I’m really upset I didn’t make SMX Nanjing, China which is going on right now (September 23-24). It’s the first search marketing conference I’ve missed in China in 3 years. Inway Ni has done a great job of promoting search marketing in China and it is always been a privilige to be a part of his conferences. He made a great move partnering with SMX and is now putting on 2 conferences a year.
The good news though is SMX is coming to Singapore. When I moved here last year I didn’t think there would be a search marketing conference here for awhile and was pleasantly surprised when Barry Smyth contacted me asking about venues, etc. Search marketing is growing by leaps and bounds and this conference is going to expose many businesses to the advantages of sem. It will also draw speakers and delegates from around the region.
Gillian Muessig, president of world renowned search marketing resource SEOmoz.org, will be the keynote speaker and Bill Hunt, Motoko Hunt, and others will be here. After flying to the US for SES it is great to think of everybody coming over here, well not everybody, but you know what I mean. Hope to see you here if you can get out this way.
David,
We all missed you in Nanjing and looking forward to catching up with you in Singapore. I concur with you and want to give Inway Ni a big pat on the back. Good job!
It was pleasing to see more people at Nanjing and seeing interest in Search Marketing growing. A couple of take aways for me: Interest in SEO is significantly up, reputation management using search is up and from the advertisers I spoke to (ambit. a small sample) told me that they see budgets for search marketing in 2009 increasing.
Sounds like Search Marketing has a ways to go in China.
Cheers
Matt
Thanks Matt, I really missed being there. I think SMX Singapore will be great, looking forward to seeing you. I’m sure China’s sem industry will grow by leaps and bounds.