One of the advantages of working for a local search engine that uses event listings to promote the business listings, is that I have, at my finger tips, a rich index of seminars, summits, and conferences all rank ordered by demand (popularity), based on the search query volume for each. It is amazing what a search engine can tell you.
Where do you need to be? (in no particular order)
- Search Engine Strategies (SES)
- Pubcon (WebmasterWorld)
- ad:tech
- eTail
- Search Insider Summit
- Affiliate Summit
- Shop.org
- Online Market World
- Direct Marketing Association
- eMetrics Summit
- Search Marketing Expo (SMX)
- OMMA Expo
- Internet Marketing Conference
- SXSW – which you should attend just because
- iMedia Agency Summit & iMedia Summits
- PPC Summit
- MarketingProfs
- American Marketing Association (AMA)
- Online Marketing Summit
- MIXX Expo
- Media Relations Summit
- ACCM (DMA)
- DM Days (DMA)
- Searchnomics
- ClickZ Specifics
- Internet Retailer
- Web Analytics Association Base Camp
- Next Generation Marketing
- eRetailer Summit
- New Marketing Summit
- IAB Events
- MarketingSherpa’s Email Summit
- Apartment Internet Marketing – really!
- Frost & Sullivan Marketing World
- T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
- Catalog & ECommerce Club
- Blog World Expo
- eComXpo
Missing anything? Let me know in the comments and be sure to add it here
Hey Paul, that’s a sweet list! I take it you’re focused on U.S. based online marketing conferences? Just curious.
WebGuild is running a Social Media Strategies event and PRNews is holding a Digital PR event that focuses on the online component of PR.
Paul – what a great resource! Thank you for putting together and for including the Next Generation Marketing series.
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Justin, my pleasure, I’d love to learn more if you are affiliated, drop me an email with some details.
Lee, great point, yes, focus is U.S. based. How much of an indication is that of my ethnocentric view of the world; it didn’t even occur to me that there were conferences beyond San Francisco! 😉
Follow up post to come!
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