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WMW and PubCon in November of 2009 where two of the best Brett Tabke events I’ve been to in Six years going to Vegas. The conference was well organized, the topics were good and timely and someone certainly seemed impressed with Twitter as there were several interesting sessions just focused on tweeting for business. I picked up a couple gems which is all I really ask for when I go to a conference. I’d recommend going again next year if anything like this year. Even the funky Convention Center food tasted better this year!

The networking at PubCon 2009 was awesome and it is great to get to see so many industry associates at the same place and time. Now there are some of my friends that I only see once a year in Vegas. Great job this year Brett, keep up the excellence.

Last winter I heard about DK’s ThinkTank event in Del Mar (San Diego) from a freind. He said it was unique and worth going back to. So recently when DK sent me an invite to this invite only event I was certainly interested.

DK is the chiropractor who got his Web marketing efforts adjusted by Matt Cutts at a search marketing conference (more…)

I was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. I do enjoy getting back for visits! This is my fifth year going home for the purpose of attending the Webmaster World event. The last four years, I went to the Conference and they have always been good but what I brought home last year was a little shy of what I needed to justify the investment. I’ve been practicing SEO for 9 years now and I find that what is being taught as “advanced” at Webmaster World, Search Engine Strategies (SES) and at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX), is things that I’ve been doing for 5+ years already. Don’t get me wrong, all three are excellent conferences, top-notch and world class, in fact, but more for the marketers who are newer at SEO and SEM. (more…)

Dateline: June 9, 2008 Seattle, Washington.

This year I returned, as I said I would in last years review, to the SMX Advanced Conference in Seattle.

Getting to Denver was a nightmare. I missed my flight (not by my tardiness) but South West Air helped me catch the next one.

I got into Seattle about 7:30 pm. Rented a Hummer for $31/day and drove to my hotel. OI missed the MSN reception party by 15 minutes so I went back to room and did some work… till 2 am (stupid me!).

These are the sessions I attended:

Day One SMX Advanced (more…)

Wow, has it already been a year since the first SMX Advanced?! I thought there would be more green with the grey. Oh well, I am headed out to Seattle Monday for the Advanced Search Marketing Expo II. Last years was great! This year they’ve added two tracks. On day 1 is an “SEM Business” track and on day 2 there is a “Developers” track. These are in addition to “organic” and “paid” tracks. (more…)

It is Tuesday at the Inverness Hotel in Denver. Todays panels are:

* Fantasy Sports Consumer Trends
* Fantasy Content
* Evolution of the High Stakes/High Prizes Fantasy Contest
* New Applications of the Fantasy Model

Yummy Lunch.

* Pitch Me
* New Fantasy Sports Documentaries
* Enhancing Your Web Presence Through Search Engine Optimization
* Research into the Fantasy Sports Industry
* Conference Conclusion
* FSTA Expert Fantasy Baseball Draft

Our panel on SEO went great! I had the pleasure of being accompanied by Mary Bowling from Blizzard Internet Marketing, and also Mike Belasco from SEOverflow. We were very well recieved.

Conference was great. I’d come again.

It was great! This year the Webmaster World PubCon Networking event was moved from the Nine Fine Irishmen Pub (which during the past events got so crowded it felt like it was built for nine customers) in the New York New York Hotel and Casino, to the Brew Pub at the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino. I am very happy for this move. (more…)

Wow! This years Webmaster World Conference was the best of the four years I’ve attended. Although the majority of the sessions rehash what I already know or have previously learned, there was certainly new and timely nuggets to be found throughout the conference sessions. The networking was as good as ever. The food was, well, you know, Convention Centerish (SMX decked us out with stylish and fresh buffet lunches, yummie! and classy too). There were great parties and special off site events this year too.

Tuesday and Thursday each had five tracks equaling 25 sessions each day and Wednesday had 15 sessions. since I could only go to 13 sessions physically, these are the ones I went to: (more…)

This will be my fourth PubCon. This is a really good Webmaster Conference with an emphasis on Search. You can read all about it here:

PubCon.com

I’ll tell you more when I return. Or maybe while I am there I can blog some of it, maybe!
Robert

Wow, what can I say? I made it to NYC for the SMX Social Media Conference. It was certainly what I hoped for. I don’t even want to blog about it? Why? Because, (more…)