SearchFest 2008

“Keep your eyes on the prize…hold on.”…Bruce Springsteen

Many of the paid search accounts that I’ve worked with contain a geographical component and I have a well-used spreadsheet that contains the names of the biggest U.S. Cities, States, and State Abbreviations for those accounts. I often combine this list with my “core” keywords so that my ads can reach the geographical paid search long tail.

Searchfest 08 was a tremendous success and our great speakers were one of the top reasons why our event was such a big hit. I asked our speakers to reflect upon their Searchfest 08 experience:

Lisa Williams: Top 3 Cool Things I Noticed at SearchFest 08

Photo Credit to Rebecca Kelley

Hi there. I’m David Mihm. I’m based in the San Francisco Bay AreaPortland, Oregon, and I help small and medium-sized businesses in the western United States refine and expand their presence on the internet. I’ve completed a design or performed SEO for companies across a wide spectrum, including real estate, law, professional, media, non-profit, B2B, and retail. And if you need an updated logo or print design, I can help with that, too.

In all of our post show excitement, and the scramble to get the presentations up, our request for attendees to take the satisfaction survey was overlooked.

We had well over 200 attendees, and got plenty of great comments, but are anxious to get some organized feedback..

If you attended Portland Oregons SearchFest ‘08 last Monday, we would appreciate it if you would take just a couple of minutes of your time to to complete this survey.

What did Gary win?

SMX Social Media

SMX Social Media, April 22 & 23, Long Beach, CA – $1195 value! This two-day event will get you up to speed on social media and how
to engage communities at social media sites. The West Coast version of SMX Social Media is an encore presentation of the standing-room only NYC edition held last autumn. You’ll be a master of social media marketing after attending SMX Social Media!

SearchFest ‘08 is in the books now, and I could find very little to complain about.

Being an incredibly picky conference attendee myself, beyond the “pin on” badges, the small font size of speaker nameplates, and the intolerable wait for the bartenders to pour our beers into glasses (zoo animal safety rules) I think the whole thing when darn well.

We got some great prizes to raffle off at our Searchfest 08 :

• Free Ticket to SMX Social valued at $1,195
• Search Engine Academy 2-Day Essentials class
  valued at $995
• Two tickets to InnoTech eMarketing Summit
• 1 ticket to Internet Strategy Forum Summit

SMX Social Media

Hey y’all.

I just want to let folks know that I’ll be moderating a few sessions at our upcoming Searchfest event.

Jamie will be speaking about Affiliate Marketing at Searchfest which will take place on March 10th, 2008 at the Portland Zoo. Purchase your Searchfest 08 tickets now.

John will be speaking on “Search Marketing (SEO) & Your Business Strategy” at Searchfest which will take place on March 10th, 2008 at the Portland Zoo. Purchase your Searchfest 08 tickets now.