A startup is not a guarantee for succes, but there are some who ‘made it big’. Take a look at these startups who made it to a billion dollar valuation from the start date of Facebook. (more…)
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Play SES Bingo!
Today it is the first day of SES London 2013. Lots of things are going on and you will be getting updates from us from London throughout the next three days. If you are visiting SES London, we have some fun things for you. Starting with this: SES Bingo. Richard Kirk provided us with this sheet. Let’s see who has reached ‘Bingo’ first! Make sure you tweet about it using the hashtag #seobingo!
3 Years of State of Search: Happy Birthday to a Great Blog (and win!)
Last Saturday marked a special day. On that day 3 years ago we published our very first article (in which we even mentioned Google Buzz, wow!). Three years ago we were at the first day of SES London (which again takes place this week), and I remember sitting with a group of brand new State of Search blogger around a round table bashing out the first articles. If I am correct Lisa Myers was there, Sam Murray, Louis Venter and Nichola Stott. Today we write (this one!) our 2300 th article.
Three years later we are the most successful search blog and Europe, knocking on doors of becoming one of the most important blogs world wide. An incredible adventure started there three years ago and we are now making plans for a very interesting and bright future. For now we’d like to thank you for reading our articles and thank the 38 bloggers for their excellent material of the years. Here’s to the future!
Want to say happy birthday to the blogging team? Hit the tweet button!
Share your favorite and win!
We would also love to know what your favorite post was, so drop a comment or share on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ what your favorite post in the last three years is. If there are more than 50 people sharing their best post, we will pick two of these 50 people to win something special…:
One ticket to BRIGHTON SEO and the Content Marketing Show
(were tickets haven’t even been released yet!)
and One ticket to SASCON!
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State of Search News Update: What happened in week 7
A lot is happening in the world of search and social and as you know State of Search is not a news-reporting site but a site that interprets the news and looks at why something is happening and what that means to you.
That doesn’t mean however we are not interested in the news. In this post we will bring the top stories of what happened last week with links to articles around the web. So you will know what you’ve missed. (more…)
Organising Events, what it takes, a Hangout with Kelvin Newman and Laura Roth
To close of the event week (well almost) we did one of our famous Google Hangouts. This time Bas was joined by Laura Roth, part of the organising team at SES and Kelvin Newman, organiser at Brighton SEO. In this hangout everything around organising an event was discussed: from what is difficult, to rivalry to how to create the perfect tracks that show exactly what the audience wants.
A very informative hangout on which Gemma Birch (International Search Summit) unfortunately couldn’t appear because of technical issues. Nonetheless, here is a very valuable hangout for organisers and attendees.
Organising an Event: It is Not Easy
All week we have been talking about events: which are the good ones, how to be a great speaker, how to be a great attendee and how to blog about it.
At the end of the week we are again looking at actually organising an event: how hard is that really? In a special Google Hangout today we talk to Gemma Birch, who organises the International Search Summit, Laura Roth, who is part of the organising team of SES and Kelvin Newman, the man behind Brighton SEO.
Apart from the hangout we already talked to Gemma and Kelvin (who are also State of Search bloggers) and asked them what the hardest part was of organising an event. Based on that we listed a couple of things you need to be aware about when organising your own event. (more…)
Top Digital Marketing Conferences 2013 (Infographic)
How could we not have an infographic on events this week, with the event week drawing to a close. You can off course find an overview of all conferences of 2013 here on our site, but this infographic is very nice as well and gives you some extra insights. (more…)
How to build that Killer Presentation Slide Deck
As you may have noticed it is event week here on State of Search. We have already looked at different aspects of the event business and especially also the speaking part. In the last two days we’ve learned how to recognise a quality speaker and how to become one.
A big aspect of a successful speaker seems to be the presentation format: the slides. Some have even made an entire profession out of it: creating the perfect slides. Now I am not a design king so I decided to again ask some experts for their opinions to showcase next to the pointers I myself want to give. So with the help of Eric Enge, Illiya Vjestica, Simon Penson and Anders Hjorth: let’s get started 
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Top Tips To Becoming that Quality Speaker
Yesterday we discussed what makes a quality speaker at conferences. The conclusion can be that becoming a quality speaker is hard work. And it will be even harder staying a quality speaker.
Today we are going to get into ways of becoming that top speaker you always dreamed you could be. With the help of Kevin Gibbons, Andrew Girdwood, Sri Sharma, Lee Odden, Bryan Eisenberg and Anders Hjorth you’ll get some top secret tips to becoming that quality speaker. (more…)
Signals to Recognise a Quality Speaker
Conferences tend to be full of speakers, yes really, they are everywhere. They however are not always full of quality speakers. Speakers who know how to take the audience with them on a verbal trip. There is a reason for that: being a quality speaker is hard. Very hard.
I have been speaking for several years now, on bigger and smaller events and have attended even more and I thought it would be a nice idea to share some of my experiences with you. But I figured it would even be a better idea if I would get both some industry experts and the readers of State of Search (yes, you) involved. So with the help of Will Critchlow, Bill Hunt, Eric Enge, Dom Hodgson and the State of Search Facebook Page I looked at what makes a great speaker. Later this week I will discuss (with the input of other experts) what you can do to become a better speaker yourself. (more…)
Lessons Learned from Doing Live Google+ Hangouts
When we talk about events you immediately start thinking about a conference room full of people listening to different speakers, tweeting, blogging and networking. But events can also take place on a different level. Yes, bigger and smaller events with one or multiple tracks, but think about an event anyone can attend, from any place in the world, at anytime they want:through the web.
Webinars have been around for many years already and there are many different suppliers who have learned to perfectionise these types of event where you can register for a webinar and follow what speakers have to say. Take a look for example at how Distilled organises their webinars, very professional and I presume very profitable as well.
But also very time consuming and in some cases costly. After all, you need webinar software, video software and you need to host your video somewhere afterwards as well. Since Google launched Google+ however a whole new way of doing events online: cheap and quick, and sometimes dirty. But very useful as well. A combination between a home video, a radio or tv show and a webinar. Here at State of Search we have done a few live Hangouts already. With success. Today it is time to share some of our lessons learned about Live Google Hangouts with you. (more…)
State of Search News Update: What happened in week 6
A lot is happening in the world of search and social and as you know State of Search is not a news-reporting site but a site that interprets the news and looks at why something is happening and what that means to you.
That doesn’t mean however we are not interested in the news. In this post we will bring the top stories of what happened last week with links to articles around the web. So you will know what you’ve missed. (more…)
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