SMX West is moving to San Jose!
Join us March 8-10, 2011!
We’re pleased to announce that SMX West is moving to San Jose in 2011. You’ll get the exceptional content you expect from SMX, along with the conveniences and amenities that San Jose has to offer. Fill out the form below and we’ll keep you up to date on conference developments.
Want to attend Search Marketing Expo sooner? Check out the worldwide schedule here.
We had a great show, and look forward to seeing you next year. Check out some of the press coverage below.
Featured Keynote – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
SMX West kicked off on March 2 with an exclusive: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s first conversation with the search engine marketing community at an industry event, and his first keynote address since the Microsoft + Yahoo! deal was blessed by regulators. Watch the short clip from CNBC here.
“Steve Ballmer and Danny Sullivan chat – SMX West 2010 Keynote”
SMX West 2010 Press Coverage:
- Microsoft’s Ballmer talks Bing, Twitter – CNET
- Microsoft to Stay Its China Course Despite Google Spat – Reuters
- Ballmer: Bing Could Replace Google Someday – UPI
- Microsoft CEO: Google Merits Regulatory Scrutiny – Associated Press
- Microsoft: CEO Steve Ballmer Live From Search Marketing Expo – Barron’s: Tech Trader Daily
- Steve Ballmer And The Future Of Search Revenues – Media Post
- Microsoft CEO lauds Twitter’s Independence – Market Watch
- Yahoo! at SMX West and Real Time Search – Yahoo! Blog
- Microsoft Plans to Climb in Social, Search – PC Magazine
- How Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Think About Real-Time Search – GigaOM
- Real-time Search Startups Blow Away Google, Yahoo, and Bing at SMX West – Venture Beat
- Microsoft CEO: Google Has Gained Unfair Advantage In Search – Huffington Post
- Dr Peter Norvig at SMX West: What’s New at Google Research – Vitals Spotlight
Attend SMX West for exceptional content, invaluable connections and essential conveniences. See the 2010 agenda – 50+ sessions on SEO, PPC, social media, local and mobile search, real-time search and more. Whether you are a beginner or SEM expert, you work at (or with) an agency or manage search marketing in house – SMX West has programming to fit your needs.
Exceptional Content – Program by Search Engine Land
Search Marketing Expo – SMX West content is so compelling, you’ll want to implement what you’ve learned before leaving the conference. Dramatically increase the number of people who come to your site with ROI enhancing paid search advertising and search engine optimization techniques and best practices.
Personalize your SMX West experience. Attend any of the more than 50 sessions that suit your needs and maximize your investment. There are sessions just for you – whether you’re new to search or an experienced internet marketer, employed at a Fortune 500 company or run your own business or agency.
SMX West is programmed by the editors of Search Engine Land, the site search marketers trust to deliver decision-informing news and thought-provoking analysis. You’ll be satisfied with SMX West. We guarantee it.
SMX West co-chair Danny Sullivan has been writing about search engines and programming search marketing events for a decade. He is renowned for producing quality shows where the information presented is so good that attendees frequently start implementing tips during breaks! Danny is Editor-In-Chief of Search Engine Land, the leading news and analysis blog for search marketing professionals and is a creative force behind SMX.
Conference co-chair Chris Sherman has analyzed and influenced developments in search marketing for more than a decade. He is Executive Editor of Search Engine Land and the creative force behind Search Marketing Expo events around the world, including SMX Advanced London. He is also the author of several books on search marketing and technologies, including “Google Power: Unleash the Full Power of Google,” published by McGraw-Hill.
Invaluable Connections
We do networking right at SMX West by providing the opportunities and the tools for you to meet new contacts, reconnect with colleagues and continue those invaluable relationships beyond the last conference day. At both structured and social networking events, you’ll get to share experiences, challenges and successes with presenters and attendees alike. The community spirit of participants makes SMX West an event you’ll remember – and never want to miss.
Essential Conveniences
Being out of the office means balancing your every-day responsibilities while maximizing your conference time. We get it, and to help you juggle those responsibilities we provide always available and free Wi-Fi in every conference session. Plus you’ll never have to hunt down a cup of coffee, snack or a hot lunch – it is all included at SMX West.
With four tracks, over 50 sessions and hundreds of speakers, planning your schedule can be daunting. Maximize your time by pre-planning your agenda using SMX Connect. Plus if you would like to be in two (or more) places at once, we upload all of the presentations by the end of the conference so you can catch what you missed.
Who Attends SMX West?
Want to know if SMX West is for you? People with the following titles attended SMX events in 2009:
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Corporate Management
Marketing Management |
Marketing Staff
IT/Web |
…and hundreds more. Don’t miss out. Come to SMX West and see what your peers have been learning.
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For more information, please contact the SMX sales team.
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