This is the first of what I imagine will be many conferences hosted by the newly formed BlueGlass created when four of the premier consultancies and software companies, 10e20, Search & Social, Brent Csutoras Inc., and Second Step Search, merged into one entity. The first conference will be held July 19 – 20, 2010 at the Marian Del Ray Marriott Hotel. The cost is $525 for the two day conference but there is an early bird price until June 10: $495. Includes admission to both days of the conference, all speaker sessions, hyper-networking opportunities with speakers and attendees, three meals/day (breakfast, lunch & dinner), cash bar and two nights of evening entertainment.

“We have gone around and handpicked the best lineup of speakers that you won’t find at any other Internet Marketing conference. Not only have we done that, but, because we have limited it to the best of the best, we have panels with a MAX of 3 people and sometimes even 2. You won’t have to worry about speakers rushing through a 10 minute deck or anything, they’ll bring you in-depth discussions, with ample amounts of time for audience Q&A. Not only do we have Internet Marketers with success in SEO, Social Media Marketing, SEM, etc., we have brought in a lineup of extremely successful startup entrepreneurs that will talk you through Entrepreneurship, raising capital, marketing metrics, distribution, and buying/selling companies’.

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.

Attention online gurus, tech geeks, social media rock stars and search engine marketers! Join us Tuesday, August 10th for a fabulous evening of drinks, hors d’oeuvres and networking on the roof of Hotel deLuxe in downtown Portland. Our friends from the following organizations will be attending as well:

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.”

Sorry, I’m busy so here’s a rerun post.

I’ve seen the super hero test making the rounds and I just wasn’t interested. Then I was tagged by my Irish pal Paul O’Flaherty , who is currently living in Denmark, to take the villian test. He’s also known as Apocalypse, sorry to give away your alter ego, Paul. Now that sounded fun and different. So all you Batman types better watch out, I am the Riddler??????

You are Riddler

Riddler 100% Dr. Evil 77% Snidley Whiplash 75% Dick Dastardly 70% Darkwing Duck 67% Count Dooku 65% Maximillion J. Pegasus 61% Dr. Strangelove 54% Boris Badenov 50% Megatron 50% Skeletor 48% Shredder 42% Cyril Sneer 40% Mumm-Ra 40% Jafar 32% Unicron 30%

Riddle me that, riddle me this, do you recognize the other names on the list??

Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz

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.

If you were to buy them separately it would cost nearly $3,000 but you can get both for just $799!

Plus, you’ll be among the first to try an amazing new project set to launch later this year. We can’t reveal too much about it, but we can safely say it will completely change the way you perform SEO (No, we’re not exaggerating. And yes, keeping it a secret is killing us).

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