SearchFest 08, will be held in Portland Oregon, March 10, 2008. SearchFest is the Northwest’s largest conference dedicated to search engine marketing (SEM). The full-day conference will feature multiple learning tracks, workshops and expert panels to help businesses leverage SEM to increase awareness and revenue.
The event brings together industry experts from around the country, including executives from search engines, local companies like The Portland Trailblazers and nationally recognized search engine marketing experts. SearchFest is open to all SEM professionals and anyone in the general business community interested in maximizing their success with SEM. The full-day conference , multi-track conference will provide programs of interest to all online marketers. Attendees will range from corporate executives and Web marketers to Web-based and traditional business owners and agency professionals. In addition to concurrent day-long tracks, SearchFest will include an exposition of local and national vendors,
We’re still putting together details for the 2008 SearchFest, but here’s what we can tell you now:
Time & Location
The 2008 SearchFest event will be located at the Oregon Zoo’s Cascade Crest Banquet Center
The conference will take place on Monday, March 10 2008 – see the SearchFest 08 Agenda for more information
Confirmed Speakers
We’re putting together a fantastic lineup for 2008, and we’ve already confirmed some great speakers
- Paul Colligan
- Jeff Pruitt, SEMPO, iCrossing
- Stoney deGeyter
- Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz
- Matt McGee
- John Andrews
- Kevin Wilk – Yahoo
- Marshall Simmonds, New York Times
- Dan Harbison, Portland Trailblazers
- Ben Hanna, VP Marketing, Business.com
- LinkShare
- Brian Schmidt – Google