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SMX East- New York City – October 8, 2008

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SMX East – Day 3

Wednesday – October 8, 2008
7:30am-9:00am
(1 hr 30 min)

Breakfast & Registration

9:00am-10:15am
(1 hr 15 min)

SEO Track

Tools, Glorious Tools – This session takes you on a whirlwind tour of search marketing tools you’ll want to consider adding to your toolbox.

Moderator: Chris Sherman, Executive Editor, Search Engine Land

Speakers:

Loren Baker, President, TrafficBlend
Ken Jurina, President, Epiar
Debra Mastaler, President, Alliance-Link
Stephan Spencer, President & CEO, Netconcepts

Tactics Track

Advanced Keyword Research Tactics – You know all the standard keyword research tools and techniques. This session takes things to the next level_id.

Moderator: Gordon Hotchkiss, President and CEO, Enquiro

Speakers:

Ariel Bardin, Product Management Director, Google
Christine Churchill, President, KeyRelevance.com
Marty Weintraub, President, aimClear

Agency & Paid Search Track

Advanced Paid Search Tactics – In this session, some tips and techniques to help you get even more out of your paid search campaigns.

Moderator: Matt Van Wagner, President, Find Me Faster

Speakers:

David Gong, Account Leader, Range Online Media
Patricia Hursh, President and Founder, SmartSearch Marketing
Dan Soha, Principal & Search Marketing Specialist, Five Mill Marketing
David Szetela, President, Clix Marketing

In House Day

A Day In The Life Of A Successful In-House SEO – When you’re in-house, it doesn’t mean you get to do SEO all day – there are meetings and opposition, yet you’re still held accountable. In this session you’ll hear from successful in-house SEOs to learn what they’re doing that the other in-house SEOs aren’t. You’ll also get insights into operations and workflow of successful in-house SEO teams.

Moderator: Jessica Bowman, Founder, SEOinhouse.com

Speakers:

Laura Lippay, Director of Technical Marketing, Yahoo! Inc.
Eileen Winslow, Sr. Director of SEO, MeziMedia

10:15am-10:45am
(30 min)

Break

10:45am-Noon
(1 hr 15 min)

SEO Track

Give It Up: White Hat Edition – This session has SEOs sharing favorite, little-known and powerful techniques that won’t get you banned in search engines from trying.

Moderator: Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land

Speakers:

Michael Gray, President, Atlas Web Service
Kimberly Krause Berg, Usability Consultant/Owner, UsabilityEffect.com
Kate Morris, Search Engine Marketing Manager, RateGenius
Tyler Shears, Online Marketing Manager, Databanq Media
Stephan Spencer, President & CEO, Netconcepts
Shari Thurow, Founder and SEO Director, Omni Marketing Interactive

Tactics Track

Web Analytics You Should Know – This session covers top items you should be tracking in web analytics as they relate to search marketing, along with tips and tools.

Moderator: Chris Sherman, Executive Editor, Search Engine Land

Speakers:

Brian Cosgrove, Web Analytics Engineer, Avenue A | Razorfish
Rich Devine, Director of Search, ZAAZ
Andrew Hally, Vice President, On-demand Product Marketing, Unica Corporation
Ben Seslija, Director, Analytics, Clickable

Agency & Paid Search Track

Practical Dayparting – Search marketers understand the value to dayparting — showing ads associated with certain times of the day — but it can be a pain to setup and analyze. This session looks at how to make the job easier and more effective.

Moderator: Matt Van Wagner, President, Find Me Faster

Speakers:

Benu Aggarwal, Founder & President, Milestone Internet Marketing
Ryan Gibson, Director of Marketing, The Rimm-Kaufman Group
Jon Kelly, President/CEO 3 Dog Media, SureHits
Kevin Lee, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, Didit

In House Day

Reporting & Scorecarding For Management – Management loves numbers. They build your business case and help get SEO high in the priority list. You’ll learn how to give a number on potential lift when management insists, which reports to deliver on a consistent basis to management, and how to use reports to help your cause when traffic growth isn’t going as expected.

Moderator: Jessica Bowman, Founder, SEOinhouse.com

Speakers:

Marc Engelsman, VP Client Programs & Services, Digital Brand Expressions
John Marshall, Founder & CEO, Market Motive
Lindsay Perkin, Director, Organic Search, onTargetjobs, Inc.

Noon-1:15pm
(1 hr 15 min)

Lunch

1:15pm-2:15pm
(1 hr)

SEO Track

Ask The SEOs – PowerPoint Free! Put your questions about SEO to our panel of experts and get answers about ranking and crawling issues.

Moderator: Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land

Speakers:

Bruce Clay, President, Bruce Clay, Inc.
Todd Friesen, President, Oilman SEO
Mike Grehan, Founder and CEO, Smart Interactive Ltd.
Rae Hoffman, Owner, Sugarrae Internet Consulting
Jill Whalen, CEO and Founder, High Rankings

Tactics Track

SEO & Usability – Search engine friendly design does NOT mean human unfriendly design. In fact, done right, improving the usability of your site for visitors can also improve your SEO. This session looks and how both help each other.

Moderator: Gordon Hotchkiss, President and CEO, Enquiro

Speakers:

Kimberly Krause Berg, Usability Consultant/Owner, UsabilityEffect.com
Lance Loveday, Founder, President & CEO, Closed Loop Marketing

Agency & Paid Search Track

Ask The Paid Search Buyers – In this session, search marketers take questions from the audience about paid search.

Moderator: Misty Locke, President, Range Online Media & Chief Strategy Officer, iProspect, Range Online Media / iProspect

Speakers:

Molly Hughes, Manager, Ecommerce Marketing, JCrew
Emily Scott, Director, Search Marketing, Kayak
Josh Stylman, Managing Partner, Reprise Media
Andrew Wheeler, Managing Director, iProspect

In House Day

Get SEO Into All The Right Places Of The Development Life Cycle – SEO doesn’t work well unless it’s addressed in every aspect of the development life cycle. This session will show you what typically happens and what needs to happen as you build a new website and manage ongoing maintenance. You’ll walk away with a clear understanding of what you need to do to get SEO weaved into the right places of the development life cycle at your company.

Moderator: Jessica Bowman, Founder, SEOinhouse.com

Speakers:

Jessica Bowman, CEO, SEOinhouse.com
Matthew Brown, Director of Search Strategy, New York Times Co.
Bob Tripathi, Search Marketing Strategist, Discover Financial Services

2:15pm-2:30pm
(15 min)

Break

2:30pm-3:30pm
(1 hr)

SEO Track

Ask The Search Engines – Put your questions to this panel of search engine engineers and representatives who know how things work behind the scenes in terms of indexing and ranking pages.

Moderator: Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land

Speakers:

Nathan Buggia, Live Search Webmaster Central, Lead Program Manager, Microsoft
Aaron D'Souza, Software Engineer, Search Quality, Google Inc.
Sean Suchter, VP of Engineering, Yahoo!

Tactics Track

What’s New With Social Media Marketing – This session looks at the latest changes to promoting your site through social media marketing venues.

Moderator: Chris Sherman, Executive Editor, Search Engine Land

Speakers:

Cam Balzer, Vice President of Emerging Media, Performics
David Berkowitz, Director of Emerging Media, 360i
Brent Csutoras, Online Marketing Specialist, BrentCsutoras.com
Randy Woods, EVP, non-linear creations

Agency & Paid Search Track

Ask The Paid Search Reps – In this session, representatives from the major search ad networks take questions from the audience about paid search.

Moderator: Misty Locke, President, Range Online Media & Chief Strategy Officer, iProspect, Range Online Media / iProspect

Speakers:

Ron Belanger, Vice President of Agency Development, Yahoo!
Brian Boland, Director, adCenter, Microsoft
Nick Fox, Business Product Management Director, AdWords, Google Inc.

In House Day

Case Studies From The Trenches – Innovative Ways To Pull Off SEO – In this session you’ll hear how in-house SEOs used innovative approaches to overcome SEO obstacles and come out wildly successful.

Moderator: Jessica Bowman, Founder, SEOinhouse.com

Speakers:

Judith Lewis, Search Director, i-level
Alison McPartland, Manager of Search & Discovery Strategies, Questex Media Group Inc.
Bill Scully, Director eMarketing, Siemens
Carolyn Shelby, Director of Natural Search, BeFoundLocal.com

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