It is time for the first conference update of 2013 and one thing we can definitely say is that 2013 is going to be an exciting year for conferences. State of Search are partnering with events all round the world to bring our readers updates from the many of the events….LIVE!
Earlier this month, we put together a list detailing all the events coming up in 2013 so make sure you keep an eye on this and sign up to attend any conferences you want to. Most of the events offer an early booking discount so worth getting your ticket booked.
Search and Social Events in 2013
Conference News
A bit of quick news about conferences which came by in the past month:
- LinkLove is taking place in March 2013 and they have announced their speaker line up. We are still waiting for the agenda to be released but the speaker line up looks very promising. Check it out here.
- A4u Europe announced Zanox as a platinum sponsor for the 5th year in a row.

What we reported on
Here’s an overview of what we reported on last month.
SMX Social Media Marketing Conference
Jackie Hole headed to Las Vegas in December to attend the SMX Social Media Marketing Conference and brought us some excellent write ups of the entire event. You can read them all here:
Mini SAScon
In Manchester the 2013 mini SAScon conference took place. State of Search had one blogger at the event, Neil Walker put together a great write up of the sessions:
- 2012 Mobile and Local Search
Upcoming Events
February is the start of conference season and we will be kicking off the content with SES London. March is set to be a very busy month and as always you can expect full coverage on the State of Search blog so stay tuned!
SES London
The next SES London conference takes place between Tuesday 18th February and Thursday 20th February. The event is being held at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster.
Two of the State of Search team are going to be speaking on the Wednesday:
Bas van den Beld – Activating the Social-Search Dynamic
Samantha Noble – Winning PPC Tactics
Across the three days, there are a number of tracks focusing on a range of topics including SEO, Social, PPC, Content, Analytics and Conversions. We have six State of Search Bloggers (Jackie Hole, Louis Venter, Claire Thompson, Kelvin Newman, Paul Rogers and Ned Poulter) who will be bringing you the coverage from the event so if you are there, do make sure you pop by and say hi!
The agendas can be found here:
More Events
Keep your eye on the State of Search site towards the end of each month as we will be bringing you updates like this each month which takes a look ahead at the following month.
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Great roundup… looking forward to more this year Sam
Thanks Russell, we are planning to run these updates in this format at the end of every month. Are you going to be at SES this year?