Search Marketing Expo

Microsoft’s Dr. Qi Lu, Google’s Matt Cutts To Keynote Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced June 2-3 in Seattle

Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced is the conference designed for experienced search engine marketers to exchange ideas, influence the industry and build their networks. Presenters will jump right in to cover today’s hot button search engine marketing issues, including paid search advertising (PPC), search engine optimization, social media marketing and search marketing business strategies. Take a look at the agenda for sessions you won’t find anywhere else like:

• Keyword Research Artistry
• Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me …A Broad Match? Exact Match? Negative Match?
• Conducting An SEO Audit To Troubleshoot Problems & Tune Up Performance
• Twitter Tactics & Search Marketing
• Google Quality Score, Under the Microscope

Prestigious Keynotes – Just Announced!

SMX conferences serve up some of the most innovative minds in search as keynote speakers, and SMX Advanced 2009 is no exception.

After a full day of engaging sessions, SMX Advanced will wrap up the Day One agenda with a keynote with Google software engineer Matt Cutts. In his “You&A” session, Cutts will take questions directly from the audience, in which will most likely be a standing room only session.

Day Two kicks off with Dr. Qi Lu, president of Microsoft Corp.’s Online Services Division. In his first presentation to the search marketing community since joining Microsoft, Lu is expected to address a wide range of topics including his thoughts on where search is heading and the opportunities Microsoft sees to drive change. It is a presentation not to be missed!

You’ll be informed and inspired by the content at SMX Advanced. The program is created by the editors of Search Engine Land, the publication you trust to keep you on the cutting edge of search marketing!

Register Now, Tickets Limited More than 1/3 of the tickets for SMX Advanced have already been sold and pre-registering is recommended. This conference sold out in 2007 and 2008.

Register today at the Early Bird rate of just $1,395. You get all of the sessions, keynotes, network activities and special events that make Search Marketing Expo conferences famous.

Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced agenda features more than 20 sessions designed exclusively for sophisticated search marketers; register now to reserve your place; Seattle June 2-3, 2009

Sessions on the just published Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced conference agenda cover today’s hot button search engine marketing issues. SMX Advanced takes place June 2-3, 2009 in Seattle.

Only SMX Advanced offers sessions and keynotes designed for search engine marketers with years of experience. They are fast paced, sophisticated and don’t slow down to explain basic concepts. Topics include paid search advertising (PPC), search engine optimization, social media marketing and search marketing company business issues in sessions such as:

• Mythbusting PPC Urban Legends
• Twitter Tactics & Search Marketing
• Google Quality Score, Under the Microscope
• Duplicate Content Solutions & The Canonical Tag

See the complete agenda here.

Register Now, Tickets Limited

More than 1/3 of the tickets for SMX Advanced have already been sold and pre-registering is recommended. This conference sold out in 2007 and 2008.

Register today at the Early Bird rate of just $1,395. You get all of the sessions, keynotes, network activities and special events that make Search Marketing Expo conferences famous.

Search Marketing Expo – SMX Search Analytics is the “must-attend” event for search marketers looking to quantify the value of their PPC and SEO campaigns. You’ll learn actionable tips, best practices and pitfalls to avoid from accomplished search marketers who have implemented search analytics in their organizations.

Join us next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 31 – April 1 at the Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre in Toronto. Sessions on the jam-packed agenda include:

• Analyzing & Converting Search Traffic
• Up Close with Google Analytics
• Successful Testing For Improved Search Marketing ROI
• Search Analytics Case Studies
• Analytics & Competitive Intelligence

Make the most of your investment in search marketing and stretch your budget with the lessons learned at SMX Search Analytics. Check out the agenda!

Don’t wait – SMX Search Analytics is just next week. Register today online or by calling (877) 242-5242. Just $995 CAD (about $775 US) gets you an All Access Pass into the sessions, expo hall and networking activities. Register now!

Program by Search Engine Land. The SMX Search Analytics program was created by search marketing authorities Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, the editors of Search Engine Land and creators of the original and best search marketing events.

PS: SMX Search Analytics is run alongside eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, which offers workshops including:

• Intro to Web Analytics – March 29th
• Web Analytics for Site Optimization – March 30th
• Google Analytics Training – March 30th
• Predictive Analytics Training – April 2-3rd

For more information and to register for any of the workshops or the SMX Search Analytics/eMetrics combination pass, click here.

Make the most of your investment in search marketing and stretch your budget with the lessons learned at SMX Search Analytics, March 31-April 1 at the Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre in Toronto.

Get effective, actionable tactics from a speaker roster of over 25 search experts at SMX Search Analytics. In just two days, you’ll know the processes and tools to maximize the effectiveness of search marketing campaigns, keeping you ahead of increasingly sophisticated competitors. And if you register before midnight March 17th (that’s tomorrow) you’ll pay just $995 Canadian (about $775 US).

Chock full of ROI enhancing tactics, session topics include:

• Analyzing & Converting Search Traffic
• Up Close with Google Analytics
• Successful Testing For Improved Search Marketing ROI
• Search Analytics Case Studies
• Analytics & Competitive Intelligence

Check out the agenda!

Register online or by calling (877) 242-5242 by midnight March 17th and take advantage of the Early Bird rate. Just $995 (CAD) gets you an All Access Pass into all of the sessions, the expo hall and networking opportunities. Register today!

Program by Search Engine Land. The SMX Search Analytics program was created by search marketing authorities Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, the editors of Search Engine Land and creators of the original and best search marketing events.

PS: SMX Search Analytics is run alongside eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, which offers workshops including:

• Intro to Web Analytics – March 29th
• Web Analytics for Site Optimization – March 30th
• Google Analytics Training – March 30th
• Predictive Analytics Training – April 2-3rd

For more information and to register for any of the workshops or the SMX Search Analytics/eMetrics combination pass, click here.

Just a reminder that the pre-agenda rate for Search Marketing Expo – SMX Advanced expires Friday, March 13 at midnight (PDT). SMX Advanced will be held June 2-3, 2009 in Seattle.

SMX Advanced is the one conference designed for veteran search engine marketers to exchange ideas, influence the industry and build their networks. SMX Advanced sessions are fast paced, Q&A-packed, frequently controversial and always bleeding edge.

SMX Advanced content features:

• the latest tactics for implementing and managing ROI-driving paid search advertising campaigns
• cutting-edge organic SEO techniques
• and for those in the industry, successfully managing your SEM business in the recession

SMX Advanced keynotes are some of the sharpest minds in search. Stay tuned for details on the keynotes and online and in-person networking activities.

The exceptional and cozy Bell Harbor International Conference Center, on the waterfront in downtown Seattle, is the venue for SMX Advanced. Bell Harbor’s only flaw is limited capacity. SMX Advanced sold out in each of the last two years.

Don’t miss your only opportunity this year to attend SMX Advanced. Register until the end of the day on Friday, March 13 and you’ll pay just $1195, $400 off the on-site registration rate.

You get all of the content, keynotes and community networking activities for this one low price. Plus, click here to see our special hotel rates and Jet Blue travel discounts.

Don’t miss your chance to attend this unique event. Reserve your place at SMX Advanced today for just $1195. Register now!

One of the unique things about SMX Advanced is the SEM Business track, where we conduct several sessions about running and managing an SEM business.

The SEM Business track sessions we produced last year should give you a sense of what we’re looking for. Check them out here.

It’s no surprise that the economy is going to be the 800-pound gorilla in the room this year. And now that the illusion of SEM immunity from the recession has evaporated, I’m looking for session topics that focus on issues like:

• What managers of SEM businesses should do differently as a result of the downturn?
• What opportunities emerge in a recession? Should you be hoarding cash or investing?
• How are you managing your people differently? Do communications become more or less transparent when things are going South?

Have an idea for a compelling session along these lines, or a completely different thought? Submit a pitch.

We’ll be posting the agenda for SMX Advanced the week of March 16, so don’t wait to pitch. More information on the Advanced schedule is here.

We’ve got two deals for those of you going to SMX Advanced. They aren’t going to make traveling and staying free, but every little bit helps in these times.

Jet Blue is offering a 5% discount when you book travel to SMX Advanced with them. Lots of leg room, wide leather seats, and your own TV. Hey, you’ve got to get there. May as well make it as enjoyable as possible.

Just visit www.jetblue.com/promo and enter the promo code “SMXAdv”. There are some restrictions on booking dates. Check them out here.

The Edgewater is the official SMX Advanced hotel for this year. If you’re feed up with the chains, this is the place for you. How many hotels have you ever stayed at that are built over the water on stilts? The views are great (especially from the bar), the rooms are comfortable and the Bell Harbor is just a couple hundred yards away.

And we’ve just negotiated lower rates! Rooms at the Edgewater are $249 per night with views of the city and $279 per night with water views. Book your stay online when you register for SMX Advanced or call (877) 242-5242.

See you at the show!

Learn how to best demonstrate the value of SEO. Get tips on comparing the effectiveness of creative, landing pages and other elements of your PPC campaign. You’ll hear all of this and more at Search Marketing Expo – SMX Search Analytics, March 31 – April 1 at the Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre in Toronto.

Join us for two days of sessions specifically created for intermediate to advanced search engine marketers. You’ll gather proven, actionable tactics from a faculty of over 25 search professionals who will share their stories – challenges and successes – to help you maximize the effectiveness of your SEM campaigns.

Need to jumpstart a testing program and determine how best to convert those web site visitors? Want to implement a competitive intelligence campaign to determine your competitors’ strategies and how to best them? Attend SMX Search Analytics and benefit from the experiences of accomplished search marketers – check out the agenda.

Register online today or call (877) 242-5242 and take advantage of the Early Bird rate. Just $995 loonies (about $775 in greenbacks) gets you an All Access Pass into all of the sessions, the expo hall and networking opportunities. Register today!

Program by Search Engine Land. The SMX Search Analytics program was created by search marketing authorities Danny Sullivan and Chris Sherman, the editors of Search Engine Land and creators of the original and best search marketing event.

PS: SMX Search Analytics is run alongside eMetrics Marketing Optimization Summit, which offers workshops including:

• Intro to Web Analytics – March 29th
• Web Analytics for Site Optimization – March 30th
• Google Analytics Training – March 30th
• Predictive Analytics Training – April 2-3rd

For more information and to register for any of the workshops or the SMX Search Analytics/eMetrics combination pass, click here.

Want to speak at our twice sold-old SMX Advanced search marketing conference that returns to Seattle this coming June 2 & 3? Here’s everything you need to know about doing it!

Two Opportunities: Session Pitches Vs. Speaking Pitches

We have TWO different pitching opportunties.

First, we ask for session ideas as part of the session pitch process. This is the very best way to get to speak. Suggest a great session idea, and if that makes it to the final agenda, there’s an excellent chance you’ll make it as one of the speakers for that panel.

Second, after the final agenda is made, we then have a speaking pitch process. This is where we accept pitches for people to speak for any spots we have remaining open for the final agenda that’s posted.

More information about both processes is below.

Session Pitches Accepted: Now through March 12

From now (March 2) through March 12, we’re accepting pitches for sessions at SMX Advanced. This is a search marketing event for EXPERIENCED and ADVANCED search marketers. That means any session ideas that you pitch must be for topics that would make those with years of experience in the field sit up, take notice and go “wow.”

Were looking for ideas about advanced SEO topics, advanced PPC topics and for our SEM Business Track (which covers the business of selling SEM services).

Want to pitch? Then submit your session idea here. The pitch should be about 2 to 7 paragraphs long. We don’t need an essay, just a general idea of what the session would be about, along with some specifics about what you might cover speaking as part of that session. You can suggest other potential speakers, but that’s not required.

Also send some background about yourself, your company and the type of work you do. We don’t need a resume nor a lengthy bio. Just a few sentences to describe yourself.

If you’re accepted, you’ll get a pass to the entire SMX event. Travel and accommodation are not provided.

What to pitch? Something interesting or unique about search marketing. We especially favor session pitches strong in tactical advice.

What not to pitch? A session about your particular product or service. A session that features only you speaking on a particular topic.

Agenda Posted: Week Of March 16

We expect to post the SMX agenda the week of March 16. If you were accepted to speak as part of the session pitch process, you MIGHT be notified by this time. If not, hang in there until speaking openings are posted.

Speaking Pitches Accepted: March 30 through April 20

Once the agenda is posted, will next accept pitches to speak on particular panels, rather than ideas for the panels themselves. Those will be accepted via this form. If we have late breaking openings after April 20, the form will reopen (and we’ll likely do a blog post about it)

Speaker Acceptance Notices

We expect to tell everyone who pitched if they were accepted or not by April 28, 2009. That date might slip — but that’s what we’re aiming for. Everyone who submits should receive a yes or no message, in the end.