty much the rest of this year not including private company engagements:
Aug 20, 2008 - Search Engine Strategies, San Jose
Presenting: “SEO Through Blogs and Feeds”
Presenting: “News Search SEO”
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TopRank is sending 4 bloggers to cover the event (Thomas, Jessica, Dana and Ashley)
Sep 18, 2008 - OMMA Global, NYC
Panel: “Digital Asset Optimization”
Sep 20, 2008 - Blog World Expo, Las Vegas
Moderating a Panel: “SEO and New Media”
Media Sponsor
Oct 16th - DMA08, Las Vegas
Workshop: “SEO and Public Relations”
Oct 25 & 27 - PRSA International Conference, Detroit
Panel: “Future of PR and New Media”
Workshop: “SEO for News Content”
Nov 12, 2008 - WebmasterWorld Pubcon, Las Vegas
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Jeremiah Owyang posted recently asking his readers what conferences they would be attending in the coming months and I thought that would be a great question for Online Marketing Blog readers as well.
Over the past 3 years we’ve become very much involved with conferences and even becoming the first blog to be an official media sponsor for SES. Our focus in the past has been with search marketing conferences but have expanded more into direct marketing, interactive and PR. We’ll continue that trend the rest of this year and focus on more conferences outside of search as the needs of our online marketing clients and agency continue to evolve and refine.
The conferences that I’m attending in the coming months include:
May: ACCM in Florida
Jun: PRSA Digital Impact in NYC
Jul: ad:tech in Chicago
Aug: Search Engine Strategies in San Jose
Sep: Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas
Oct: DMA08 in Vegas
Oct PRSA International Conference in Detroit
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With the changes last year in the search marketing conference industry there has been disappointing side-taking and rumor mongering but also a healthy dose of optimism about what more competition will do for attendees. I would think the sustainability and success of any conference is in large part dependent upon attendees needs being met. Whether your primary business is interactive marketing, public relations, advertising or SEM, online marketing and PR oriented conferences offer a variety of benefits.
Because of Online Marketing Blog readers’ varied marketing and PR related interests, this week’s Poll aims to identify the top motivations for readers to attend marketing industry conferences:
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Every company and each person has unique needs which may be met by a conference depending on the subject matter, timeliness of topics and current knowledge level […]
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The last day of WebmasterWorld’s Pubcon is literally a gathering in a pub. This is the genesis of how Pubcon was started, an informal gathering of members from WebmasterWorld. Through the efforts of Brett Tabke and the community, it has grown into one of the finest search marketing conferences with thousands of attendees, major corporate sponsors, top notch speakers and a spirit like no other event. There’s a real sense of community and “co-opetition” amongst participants that makes it a great place to learn and network.
Here are my final favorite photos from Las Vegas Pubcon and a few with friends from iEntry afterwards.
Wynn Las Vegas
Sport coating the BOTW colors
Danny Sullivan and Melanie Mitchell
Greg Boser and friends
Search Engine Land on Mike’s dome
Rich, Tiffany and Mike from iEntry
Ceiling at Blush
Shadow Bar
Sponsored By: WebmasterWorld Pubcon Las Vegas The SEO conference we’ve been waiting all year for.
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Looks like Lee has been working hard trying not to get in trouble out there in Las Vegas at the WebmasterWorld Pubcon conference this week. At least, his posts show he has been productive!
Below are the Pubcon session overviews, photo posts and video interviews with other folks hanging out in Vegas. Lucky!
Pubcon 2007 Sessions:
Pubcon Keynote: Craig Newmark of craigslist
Pubcon Session: In House SEO
Pubcon Session: Enterprise SEO
Pubcon Session: Blogger Reporter Panel
Pubcon Session: Press and Public Relations Campaigns
Pubcon Photos:
Pubcon Image Roundup Day 1
Pubcon Photos: Exhibit Hall
Pubcon Photos: Microsoft Party at ghostbar
Pubcon Videos:
Pubcon Video: Adam Audette, LED Digest
Pubcon Video: Neil Patel, ACS
Pubcon Video: Tanya Vaughan, HP
Pubcon Video: Brett Crosby, Google
Pubcon Video: Melanie Mitchell, AOL
Sounds link Pubcon Las Vegas this year was a blast! Wish I could have been there, but I hope you enjoyed the conference posts as much as I did.
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It was my first Microsoft party last night and it turned out to be a doosy. I went with Rich Ord, Mike McDonald (who won a Zune) and Tiffany Doughty from iEntry (WebProNews). We arrived at about 7-7:30 to see lots of familiar faces. There was a Guitar Hero competition, sushi, glowing drinks, mini hamburgers, a huge outdoor patio and from 55 floors up, the view was amazing. There were bad Billy Idol and Gwen Stephani lookalikes, dancing, a little debauchery and plenty of conversations.
There were indeed a few photos that I could not upload to Flickr. However, please enjoy these:
Blue bar
Vegas from 55 floors up
Todd Friesen, Gillian, Rand and Lee
Sushi anyone?
Mel Carson from Microsoft and moi
And the winner is…
Gwen Stefani Billy Idol Fakes
John Marshall, Heather Lloyd Martin, Joe Morin and Lee Odden
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The last session of the day for me was “Press and Public Relations Campaigns” with Robin Liss of Reviewed.com and Joe Beaulaurier from PRWeb. Moderation duties were scheduled to be handled by Brett Tabke but were switched at the last minute to Melanie Mitchell, VP of SEO/SEM at AOL. Sorry Brett, but I don’t think anyone had a problem with the switch.
Robin presented a case study for a promotion on the iPhone her site wirelessinfo.com did using multiple channels including Digg and a YouTube video that went viral. Joe presented the multiple media format press release options offered by PRWeb.
I talked about what kinds of public relations content can and should be optimized as well as 3 SEO PR tactics: press release optimization, blog powered media room and social media relations. I also presented 3 different sets of optimized PR metrics including social media analytics, pickups and […]
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On day three, the last day of sessions at WebmasterWorld Pubcon here in Vegas, I participated on a panel called, “Search and Blogging Reporters Forum” with Rand Fishkin and Andy Beal.
Moderation duties handled by Mike McDonald. Basically, it was a round table-style discussion about blogging in the SEO industry as well as blogging as a marketing tool. There were some good points about using blogs as a public relations tool as well as some debate about hosting team blogs separately or all under the company domain name.
There was some nice back and forth with Andy and Rand plus great questions from Mike and the audience.
Fortunately, there was a celebrity crew of bloggers covering this session including Lisa Barone, Tamar Weinberg and Jane Copeland so you can read more details on their respective posts.
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I met Melanie Mitchell at last year’s Pubcon and was amazed at what a job being a Vice President of SEO/SEM at a company like AOL must be. The insights she shared in a keynote presentation at the WebGuild’s Searchnomics conference were impressive so I was fortnuate to get a few minutes of her time to do a short video interview on what she does for AOL and what some of her challenges and accomplishments have been.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysVhJSVAxDg
Be sure to check out the TopRank SEO video channel on YouTube for interviews from Pubcon and many other search marketing event.
Sponsored By: SES ILM:07 Interactive Local Media Search Engine Strategies Local Nov 28-30 Los Angeles, CA
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At every conference there’s an exhibit hall and that’s where plenty of meet and greet networking happens as well as interesting discussions with vendors that server the search marketing industry. There were a good number of exhibitors at Las Vegas Pubcon including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft as well as a variety of vendors ranging from enom which sported a Ferrari to PRWeb to Bruce Clay.
Here are a few photos from the exhibit hall floor:
Melanie Mitchell making the car look good
Neil Patel making the BOTW tank top look um, interesting.
New York SEOs
Super bloggers Susan Esparza and Lisa Barone
The Google
The Yahoo
Mike McDonald from WebProNews and Brett Tabke in a “Meeting of the minds”
Shoemoney
CK says “Suits Suck” Lee says “Suits ROCK”
Be sure to check out all of TopRank’s 2007 Las Vegas Pubcon photos on Flickr.
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