Upcoming Events for the Domain Industry
- July 2008:
- August 2008:
- September 2008:
- October 2008:
- November 2008:
- December 2008:
- 3: Web2.0 Expo Tokyo
- 8: SES Chicago
- February 2009:
June 6th, 2008ad:tech New York: The Business of Modern Marketing
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- What: ad:tech New York: The business of modern marketing
- Where: New York Hilton
- When: November 3 – 6, 2008
- Who: Marketers, advertisers, publishers and vendors/service providers
If you are in a business that requires you to have conversations with your current clients (and potential ones), this conference will help you much in achieving your goal to sell or provide service to others. This conference surely tackles everything under modern marketing, making the participants learn from high level overview keynotes to workshops that focus on performance. Keynote presentations will be imparted by Nick Brien, worldwide CEO of Universal McCann. He will tackle things regarding the different opportunities and challenges companies and individuals might encounter in this new media age. He emphasizes the need of industries to focus on new models of media and of communication interdependence.
Stuart Elliot of The New York Times also points out the importance of the efforts of companies to engage in new technology to satisfy and connect their customers and prospects. Other notable speakers include Susan Whiting (Executive VP of The Nielsen Company), Beth Comstock (President of Integrated Media), Carla Hendra (Co-CEO of Ogilvy North America), Peter Blacker (SVP of Telemundo), Imran Khan (Managing Director of JP Morgan Research), Ted McConnell (Director of P&G’s Interactive Innovation Group), Nada Stirrat (EVP of MTV.com) and other notable speakers that will contribute to the marketing know-hows of the people. The exhibit is for free and for those who wish to promote their ventures, they will be given the opportunity to exhibit on the 3 floors of the expo site.
June 6th, 2008ad:tech London 2008
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- What: ad:tech London 2008
- Where: Olympia – National Hall
- When: September 24 – 25, 2008
- Who: Marketers
The ad:tech conference in London is focused on making the marketers aware of the perks and privileges they will get when they take advantage of the internet for their marketing needs. This conference will emphasize the need to go “digital marketing” to promote their products and services. Making consumers aware of the companies’ brands is the conference’s top priority and increasing the companies’ market shares is its number one goal. The conference will be on the 24th of September, and the exhibit of participating companies will be on the 25th. There is also a free seminar with keynotes from companies such as Bebo, Telegraph.co.uk, Findaproptery.com, Sony Ericsson, Haven.com, Lycos, JJB sports, TimesOnline and Fish4. This conference is deemed to be one of the biggest events in the internet marketing field in the United Kingdom.
June 5th, 2008Web 2.0 Expo New York
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- What: Web 2.0 Expo New York
- Where: Javits Center, New York, New York
- When: September 16 – 19, 2008
- Who: Designers and developers, product managers, entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers and business strategists.
The Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last April was flocked by interested parties mainly from the West coast. For the sake of those who live in the East coast, a Web 2.0 Expo is scheduled to happen in New York three months from now. New York is said to be the home of some of the finest financial, advertising and consulting companies, and the Web 2.0 Expo shall bring together developers, designers, entrepreneurs and other web professionals for some new learning when it comes to the internet. Web 2.0 Expo serves as a learning ground for the moguls and internet developers alike, so that they can gain knowledge of the different new things the internet can do, as well as learn from the past failures they have committed.
Sponsors for the Web 2.0 Expo in New York include the software giant Microsoft, SaaS and PaaS leader Salesforce.com, as well as other premier corporations such as Amazon Web Services, Curl, Force10 Networks, Intuit Quickbase, ONEsite, OpSource, Sun Microsystems, Acquia, Awareness, BlueArc, Coradiant, Dixero, Jive Software, Kapow Technologies, LithiumTechnologies, Panther Express, SynthaSite, TSOT, Inc. and WebAsyst LLC. Media coverage is also made possible by Berlin Partner, Fast Company, Revenue Magazine, Topix and WOW (WEBPROTRAINING.org).
June 5th, 2008Search Marketing Expo London, 2008
- What: Search Marketing Expo
- Where: London
- When: November 4 - 5, 2008
- Who: Advertising budget holders, in-house search marketers, brand managers, paid search advertising planners and buyers, organic search optimization specialists and web technology professionals.
SMX London is a to day session showcasing the latest information on SEO and PPC tactics and best practices from the brightest minds in search marketing. It will provide informational and inspiring presentations and create networking opportunities that will give attendees the best experience out of the Expo.
The hosts will be Chris Sherman and Danny Sullivan. Chris Sherman has been a leading name in search marketing for more than a decade and he continues his work as Executive Editor of SearchEngineLand. He has written books on search marketing and technologies such as “Google Power: Unleash the Full Power of Google.” Danny Sullivan has been in the business for almost a decade as well. he is SearchEngineLand’s Editor-In-Chief.
June 5th, 2008Web 2.0 Expo Europe
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- What: Web 2.0 Expo Europe
- Where: Berliner Congress Center, Berlin, Germany
- When: October 21 – 23, 2008
- Who: Designers and developers, product managers, entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers and business strategists.
If California and New York have their own Web 2.0 Expos, Europe of course has their own too. Co-chaired by two of the most outstanding individuals of O’Reilly Radar and TechWeb (Brady Forrest and Jennifer Pahlka, respectively), Web 2.0 Expo Europe promises to bring in new light in the course of internet marketing.
The participants will have a chance to attend the multi-track conference and partake in the sessions and keynotes. It will also feature some of the leading 2.0 Web companies, plus, some workshops for people to familiarize or hone their skills.
Since the Expo will begin in October, interested individuals can register as early as July. The standard registration begins in September.
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- What: ad:tech Chicago: Mastering brand performance and effective marketing solutions
- Where: Navy Pier (Festival Hall B, Lobby 2, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL)
- When: August 5 – 6, 2008
- Who: Professionals and amateurs in SEO and SEM.
The ad:tech Chicago conference will be one of the biggest conferences in the world of SEO and SEM. Speakers from world-renowned companies such as Kraft, Google, Digitas, CBS, Yahoo!, ConAgra Foods, Kimberly-Clark, Comscore and others will impart their secrets regarding internet marketing. The two key speakers include Kevin Kells, CPG Industry Director of Google and Clay Shirky, author of the book Here Comes Everybody. Kevin Kells has been helping companies to boost their marketing strategies for them to have more customers and clients. Through the company he is working for (Google), he acts as a bridge between the companies and the consumers for the former to reach the latter wherever the latter may be. His clients include Unilever (Pond’s), Revlon and Diageo (Guinness). Clay Shirky on the other hand, is a writer, consultant and teacher of internet related issues. In his recent book, he tackled on how organizations and the like can benefit from content production and dissemination.
The conference per se will last for 2 days, followed by an exhibit by 20 prominent companies that use internet marketing (mostly companies that are in the communications field). Sessions will include tactical and practical advise from leading marketers and companies, Making Mobile Work: Real World Examples, Sneaky Search Tricks and Driving Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leveraging Emerging Media.
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June 5th, 2008SES Chicago
- What: SES Chicago
- Where: Chicago Hilton, Chicago, IL
- When: December 8 – 11, 2008
- Who: Anyone into search engine marketing
The Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo in Chicago, IL is different from all the other SEO conferences and expos since it tackles almost all the aspects of search engine promotions. It is not only limited to the usual SEO and SEM strategies but it also includes mobile marketing. The conference will have strategic development workshops and some multiple session tracks as well as an opportunity to meet other professionals in the field of SEO and SEM. Kevin Ryan is the host of the said conference, making it one of the most exciting conferences to look forward to. His credentials and accomplishments (with clients including Rolex Watch USA, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Panasonic and Hilton hotels among others) will surely make the participants gurus of search engine marketing after the conference and expo.
June 5th, 2008SES Tokyo Forum
- What: SES Tokyo Forum
- Where: Hilton Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- When: October 28 – 29, 2008
- Who: Online marketers, executives, business owners, SEM/SEO professionals, Media planners/buyers, webmasters, direct marketers, agency professionals and E-commerce managers.
This October, experience the worldwide growth and expansion of Search Engine Strategies Conference and Expo in the one of the world’s prominent cities when it comes to technological advancements: Tokyo, Japan.
The conference and expo will allow the partakers to obtain knowledge of some of the most advanced search engine strategies, making them pioneers of search engine marketing. The event will also allow the participants to learn how the search engines such as Google and Yahoo! list websites either under free or paid advertisements and how to make your website top search engine results.
The event is organized by Kevin Ryan, a veteran in the field of search engine strategies and search engine watch. He is the CEO of Kinetic Results, Advertising Age’s top 20 search engine marketing firms in 2006. He recently established a new consulting called Motivity Marketing, and has written more than 200 articles and informational reads about search and interactive marketing for iMedia Communications. Another key person in the said conference and expo is Motoko Hunt. She is the founder of Japanese Search Marketing Strategist AJPR LLC, and has been one of the key providers of search engine optimization of some international companies (worldwide) since her company’s conception in 1998. Prior to having her own company, she served as senior marketing manager in a Japanese trading company for 8 years.
June 5th, 2008SES San Jose
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- What: SES San Jose
- Where: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA
- When: August 18 – 22, 2008
- Who: Marketers, search engine industry professionals and SES Alumni.
Last year, the Search Engine Strategies Summer was held in San Jose. Now, for those who weren’t able to attend it, this is your chance because the SES Summer Event is coming back to the San Jose! Be sure to mark your calendars from August 18 – 21 so you wouldn’t anymore miss this chance of a lifetime.
The event will enable the participants to learn about the new techniques used in search engine marketing. It will feature some of the best search engine marketing and optimization providers for other companies to learn from. Participants will also gain knowledge of website enlistment in paid and free advertisements, “organic” traffic, tips on calculating the ROI (and making the visitors buy/obtain your products/services), building traffic generating links and many more. You actually have the option of whether you would want to attend the SEM/SEO training for a whole day or just half a day. The SES blog also provides the latest and most recent search engine strategies on the internet, covering all of their SEM/SEO activities (brief summaries). Some of their premier plus sponsors include Google, iProspect, Microsoft and Omniture. Full coverage of the event will also be made possible by some of the leading media companies of today such as Webmaster Radio, Entrepreneur.com, Target Marketing, Jupiter Search, Business Wire and many more.
June 5th, 2008SES Search Engine Marketing (SEM/SEO) Training
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- What: SES Search Engine Marketing (SEM/SEO) Training
- Where: Renaissance Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA
- When: July 17, 2008
- Who: Search engine marketers, consultants, site designers, website owners and in-house marketing professionals.
The training basically has two parts: Optimizing for Universal Research and Just The Basics, SEO 101. The first part will teach the participants the basics of Google’s Universal Search, making them gurus of one of the top internet search engines of today. Google employs a lot of marketing listings such as news, maps, video and image search and so, being “found” (or perhaps, searched) in the right category is vital for these companies’ marketing needs. Those who will attend can also learn the different techniques utilized by Yahoo!, Technorati, Flickr, YouTube and other media to promote your company/web content.
One of the speakers for the first part of the training is Greg Jarboe, the president and co-founder of SEO-PR, a search engine optimization and public relations agency based in San Francisco and Boston. Mr. Jarboe is also Newsforce’s partner, a press release SEO tool developer. The second speaker is Amanda Watlington, Ph.D., owner of Searching for Profit, a marketing consultancy. Prior to setting up her own company, she was the director of an SEO firm. Her company concentrates on how companies can take advantage of the “new” media such as blogging, RSS feeds and other sorts to gain that marketing over others.
The second part of the training includes topics such as 10 Steps to Search Success, Persuading the visitor—5 ways to keep their attention and Measuring Success—8 Reports for Website Success. This part of the training is very vital for those who manage or own websites and would want to increase their profits from it. The speaker will include Matt Bailey, SiteLogic Marketing’s president and founder, and has a long list of past and current clients such as Goodyear, Hilton International, Samsonite and so on and so forth.
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