Posts on State of Search about ‘Events’

Why You Should Attend SEO Conferences

Since I’ve only recently come back from SES San Francisco I’ve decided to share my thoughts on the advantages of attending SEO conferences and expos to provide you with insights on what’s hot and what is not!

As you can imagine conferences are YOUR chance to finally network with some of the finest minds in the digital sphere whilst listening to industry leaders latest offerings …however looking back part of me wonders if I would have missed much would I not have attended ‘some’ conferences. (more…)

Think Visibility 8 Round-Up

#ThinkVis, #SinkVis, #DrinkVis, … whatever your preferred hashtag – this weekend a whole lot of online marketing rockstar, ninja, guru types headed once again to the Alea Casino in Leeds for the Think Visibility 2012 Autumn Edition.

As always a selection of high quality speakers (including our very own Bas van den Beld) shared their knowledge on a variety of topics from the world of affiliates, PR, Market Research, SEO, Link Building and more! (more…)

Conference Update: Speakers, (free) Tickets and Dates

We’re in the middle of summer (or at least, that’s what the Calendar says) but already it is business as usual for many, including some conference organizers. As you know State of Search is the place to be when it comes to events in the search industry so we want to keep you updated on what is going on around those events. (more…)

Give us Your Restaurant Results in San Francisco!

SES San Francisco is coming up next week and I will personally be there for several reasons. First of all I will be making videos there, together with our friends from Linkdex. But I will not just be there for State of Search, but also as one of the ‘experts’ on the Roundtable forums. I will be talking there about international search and differences in international SEO.

So you can see that the ‘theme’ for SES San Francisco in my case is very much focussed on international differences, Geo location, something Pete Young talked about yesterday as well. And for that I would like your help, to make something really nice for SES San Francisco. (more…)

The #Mozcon Chronicles – Day 2 Afternoon Sessions

After a very intense morning, we returned back in the huge meeting room ready to hear the speakers of the afternoon session of this second day of Mozcon.

This post looks at the experiences shared by four great speakers: Marty Weintraub, Pete Meyers, Jenny Lam and AJ Kohn.

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The #Mozcon Chronicles – Day 2 Morning Sessions

This post takes a look at the morning sessions which took place at MozCon on day 2 of the event.

SEOmoz MozCon is an absorbing geek experience.

The first can be resumed with: “Forget the past, do real marketing and benefits – from links to social and revenues – will come”.

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The #Mozcon Chronicles – Day 1 Afternoon sessions

The afternoon sessions of the first day of Mozcon were filled with practical tips, data about the nature of spam and a three great presentations about the importance of creating true relationships, doing marketing real companies do and how really pitching clients with your Content Marketing ideas.

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The #Mozcon Chronicles – Day 1 Morning Sessions

SEOmoz MozCon is probably one of the most looked for Web Marketing conferences of the year.

Not anymore only focused on SEO, but widening its attention to everything digital marketing: SEO (still a lot, for sure), Social Media, Content Marketing, CRO and Paid Search.

We will try our best to offer to you the most important things shared by the speakers here in Seattle, but if we will miss something, please forgive us because it is true that tons of cool stuff is shared by all of them in light speed talking velocity.

We will present you two daily posts, one about the morning sessions and the second about the afternoon ones.

So… let’s start!

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A4U Expo Goes New York

State of Search has been a media partner of A4U Expo ever since the site started and has been traveling with A4U to London, Munich and recently Barcelona. Next year our trip might be a bit longer, since A4U Expo now officially announced it will be taking the show to the US: in March 2013 A4U will be organizing the first show across the big ocean: Global Performance Marketing Conference New York.

The concept will look the same as the shows in Europe with two days of conference and speakers on different topics which will all be of help of affiliates and networks attending. (more…)

An A4U Conference Experience

This week at A4U Expo Gillian Cook was our ‘guest’ since she won the ticket to the conference. Gillian wrote down her experiences for us, which you can find below.

I was delighted to win the a4u competition last week. I’ve never been to an a4u expo and it was a great opportunity to go out to the event, visit Barcelona and meet Bas of course! Never one to pass up new opportunities, I was excited to learn more about the world of affiliate marketing. (more…)

Richard Baxter’s Tip for Affiliates: How Ferrari and Links Compare

At A4U Expo Barcelona 2012 I talked to Richard Baxter of SEOGadget, who was also speaking at the conference. I asked him to give us one tip for affiliates. Richard made a great analogy involving links and a Ferrari. See below.