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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From time to time we run Reader Polls on a variety of topics ranging from “Biggest Concern Related to Search Marketing?” to the “Strongest Signals of Credibility for a Marketing Agency”. Some of the polls get quite a few votes and some get very few. For example, the “Favorite SEO Podcast” poll received over 500 votes whereas the recent poll about whether Minnesota needs a SEM organization received only 21.
Since so many people took the time to show their preferences, we wanted to share the results for each of the past 14 polls:
Does Minnesota Need a Regional Search Marketing Association? 21 Votes
Either this blog has minimal reach in Minnesota, which given how few organized search marketing events there are, may be the case OR Minnesota search marketers are quiet about the topic. Either way, those that sounded off predominantly fell on the side of wanting […]
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A lot has changed in the search marketing conference industry in the past year. The biggest news being the addition of Kevin Ryan to oversee Search Engine Watch and Search Engine Strategies along with the departure of Danny Sullivan from SES to start his own venture, Third Door Media and the Search Marketing Expo or SMX series of conferences.
Additional news includes the success of new conferences like MediaPost’s Search Insider Summit, programmed by David Berkowitz as well as the reduction in conference dates for Brett Tabke’s WebmasterWorld’s Pubcon down to one in Las Vegas. With the number of new and niche conferences popping up it begs the question as to whether the market demand can support so many events?
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Every time someone polls the audience at a SES conference, “How many people are new […]
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In November I’ve been asked to speak at a conference occurring on both the east and west coasts at pretty much the same time. I am only able to make one of them and all things are pretty much the same about the events, just different locations. So it’s come down to which city: New York or San Francisco?
November is a bit chilly for New York but certainly no worse than here in Minneapolis. New York is also one of my favorite cities in the world. San Francisco will be warmer and is also a great place to see and do things. The business opportunities are about the same as far as the speaking event and attendees. There are many pros and cons for both locations so this week’s Reader Poll aims to tap into the superior travel savvy-ness of Online Marketing Blog Readers to ask:
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Written by admin on August 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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