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OMS 23-City Tour and Virtual Summit – Registration Discount of 20%
August 17 — San Francisco, CA

The Online Marketing Summit 23-City tour and virtual summit are coming to you! Learn from industry experts and thought leaders of Kodak, REI, DuPont, Jack In The Box, Cisco, and Yahoo!. Join your marketing peers as they share ideas, hear from expert practitioners, and learn best practices in social media, search, email, analytics, and more…
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SES San Francisco – Registration Discount of 20%
August 16 – 20 — San Francisco, CA

This year, SES is moving to San Francisco. Learn the ins-and-outs of search engine marketing, including website optimization, link building tactics, pay-per-click advertising, and landing page testing. Their expo floor will have 100+ companies to help you grow your business, and will offer networking events and more…
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Social Media for Business Bootcamp – Registration Discount of 10%
August 20 – 21 — Mumbai, India

Social media is no longer a buzzword – it has become an integral part of our everyday lives. Given the rate at which social media is spreading today, marketers can no longer ignore this revolutionary medium – both B2C and B2B. If you want to leverage social media marketing for community building, online sales, brand promotion, and B2B lead generation, you will not want to miss this bootcamp…
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Integrated Marketing Summit – Registration Discount of 20%
August 24 – 25 — Chicago, IL

The Integrated Marketing Summit (IMS) has invited over 25 speakers from around the U.S. to cover 15 topics, two keynotes, and three next-day hands-on workshops for professionals looking for additional educational and support. IMS is the signature summit for marketing, advertising, and PR professionals in both B2B and B2C markets throughout the U.S. IMS provides actionable insights, expertise, and cutting-edge information in a convenient, affordable one-day educational format. And the best continues, with next-day, hands-on workshops presented by leading practitioners…
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Integrated Marketing Communications in a Social Media Age – Registration Discount of 10%
August 30 – 31 — Singapore
September 2 – 3 — Hong Kong

Through a showcase of best practices from and of global brands including HP, InterContinental, KFC, LG, Unilever, Nike, DBS, FairPrice, Volvo, and Bank of Philippines, this two-day conference will equip marketers with strategies and insights to funnel core messages with conviction and consistency. Find out how you can capitalize on social media and integrate it seamlessly with offline channels to engage consumers and combat message dissonance. Grab this opportunity to acquire insights through best practices that will propel your brand up and above the rest…
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Social Media for Businesses Bootcamp – Registration Discount of 10%
September 10 – 11 — Delhi, India

Social Media is no longer a buzzword – it has become an integral part of our everyday lives. Given the rate at which social media is spreading, marketers can not ignore this revolutionary medium, both for B2C and B2B. If you want to leverage social media marketing for community building, online sales, brand promotion, and B2B lead generation you may not want to miss this bootcamp…
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SES Hong Kong – Registration Discount of 20%September 13 – 14 — Hong Kong, China

SES brings its world renowned learning experience and thought leaders in the search engine marketing field to Hong Kong. Organized and programmed by the SES Advisory Board and SearchEngineWatch.com, the program will be packed with sessions covering PPC management, keyword search, SEO, social media, local, mobile, link building, duplicate content, and much more…
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PPC Summit: Search & Social Media Success – Registration Discount of 10% – Additional Early Bird Discount of 25% Before August 31
September 21 – 22 — Los Angeles, CA

Are you struggling to generate qualified leads using search marketing and social media? Attend PPC Summit Presents: Search & Social Media Success where the top minds in search engine marketing and social media will gather to teach best practices, lessons learned, and case studies that outline “The Top Strategies to Improve Your Search & Social Media Marketing Results.” Leading industry experts will offer profit-boosting solutions for social media: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook; search engine optimization, search marketing: Google AdWords, Microsoft AdCenter, Yahoo Search; quality score; keyword targeting, landing page optimization, and much more…
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Social Search Optimization Bootcamp – Registration Discount of 10%
September 24 – 25 — Delhi, India

Social search optimization is the name of the game. Over the last decade, typical SEO techniques have become commoditized and are today highly competitive. With the convergence of social media (along with real time and local search) with SEO, once again there is an opportunity to sustainably grow one’s business using social search optimization. Whether you are interested in promoting your brand or generating online leads and sales, social search optimization can be your answer…
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Go Back to School with SEMPO Atlanta at Emory University – Free for SEMPO Members
October 1 — Atlanta, GA

SEMPO Atlanta is hosting its first half-day educational event, featuring a line up of nationally known industry experts across a variety of advanced SEM topics: Dave Szetela (Clix Marketing), Stephan Spencer (Covario), Matt Bailey (Site Logic), and Adam Proehl (Nordic Click Interactive). Each speaker’s topic presentation will be followed by Q&A during session breakouts on advanced PPC, SEO, analytics, and social media. A networking breakfast and lunch will be provided…
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Search Marketing Expo – SMX East – Registration Discount of 20%
October 4 – 6 — New York, NY

SMX East covers all of the search engine marketing topics: SEO, paid search advertising, analytics, local, mobile, and much more. You’ll find programming to match your needs, whether you are a beginner or SEM expert, work at (or with) an agency, or manage search marketing in-house…
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International Search Summit – Registration Discount of 20%
October 28, 2010 — London, England

The International Search Summit is an event dedicated to international and multilingual search marketing. Now in its third year, the event focuses on the issues and challenges facing search marketers targeting a global audience. Delegates will hear from some of the leading experts in international search and social media…

Speakers include leading global thought-leaders as well as major global brands who provide insights and advice for organisations developing and managing an international online presence.

Some of the confirmed speakers are;

• Greg Jarboe – SEO-PR ( and a Summit Medallion Speaker)
• Eugene Lomize – Yandex
• John Yunker - Byte Level Research
• Anne Kennedy – Beyond Ink
• Andy Atkins-Krüger - WebCertain
• Michael Bonfils – WebCertain US

Partnered training is provided by Bruce Clay of Bruce Clay, Inc. The Bruce Clay SEO Training offers a specific and clear view of the techniques required to beat your competition in the war for search results supremacy for your properly selected and targeted keywords.

SEM Training includes;
Search Analytics Training & Workshop, Matthew Bailey, SES Advisory Board & President, Site Logic Marketing and Ben Bailey, Head Analyst, SiteLogic

How to Architect a Search-Engine Friendly Website, from Shari Thurow, Founder & SEO Director, Omni Marketing Interactive

Advanced Keyword Research, Ron Jones, President/CEO, Symetri Internet Marketing

Since 1999 Search Engine Strategies (SES) has been the leading international conference series for webmasters, digital agencies, online marketers and corporate decision makers. Over the years SES has guided search marketers of all skill levels through the fast changing and complex world of search — the single fastest growing marketing sector.

The SES series operates under a variety of formats around the world, from large-scale multi-tracked conferences and exhibitions to more intimate forum style events and in-depth training courses drilling into the detail on specific topics — but each event shares one thing in common:

An absolute commitment to deliver the very finest speakers, the latest market intelligence and clear, actionable tips and tactics that delegates can apply the moment they get back to the office. By attending an SES event, you give yourself a competitive advantage over your fellow marketers that can transform both your business and your career.

But this isn’t the case with many in the community even though that is the perception. Some of those that are examples of using search for good are; Seobook.org The Nonprofit’s Guide to SEM, SEO Refugee’s charity link meme, Search Engine College free charity site courses, GrayWolf’s v7ndotcom Elursrebmem St. Jude’s fundraiser and Jennifer Laycock at Search Engine Guide leveraging the carcrahser.com seo contest as a milk bank fundraiser.

In the most recent search for good projectDeric Loh, APAC Regional Search Marketing Manager at Soho Square in Singapore has won the $3,500 Market Motive PPC Scholarship with his paid search marketing plan for a non-profit agency. Market Motive is allowing each of their faculty members to give away one scholarship to its certification courses for the upcoming semester. Market Motive offers web-based internet marketing training and certification programs from bestselling authors and established industry professionals through videos, webinars, conference calls, and 24×7 Q&A.

The non-profit agency Deric chose was Smile Train which helps children with unrepaired cleft lips and palates. Smile Train’s mission is to provide free cleft surgery for millions of poor children in developing countries and to provide free cleft-related training for doctors and medical professionals. Deric said he chose Smile Train because, “I wanted to help these young kids who are unfortunate. I learned about Smile Train by reading Avinash Kaushik’s blog and his work in helping that organization.”

At Soho Square Deric manages the search marketing, paid and organic, for clients across Asia Pacific. Deric said “I first got started in search engine marketing developing websites and wanted to have my sites found in the search engines. I tested a lot of tactics, even ‘black hat’ tactics, which can get a site banned. I actually reported one of my sites to see how long it would take Google to ban it.” Deric added, “ Now I only use white hat tactics”.

Deric said he liked search marketing because of the constant changes in the industry. “I was thrilled to learn I had won this competition and am excited about learning from the world class faculty at Market Motive.”

Online Marketing Summit – Online Marketing Summit (OMS) enables attendees to collaborate, network and learn how to execute on the best practices in Online Marketing with no exhibit floor or vendor sales pitch distractions. Join your mar­ket­ing peers as they share ideas, hear from expert prac­ti­tion­ers and learn best prac­tices in the areas of social media, search, email, ana­lyt­ics and more -– in a com­pletely vendor-free environment. February 22 – 25

Think Tank Live – Think Tank is a col­lec­tive group of inte­grated mar­ket­ing pro­fes­sion­als from Chicago and Mil­wau­kee. Each of the pre­sen­ters rep­re­sents a dif­fer­ent area in the world of Inter­net mar­ket­ing: SEO, SEM, brand­ing, web devel­op­ment, ana­lyt­ics, blog­ging and social media. February 23rd

SMX West – SMX West fea­tures three days of ses­sions, keynotes and access to the lead­ing ven­dors in search mar­ket­ing. Ses­sions will focus on SEO, PPC, social media, local & mobile search and more. March 2 – 4

SearchFest – SEMpdx’s Search­Fest Searchfest sessions present present multiple informative learning tracks, workshops, and panels designed to provide direct insight into the most up-to-date strategies and technological advancements in online search marketing.
SearchFest is open to all individuals interested in learning the latest advancements in enhancing search engine performance to deliver more visitors and customers to your website. March 9

SES New York – Since 1999 Search Engine Strategies (SES) has been the leading international conference series for webmasters, digital agencies, online marketers and corporate decision makers. Over the years SES has guided search marketers of all skill levels through the fast changing and complex world of search — the single fastest growing marketing sector. SES NY will be packed with 70+ sessions, multiple keynotes, 100+ exhibitors, networking events and parties. March 22- 26

Bruce Clay 3 Day SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Training Course is on again in March 2010 in Sydney. If you are involved with the web or online marketing, this is a great course to attend. As you know I am a part of Bruce Clay in Australia and have attended this several times both here and in the US.

http://events.linkedin.com/Bruce-Clay-3-Day-SEO-Training-Course/pub/191090

Bruce Clay 3 Day SEO Training Course
Wed, Mar 10 to Fri, Mar 12
Observatory Hotel, Millers Point, NSW, AU
Bruce Clay SEO Training is 1 of the leading SEO courses available globally.

Developed in the US and run monthly in California and New York as well as around the world. 3 day training is only run 6 monthly in Australia so do not miss the opportunity.

Also includes access to the SEOToolset for up to 7 domains and 12 months.

Neil Patel – Pronet Advertising – Last post July 19, 2009

Jeremy Luebke – Xuru Blog - Last post June 9, 2009

Solo Seo – SEO for All – Last post March 13, 2009

Divya Uttam – Blogging to Fame – Last post July 21, 2009

Chris Sandberg – Chris Sandberg Blog Last post July 3, 2009 ‘I got bit by an ostrich’ (maybe that’s a clue)

Igor Mordikovich – Bizmord – Last post June 18, 2008

Elizabeth Able – Able Reach – Last post June 22, 2009

Todd Friesen – Oilman’s Blog – Last post July 16, 2009

Shana Albert – Social Desire – Last post April 14, 2009

Ben Cook – SEO Refugee – Last post December 9, 2008

Carolyn Shelby – Cshel – Last post June 9, 2009

Simon Heseltine – Search Engine Tigers – Last post January 4, 2009

I’ll stop there for now. Any ideas what ever happened to these blogs?

Bruce Clay Australia delivers a 1 day search engine optimisation (SEO) training course covering SEO principles and our SEO approach, strategies and methodologies. The training course is presented by Jeremy Bolt, a Director of Bruce Clay Australia .

The Bruce Clay 1 day SEO training course will show you how to improve the rankings of your website in search engines and increase highly converting traffic to your website. The course covers SEO fundamentals through to complex concepts and methodologies. We have condensed our acclaimed 3 day SEOToolSet® SEO Training course into a 1 day class focused on white hat SEO methodology and strategy that incorporates the latest search engine developments and guidelines.

The training is based on over 10 years of search engine research and successful SEO projects for clients. In addition to already proven material, the 2009 course includes new information on emerging SEO trends and strategies. The 1 day course the same as the course that was rolled out and tried and tested in the United States in 2008.

14th October 2009 – Brisbane – Novotel Brisbane, 200 Creek St, Brisbane

20th October 2009 – Melbourne – Stamford Plaza, 111 Little Collins St, Melbourne

29th October 2009 – Sydney – Menzies Hotel, 14 Carrington St, Sydney

These workshops provide the practices, applications, and hands-on exposure you need to become (and remain!) a top performer in your field. This in-depth training in a small class setting ensures that your instructor is accessible for informal one-on-one or small group discussions. Whether you are a consultant, site designer, website owner, or in-house marketing professional, this is an opportunity to experience firsthand the latest developments in search engine strategy. Regardless where you are in the SEO & SEM process, you will leave these intensive workshops with the necessary skills to improve your business results and take your search engine marketing to another level.