Upcoming Industry Events Sponsored & Recommended by MENG
Search Marketing Expo – SMX West
March 2-4 at Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA – Register Today!
Here are 10 reasons why you should join us March 2-4 in Santa Clara for Search Marketing Expo - SMX West. Keep reading!
10) A dynamic editorial program to keep you ahead of search marketing changes. Over 50% of sessions are all new. Check out conference chair Danny Sullivan’s SMX West Preview for a guided tour.
9) Beginninger, intermediate and expert level tactics. SMX West offers sessions for all skill levels and interests – whether you’re a beginner or a search veteran. Check out the agenda at a glance.
8) SMX West is programmed by the editors of Search Engine Land, the people search marketers trust to keep you ahead of the curve on all things search engine marketing.
7) It’s about you; customize the experience. Choose to attend sessions on topics including paid search advertising (PPC), search engine optimization (SEO), local & mobile search marketing, technical SEO, real-time search, social media, analytics and more. See the full agenda.
6) Interactive presentations by the most qualified speakers sharing proven tactics and best practices.
5) SMX West kicks off with a Bing…er, bang. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will address the search marketing community for the first time at an industry conference.
4) Multiple networking opportunities. Rub elbows with your search industry peers at a mix of structured and social events. Pre-show “Meet & Greet” reception, networking lunch tables, expo hall receptions – SMX has it all.
3) Three informative add-on seminars to choose from: Learn white hat SEO tactics to increase search traffic when you attend Bruce Clay’s SEO Training. Work in-house? Attend In-house SEM Exchange, an interactive workshop exclusively for in-housers. Drive conversions by planning and implementing an analytics strategy; attend Google Analytics training. All held March 5; additional fees to attend.
2) You’ll be pampered with the essential conveniences that are SMX hallmarks: free wifi, hot lunches, snacks and networking activities. All included in you All Access pass.
1) MENG Members pay just $(private) for all 3 days of exceptional and actionable content, invaluable connections, and essential conveniences. You'll be satisfied with SMX West. We guarantee it.
PS: Interested in sending the whole team? You save even more when registering at least 3 people. Check out our group registration packages.
NewComm Forum 2010: The Social Web – Redefining Business will be held April 20 – 23 in San Mateo, CA.NewComm Forum 2010 will feature 5 keynotes, 5 workshops and 40 sessions in 5 tracks:NewComm Essentials, New Communications & Communities, Social CRM, Understanding the New Media Landscape & Markets are Conversations: From Theory to Practice.Register by 3/12 for early bird rates.
Observe, Re-Design, Measure & Communicate on the Path to Sustainable Brand Leadership
Dear MENG Members,
MENG is sponsoring Sustainable Brands 10 this year. As a member you qualify for 20% the current early registration rates.
The leading brands of the future will be sustainable brands. Building them takes a new kind of thinking, a new group of collaborators, and a new set of tools. The world's leading sustainable business innovators will attend Sustainable Brands 10 this June for three days of extraordinary conversation, inspiration and insights. Won't you?
Join Top Sustainability Experts, Brand Champions, Business Strategists and Designers for Game-Changing Conversation
What makes the Sustainable Brands Conference unique is the mash-up of change-making leaders who come from different industries and business sectors, wearing various corporate hats, along with the world-class faculty who are there to help us all tie improved environmental and social impact to business and brand leadership. At SB'10, you'll have your imagination sparked by out-of-the-box ideas AND, you'll explore best practices as they are emerging from top authors and thought leaders, global brands innovators and smaller, bonfire brands who are both leading disruptive change and internalizing the systems and processes needed to make sustainability work.
SB'10 Faculty Sneak Peek!
As always, this year's faculty will draw from leading thinkers and doers on the forefront of sustainable brand innovation. Timberland's Chief Branding Officer, Mike Harrison will highlight out of the box product innovations, partnerships and related communication tools that have led to new, more sustainable value propositions for Timberland's business. Dr. Peter Senge, Director of the Center for Organizational Learning, MIT Sloan School of Management, will join Starbucks VP of Global Sustainability, Ben Packard to share what Starbucks has learned about the importance of asking the right questions as they have worked to re-design their recycled cup system. Kirsi, Sormunen, Nokia's VP of Sustainability, will share how Nokia is helping drive consumer behavior change through smart product design. And that's just the beginning! Over 100 of the top thinkers and practitioners in sustainable brand innovation will be on deck to share with you the latest in sustainable brands leadership.
Come Help Shape the Future
Change agents from companies like Hewlett Packard, Bumble Bee Tuna, IDEO, Johnson & Johnson, Nokia, Coca-Cola, Clorox, Nestle, 3M, Life Technologies, Williams Sonoma, SAP and hundreds more are already making plans to gather again in Monterey for SB'10. Mark your calendar and reserve your seats today for what will be another sell out event.
We look forward to seeing you in Monterey,
KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz President and CEO Sustainable Life Media
P.S. We've added something NEW to your All Event Conference Pass this year! SB'10 AllEventPass purchasers now automatically become Professional members of Sustainable Life Media and will enjoy a full year's access to all our new online learning assets in addition to full access to pre-conference workshops, our expanded VentureXchange and more. Join us online for continuous learning with your peers via our new Sustainable Brands Boot Camp and Sustainable Brands: Issues in Focus: series. Click here for more information on SLM's new Professional and Corporate Memberships and get a year's worth of learning on top of your SB'10 ticket. SLM Memberships represent the very best value available anywhere for both live and online sustainable business education. Reserve your SB'10 AllEventPass at early bird pricing and save 20% by registering now! For more information call us at 415-626-2212.
MENG Members Get An Extra 20% Off
Speakers:
Mike Harrison
Chief Brand Officer The Timberland Company
Kirsi Sormunen
Vice President, Sustainability Nokia Corporation
Ben Packard
Vice President, Global Responsibility Starbucks
Bill Marquard
Author, Wal-Smart: What It Really Takes to Profit in a Wal-Mart World
